D Gonza
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Hello sir
Have you removed lantus during this phase? Or have you kept it in and kept the same? Thank you!
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Hi Joe hope all is well
Have you removed the 20iu lantus since starting this dieting phase? Thank you!
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Hi Kuba,
I’ve been watching some of your appearances on different recent podcasts, as well as the restart of your podcast, it’s great to see you back and getting these awesome guests.
I’m curious whether any of the conversations you’ve had recently have influenced your thinking going into this upcoming cycle. Have they changed your approach to training, recovery, or how you’re weighing the use of testosterone versus other options?
Also, are you incorporating any new medications, therapies, or health strategies to optimize your health and longevity moving forward? I’d be interested to hear if your perspective has evolved and what factors are shaping your decisions now.
No, everything I speak about is already something I’ve been doing.
I have been a fan of higher test already as it’s what I did this offseason and I have actually said here before one big mistake I made last prep was reducing my test , personally I respond to test way better only time I don’t is when I’m fat or inflamed.
I don’t really let any conversation influence my decision making to this degree at all, my decision making for me is based of previous data and seeing what works and what doesn’t and the trend I see over time. I have said test is the best for a long time my man, nothing new there.
Medications – I removed metformin and added Empagliflozin at low dose a while ago, I use sitaglitin with higher Gh use. Other than that nothing changes telmsaran year round and I use peptides throughout, extremely confident in my approach to use of these based of progress I’ve seen with my personal health and clients, some guys taking them from 48 EF to 60 ejection fraction in recent echo cardiogram without backing off doses, hitt cardio or losing weight [/quote]Hello sir, what dose do you take of empagliflozin I have 10mg tabs, was looking find the equivalent dose of 500mg Metformin which currently taking pre bed. Also when implementing Sitagliptin with higher GH dose what would be a reasonable starting dose? Thank you v much
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Hello sir, been watching you on bros meet science podcast, what dose of Clen would you be willing to go up to in a recomp/mini cut phase during a 6/8 week cruise? Also would you implement any specific health supps when using Clen? Thank you very much !
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Hi Joe really enjoying reading your stuff on here after usually only being able to follow on your instagram. Do you know what the total MG of the initial 5 weeks of your health phase will be? Taking into account the total being 2400mg in your push phase? Also will any fat burners be used? Thank you!
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Hello sir, have you noticed that reta when you used it yourself briefly in the past or with clients/competitors using it that they become flat and less vascular? Thank you!
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Hello sir, wanted to know your opinion regarding rebound phases after a prep as opposed to the slower reverse dieting style? I see a lot of American coaches who apply a more rebound style especially for bodybuilders looking to jump up a weight class. Is this something you prefer with your clients too? Thank you!
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Hello sir!
Currently in a dieting phase, around 6-7 week out mark. I have implemented a refeed day of an extra 500 calories from carbs once a week every Monday. For the last two weeks my weight has dropped on the Tuesday morning weigh in, would you implement another refeed on the Tuesday and have two consecutive days? Or would implementing a refeed every 5th day as opposed to once every week be a better option? Thank you!
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257 today so same weight.
Today is high day again, 800g carbs and arm training
Arms felt BIG today. So the extra carbs are definitely hitting
Upper body feels bigger this prep. Let’s hope it stays this way into the shows.
I’m posting an upper body shot on my IG later today if anyone wants to see what state I’m in : D
Nothing else to report. I’ll try remember to post the high day diet here too today.
Arm day was a superset day
Standing calf raises 5 x 10-20
Cable ez curls superset with ez bar push downs 4 x 8-15
High cable curls super set with double cable kick sides 4 x 10-15
Db hammer curls superset with close grip bench press 4 x 8-12
Rope overhead extensions superset with high hammer rope curls 3 x 10-15
Hi Sas hope you’re well
What are the main benefits you see from high days in prep? For both yourself and from what I’ve seen you like to implement them with your clients too. Thank you sir! [/quote]
Hey buddy , hope you’re well too
High days were quite a few purposes. Physiologically they kind of “wake up” the process of burning fuel / food / body fat so give things a boost.
They fill up glycogen stores , fluid stores etc so this helps maintain a high level of performance in the gym (which is key to getting in shape and staying big)
It’s never good to just stay in a calories deficit every for week and week. That’s what bikini girls do : D
So these high days help off set the aggressive deficit , giving up fuel both physically and mentally to continue progressing
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Thank you v much really appreciate it ! -
257 today so same weight.
Today is high day again, 800g carbs and arm training
Arms felt BIG today. So the extra carbs are definitely hitting
Upper body feels bigger this prep. Let’s hope it stays this way into the shows.
I’m posting an upper body shot on my IG later today if anyone wants to see what state I’m in : D
Nothing else to report. I’ll try remember to post the high day diet here too today.
Arm day was a superset day
Standing calf raises 5 x 10-20
Cable ez curls superset with ez bar push downs 4 x 8-15
High cable curls super set with double cable kick sides 4 x 10-15
Db hammer curls superset with close grip bench press 4 x 8-12
Rope overhead extensions superset with high hammer rope curls 3 x 10-15
Hi Sas hope you’re well
What are the main benefits you see from high days in prep? For both yourself and from what I’ve seen you like to implement them with your clients too. Thank you sir!
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Thank you very much!
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Hi Ryan excited to follow along!
What’s your current training split? I can see you do upper lower but is it 2 on 1 off? Or set days of the week? Thank you
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So t3 is on its arse and arguably it would be a good move to add in T3, However firstly how is rate of loss? How do you feel etc?
when you say prep does this mean you are prepping for a show?
If rate of loss is in a good spot, you feel fine and all is good with lots of space to reduce food and up output then possibly there is no need to add in t3 and t4.
However if your feeling sluggish and need to increase rate of loss etc then adding these in now would have a very dramatic effect here. Just be careful it doesnt run you flat and effect things more so.
100mcg t4
25mcg t3
Will have a big impact – I would then recheck these numbers after 4 weeks and see were those doses put you. You could go in with t3 at 12.5mcg but if you dont know how you will respond to it you may end up only slightly better than you are now
Thank you sir!
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Hi Nath
Are you currently training upper lower 4 times per week? Or is it upper lower 2 on 1 off repeat? Thanks!
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Hello sir
In an upper/lower split, where someone’s lower body is ahead of their upper, would lowering volume on legs to say 1 working set per exercise to allow extra recovery for upper body sessions be an option? So basically lowering overall leg volume to be able to progress your upper sessions more even though you’re keeping upper sessions the same volume wise. Thank you!