[Darren Farrell]

Very good push session today – strength was up in all movements which I’m very happy with as push is normally very stagnant for me in terms of progress.
Incl smith press up from 3pps x10 to 3.5pps x 7

[Darren Farrell]

Apologies no updates last 2 days
Had a lot going on outside of bodybuilding which I had to deal with.
Still got my training in and had some very good sessions.
Legs Friday and finally feel like I’m back to where I need to be performance wise there and hitting some good numbers.
Great session on pull Saturday, post brachialis tear it’s fully recovered and managed to hit some weight Iv never done before.

Weight is now 245lbs and another few weeks off cycle and in this diet phase I should see this down around 240 mark.

[Darren Farrell]

Very good push session today- strength is still increasing despite now being down to 246LBS which is a drop of 18lbs in 11 days. I’ll be happy now to maintain around here for the coming weeks while off cycle before starting prep in august

[Darren Farrell]

Hi Darren. Did you take anything to help heal the injury . Or have you just let it heal up on its own.

Many thanks

I was just using growth hormone

[Darren Farrell]

You can do either or it really doesn’t matter here. Both are a means of altering your energy balance

[Darren Farrell]

Rest day today but had my first full boxing session which was very good! Surprised I lasted the full hour, Very taxing cv fitness wise, must have sweat about 3kg off during it!
Aiming to keep it up now until prep starts with 2 sessions a week on my rest days from weights

[Darren Farrell]

Very good pull/hams session today and I’m definitely fully back now post injuries and even hitting new levels of strength in many movements.
I did consult with someone today on training as I have some concerns with my legs having downsized since quad tear so will be readjusting my split starting next week, removing a push day and replacing with another leg day. This will be my first time in about 18 months where I’ll be hitting legs twice in a 7 day period

[Darren Farrell]

3 days mate won’t make a difference if you are t on plan- obviously don’t go free for all on the food but if you just eat meals normally you will be fine

[Darren Farrell]

Rest day today however I’m taking this opportunity now to learn a new skill so I had my first boxing lesson…. Really enjoyed so will be doing it on 1 of my rest days a week until I start prep

[Darren Farrell]

Pretty normal – you have just put your body through a lot and also prob eating more carbs now that may make you feel sleepy.
If it persists tho I’d get bloods checked

[Darren Farrell]

Very good pull session yesterday, again like the rest of the sessions this week went up on most movements.

6 days into diet phase 264-248lb so a 16lb drop.
No drop in performance, feel great in training. Maybe a small bit flat today but nothing crazy.

Current physique

[Darren Farrell]

Apologies no updates last 2 days Iv had some flu that’s going around here at the moment and it wiped me- I did train but other than that Iv just been sleeping.

Push session Thursday very good – few movements up in numbers.

Very good leg session yesterday – as I wasn’t feeling great I was conscious of pushing harder and ended up being a great session hitting a pb in gym leco leg press of 10 plates for 12 reps.

[Darren Farrell]

Oscar pretty much hits the nail on the head here so no need to repeat but what I will say is you are exactly the same as me- chest is probably my strongest body part visually but in terms of strength very average and this was something that annoyed me and I played around a lot with exercises until one day training with Jordan shallows he was like who cares- your chest is good, it’s growing- you are a bodybuilder not a power lifter

[Darren Farrell]

Rest day for me today which means a busy client programming day, not a whole lot else. Made a conscious effort to go for a few 20 min walks to ensure I hit 10k steps.
Surprisingly even with just the small drop in food my appetite has gone up as I’m definitely feeling hungry now!

[Darren Farrell]

Another great session today, I don’t know whether it’s from a drop in weight or just motivation to be dieting somewhat but intensity has gone up another notch in sessions… hit peak strength in pull/hams today taking some numbers Iv never done before and felt great.

Update on current diet for dieting

30 mins cardio fasted (20 steady 10 hiit)
Pre cardio 20clen 10 yohimbine 3iu gh

Meal 1pre workout
30iu lantus
100g cream of rice
100g banana
2 scoops vegan protein

Intra
30g sustain 10g eaa

30mins light cardio on bike post training

Meal 2 post
200g prawn
100g rice (uncooked weight)
120g pineapple

Meal 3
180g turkey
100g rice (uncooked weight)
30g cashew butter
100g apple

Meal 4
180g 5% steak mince
100g rice (uncooked weight)
125g avocado

Meal 5
200g prawns
100g rice (uncooked weight)
10g avocado oil

Meal 6
2 scoops whey iso
30g cashew butter

Cycle
200mg test e per week
10iu increlex pre workout