Rich Ellis
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Yep, agree with the guys mate
Some people really like to do upper with push as lower rep ranges, and pull as higher, and then switch on the second session. Others like to operate a top set and back off consistently through the session.
Neither is right or wrong, and the same applies to your lower sessions mate
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Rest day to end the week. Really enjoying training, but definitely at a point again where the rest days are a need which is a good thing.
One meal left tonight, and then I get a longer sleep.
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Hi Connor,
If you can only afford one, I’d say Cure Coming is the more beneficial overall supplement, but Join In will be your best bet focussed solely on joint health.
I have genuinely had a huge transformation to my knees from using Join In, Cure Coming, Osteo Pro, Omega Pharma and Collagen.
I was in a position where I couldn’t get up off the floor without leaning on a sofa or chair, and now I’m back leg pressing without sleeves or wraps. I can’t say enough good stuff about them as a supps bundle
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Enjoyed this evening’s quad and adductor session. Tried using a couple of different types of wraps for the pressing, didn’t really have the impact I wanted so will try plan B next time out.
Sorted food prep for tomorrow, which is a rest day, then hams and back on Saturday and push on Sunday
About to get my last feed and pre bed supps, then it’s sleep time
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Hi,
It reads to me as though you don’t have long windows of training time – how long? But I can’t get a sense of whether you are restricted on the number of days you can train?
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Another good push session this evening. Pec is pretty much there now, looking forward to getting back into my pressing
Looking forward to quads and adductors tomorrow, going to take some light wraps to see how tht changes things on my knees
Just sorted food prep, one meal left for this evening. Week is flying by!
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Rich Ellis
MemberJuly 23, 2025 at 6:44 am in reply to: Post holiday – Increased Strength + Rest TimesTotally with Clare here.
It’s not by accident you see people’s sessions going over the 2hr mark, it’s because ample rest is taken to get the performance outcomes.
Does life mean you can’t stretch your session?
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Back and hams boxed off.
Really nice session this evening, good atmosphere in the gym, body felt good, lifts went up – a good day.
Home and meal prep sorted for tomorrow’s push session, final meal sunk and now it’s time for sleep
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I probably wouldn’t advise 6x a week I doubt you’d recover from 3 leg sessions a week either just 1 rest day that’s pretty intense. What’s your current split and goals?
its full body eod and i just wanna get as strong as possible[/quote]
If you’ve been training a while and you’ve got the capacity to train any day, you could do a U/L/OFF repeat if you are wanting to give upper Lower a go, that’ll sit around 5 days a week which will be good for progression and recovery [/quote]
I personally think this is the one mate.As Meg says, really good balance of high frequency and allowing recovery for both performance and for growth.
If you’re keen to make the jump to Upper/Lower, I think this is the best pattern to start on.
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Rest day pretty much dusted.
About to get my last meal (salmon) and then it’s sleep time.
Had an uncharacteristically bad sleep last night so very much looking forward to my bed.
Back and hams tomorrow 🙌🏻
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Videos please mate of warm up set vs top set.
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Agree with Kam, don’t fall into the trap of neglecting rest days. It won’t end up how you want it to.
How long have you been doing Full Body? How are you progressing both lifts and bodyweight?
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A good Sunday today.
Productive morning, and an excellent quad and adductor session this afternoon.
Knees continue to let me do more.
I’ve got two more weeks of training and then my first bit of time out since a forced break through I’ll mess around Christmas.
Once that’s out the way, I’ll be moving to an upper/lower split. The gym I’ve moved to is well equipped enough to let me do that, and I’ve had a sustained period of working and letting my joints settle.
I will at that point reintroduce some soft wraps for my pressing work, as much to keep them nice and stable as the loads climb,
Food prep is done now for tomorrow’s rest day, and I’ve got one meal left for tonight.
Back to the long days tomorrow.
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If you don’t think good lifting performance is plausible at 6am, is there a reason you can’t shift your working day the other way (8-4) and train after work?
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Rest day today and it’s been a good one.
Got some work done, had some chill time, did some jobs, and now it’s last meal before bed.
Quad and adductor session tomorrow afternoon is on the cards.