Joe Ballinger IFBB Pro
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Hey mate when I had my hair transplant I had 6 weeks off training. It was a good time to go into a cruise phase. And then give myself a little break. If you HAVE to do it (which you do) think if the positives. If your cruising and eating well you won’t really lose any muscle in that time. It’s really hard to actually lose muscle. You’re body will be nice and sensitive, refreshed and ready for a big push when you come back 🙂
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Rest day today and honestly first time in a while I really felt like I needed it
Smashed for legs and also super tired from high food and of course GH being back in.
That post show tired feeling is hard to shake but of course remain consistent and ensure I’m ontop of my sleeping – day time naps are back in!
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Like the guys said it all looks pretty good. If we’re being super picky there are a few things that could be altered:
I personally would opt for a higher carb intake. I think something like 50/60g fat would be sufficient so you could decrease the fats in the pre/post meals and and increase your carbs here.
As phoebe said – Potentially offering some more protein/meat options would be ideal too.
Again, it’s all trial and error and finding what works for you. I just find that approach works well for a lot of the guys I work with.
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The whole point of a deload is to remove fatigue so reducing food here doesn’t make sense to me. Keep food the same, deload from training and that should see you sufficiently recovered.
Another question though… how much volume are you doing and where are you cals at for this mini-cut phase? Is this an aggressive approach? Because to have to deload after only 2-3 weeks I’d be questioning the approach and reasons as to why this is .
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The meal plan is in! I’ll write it up tomorrow and post it here for you guys to see. We’ve gone for 4 Main meals per day – I prefer this myself as it fits better into my working day etc
Then Additional shakes throughout the day and I’ll also include the GH and slin timing/protocols as well
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Yea I think the bike can deffo build more fatigue… but could be negligible if you keep the resistance low. Obv if you have high resistance or do sprints then yes it’ll build fatigue.
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Ok so 30lbs weight gain in 2 weeks is deffo noticeable now. Mad pumps just walking about. Walking to town earlier (10 min walk) I had to stop 3 times ? … this will of course calm down as I slowly adapt but the weight gain feeling is real! Will keep you updated ?
Your rebound phases are not slow progress i take it
What cals was you pre show like final weeks of prep to first week into transitioning into the off season!! [/quote]
So I was down around 2300 or so and we went right up up to 5400 and now pushed to 6k. Cals sending over the meal plan today so I’ll pop that on when I get it probably tomorrow.So it’s deffo helped with my appetite haha
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Just take a measurement weekly. Useful to do couple times in the day too and you’ll see the average over time which im sure will be just fine if it’s anything like the one you posted here
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Ok so 30lbs weight gain in 2 weeks is deffo noticeable now. Mad pumps just walking about. Walking to town earlier (10 min walk) I had to stop 3 times ? … this will of course calm down as I slowly adapt but the weight gain feeling is real! Will keep you updated ?
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My first question would be, do you know that you have raised Estro from doing a blood test or do you have Estro sides?
I would prefer to add in another compound that will benefit your goal instead of an AI in the first instance.
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Did you get bloods done post show mate? What labs are you currently running and know to be accurate?
Yes I did buddy. And I will be doing a video on it very soon for the site so stay tuned for that – will cover my results as well.
Current best lab imo is quanta
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So nothing about your intra has changed either? Nothing new has been added and this is just ‘randomly’ happening?
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FOOD IS UP
I said to cal this AM I can eat more if needs be
So 6K cals we’re now at .. well that escalated quickly ??
Protein 375
Carbs 900
Fats 100Going to hop on a meal plan real soon as well as at this much food I think i need the structure to get me to those numbers – I’m training now and my appetite is carrying me but when that dies off the structure will 100% be needed – and will be in place!
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I’ve had massage on the same day as training before with zero issues. Probs rather that than the next day when I have doms. Haha. But yeah not really an issue.
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What is food looking like at the minute?
Hey man I posted my macros a few messages ago if you scroll back a little. Cals are circa 5400.
I’m tracking at the moment while my appetite is high – eating 4 meals a day. Will do this until appetite suppress a bit and then go into a meal plan which of course I’ll post here 🙂
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