[Joe Ballinger IFBB Pro]

Gear wise I would say it depends how long your mini cut would be but you can probably make the changes you wish through manipulation of your macros/kcal. Potentially pull them back a little whilst still beating your log. Perhaps a small amount of cardio or simply increasing your daily output/walk more etc. No harm in my eyes In pulling back a bit, then going hard again

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Ok so today I hit legs! And what a session I had. I actually trained with a young client of mine, only 18, but the form and intensity he bought to the session was amazing. Makes no odds to me that we’re different strength levels. If you bring the heat and push till you have nothing left then you can train with me all day! That shit motivates me!

Anyway, today was the first day running out the new JP products. I had 3 scoops of sustain (75g carbs) intra with 2 scoops of MPS max, had it in 1.5L of water and it mixed up really well and considering I had 5 scoops of intra th flavour was great and not sickly or anything at al which I’ve experienced with other intras so very happy.

I warmed up for the smith squat went up to 5 plates a side for a final warm up and just didn’t feel right. My lower back (which I injured about 6 weeks ago) wasn’t painful but wasn’t right so I made the (what I think to be) smart deciton and swapped them out for hack. I was warm so whacked he plates on the back did 1 or two low rep warms ups then hit hack and felt amazing! Moved onto a solid close stance leg press which was brutal then onto the isolation exercises where I utilised a number of rest paused sets which imo when in a surplus are an amazing tool to initiate further muscle damage to cause a hypertrophic response.

Had a nice chilled evening and will def be resting tomorrow. Feel battered. Over and out guys

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Bit hard to get up even earlier just to eat as you sleep is important. You won’t me any good at the gym if your still half asleep, so like the others said, hit a carb dense meal for your last meal ????

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So this is going to be my session for tomorrow 🙂

Legs 2 – Xtreme
Smith squat x 2
Close leg press x 2
Leg ext x 2 + 1r/p
Dual seated ham curl x 2 + 1r/p
Single lying ham x 2
Adductor x 2
Abductor x 2
Standing calf x 1r/p

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Evening guys, so I was going to do legs legs today but still feel beat up from push and pull earlier in the week so decided to rest. Sometimes you just have to listen to you body. Means I will be hungry and ready for legs tomorrow! Already thinking about it… I’ll loose my leg session below for you guys to see

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Which are your current OTC supps for health and performance? And why you don’t have protein in meal 1 on training days?

Which are your current OTC supps for health and performance? And why you don’t have protein in meal 1 on training days?

Hey mate you’ll see meal 7 is ‘in the night’ so I have this when I go to the toilet in the middle of the night usually 5am ish so there’s my am protein

Supp needs sleep stack
Supp needs liposomal coq10
Supp needs Korean ginseng
Supp needs ALA
Supp needs recovery/joint support stack
Supp needs D3 and K2
Supp needs curcumin
Supp needs glutathione liposomal
Strom support max
B complex
Vit c
Cod liver oil
Iron

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Hey guys hope you’re well

Great day today. Filmed my first vid for TrainedByJP so look out for that soon. Trained push and had one of those days where I just felt extra strong so pushed some new weights and was a great session. I tried to explain a lot of how and why I performed movements in certain ways so hopefully that helps you guys

I couple of you asked about my diet too so I will post that below for you to see 🙂

Meal 1
110g oats
40g nut butter

Meal 2 – PRE
50g isolate
110g oats/ground rice
20g coconut oil
30g nut butter

INTRA
3 scoops Sustain
2 scoops MPS max

Meal 3 – POST
50g isolate
200g carbs (any source – tend to mix between carb drink/bagels/crumpets/rice/jam/rice crispy cakes) – go for what I fancy on the day and how my digestion is

Meal 4
200g cooked chicken
300g cooked rice or pasta
Spinach

Meal 5
255g steak (uncooked)/salmon or chicken
300g cooked rice or pasta
Spinach

Meal 6
125g granola
50g nut butter

Meal 7 (nighttime)
50g isolate
30g evoo

My rest day at the moment is very similar just removes the pre meal and swaps the post meal for another chicken/rice meal

REST DAY

Meal 1
110g oats
40g nut butter

Meal 2
200g cooked chicken
300g cooked rice or pasta
Spinach

Meal 3
200g cooked chicken
300g cooked rice or pasta
Spinach

Meal 4
255g steak (uncooked) or salmon or chicken
300g cooked rice or pasta
Spinach

Meal 5
125g granola
50g nut butter

Meal 6 (nighttime)
50g isolate
30g evoo

Let me know if you have any questions guys

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Good to see you have joined the team mate, interested to follow this as i myself have considered moving back to open. It’s hard dropping that much weight for Amatuer classic.
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Ah thanks bud appreciate that mate! Excited to be on board for sure. Yeah I love classic but I could put myself through last year again it was too much. So I’m looking forward to the new challenge and seeing what lies ahead ???? look forward to catching up bud

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@joe

Joe what are you training tomorrow with Corinne and what body part

Hey buddy we’re actually on diff sessions, Corinnes training pull And I’m on push today. Vid to come ????

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Looking forward to the log buddy!

1) How much stage weight are you predicting you need to become a threat in the Open BB class?

2) What does a current training/rest day diet look like?

3) Favourite cheat meal?

4) Would you rather always be a little bit too hot, or a little bit too cold?

Hey Isaac

Thanks mate! Ok so last stage weight was 102/3kg (weighed in 99.9 to make weight) – realistically I think I would need to be minimum of 110 but my overall goal is to be FULL on stage as well as having my condition which has never been a problem for me. Just need to put it all together now and BB is deffo the class where it’s possible.

As I said to Adam above I’ll post my full nutrition breakdown tomorrow morning ????

Fav cheat meal, hmmm I used to love ice cream/sweets etc but genuinely gone off it all now, I just like a big steak or ribs with chips/sweet potato fries and a full fat coke. Then potentially some cereal ????

Never been asked this before but I think a little too hot. I’m always hot and sweaty anyway so I’m used to it plus it’ll be easier to warm up for the gym haha

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Welcome onboard, looking forward to this one.

I see that the aim this year is to move up to Open BB and turn Pro. what’s you plans show wise and are you currently dieting or still pushing up to make improvements?

would be interested to see you diet breakdown for this phase.

I might have to pop up and check out MJ’s its only an hour away from me in Swindon.
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Hey Adam thanks for that bud. Glad you’re looking forward to it, I’ll try give as much insight as I can!

So yeah last yeah I dieted down for classic and had to lose just over 3 stone from an already ‘kinda lean’ physique (I never seem to get too fat, even in off season) … which was horrible. I was ready (visually) at around 107/8kg but still had to go sub 100 to make weight. I was shredded but I lost muscle and it was just not a nice experience tbh (the last bit anyway). So to answer your question JP took me under his wing and we planned to jump to open BB – no shows planned yet but I’d like to hope I get on stage this year with the ultimate goal of winning the pro card. I am indeed still pushing up, but just gone onto a cruise for a while, getting bloods before another push in 8/10 weeks or so.

I’ll do my diet breakdown on my log tomorrow buddy. Rest and training ???????? thanks for the questions

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I think everyone is different as we all know, which makes it impossible to find a set rule to follow. It comes down to monitoring a number of factors, most of which @haider-mehdi has mentioned. You need to make sure you increase your food based on the correct markers and not just because you feel you can eat more. Because you’ll just gain unnecessary weight/fat. I would usually also initially add on pre/posts meals so the additional food can be utilised effectively ????

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What’s up guys. Day 2 going strong! Ha. Rest day for me today as I’m somewhat disabled from leg day yesterday as MJS gym in Tewskesbury. JP and Corinne train there a fair bit and put some AWESOME kit in there including a pendulum squat, cybex hack, hammer strength seated leg press and life fitness seated ham curl amongst others. I think it’s important to use diff kit sometimes and not to just stick with the Same stuff 24/7. Different angles. Different stimulus and more gains. I do legs at two diff gyms to rotate exercises and kit and found with the progressive approach that my legs are seriously improving!

Let me know if you guys have any questions 🙂

Oh and I’m filming with Corinne tomorrow so watch our for my first video on the site V soon ????????

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Agree with all the guys above here. Always favour keeping food in over pulling where poss. Plus increased NEAT will likely not affect training or recovery in any way. ????

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Hey guys what’s up!! Welcome to my athlete log! Very happy to be on the team along side some amazing athletes and educators!!

I myself have a degree in S&C, I’m currently a Personal trainer and online coach, and I (obviously) have a passion for bodybuilding. My goal right now is to 1. Work closely with Jordan to win that IFBB pro card moving from classic physique to open class BB and 2. To help inspire, motivate and encourage as many people as I possibly can! So now having access to this platform and all of the members here, that means my reach is now even further so please do ask me anything you want to!

This is my first post so I won’t bore you with a huuuuge essay (because I easily could ????) … over the next few days/weeks I will update you all with my diet/training/short term goals etc and of course anything else you want to know. If you want me to cover a certain topic ask me and I’ll let you know, or direct you to someone that can!

Follow me on insta too as I post a lot of pics and training vids there as well. Really looking forward to engaging with you guys as much as possible. Let’s do this! ????

Joe.

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