[James]

How many long runs?
How many small/medium runs?
How many runs where you’re tracking performance/time?

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[James]

I think this is a case of just try a variety of options and see which you prefer and progress well.

My answer will be different to your answer and they’ll both be successful if we apply effort, progression of the lift and be as accurate as possible.

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[James]

Pausing in both ranges helps me minimise injury, standardise my form (means I can progress if every set looks the same) and just generally feels nicer on the joints.

If I ‘grip n rip’ every movement, how will I know if I’m progressing that lift? Rep 5 last week may look way different to rep 5 in the next session.

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[James]

What does “schnell” mean?

It’s a brand of equipment.

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[James]

Thanks for the advice guys, do any training adjustments need to be made with the decrease of cals?

No. If you take Jordan’s advice, your cals aren’t a massive drop so there’s no need. Being a teenager, you will likely still progress lifts if you log them.

My son, Callum is in the same position as you are now, same age, so I’m excited to see how you get on. Attack every set.

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[James]

Do you have any updates on this, bud?

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[James]

When you have them is purely preference I think.

As the guys above have said, get everything else in a good spot first and the must 5 would be a better choice first and if your budget allows, then add in some EAA.

I use MPS Max alongside Performance Fuel in the intra. If I train at 1pm, I’ll have had my pre-meal about 12. I’ll finish training about 3-3:30pm and won’t eat my post until 4ish so 25g of MPS Max half way through my session bridges the gap between meals.

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[James]

In the same way you have to detach your feelings from doing the do (training when you don’t feel like it or you’re tired), you need to do the same with your rest days and recovery.

Training whilst sick is only going to prolong 2 things: 1) the amount of time you’ll have bad sessions in the gym and 2) your actual sickness. It will take longer to shift.

Time away from the gym for a week or so isn’t going to hinder your long term progress. You would rather lose a week than 3, right?

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[James]

FBEOD and adjust volume as you find out what you can and can’t recover from.

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[James]

Have you been trying to bring your lats up for long?

How often do you train back/pull?

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[James]

I do think ‘feel’ is a good indicator you’re targeting the muscle and making it work hard.

Mixing aggression with accuracy is a great middle ground, but safely as to avoid injury.

Re: hamstring development. Can you incorporate some curls in your routine? That way you’re ensuring you expose them to hypertrophic training without doubt. I would assess your RDL form though if you’re getting nothing at all for it in terms of ham development.

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[James]

That’s just purely preference. I like training in between midday and afternoon personally. Try both and see which you like best.

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[James]

Find the consistency that you like best. I personally have tried loads of flavours and not had a bad one yet.

Chocolate Hazelnut Spread COR with an either Chocolate Pistacchio or Cookies & Cream Whey Iso paste with berries is something I look forward to every day. 😋

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[James]

Thanks loads, would you follow Jordan Peters FB and do 1 top set of everything or tweak the volume in any specific way?

If you did 2 x FB every rotation, I’d split the heavy work up into heavy upper and light lower, then reverse it.

If you did your big tracked run on Sunday for example, do your Friday session with heavy upper, lower isolations.

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[James]

Im doing 4 runs a week. 1 long run then 3 easy/tempo runs per week. My long run distance progresses weekly, same as my other run mileages. My gym work would probably be leg focused as of right now 1) to improve my running and 2) they are relatively lacking so its good to bring them up from a bodybuilding perspective.

Reason I asked is because I’d stick leg/full body sessions in the middle of the short/mid runs and as far away from your long runs as possible, but Clare has nailed this for you as it’s a great setup.

Just be sure to monitor everything performance-wise and tweak volume in the gym where needed based on recovery feedback.

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