[Jack]

Not the easiest machine to get in and out of and with the weight you move on that thing, did you manage to get out of the machine alright or did you have people spotting as well?

Fingers crossed for a quick recovery mate.

[Jack]

Are you using 3.6 as you are using 36iu pens? What growth are you using currently? Did you not have some of the black tops coming the overdosed 18iu ones?

Wondering what growth to use – currently on the genX

[Jack]

It’s defo all water , but if you stick with it a full offseaon, it seems to stretch your gut and it doesn’t come back the same , we see this in literally everyone that has pushed pushed ever

I don’t touch my t3/t4 , just steps/cals

So with that in mind if you could go back to peak pushing with insulin and GH specifically, do you think you would have used those in significantly smaller amounts / potentially not at all?

[Jack]

Oo also + 15iu Lantus am and 10iu fast insulin pwo , will do some fast pre aswell

Im not sure how much I will push that all as I do feel it in my midsection , irs just like a pressure in my gut that isn’t there when I don’t use it all and just tick along on my low dose gh , but i will pay attention to what is what

Do you think a lot of this is just water in the mid section, I just dropped into a health phase and prior to this was running pretty high HGH and Insulin pre and post and was finding it hard to tie my shoes as breathing felt laboured bent over etc, but 2 weeks with that all out and HGH at lower dose.. i can vacuum again and breathing is not an issue at all.

One thing I wanted to ask, during your tidy up phases, the mini cuts, are you using T3/T4 in different amounts, or any fat burners etc during this period or just increase of steps and reduction in cals

[Jack]

Hello mate,

Hope you are well!

Are you just doing your HIIT on the bike? What does the session look like as such?

Thinking of adding some into my plan now as I’m around 270lbs and starting to feel it lol

[Jack]

I’d just been googling for it privately but when I spoke to a few places that was the response I got. I have got private medical with bupa.

From what you guys have said I just need to speak to a private GP first and then get them to refer me on for the scan where as I’d just been calling the places that provide the scans directly, which is probably the issue.

Cheers

[Jack]

Hello mate,

Apologies if you have covered this – I did look back to see if it had been answered already. What is the reasoning behind using the bands for the tricep pushdown – just saw it in the most recent video and was interested into why you are doing this instead of using a cable stack etc?

[Jack]

Hello mate,

What would you say the main differences in approach / things you have learnt between 2018 and now have been?

Obviously your knowledge of programming, frequency and just bodybuilding in general is second to none and albeit not applicable to most of us, always good to read and listen, try things and see what works.

Also I am stepping on stage next year so if you can let me know what show you are doing so I know which one not to… that would be appreciated haha

[Jack]

Hey Jordan

Just a question on Solidifying, I get the concept just curious on how that would go cause if you get into a deficit youll drop down and if in surplus weight will go up. So I assume solidifying would be at maintenance food and make changes to PEDs and activity?

Thanks big guy

You’d be better off asking this in the other forum section mate or in Kuba’s Q&A thread in the educator section. You’ll get a good response / advice.

[Jack]

Couple of lbs up and still pretty flat today so another high day going in – posed for meg and still pretty empty so running similar set up today and leg day – lowered clen and steps kept minimal – pics tomorrow and we take it from there, visually a lot harder in areas today too especially my glutes so I’m excited for this week when we get back to work. 6 weeks out yesteday and time is flying so cannot wait to smash the rest of this prep, so far it has been incredible.

Can’t wait for legs later.

Usual session

Seared ham

Leg ext

Leg press

Hack

Lying ham

Hip thrust

Calf

Posing after ( posing 2 x a day now )

Todays food

High day 06/05/24

Half clen

T3 half

T4 as is

Steps low

Leg day

M1 –

35 whey isolate

1 whole egg 230 egg white

125g cream of rice 50g rice

100g blueberry

M2

225g Venision steak

200g potatoes

50g rice 100g banana 1 caramel rice cake

100g pineapple

75g veg

M3 pre

200g chicken 30g veg

150g rice + 20g honey

100g pineapple

Intra

25g mps max

30g performance fuel

200 ml coconut water

M4 post

150g rice flakes or cor

100g raspberries

350g prawn

M5

225g chicken

100g rice

50g greens

50g peppers

50 pineapple

M6

65g whey isolate 40g egg white

100g oats / cream of rice half half

150g mix berry

Hey kuba is there any reason why your hip hinge has been pulled from your leg days[/quote]

The reason is explained on his latest youtube video by Oscar, I believe its because he needs more glute bias so has removed it in preference for glute drive!

[Jack]

Sleep is king, losing 90 minutes of sleep for cardio would see worse fat loss

Would you say this is applicable to anyone, even someone who is carrying a lot of bodyfat like 20%+ curious whether clients would be better sleeping and just increasing steps if they are working 12hours+ a day whilst trying to reduce bodyfat?

[Jack]

Possibly a question I am going to answer myself in the process of writing it, but, alas… lol… When dieting, do you feel fasted cardio is essential? So currently I am taking my bodyweight down solely to start a decent off season (probably going to message you to sign up for this bit, providing you have space) but currently dropped 20lbs with just adjustment of diet and steps. If I want to speed this process up should I throw in some stairmaster first thing before work or just keep doing what I’m doing?

I would stick to what you are doing and manipulate steps, most guys who train hard enough and have a decent amount of muscle don’t need cardio – cardio is a poor tool for fat loss imo it’s great for hearth health in offseason but other than that… trash[/quote]

Thank you for confirming my thoughts and also giving me an extra 90 minutes in bed lol. Cheers mate

[Jack]

Possibly a question I am going to answer myself in the process of writing it, but, alas… lol…

When dieting, do you feel fasted cardio is essential? So currently I am taking my bodyweight down solely to start a decent off season (probably going to message you to sign up for this bit, providing you have space) but currently dropped 20lbs with just adjustment of diet and steps. If I want to speed this process up should I throw in some stairmaster first thing before work or just keep doing what I’m doing?

[Jack]

What show / shows are you aiming for mate? And if you were to hazard a guess at this stage, how much tissue do you think you’ve added since this time last year?

[Jack]

Hey Meg, congratulations on the next win!

Is there a particular reason you take metformin pre bed? I’ve always just taken in am with supps, just curious if there is a reason why.