Hey guys,

Today was the PCA naturals! My girls got 3rd and 5th today in wellness, another great line up! Both are at the finals tomorrow.

I had a couple of clients back to my Airbnb this evening, it’s been such a great day, looking forward to tomorrow!

It’s my birthday today, cannot believe I’m 34, how depressing haha. I got some lovely presents from Max.

I had to take Arlo to the vets this morning for an operation, they had to remove the implant he had around 4 months ago due to a potential infection. It was successful and he’s doing well.

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I have to agree with Kuba.

I personally think getting carbs in when pushing food is hard when you are eating whole foods only. This is why you see bodybuilders eat cereal, honey etc.

Attach your diet and we can always help you!

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I trained with a client today she drove to ultra which was lovely. I had a look over her too, she is 2 weeks out from her first ever show.
Very happy with how she’s looking, she is only 21 with so much potential and works at the tbjp gym actually.

Rest of the day chilled out with max and Arlo

Everyone has made such good points here. Peak weak is all about reducing inflammation, reducing output will do this and adding more food to bring the best look. If you are having to push in peak when they you are behind.

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I would go through a prep with a coach then decide. Prep can be so tough and you need to have a good eye for things which comes with experience and time.

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Hey guys travelled back home today, took a rest day too back at it tomorrow with work and training! Had the best time away. Went for breakfast this morning before flying home

Hey guys,
Did cardio first thing then had a massage 🙂 my hip is getting loads better now which is great, it’s not hurting when training so I feel like it’s moving in the right direction.
I had check ins to do when I got back home then had a therapy session this evening!

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I normally take 4 days off, do to my cardio and my steps though and stick to my rest day calories. That has always worked for me and my clients. I have been known to not do cardio if I’m really fatigued.

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This could be something like leaky gut but I’d go to your docs first and also run some bloods.

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Hey guys,

I went to derby to film for my YouTube, I trained with one of my girls in prep, she is looking unreal! I am so impressed, natty first timer, not looking like she is either of those!

Very proud coach!

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I was supposed to be on upper but due to yesterdays shit session i wanted to redeem myself. Ended up being a great session I am so glad I went 🙂 Appetite has been good today, the reduction in food is working.

The rest of the evening I’ve caught up with clients

Here are a few pics of today’s look

I now do rear leg elevated b stance rdls due to standard Rdls hitting my errectors too much even with good form. Due to my division I need to be careful with this.

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Like others have said sounds like you are potentially placing your head in the wrong position.
How regularly are you getting tissue work? It’s so important to keep on top of it. Once every 6 weeks which is what a lot of people do, isn’t enough, weekly or bi weekly is what you need to be doing.
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I would put the incline press after your laterals, reason being you’ll probably find the pull movements take away from your incline press with it being towards the back end.

Same with the other uppers move all pressing to beginning. Just my opinion.

Is your whole lower weak? This will determine how you structure your leg days.

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Good you are doing cardio it’s important in an improvement phase.

No i personally wouldn’t add in anymore food on your training day, if you need to do cardio then. As long as weight is holding and you aren’t dropping you are all good 🙂

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I find it so beneficial instead of using a time.

No I don’t pose everyday at least 3 times per week at the moment, however in prep it goes to daily.

Posing in the offseason isn’t as enjoyable hahaha but it’s needed, my flow has gotten so much better and I’m playing around with things I want to add in next year too. The more you practise the better 🙂

I agree with both of the guys 🙂

You’ll find full body works so well especially for anyone who is new to the gym.

Then any issues you have just send us a question on here and we will all help you 🙂

If you have the time then I’d do upper lower now. I think you’ll enjoy it more too 🙂

I agree with Oscar though you may need a deload also when was the last time you changed your plan because overtime things do stall anyway.

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Hams and glutes today, what a session. I’m loving this new training block! The rest pauses and myoreps are crazy good.

The connection I’m getting is mad, honestly I know I keep going on about this but I’m so excited to see how much I grow over that next 6 months.

That all looks good to me 🙂

100% get a posing coach if you can, I find that posing is so individual.

Tutorials are great but you can’t beat a 1-2-1 session.

Rest day for me today, went to the gym to pose and do cardio 🙂

The rest of the day chilled and did some client work.

Buzzing to train tomorrow!

Staying accountable is key so like the others have said do your weekly pictures etc and just increase food nice and steady.

I would allow yourself a off plan meal every week too to keep any cravings at bay 🙂

I agree with both Clare and Marc here.

I started my new split today and had an unreal session. Nathan has added in more volume which will make training legs a lot more fun. I do enjoy the top set back off set style training but adding in this extra volume has made it very spicy!!

Excited to see how I progress and grow 🙂

Just to clarify too you are using pink salt?

I would look to add in more fruit 🙂

It’s important you enjoy your meal plan and if you are at the moment then that’s what matters with of course the quality of your food.

Today I had a client photoshoot, which was wonderful! Seeing my clients so confident is the best feeling 🙂

Days like today really make me realise how much I love my job.

When I got back did some steps and then some client work 🙂

Oats are a good option too, I don’t mind them cold 🙂

What’s your current training split too?

Agree with everyone here 🙂

Hey guys,

Trained hams and glutes with Pheobe the best one so far I think, we’ve got every movement on lock now 🙂

Then came home and sorted the house as we’ve got people over one being my client who’s got a shoot tomorrow. So spent the evening catching up with them.

Sorry you going through this. Have you not been coached through any of this?

There is a lot to address here, post diet phase can be very hard when you’ve not got the support you need.

Training was epic today! First time in a while where my niggle hasn’t bothered me 🙂

Nathan is very happy with my check in, no changes this week just need to keep doing what I am doing 🙂

I saw someone in the gym today who follows my log which was lovely 🙂

Get up and get it done first thing, great way to start the day too.

Doing cardio post training is never fun haha.

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Insane work! I agree with Jordan 🙂

Woke up and got straight to the gym to do my rest day cardio, I am still doing 200cals each rest day, which has been game changing for me this offseason 🙂

I got myself ready for the day before having meal 1 then cracked on with check ins.

Checking with Nathan tomorrow which I’m excited for 🙂

I managed to have a great session today, finally felt a lot better, all movements felt great.

I then spent the afternoon doing some jobs around the house and Maxs mum came over for the evening. All in all a chilled Sunday 🙂

Whey can cause more digestive stress than chicken and eggs so I wouldn’t worry at all.

Can you add on some lean beef mince too?

Rest day for me.

Not a lot to report from today, if not been well again which was very annoying, so just had to spend the day trying to rest.

Hoping I’ll be good for legs tomorrow to make up for the not great session I had yesterday.

Cardio is key in a offseason, it helps with body comp, digestion and cardio vascular health. It will benefit training so much too, the fitter you are the more you have to give to your lifts.

I do 200cals every rest day which is around 20 mins on the stair master.

It won’t impact muscle growth.

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Today hasn’t been the best day, day one of my cycle had me in bits, I still trained but it wasn’t the best session due to being in so much pain and feeling unwell.

This put me in a big mood, training has been great and so today not going to plan made me feel pretty annoyed.

Appetite has been in the bin too which happens whenever I get bad…

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Rest day today.

Woke up and got my cardio done, such a good start to my day! Then cracked on with work before heading to my massage which i always look forward to, it’s self care with a sprinkle of pain hahaha.

Nothing much else to report from today 🙂

Are you going in with enough food? I agree with Sara here too.

I always ensure I get 1 litre in before I train at 9am 🙂

How much sodium are you on per day?

Rest days shouldn’t ever consist of weight training. If you train then it’s not a rest day 🙂

I agree with what the girls have said here.

You do want to aim for more whole foods in a diet or prep in my opinion anyway.

If you find you do get hungry which you will, then I wouldn’t drink juice, I’d aim to get more calories from higher volume carb sources like potato and oats.

Today I filmed for YouTube with Pheobe, we did our normal Wednesday session which is hams and glutes 🙂 in the video we covered how training differs between wellness and bikini, it was such a great session as per.

After filming we drove back to Pheobe’s, I chilled there for a bit had another meal and then came home.

A fun filled Wednesday!

Today has been a great day!

Incredible quads session, a fab check in with Nathan he is very happy with where I am at. I’m looking nice and full and I’m just so excited for the rest of this offseason.

This offseason is by far the best I’ve had, I’m so locked in and my day to day process is better than it has been previously. I feel like i have…

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