[James]

Sleep, recovery, diet, hydration all good? Any changes to that? Any other health/hormonal issues or is that all good that you know of?

If I include crossover movements, you’re doing:

3 x chest
2 x lat
2 x upper/mid back
3 x tricep
2 x bicep
2 x delt
2 x quad
2 x ham
1 x glute
1 x adductor
1 x abs
1 x calf

That isn’t “low volume” for FBEOD, bud. It’s finally caught up with you. I echo what Clare suggested, have a go at Upper/Lower as you’re essentially doing doing Upper/Lower volume already, but with FBEOD recovery.

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[James]

Eat a carb rich meal before bed the night before a session and add in an intra to fuel your session.

Performance Fuel is great and doesn’t bloat me personally.

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[James]

Focus on going forwards. Get back in the gym and crack on. The stress you’ll put on yourself is not useful to you.

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[James]

I do it purely because I want to give myself the best chance at being as healthy as possible. I’ve done this well before I started training at 38 y/o.

Do I get bloods done? Yes. Being natural isn’t a free pass to immaculate health. It’s an expense I can afford and it doesn’t hurt anything to know how my health is every so often, albeit not as regular as assisted.

Replace “should” with “would it benefit me?” to which the answer is yes.

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[James]

I think this maybe a case of finding out why she isn’t supportive.

Does your BB leave her doing everything at home? How old are the kids? Is her ambitions on hold because you’re off chasing the dream? Do you spend valuable time together? Do you sit down and discuss this with some introspect?

Has she had or have a career that could go further, but being Mum and Supportive Wife means she can’t go for that right now?

It’s easy to think “hmmm she’s just being a twat because she hasn’t got a hobby” but this is a partnership right? Meet her in the middle if you can. However, if you’ve tried all this and she’s just resentful because you’re levelling up, then a serious chat is in order.

If you didn’t have kids and a long relationship, this would be far easier. 😆

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[James]

Is this based on your view or is it judges feedback from your recent shows? If so, what areas specifically or just legs in general?

Are you using a coach?

Have you any shots we can look at?

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[James]

Hi bud, personally don’t think it hinders the following session as long as it’s programmed with appropriate volume and it all makes sense. What I mean by it making sense is if you deadlift on Monday lower and then do a bent over row on Tuesday upper. There’s going to be some negative crossover. BUT you can programme it to negate this.

Which raises a question. What exercises will you be doing in the sessions? That’s where we can be of further help.

Hi mate. Would be an RDL in one of the lower days. Would this be better if it was the day before push so there’s 0 pulling movements in that session? In the upper session tho there would be a chest supported row and a pulldown.

Do you think there’s any issues with training upper within 2 days of pull/push? Just so I can maybe have more options on where to place things [/quote]

But why is the leg sessions having to come before push, pull and upper? I ask this because my son had to do this around another sport. Are you a footballer/rugby player?

Kuba and Marc are spot on, but is this because you prefer it or is there a reason?[/quote]

Hi mate, there’s no real reason. I’d ideally like pull or push on a Saturday though as I’m short on time on that day with work. Every time I write the split out I end up with one of the leg sessions on a Saturday. OR I end up with an upper session 2 days before or after one of the push/pull sessions. Not sure if that’s an issue [/quote]

If training legs on a Saturday a no-go, can you not just train 4 x a week with U/L? Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, Friday? That way you’re not rushing about on the Saturday before work. [/quote]

It’s not every Saturday I work, UL 4x per week can work. I do really enjoy a push and pull day too. What are your thoughts on this?

Upper

Lower

Rest

Push

Pull

Rest

Legs

Rest

Repeat.

No set days, just repeat this. I’d train 5 days in 8[/quote]
That makes more sense. But if you ever train Legs before a Push/Upper, just be mindful of volume and programming etc. but if there’s no purpose for doing it, just run the above.

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[James]

Hi bud, personally don’t think it hinders the following session as long as it’s programmed with appropriate volume and it all makes sense. What I mean by it making sense is if you deadlift on Monday lower and then do a bent over row on Tuesday upper. There’s going to be some negative crossover. BUT you can programme it to negate this.

Which raises a question. What exercises will you be doing in the sessions? That’s where we can be of further help.

Hi mate. Would be an RDL in one of the lower days. Would this be better if it was the day before push so there’s 0 pulling movements in that session? In the upper session tho there would be a chest supported row and a pulldown.

Do you think there’s any issues with training upper within 2 days of pull/push? Just so I can maybe have more options on where to place things [/quote]

But why is the leg sessions having to come before push, pull and upper? I ask this because my son had to do this around another sport. Are you a footballer/rugby player?

Kuba and Marc are spot on, but is this because you prefer it or is there a reason?[/quote]

Hi mate, there’s no real reason. I’d ideally like pull or push on a Saturday though as I’m short on time on that day with work. Every time I write the split out I end up with one of the leg sessions on a Saturday. OR I end up with an upper session 2 days before or after one of the push/pull sessions. Not sure if that’s an issue [/quote]
If training legs on a Saturday a no-go, can you not just train 4 x a week with U/L? Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, Friday? That way you’re not rushing about on the Saturday before work.

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[James]

Hi bud, personally don’t think it hinders the following session as long as it’s programmed with appropriate volume and it all makes sense. What I mean by it making sense is if you deadlift on Monday lower and then do a bent over row on Tuesday upper. There’s going to be some negative crossover. BUT you can programme it to negate this.

Which raises a question. What exercises will you be doing in the sessions? That’s where we can be of further help.

Hi mate. Would be an RDL in one of the lower days. Would this be better if it was the day before push so there’s 0 pulling movements in that session? In the upper session tho there would be a chest supported row and a pulldown.

Do you think there’s any issues with training upper within 2 days of pull/push? Just so I can maybe have more options on where to place things [/quote]
But why is the leg sessions having to come before push, pull and upper? I ask this because my son had to do this around another sport. Are you a footballer/rugby player?

Kuba and Marc are spot on, but is this because you prefer it or is there a reason?

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[James]

Hi bud, personally don’t think it hinders the following session as long as it’s programmed with appropriate volume and it all makes sense. What I mean by it making sense is if you deadlift on Monday lower and then do a bent over row on Tuesday upper. There’s going to be some negative crossover. BUT you can programme it to negate this.

Which raises a question. What exercises will you be doing in the sessions? That’s where we can be of further help.

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[James]

If you’re developing the side delt doing what you’re doing, no need to change it. Can you make it better? You’ll not know unless you try.

I do 3 sets at the same weight. Setting 1,5,3. The movement gets harder in the ‘stretch’. It allows me to get the delts shortened easier as I go through the sets.

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Hi bud, if you can’t find them in stock in the site, regularly check sites like vinted. tbJP gear is always on there. This is a good sign as it means everyone is growing out of their sizes. 😜

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[James]

Firstly need to address why this is happening? Could be just a tight muscle and a bit of tissue work helps, plus better posture?

Lat pullovers single arm really help me and then I do some dead hangs and scapula retractions. Not necessary for a lot of people and just warming up on the movements you’ll do in your session, but my body has been beat up from a previous career so I need to do them.

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Go for it. You’re progressing, you aren’t wrecked I’m guessing? Add sets where you think you can get away with it and see what happens session-to-session.

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So would I be right in saying your day is…

Wake—>gym—>work—>home and bed with your meals in between?

Where is Andrew time? Do you ever get time to do something you like around all of that or even just chill and decompress? You need time to switch off at some point. The moments before bed are spent driving/travelling, still coming down from a day’s work and having to prepare food.

You can’t sacrifice work, it pays the bills and allows you to enjoy building a physique, you can’t sacrifice your sleep (make it better if anything). Your training a FBEOD split so 7 sessions every fortnight?

Are your FB sessions long? Would it be of benefit to maybe do a shorter session in the gym (U/L or PPL?) and you may have some scope to move your session to after work and sleep 10-6 for eg? You could also still train in the morning but have an extra hour to sleep meaning you can have an extra the night before just relaxing?

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