[Emmet Maguire]

I should lower volume if I’m not progressing then yeah?

[Emmet Maguire]

Have been back home and between work and seeing friends, family, work and training it has been challenging to manage my mini-cut. Looking at my Fitbit the calories I set were way too low, this caused the scale weight to fluctuate massively and I had a horrible push session last week where I felt super weak and log book numbers were down. I have now set out my plan for this week based upon training and working schedule and will continue to do this until I am back in England for uni.

Monday: Work/Non-training day – 3500

Tuesday: Legs/No work – 3700

Wednesday: No work/no training – 3300

Thursday: No work/no training – 3300

Friday: Pull/No work – 3500

Saturday: Push/Work – 4500

Sunday: Rest day/No work – 3300

[Emmet Maguire]

Waking weight 84.5kg

Started mini-cut on 6/12 which I plan to run for 7 weeks.

Initial macros for minicut: TD 3180 cals C334 F62 P207 and NTD 2851 C195 F105 P207

Gonna see where my weight goes from there and adjust accordingly.

[Emmet Maguire]

Hi Emmet. I’m pleased you’ve found your way here and figured out a training split that’s more suited to you which you’re progressing well with.

How are you finding your diet? Do you get on well with high fats or is this a way of getting more calories in? How’s your digestion, appetite, energy levels, sleep etc?

Hi Clare,

I changed my fats on rest days based upon the TBJP diet planner. I also love hummus so it was a nice way to bring it back into my diet. I feel that it has increased my hunger, even on training days, helping me get food in. I try to keep my foods close to the vertical diet and have not felt a change to digestion. I have not noticed a change to sleep or energy levels.

[Emmet Maguire]

Pull Push Rest Legs Rest

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Hi Oscar,

I can immediately tell that this split is better suited for me. I was previously using a plan I bought that had me doing way too much volume, especially for legs and before I changed the plan my log book numbers would barely change week on week. I am also really liking the variety that the plan has added which allowed me to actually think about different aspects of training I was not paying attention to before when I was blindly following a plan.

[Emmet Maguire]

Pull Push Rest Legs Rest

[Emmet Maguire]

Thanks for the help Clare

[Emmet Maguire]

Current weight this morning : 85.9kg

Current NTD calories: 3097 – C234 F106 P207

Current TD calories: 3800 – C507 F66 P207

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[Emmet Maguire]

Emmet please go watch the you tube pull session myself and jordan did . It covers everything you need to know a building a decent back . Any more questions come back here and ask.

The only thing I am struggling with is finding and exercise to bias the lengthened range for upper back.

[Emmet Maguire]

That depends where you’re trying to add thickness….

Thanks for the help