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  • Rich Ellis

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    June 15, 2026 at 8:33 pm in reply to: The Rebuild

    Rest day today. Very very busy at work, but a good one.

    Prepped my meals this evening ready for tomorrow

    Legs in the evening to look forward to

    Just about to have my beef mince meal, then sleep time

  • Rich Ellis

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    June 15, 2026 at 8:29 pm in reply to: Pangasius

    It’s a catfish so just be mindful of how it is farmed mate.

    A healthy one will be a good source of lean protein.

  • Rich Ellis

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    June 14, 2026 at 8:41 pm in reply to: The Rebuild

    Really good upper session this afternoon

    The big limiter for me at the moment is the chest pieces. I’m ok if I’m working in the high rep ranges (15+) but the pieces aren’t letting me load which is sad.

    I’ll try to do my push session at a different gym this week and see if the pieces there allow me to work hard in lower ranges.

    That aside, really good session.

    Food prep done for tomorrow’s rest day.

    Just getting my last meal and then it’s time for sleep

  • Rich Ellis

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    June 14, 2026 at 8:36 pm in reply to: magnesium and dream sleep

    Same as Bish for me mate, I split it three times per day.

    You can combine the two products no issue, but you may not need to add additional magnesium to your dream sleep.

  • Rich Ellis

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    June 13, 2026 at 9:14 pm in reply to: The Rebuild

    Very very good leg session today. They keep getting better. I’m very happy with how it’s gone and see real opportunity now if I can keep replicating this.

    I’m going to look at a wholesale change to this gym, but a lot will depend on the feasibility of the commute. I alrwady work long hours and need to weigh up the cost/benefit of slightly more kit availability in the week vs the sleep loss (if the commute is bad, if it’s not, it should be immaterial)

    Just getting my pre bed supps and meal and then sleep time ready for upper tomorrow

  • Rich Ellis

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    June 13, 2026 at 9:11 pm in reply to: Balancing hair loss post transplant

    Hi Freddie

    I’m not sure anyone can tell you what the risk/reward here is.

    It’s what’s most important to you, and there needs to be some comfort with the fact that you will have an individual response.

    You’re talking about quite subtle shifts, and you’re also in a place where what you’re doing now is working for your hair if I’ve read your OP correctly.

    I’ve said a lot of nothing there, but I don’t think you’re going to get something definitive on this one.

  • Rich Ellis

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    June 12, 2026 at 8:47 pm in reply to: The Rebuild

    Rest day to wrap up the working week.

    It’s been a busy but good week, I’ve had decent sessions and definitely glad it’s the weekend

    Saturday’s are always busy, but have leg day sandwiched in the middle so very much looking forward to that.

    One meal left tonight which I’m about to go and make – eggs tonight.

    Then it’s sleep time with a bit of a lie in compared to week days!

  • Rich Ellis

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    June 12, 2026 at 8:44 pm in reply to: Tissue work during contest prep

    This is something I always neglected and wish I’d done more of when I was younger.

    Totally agree that this will be a NET positive if you have a half competent therapist

    As with everything, always sensible to add your own thoughts as you grow your own experiences

  • Rich Ellis

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    June 11, 2026 at 9:19 pm in reply to: The Rebuild

    Very late to the gym tonight after a long day, but a good session.

    The gym was nice and quiet so no hold ups waiting for kit.

    Just about to get my last meal and then sleep time

    Rest day tomorrow, lower on Saturday – alrwady buzzing for it!

  • Rich Ellis

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    June 11, 2026 at 9:13 pm in reply to: BP monitoring timing

    Hi mate

    Just left arm, 2-3 times per week, consistent timing and process.

  • Rich Ellis

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    June 10, 2026 at 8:28 pm in reply to: The Rebuild

    Very happy with this evening’s push session. Bicep and shoulders playing ball nicely, numbers on the up, it’s a good day.

    Work is cranking up a lot, but enjoying getting that done alongside training taking a rise.

    Got my meals prepped for tomorrow, salmon now before bed and sleep.

    Pull session tomorrow

  • Rich Ellis

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    June 10, 2026 at 8:23 pm in reply to: Split lower days into ham or quad focus

    Hey guys, I do have some knee sleeves lying around, but like you said I tried to keep my knees naked to get the most out of the movement.

    There is a smith machine in my gym, but it’s a slanted one (nautilus) so it sucks to do squats on there in my opinion. Also im 6’1” / 185cm with long femurs so hacksquats allow me to get much better motion.

    I’ll try the hacksquat on Saturday and let you know how it went, if it still aches I’ll try single leg legpress !

    Hamstring focussed legday yesterday was perfect

    Totally on board with trying to keep naked knees, but not at the expense of discomfort

    Let us know how it goes mate.

  • Rich Ellis

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    June 9, 2026 at 8:32 pm in reply to: The Rebuild

    Very good leg session today

    Good steps forward on everything, moving this session to slightly higher reps with the other one now allowing me to load a bit.

    Just sorted food for tomorrow, and about to cook my last meal for the day.

    Push session tomorrow

  • Rich Ellis

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    June 9, 2026 at 8:29 pm in reply to: Split lower days into ham or quad focus

    Hey guys, thanks for all the feedback. I’ve implemented all your changes and look forward to training hams tomorrow!

    Also Rich: my gym only has 1 legpress and 1 hacksquat. No other quad press movements. So I always opt for hacksquat 🙂

    Additional thought mate, whilst I appreciate the sentiment of keeping knees naked in an effort not to change the mechanics of the movement, it might be a good idea to try some sleeves

    Genuinely cannot recommend join in and cure coming enough from the TBJP range.

    I was at a point I couldn’t get up off the floor without crawling to something to lever me up, the supps have transformed that.

  • Rich Ellis

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    June 8, 2026 at 8:32 pm in reply to: The Rebuild

    It’s Monday, and Monday is a rest day.

    Good start to the week, another busy one but it’s all good stuff.

    Just about to get my last meal and my pre bed supps, then it’s sleep time

    Legs tomorrow

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