[Joe Ballinger IFBB Pro]

I think by lean bulking you just mean to get bigger whilst keeping a good body composition and being somewhat weary of how much body fat you do accrue. Obviously you will add some fat, but if you keep things in check your can indeed grow whilst staying relatively lean. I prefer this method as you look/feel better, you have improved insulin sensitivity therefor better nutrient uptake etc. As well as generally being able to perform better in the gym (compared with adding too much fat)

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Hey Joe, how do you travel with gear? I Always ask me how the pros do this 😀 Have a good time and enjoy it!

Literally put it in My suitcase bro – never once has a suitcase of mine (checked In baggage this is) been checked. And I travel quite a lot haha[/quote]

Hi Joe mate, I think I saw on your IG story that you had your bag searched when you landed for drugs, did they find ur gear, and did they care or were they more looking for more “recreational drugs”?

Cheers

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Hey bud so yeah they were looking for recreational drugs that we didn’t have. I only took my gh with me as well as I’m cruising now so just did my shot before I left. And they didn’t find that either. The search wasn’t too thorough so we’re all good. They were some serious dudes though!

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Obv a very different week this week. It’s been nice to chill out. And have a flexible week in regards to food. I’ve been hitting my protein intake and then being flexible with regards to carbs and fats. And obv a few drinks too and many steps haha. Nice to change things up and relax.

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I personally wouldn’t use boldenone ever due to the high level of liver & kidney toxicity and the fact we have other options available with a lower risk profile. If you were to use nandrolone, I wouldn’t probably look to exceed the clinical dosage of 100-200mg/wk. In an ideal world, I would prefer to escalate via masteron or primobolan. But of course the choice is yours my man!

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Day 1 of holiday done. Very nice to have some down time …. Off to a beach club today to chill and let my hair down.!.🙏

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Ughhh winstrol with females, just no. Very very unnecessary especially for a first timer wellness athlete. I appreciate it’s hard to know who to listen to when you are new to this. But yeah as Hilly said please do not do that. And also in agreement with Hilly, I’d look to diet down slowly with no show in sight, (perhaps compete next next) and learn the difficulties and demands of dieting/prepping with no pressure. Then you can slowly rebound out of that diet phase keeping body composition nice, Getting food higher, and you’ll be in a MUCH better place to start a prep next year some time with some good data and experience.

As hilly said this may not be the best news but believe me if you push for a show in 11 weeks using drugs and super low food/high cardio – you may not even make the show and you’ll sure as hell hate the process.

Good luck with everything, keep us posted 🙂

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Yeah 100% honesty is always best – play it with a straight bat. You could always have the conversation with him about you wanting things a little less right and explain your reasons like you have here and see what he says and if he’s open to changing approach a little.

If he doesn’t see it how you do then again, just be honest and say you’re not feeling the relationship is a good fit for you at this time.

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So off on holiday today – can’t wait for a nice break

Packed a few kg if cooked chicken, a few packs of micro rice and will grab some fruit and greens etc when I’m over there and then also eat out and grab some wholesome food

You can always eat pretty well no matter where you are if you make appropriate decisions.

Will be training a few times when out there too.

But also enjoying myself too before locking back in when I’m back.

Let’s go ✈️

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No don’t do that. Just be more consistent with your step tracking. Up to 50% is a huge variance that WILL effect how things progress. And it will render any changes you make to the plan fairly pointless as you have too much Scope for change in there via the steps. Just nail every variable.

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Hey Joe, how do you travel with gear? I Always ask me how the pros do this 😀 Have a good time and enjoy it!

Literally put it in My suitcase bro – never once has a suitcase of mine (checked In baggage this is) been checked. And I travel quite a lot haha

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Keep your training the same and keep the weights the same – still look for progression if you can. Just manipulate the volume based on your fatigue and recovery abilities. A general rule of thumb is the leaner you get the less Volume you need to elicit the required stimulus.

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Off to Ibiza Tuesday. Started planning out what I’m going to do when I’m there in terms of food and training. I’ll take my supps/gear with me so that won’t change:

Food wise we’re in a hotel with a decent breakfast so will do that daily. And one of my pals has an apartment nearby so will use that to prep a couple of meals for each day. Then I’ll likely eat out each evening. I’ll still be tracking and aiming for my 4k kcal as best as possible.

You can go away, have a good time and stay pretty much on track.

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Do you connect well with a squat? As in really blow up your quads?

If so then sweet crack on and do whatever feels best – only you will know that

If not, remember you don’t HAVE to squat to grow big legs. I personally prefer more mechanically sound and stable exercises like hack/leg press/pendulum as I connect much better with them and can safely load them a lot more than I could a squat

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So hit legs today (started at a funny time on the split as I’m away next week) … the session went as folllows:

Hack 1 x 6-8
Seated leg press 1 x 15-20
Seated ham 1 x 8-12
Leg ext 1 x 8-12
Standing calf 3 x 8-12/12-15/15-20

Obv only at MEV so I did a number of feeder/warm up sets then into 1 all out set to failure on each of the above

It was so hot in the gym today too!

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If you can’t naturally bring it back I personally think you would have a much more fulfilling life in SO many ways if you opted for TRT.

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