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Hey all, thanks for the answers. Yeah, I always included more rotations when I did FB, U/L and PPL splits previously. For some reason, maybe something I misinterpreted, I thought that if you could stick to the same exercise (even though I knew the reasoning behind having multiple rotations so you wouldn’t stall) progressing quicker, it would be better for results. And also I guess I challenged myself in a sense haha but will include more rotations ASAP, for the first time I fell in love with FB splits

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Just one rotation, one session heavy legs first and the other heavy upper. I was trying to keep the same exercises as frequent as possible, but I guess that lasted me 7 weeks of progress haha guess I have to include another rotation then?

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Well, Dallas unfortunately is dead, right? So there you go

And no, more anabolics in your body actually makes you feel like shit, so nothing exciting about that

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Thank you, JP

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Hello Jordan,

So I have read, specially on IG, you saying that rep ranges are based on preference, what is most important is to progress your lifts. But do you think one is better than the other? For instance, it’s clear that you prefer low rep ranges, is that only based on preference? Or do you think it’s easier to progress in a micro load fashion since it causes less CNS fatigue and leaves you in a less fuckery state? And also, do you think in a visual standpoint, one can give a more denser look?

Obviously to me the only down side would be joint health, since it’s not possible and certainly not wise to expose extreme load every single session, sometimes you have to back off.

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Great lower session for me today : my knee has been giving me problems last few sessions but today I was back on track with it which was nice , still had to be careful but I’m happy

Single leg lying ham x 6 x 6 x 6

Leg ext x 8 x 8 x 7 x 7

Leg press x 10 x 8 x 7 ( first set left 2 rir , second set 1 rir , 3rd set 1rir , just for safety )

Hip banded stiff leg x 6

Granite glutinator x 6 x 7

Hip thrust x 7 x 5

Adductor x 7 x 7

Bicep x 7 x 5

Calf x 9

Just ticking along , I will try to keep this updated as much as I can but I am still extremely disconnected tbh from wanting to share , for the first time since I have ever started this stuff , I literally have just zero interest sharing anything I’m doing , and I’m forcing myself to do it . If I had my way. You wouldn’t see or hear from me in any way at all on here or IG until it was comp day and then you wouldn’t hear from me again until I compete after that , as my relationship with Instagram bodybuilding is defo coming an end , it’s defo too much for me , because I just love bodybuilding and it’s draining me so much having so much interaction with , basically fucktards

Hello Jordan
So those sets in the leg press, even with the reps in reserve, they still progressed from previous workouts?

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Will do that! Thank you all for the advices 🙏🏻

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Hi mate

I’m not sure it’s surprising that you’re running into a plateau if you’ve dropped food, dropped a rest day, and dropped to a cruise.

I don’t think you need to do anything as drastic as changing the make up of the split.

You could reintroduce the additional rest day, or, it might be time to change out movements.

Thank you, Rich. The main reason for increasing frequency it’s because rest days was making me a little bit anxious. I feel better on days that I go to the gym. But since progress is what’s more important, I’ll give it a try

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Damn that is madness , that’s a lot of working hours to pay for a bottle of anabolics . When I went to brazil, food wasn’t super cheap though , so minimum wage is low but food and cost of living is still expensive ?

We have a lot of underground cheap and doubtful labs over here that A LOT of people use, underdosed garbage and who knows what’s in the vials. Pharmacom, Cooper and Alpha Pharma are 3-4 times more expensive than most of the labs that we have access to.

It’s very very hard to live here with only minimum wage right now, Sao Paulo for example is even harder because it’s a very expensive city. You could buy food on a budget but prices are way over from what it was when you visited (I believe 2015-16 at the NABBA Worlds?). Brazil’s economy is at it’s worst at the moment, specially with the type of politicians we have governing. So yeah, it’s impossible to be a bodybuilder here with only minimum wage

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Joe, that’s interesting. Never heard that approach before and never thought about it haha very nice

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Ah ye I know your conversion rate is crazy over there , £62 when it comes to minimum

Wage there , is how many hours of work buddy ?

We go by monthly pay over here, but that price is almost half what you get paid a month minimum wage. Crazy

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Thank you for the answer, Ryan

Hey JP, I live in Brazil and our money is shit, but if I were to convert what I paid it would be £62,15 for 10ml. I don’t know if that is expensive over there haha

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Hello Jordan
Are you aiming for 10 weeks in this cutting period to get lean lean and start pushing again?

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Thanks for all the answers everyone. Appreciate it 🙏🏻