[Darren Farrell]

Be great if you could do more on your training on’ this! As in executes sets reps etc

It’s hard to give an exact on training as we have the Gelsei’s doing our programming and sessions are sent through daily to us.

[Darren Farrell]

What was your stage weight vs current? How heavy do you want to push up to before prep next year? ????

Does Jamie do your offseason or just prep? Love all the content you two put out!

In New Zealand I was 205lbs on stage… currently 242lbs and aim is around 260 by December…
I check in with Jamie every week, off season is just as diligent as prep. It helps that most the year he sees me daily also as we train together..

[Darren Farrell]

I did my first ever cycle at 24 and looking back I would have started off slower and just done trt dosage for the first 2 or 3.
I would love to have invested more in learning back then

[Darren Farrell]

Great To have you back on the site @darren-farrell

What are you goals for 2020?

Also, I see you competing at muscle contest in limerick in April 2018. Your growth since then has been phenomenal! What advice would you give to somebody hoping to put on as much lean mass as they can without too much fat gain? Like what you have done but obviously down scaled haha

Hey mate, thank you for the kind words. 2020 I plan on doing a few shows in the US including Pittsburgh & New York. Taking a good off season first in order to add a few lbs.
My advice is to be as structured & as on point with your off season as you would a prep. Make every day count.

[Darren Farrell]

Hey Darren, enjoying the updates mate. How would you approach a a diet break when in a long cutting phase? Say 20 weeks down but still have some body fat to go, would 2 weeks at a maintenance phase (diet break) be beneficial to add longevity and dip back down into a deficit for a further 4-6 weeks to finish the dieting phase off?

Hey Lukas, 20 weeks in is certainly a long time and u must be feeling it. Yes a 2 week diet break at maintenance will be beneficial if you feel you have hit a point where you are not progressing.

[Darren Farrell]

Most recent update pics from 4 days ago weighing 242lbsa

[Darren Farrell]

Hey sorry for only replying now. Weirdly I actually touched on this exact topic on my insta story yesterday. Not many of you know this but @jordan-peters coached me some years ago and I followed his training protocol for some time and had great results.
Now I work with the Gelsei’s for my training and Jamie does my nutrition. I’m not going to say either method is better it’s just down to what’s better for you. Hell I don’t think anyone in the Uk carries as much muscle as Jordan so his method must work! But equally I think a lot of people will agree myself and prob more so Jamie have packed on a lot of tissue in a short space of time.
If you look at Jordan, me, Jamie & joe Ballinger yes we all have added a lot of muscle and you will also notice we all train dam hard and every aspect of what we do is meticulous.

[Darren Farrell]

Off Season Update – July 24th

Hey guys, apologies for the lack of updates, i promise from now on it will be weekly and i will give you a complete insight into everything im doing.
Im currently in Greece on ‘holiday’ im here for a month so im still on plan. The only real difference is whil im here im only training 4 days a week and the split is as follows;
Mon-Back & Hams
Tues- Chest & Delts
Wed- Rest
Thurs- Back & Hams
Fri- Quads & Arms
Sat/Sun- Rest

Cardio while in greece is a walk outdoors every morning fasted for 1 hour.

My Food is as follows:

Meal 1:

4 whole eggs, 10 egg whites
2 slices toast with 30g jam
100g oats
1 full Apple
5iu insulin

1 Strom Maximise
1 serving Supp Needs heart,Liver, Blood & Kidney stack
1000mg black charcoal
50 billion probiotic
1 serving Supp needs liposomal glutathione,Curcumin, Vit C, COQ10, B12
1 serving Strom Support Max

Meal 2:

200g chicken
200g white rice cooked
30g almond butter

Meal 3:

185g cooked steak or extra lean mince
200g white rice
1 serving Ravenous

Meal 4: ALWAYS pre workout meal…

200g chicken
250g rice
1muffin/2 cookies
5iu insulin

Intra workout

10-15g aminos
25g intra workout carbs

Meal 5 ALWAYS post workout meal

200g chicken cooked
150g Rice Krispies or any low fat cereal (with unsweetened almond milk)
1 bagel and jam
1 serving Strom Maximize
1 serving (GDA)

Meal 6:

225g cooked salmon
100g oats
85g pineapple
50-100g mixed veg
1 serving Supp Needs heart,Liver, Blood & Kidney stack
1 serving Supp needs liposomal glutathione,Curcumin, Vit C, COQ10, B12
1 serving Strom Support Max
1 serving strom support max neuro

Current Cycle
1g Sust per week
600 equi per week
600 primo per week
1 arimadex eod
4iu gh daily

[Darren Farrell]

@darren-farrell is a top coach and also an IFBB pro

Thank you, very much appreciate the support

[Darren Farrell]

apologies for lack of response on here, been busy with a lot of things but weekly updates are coming. Plan now is a solid off season before starting prep in january where the aim is pittsburgh & New York Pro along with a few others either side…

[Darren Farrell]

Hey guys so quick update, no changes to food, drugs or cardio since last check in. Dropped back down to 236 from 240 after being in Spain for the amateur Olympia. Food & training was on point there and even had 2 cheat meals over the weekend. I live quite a sedentary life so the extra time on my feet that weekend had quite an impact.
After this week we will likely push food up again.

[Darren Farrell]

Do you typically change your training split from prep to off season or keep things the same? @darren-farrell

Generally keep the same… off seasons maybe implement more rest

[Darren Farrell]

Do you typically change your training split from prep to off season or keep things the same? @darren-farrell

Generally keep the same… off seasons maybe implement more rest

[Darren Farrell]

quick update for you

got my blood work back today and everything is in order other than LDL and HDL being a little off but that is to be expected, but i will be looking to keep this in check.

So this means its time to get off season up and running. I spoke with Jamie today and we arent going to push cycle hard as we are predicting a long prep this year with a number of shows so its key that we keep my body fresh.

To kick things off:
250 sust m/w/f
200 equi weekly
150 primo m/w/f
1mg arimadex eod
3iu gh daily
50mcg t4 daily

Food and cardio still the same for now. we will increase slowly as we want to keep my condition roughly the same as it is. the goal is somewhere around 260lbs.

[Darren Farrell]

Love it! Gonna bring something special next year!

Thanks mate