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  • ZR

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    February 5, 2025 at 12:19 am in reply to: Nath Heckels’ Journey

    Check in day for me today

    Food has stayed the same only adjustment is taking lantus to 20iu and adding in 5iu nova rapid pre and post workout

    Hit chest and shoulders today . Numbers are progressing so it’s been productive

    Could you share current diet setup when you have a chance please?[/quote]

    Will do this tomorrow of full set up [/quote]
    Checking in to see if you’re still willing to share the setup.

  • ZR

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    January 29, 2025 at 12:51 am in reply to: Nath Heckels’ Journey

    Check in day for me today

    Food has stayed the same only adjustment is taking lantus to 20iu and adding in 5iu nova rapid pre and post workout

    Hit chest and shoulders today . Numbers are progressing so it’s been productive

    Could you share current diet setup when you have a chance please?

  • ZR

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    January 26, 2025 at 7:51 pm in reply to: Kuba’s 20/21 Level up

    Rest day – sore very sore lol but it is what it is today has been a tough day, productive one but a tough one, pain is pain it’s what we do just need to crack on.

    275 will hold and get better

    Diet update

    All weights are raw uncooked

    M1 –

    125g venison

    3 whole eggs

    50g mushrooms 30g peppers

    150g rice

    150g blueberry

    M2

    125g Venision steak

    100g haddock

    400g potatoes 60g rice

    100g pineapple

    50g asparagus 50g mushroom

    25g kimchi

    M3 pre

    40g whey isolate

    160g cream of rice

    100g pineapple

    100g banana

    15g raisins

    Intra

    25g mps max

    70g performance fuel

    200 ml coconut water

    M4 post

    170g rice flakes or cor

    150g blueberry

    60g whey iso pro

    10g raisins

    M5

    100g turkey or 150g prawns

    100g wild salmon

    100g rice

    50g asparagus green beans 25g mushroom 25g peppers 25g spinach

    30g kimchi 50 pineapple

    M6

    50g whey isolate

    120g fat free Greek yoghurt

    90g cream of rice

    10g almond butter

    8g dark choc

    200g mix berry

    Rest day

    M1

    60g iso

    125g cor

    100g strawberry

    100g blueberry

    20g dark choc

    Or pancakes – same macro

    M2

    225g turkey 30g avocado

    80g rice 50g pineapple

    50g spinach 30g mushroom

    50g veg

    M3

    125g venison steak

    200g low fat sourdough bread

    100g blueberry

    50g asparagus green beans 50g mushroom

    30g kimchi

    40g avocado

    M4

    225g Turkey

    80g rice

    30g avocado

    50g pineapple

    50g spinach 25g mushroom 25g peppers 25g spinach

    M5

    100g Wild salmon

    200g prawn

    80g rice

    50g pineapple

    50g spinach 25g mushroom 25g peppers 25g spinach

    8g olive oil

    M6

    50g whey isolate

    120g fat free Greek yoghurt

    90g cream of rice

    20g almond butter

    10g dark chocolate

    200g mix berry ( strawberry / blueberry )

    Any anabolic progressions along side food increase or ancillaries like insulin implemented?

  • ZR

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    January 22, 2025 at 12:31 pm in reply to: Sas is Back!

    9 weeks 4 days out. 264 lbs today so clawed back just under 2 lbs since Chris put the food up 3 days ago

    I feel tighter but not as flat. Feel better in the gym too

    Yesterday was chest day ,mediocre session. Hard to find a solid connection due to being flatter but strength is good and I still felt big so it’s all good

    Rest day today . Lower food + 60 minutes

    Cardio

    Chest and Calves yesterday

    Standing calf raises 4 x 8-15

    Flat smith 3 x 6-10

    Incline smith 2 x 8-12

    Decline machine 2 x 6-10

    Incline machine 2 x 6-10

    Cable fly 4 x 6-15

    What cardio modality are you using?

  • ZR

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    January 20, 2025 at 5:50 pm in reply to: Jay Davies: Race Against Time

    Afternoon guys. Best push session yet! Up to 6 plates (+ a biscuit) on the Atlantis incline for 8 which is the strongest I’ve ever been on there.

    Plan for foreseeable, keep the strength where it’s at as we go to a cruise for 2 months from Feb, hold the bodyweight above 250lbs and then it’s an 8 week push up before prep begins in June.

    Current cycle:

    750mg Test E

    800mg Primo

    300mg NPP

    8iu GH

    50mcg IGF1 (training days)

    Tomorrow is pull/hams so let’s hope the strength rolls into that session aswell & the lower back pls stay clear!

    How/when are you using the IGF?

  • ZR

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    January 18, 2025 at 12:27 am in reply to: Nath Heckels’ Journey

    Managed to get bloods taken at a clinic today and had the results within 4 hours so have got the green light from Martin to crank the cycle up and start offseason officially

    Cycle wise will be running from Monday

    700 test e

    500 eq

    400 mast e

    12.5mg aromisan e3d

    Hgh 4iu am / 4iu pm

    T4 100mcg

    igf-des on leg days

    Given your previous coach, I’m assuming eq hasn’t been used at least in years. Have you had prior experience with this? I know many are now using this as it manages estrogen very strongly for some. Curious if this is something Martin likes or just wanting to try something new? Excited to follow this progress!

  • ZR

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    December 18, 2024 at 10:35 pm in reply to: Hilly’s Guide to Eating With IBS

    Wed – 228lb

    No cardio done and no training – We had a christmas family soft play meet up this morning – then i worked until it was time for Arilena gymnastic Christmas show which was awesome.

    training this week will be Thurs and Saturday –

    5 meals in today

    How’s the sex drive issue troubleshooting going?

  • ZR

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    December 18, 2024 at 12:25 am in reply to: Nath Heckels’ Journey

    Another restless night sleep and night sweats last night so woke up groggy

    Got client work done and then headed to the gym

    Trained pull today and played around with a few exercises that I enjoyed still feeling a touch fragile in sessions but only 3 days post show so to be expected

    Tomorrow will rest and take the little one out for Christmas on the polar express train (most likely sleep haha )

    Hope you get some sleep on the train lol!

    Could you please keep us updated on cycle changes or how things like thyroid/clen and other things are tapering out or dropping. Much appreciated and very curious to see the approach taken!

  • ZR

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    December 15, 2024 at 12:11 am in reply to: Nath Heckels’ Journey

    Show day for me today

    Took 4th in the supers sharpest I’ve looked and managed try a new peak which worked very nicely

    Post show have consumed a fair amount of food but back to it tomorrow

    Will hit a leg session

    Was considering going to Mumbai but visa could take up to 10’days

    Solid look in this last one mate. Looking forward to following your off season with Martins guidance

  • ZR

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    November 20, 2024 at 1:05 am in reply to: Magnesium intake per day

    I take in 3000 mg daily, taking PEDs and training depletes magnesium levels, RDA is very low and lower than it should be.

    Almost everyone should be taking in more magnesium than they do

    Could you please layout how you take this through the day dose/timing?

  • ZR

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    November 13, 2024 at 10:53 pm in reply to: Nath Heckels’ Journey

    How is the prep going compared to previous preps as I know this is a new coach for you?

    What’s standing out as differences? Good and bad.

    Some prompts:

    Has food gotten this low before? How are you feeling on the higher dose of thyroid, is this a new approach?

    Looking good man!

  • ZR

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    November 5, 2024 at 10:52 pm in reply to: Andy Scott (AMS Muscle) – IFBB Open Pro

    Last session of the week wrapped up this morning, with a big back session going down!

    Close grip lat pulldowns – 1 working set, 8-12 + forced and negative reps

    Conventional t-bar row – 1 working set, 8-12, 1 back-off set, 12-15

    Chest supported t-bar row (upper back bias) – 1 working set, 8-12 + forced and negative reps

    SA DB rows – 2 working sets, 8-12

    Deadlifts – 1 working set, 6-10

    I’m still not seeing a need to push volume here just now.

    I checked in with Nick this morning, we’ve agreed to push primo again, so the current stack looks like this;

    Test E – 750mg/week

    Primo – 600mg/week

    GH – 6IU/day (pre-bed)

    Lantus – 20IU/day

    Humalog – 10IU pre-workout

    On top of the primo push, we’re adding in 50g of carbs to the training day.

    Hi Andy, do you utilize any AI in this setup?

  • ZR

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    November 2, 2024 at 9:56 pm in reply to: JP prep 2024/25 – NO OFF TOPIC QUESTIONS

    No doesn’t look appealing enough for me to add another health supp , im sure it has benefits , but I have my health bases covered , I won’t keep adding unless I deem something extremely worthy

    Do you utilize all your supplements at dosages on the label? Curious if there’s any you double up on or maybe even don’t use. I know Luba for example uses some extra vital, love, and omega. Appreciate your time big man. Hope you are well.

  • ZR

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    November 2, 2024 at 9:36 pm in reply to: Nath Heckels’ Journey

    Back and hamstrings ticked off today

    No cardio just 12k steps

    Refeed day 1

    Macros

    P:250

    F:88

    C998

    Tomorrow another day filling up but rest day from the gym and 45 mins cardio

    You’re looking good man. Not gonna lie, selfishly excited to watch you go into off season with Martin after the show(s).

  • ZR

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    October 31, 2024 at 10:48 pm in reply to: Kuba’s 20/21 Level up

    Push day, weight holding there about, no need to rush we are seeing perfect rate of gain so far of around 1/1.5 lbs per week so it is moving a lot at a perfect rate.

    Training performance is flying and bloods have just come back in a tremendous place, cholesterol improved since last lot I’m currently doing 5 lover heart 5 heart care pre bed and usual 10g omega daily. It all adds up imo and makes a huge impact.

    Todays session

    Y raise 3

    Fly 2

    Incline dumbbell 3

    Flat press 2

    Narrow grip press 2

    Overhead extension 3

    Behind back lateral into press up 3

    Glad to hear the bloods are looking good man. What is the reasoning for taking all pre bed vs split? Cheers

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