Joe Ballinger IFBB Pro
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I’ve used it pre bed around 900mg or so and noticed a chilled feeling and better sleep – however something like sleep stack is more effective for me for sleep. Not used it post workout so cannot comment there
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Day one of prep tomorrow, well today. It’s like 1am I’m weirdly excited to get going! I seriously cannot wait for this prep. Everything is going to be so different. Tomorrow I will post my new diet plan – well adjusted plan. And also my new cycle
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@jellevdd thank you my man that means a lot dude. Thanks for following. Agreed I will be one of the taller guys for sure. Hopefully be able to bring an element of classic with a touch of mass. We shall see but I’m also excited thanks bro ????
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Personally I wouldn’t add ontop of your work output in the off season you’ll just be super tired and it will take away from you weight sessions which are the most important here. If you train hard enough ontop of your work load theres no reason for you to get sloppy. So It comes down to what your diet is really dude.
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If anything is making me not function correctly or at 100% I’d tend to steer clear. There’s other options and a healthy gut wouldn’t def be more optimal in my eyes
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How often do you train abs, and which exercises do you use? Sets/reps ????
What’s up dude honestly I don’t do a lot of abs – usually 1 exercise at the end of a session one a week. I like doing cable crunches with a rope/lying or hanging leg raises and also knee tucks whilst led on my back. Usually something like 3/4 sets of 15/20 reps ????
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What was your weight ? And what was the limit for your Classic weight ?
I prepped from 116kg and stage weight for classic at 6ft – 6ft 1 was 220lbs/100kg. I was visually ready at 107/8 kg but still have to come down to make weight. I did so and looked worse for it and felt like shit so I won’t be doing that again haha – so onto the open class BB it is for me. I’ll be a super ????
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I think you need to think about the reason why you want that food. Is it because it will be be beneficial to your goals or because you like it? Think about that. When I prep I eat for function not pleasure.
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Hey guys I’ll just give you an insight into my session yday – went a little like this
Seated ham x 2
Hack x 2
Pendulum x 1
Leg press x 2
Lying ham x 2
Leg ext x 2
Abductors x 2
Calves x 2
Looks nice and simple. Was very hard but as always every set was pushed to the limit. Rest day today, got a lot of work to do so hopefully will have a nice productive day! Any questions on training or anything else please fire away ????
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Tried this today… very simple and did the job ???????????????????? thanks for sharing… exited to see your journey to open class…. sorry if you have already answered this, but why the shift to open? [/quote]
Thank you bro much appreciated buddy basically I couldn’t hit classic weight anymore the weight drop was just too much for me so the only obvious choice was to jump to open class and work my way up! Very excited to do so! Let me know if you have any questionstb-jp.com/collections/clothing - The most anabolic clothing ever! |
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Hmmm looks pretty low food to just jump straight in on especially with increasing your output so high. As food is low and your smashing your training plus the extra cardio you’re depleting all of your glycogen levels making your blood sugar low hence the hypo. I’d cut back on the cardio and find out your maintenance cals – shoot for those with carbs based around training – with a decent amount post workout to prevent going hypo again. Then assess progress and slowly add in cardio first before dropping food.
You’ve gone balls deep straight away and don’t know where your at. Always best to start high (food) and come down. Doesn’t matter if your weight goes up week one, you can adjust and go from there. Hope that helps a bit.tb-jp.com/collections/clothing - The most anabolic clothing ever! |
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what’s up guys got some serious Dom’s today so taking a rest. I think sometimes even if you’ve planned to train but you feel shit it’s smarter to rest and go again the next day tbh. 1. You’ll be mad keen to get back in the gym and 2. You’ll be more rested and will likely progress your session further than if you didn’t rest. Had a morning full of PT so going to do some online client work this afternoon and then meeting my parents this evening for a birthday meal.
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I’d probs keep the intra in there buddy – as you say it’s helping you with performance which is the main goal in the gym. Better performance – better results. Always take food/cals away furthest from your training sessions first then work in as and if required.
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My brother has days of on Wednesdays so usually go to meet him. I’m prepping him and he’s around 11 days out so we’re going to have a session and a catch up and a look at his posing too. We will he hitting pull today ????
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No lower back loading on back days with rack pulls etc?
No bro because I trapped a nerve about 12 weeks ago so having some time away from heavy lower back loading …. for now
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I think you should eat what works for you. If you an stomach both and digest them all then go for it. If you struggle with one one or it makes you bloat when mixed then look at splitting then. Utilise carbs obviously around training – but as Corinne says everyone is different so it would be hard to say exactly
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