Rich Ellis
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Carbs are typically inexpensive mate, as the gang have said, rice, pasta, potatoes, bread…. There’s not a lot of cost in there
Proteins you will get good value from eggs, cottage cheese, chicken thighs, mince, frying steak etc….
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Pull session done this evening, another good one, hapoy with how it’s gone this week, just need to keep repeating it now.
Rest day tomorrow, meals are sorted, blood let in the afternoon and with it an early finish from work
Just sorting my final meal, then it’s sleep.
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Absolutely with the gang here
Don’t get caught up on something because you feel you should.
The prime and strive pieces bring an opportunity to shift the resistance profile, that can be advantageous, but a really nice piece that you connect well with, lets you get really strong over time on, and doesn’t create any niggles is a win.
Pick what feels best for you.
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Very nice push session this evening.
Gym was nice and quiet, everything moved very well, successful session all in all.
Just getting my last meal and then it’s sleep time.
Pull session tomorrow, then resting Friday with my blood let in the afternoon
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Hi Tyler
If there’s a moveable bench available, setting that up to make it a supported movement with a fixed torso position might make it easier to get along with, and more similar to the pec deck/fly machine.
I do think there’s real merit in Sas’s suggestions. Learning to manipulate your body, rep tempo, range of motion, arm path etc… will serve you well.
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Very nicely described by Clare – very different, shouldn’t be substituted as like for like movements
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Mega session over at UF Derby today. Really nice range of high end leg kit.
Such a long time since I’ve had legitimately no discomfort to consider, and that was with naked knees.
Going to initially try to get across once per week for one of my leg sessions, then see how feasible upper is as well before maybe making a full swing.
Two meals left tonight. Back to work tomorrow so early night ready for an early start. Only two days then a 3 day weekend with my last blood let of the initial series on Friday.
Push tomorrow, it’s going to be a good one
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Rest day today. Been a very busy day, lots of things done around the house and some errands run
One meal left before bed and then it’s sleep.
Leg day tomorrow and trying another gym to just get a sense of if there’s some kit a little kinder to me, or if my knees are just done
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Wholly agree with the feedback you’ve been given – everyone always in a rush to do something different, you’re very satisfied, things are working well, not the time to change it up.
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Been a pretty good day today, slow morning, slow afternoon, nice upper session in the middle
Woke up at 142.4kg, so a kg up on last week with no changes, so none to come this week either.
Everything was up again in the session today, happy with how that’s going
Only one meal left tonight, a long sleep again to look forward to – rest day tomorrow
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Hi mate,
“Overtraining” will be contingent on the volume that you use in the sessions.
I’d favour frequency over inflated volume per session (in most cases, we obviously have relatively little information about you)
So that might just mean slightly less volume per session off you run PPL Rest Repeat rather than PPL Rest Rest Repeat.
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Legs today, which I was pleased with most of, but very disappointed with my pressing
Everything before indicated my knees were feeling much much smoother, but as soon as I was on the press, they were sad again.
Not sure what the options are at this stage to get some load through them, I feel like I’ve tried everything reasonable, so over to another gym next leg day to see if there’s any difference with some varied kit (not that the pieces in The Physique Club aren’t really decent, they just aren’t letting me work how I’d like)
About to have my last meal, then sleep for me, upper tomorrow
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There’s some good and pertinent points here, but a lot depends on budget. If you can afford it, I’d probably go with turkey breast or chicken breast as your white meat – you can grind it yourself if you wish.
If there are budget limitations, making choices like chicken mince will help mate.
When I was young it was massively skewed towards tuna flakes, cottage cheese and eggs for most of the meals.
Push your budget towards good food, but each of us have different limits, so make choices accordingly.
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Rested today – from gym and work
Had a good trip to the cinema which was the first time in a long time
Just cooking my steak and then it’ll be sleep time
Lower tomorrow which I’m excited for
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I’m prepare pro or DNFM.
I used coffee for a long time before pre workouts were as high quality as they are now, but as has been said, when you’re using a pre that has something other than just stimulants, you can’t get that from coffee alone.