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I would just say ‘cool story bro’ and crack on … he’ll be copying your split within 6 months anyway ????

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Thanks joe ???? I shall stick to it ! I’ve put my plan on another post if you’d like to give me any feedback on it ????
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I would just say ‘cool story bro’ and crack on … he’ll be copying your split within 6 months anyway 😉

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We are ready to rock and roll ladies and gentlemen! Meal 1 carb loading done and boy was that good!! The sweet taste of jam ????????

Feel good and on point – very much excited to get on stage now – my weight dropped again to 106.5 which is the lightest I’ve been this year! I’m intrigued to see what I’ll weigh this evening after a day of food and then again tomorrow morning so I’ll be sure to take my scales with me and keep you all posted 🙂

Let me know if you guys have any questions.

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Personally for me the weights I need to move for squatting to get a hypertrophic response are somewhat dangerous to be doing in the reg. it’s a much higher risk of injury compared to the others as reason 1. Reason 2 – I find I can continually load the quads through the leg press, hack and pendulum far more efficiently than I can with a Squat. Tbh not sure I’ll squat again ha

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CARB LOAD INFO

Yo yo team so had a great session and face to face check in with JP and he’s happy with where we’re at, I was a little flat so perfect timing for a load – soooo the load tomorrow!!

7 meals – deffo excited for this one

Meal 1
120g cooked turkey
2 x bagels
30g jam

Meal 2
120g cooked turkey
100g baby rice
30g jam

Meal 3
120g cooked turkey
2 x bagels
30g jam

Meal 4
120g cooked turkey
100g baby rice
30g jam

Meal 5
120g cooked turkey
2 x bagels
30g jam

Meal 6
120g cooked turkey
100g baby rice
30g jam

Meal 7
120g cooked turkey
2 x bagels
30g jam

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EAAS over BCAAS ????

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Nice rest day today. Got my cardio done early then was pretty productive with work at home – actually enjoying my meals too!

Had a final posing sessions with ifbb pro Lee Powell which was very good and I am feeling ready to rock now for Sunday ????

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Yes because your body will be more functionally fit pound for pound as you will have less excess/useless weight. Plus we tend to do more cardio when in a deficit for fat loss purposes but as a side result this improves fitness so the answer is yes.

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Today has been very very good and productive. I feel SO much better only eating these blander foods and tbf rice and salt is just doing bits for me at the moment so I cannot complain.

Had my last pull session today which was fantastic – still strong and hitting numbers which is great! Rest day tomorrow then last weights session Friday where I’ll be training push with JP and Corinne at MJ’s which I’m very excited for. Then rest Saturday before the show Sunday … it’s nearly time 🙂

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FOOD UPDATE (again lol)

Ok so I’ve been finding now that cals are low that the bagel and yog are becoming trigger foods – (make you more hungry, potential to binge etc – obv this won’t happen but the feeling isn’t nice)

So we’ve opted to keep with the same very simple food sources that I like and are bland so give me no sweet cravings – my new diet is below for you to see

Some rice is weights out raw and come cooked because we’re using diff sources

TRAINING DAY DIET

Meal 1
55g basmati rice (pre cooked)
125g Turkey (pre cooked)

Meal 2 – PRE
200g cooked chicken
130g microwave rice
Spinach

INTRA
2 scoops MPS max

Meal 3 – POST
200g cooked chicken
103g basmati rice (pre cooked)

Meal 4
200g cooked chicken
100g microwave rice
Spinach

Meal 5
55g basmati (pre cooked)
200 pre cooked chicken

REST DAY DIET

Meal 1
55g basmati pre cooked
125g Turkey pre cooked

Meal 2
200g cooked chicken
100g microwave rice
Spinach

Meal 3
200g cooked chicken
100g microwave rice
Spinach

Meal 4
200g cooked chicken
100g microwave rice
Spinach

Meal 5
420ml egg white
Spinach

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@jeffy96 thanks bro means a lot mate

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What’s up dude I’m sorry I’ve just seen this!! Ok so I like the look of your set up buddy – that’s actually similar to how I do things. So for example with my clients – I will up the food based on a combination of 1. Their performance in the gym, 2. Whether the scales are moving or not and 3, what they look like.

However the combination needs to be correct – eg, if the scale weight has increased but they look noticeably worse (softer/fat in certain areas) then I may not push it.

Like you said the goal is a LEAN bulk to put you in an optimal position to prep so keep a respectable off season diet is key. Another tool I use to allow me to push food more while holding some condition is cardio. I may add is for example 20-30 mins liss or increase they’re daily step count by 3/4K to increase their output and allow for some more food.

Obviously there is no set way, everyone is different any any good coach with coach what he sees in front of them (basically you can’t pre plan when to bump food) … so take you’re time, ensure the basics of good form and progression in the gym, make sure digestion is top of your priority list, keep the scale weight moving (slowly) and possibly use cardio as an aid to push more and hold some condition.

Hope that helps mate, feel free to message me direct on my log with any other questions and I’ll be happy to help ????

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Joe thank you so much buddy. Massive help having your input ???? gym performance is very good atmo, I’m starting to get softer and I do struggle with that mentally a little but I know it’s a must really for offseason but yeah I’m not overly sloppy yet haha.

As you said I wanna be in the best position come prep time and not have to pull so much off again

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Hey yeah undoubtedly you can’t stay shredded when growing so there will be (minimal) fat gain. Just stay on top of it and as I said introduced some cardio if needs be. It’s good activity that will help keep you healthy too. Hope your well mate

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PEAK WEEK

Ok guys so day 2 of peak week today – as you know Portugal in 3.5 weeks is my ‘main show’ but I’m also doing 2 bros British Grand Prix at the weekend to qualify me for the pro qualifier abroad.

Weight is coming down and drying out nicely now. Should be looking pretty good come Sunday. Food is staying the same this week as well as training and I’ll actually be training with JP and Corinne on Friday and filming for the site which should be cool.

We’re not doing any depletion or anything this week just hitting everything as normal with 7.5L water per day and some form of carb load on Saturday (yet to be decided what exactly)

Anyway hotels all booked and I’m also doing a photo shoot on Monday which I’m excited about too. Feeling good, let me know if you guys have any peak week questions…

Couple pics from yesterday morning below 🙂

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What’s up dude I’m sorry I’ve just seen this!! Ok so I like the look of your set up buddy – that’s actually similar to how I do things. So for example with my clients – I will up the food based on a combination of 1. Their performance in the gym, 2. Whether the scales are moving or not and 3, what they look like.

However the combination needs to be correct – eg, if the scale weight has increased but they look noticeably worse (softer/fat in certain areas) then I may not push it.

Like you said the goal is a LEAN bulk to put you in an optimal position to prep so keep a respectable off season diet is key. Another tool I use to allow me to push food more while holding some condition is cardio. I may add is for example 20-30 mins liss or increase they’re daily step count by 3/4K to increase their output and allow for some more food.

Obviously there is no set way, everyone is different any any good coach with coach what he sees in front of them (basically you can’t pre plan when to bump food) … so take you’re time, ensure the basics of good form and progression in the gym, make sure digestion is top of your priority list, keep the scale weight moving (slowly) and possibly use cardio as an aid to push more and hold some condition.

Hope that helps mate, feel free to message me direct on my log with any other questions and I’ll be happy to help 🙂

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I’ve been on PPL for over a year now haha

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