jamie christian-johal
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Session was
Hammer incline chest
Low incline DB
Seated cable fly
Incline bench cuffed lat 3 sets
Tricep dip machine
Rope cable front raise
Tricep prime attachment
All 2 sets unless stated
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Push was real good today. Pb’d in lifts although is not touched a few movements for a while as I trained at ultraflex with the boys.
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Whats the reason for no carbs on non training days? Iv never really understood this when trying to gain weight!
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No carbs on rest days is for insulin sensitivity.
Gives the pancreas and digestive system a rest from large food volumes and helps increase blood sugar/insulin sensitivity.
I actually have 4 carb meals in rest days now but I am 23 stone and create a high demand for energy to just move around lol -
Workout was
Tbar row
Prime attachment low pulley row
Nautilus single arm row
Hammer single arm row 1 set
Close grip pull down
Rear delt dB fly
Bicep cable ez curl
All sets 1 work 1 back off unless stated -
Tonight’s pull session with Kuba and Jimmy was epic! Really good pump and feel from the exercise selection.
No lower back loading tonight which will give the lower back and hips a nice rest ready for leg day ???????? -
The giant household has a new addition. We rescued a frenchie and we’ve called her Betty ????????♂️
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Had a chat with Jordan today as I’m really feeling this bodyweight now.
Everything is suffering – sleep, appetite, recovery and really just a constant state of being uncomfortable particularly in bed – feel like I’m kinda crushing myself haha
Jordan’s been here before so it’s good to bounce how I’m feeling off him. We’ve tweaked cycle not to really assist anything but to take away the extra uncomfort from the dhb pip.
The struggle continues ???? -
Jamie, what does your diet look like right now?
There is a diet page buddy on the top of my log
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Jamie, what does your diet look like right now?
Current Diet
Meal 1
60 pro
35g fat
Meal 2 + 5
280 chicken
110g rice
Veg
Meal 3
110g oats, 20g honey
Banana
75 whey
1 cookie
Intra 75 carbs from sustain 2 heaped MPs
Post
240g cereal
75g whey
Meal 6
2 burgers
2 buns
300g oven chips 5%
1 supermarket cookie
Rest day diet is
Meal 1
60g pro
35g fat
2 + 4
280g chicken
35gfat
Veg
3 + 5
280 steak
15g fat
Veg
meal 6
Same as training day
+ 1 super market cookie
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Rest day today.
Body is pretty fucking beat tbh
Finding that the extra bodyweight is now having a knock on recovery. A lot of energy is going in to simply functioning, waking and moving about so the gym sessions I’m finding are extra doing me in and recovering from quite poorly.
Going to try dropping volume in each session to 8-10 sets total across all body parts and go from there.
Not even 12iu gh can save me haha
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Jamie, refering to not being afraid to sit at a certain BW awhile during an offseason….when is it time to push?
I’ve been sitting at 280 for about 2 weeks now and want to push it.
Ideally i want to put on another 10lbs to be a solid 290 but when/how do you decide to push the weight up?
I feel like my body has kinda settled here, and now after 2 weeks should I kinda make a push with more food?
I probably have 6-10 more weeks in my offseason.It really depends on other factors. If your still progressing and recovering fine there’s no major need to push unless you are still fairly lean and you can accept more food without damaging composition too much.
I like to sit at a weight for 2-3 weeks and when that becomes a solid weight and I’m reasonably happy with condition in off season terms I’ll push.
Make an increase next week and try and push a few lbs on.
But if your already a high bodyfat than extra weight only really means extra dieting. Make sure you need the extra weight and don’t just chase a number. -
Hi Jamie,
Good to meet you at Ultraflex today I really don’t think people realise how big you are in person.Thank you Marshall buddy. I like it that way tbh, that way I’ll shock more people on stage 😉
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326 still moving ????
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Been following along with your progress, awesome to see! Everytime I see your photos I think “Jesus Christ, LATS!!!” ????
How do you approach increasing your calories this off-season? I know you’ve been saying recently how hard it’s getting eating so much but typically how would you approach when to increase calories? Do you increase when weight stalls or is it log book based?
Just curious, I’m on week 7 off pushing up after getting into the best condition of my life and I’m 2kg up, gaining around 0.3kg per week on average (yes I’m very small ????) but this week my average weight has been the same as last week pretty much but I’m still progressing in the gym. Do I need to add calories?
I’m hoping to get quite a long period of pushing up slowly, but I’m conscious of just adding calories unnecessarily, my mid section is SUPER easy to add fat too! ☹️Hey Lewis you’re spot on buddy. Adding calories slowly. I’ve been so lucky this off season I’ve not really had to push much beyond the initial diet set out 6 months ago.
When I had a break from cycle I kept calories the same and didn’t lose mass or weight so when I reintroduced gear bodyweight started to move up again.
Don’t be afraid to sit at a weight and own that fucker. This is how you creep up and add solid tissue without the bulk of fat and water. Be patient!
If lifts are progressing and recovery is good hold steady for a good few weeks till your super hungry then add food a little at a time.
Good luck man????????