[kbb]

Hello Kuba

My question is if you are on a mini cut and you happen to need a deload at this period (my preference is days off) do you opt to keep food the same or increase to maintainance? Because on one hand the deload is used to bring down fatigue so the extra food will be helpful but on the other hand the mini cut is supposed to be aggressive and brief and don’t want to “waste time”

You would be wasting time deloading in a calorie deficit as you won’t be dropping fatigue in a deficit

Always bring calories back to maintance for sure or simply bring down expenditure if it’s high ( best option for most who are in need of higher steps / cardio )[/quote]

Thank you!

[kbb]

When you analyze your thoughts like that it’s so fcking helpful! Thank you so much!

[kbb]

Hello Kuba

My question is if you are on a mini cut and you happen to need a deload at this period (my preference is days off) do you opt to keep food the same or increase to maintainance? Because on one hand the deload is used to bring down fatigue so the extra food will be helpful but on the other hand the mini cut is supposed to be aggressive and brief and don’t want to “waste time”

[kbb]

Hi mate

I’m not sure there’s much to add.

If you know adding work makes the quality drop off to a point that makes you question the purpose of the sets, stay will a volume that allows you to progress session after session

If you arrive at a place where progression stalls, you then have some figuring out your do, but whilst you’re consistently progressing, I don’t see the value in change

Well truth is the way I said it there’s indeed nothing to add 😂 It was more to make sure I’m thinking this right because sometimes you have that voice in your head that says what if I could do more volume here, because as I said I know I can recover and progress it but on the other hand I know it’s not gonna be quality work so I’m gonna stick to what I’m doing. Thank you!

[kbb]

One is not better than the other. It depends on the frequency you 1) can and 2) want to train at.

1) I believe it’s better to train more frequently but there will come a point where you won’t be able to recover from upper lower. So if you can recover from upper lower now that imo would be better than ppl FOR YOU. You should go to ppl when you can’t recover from upper lower anymore, but now you have a chance to train more frequently and you should take it because at some point you won’t have that chance.

2) if you enjoy ppl more than upper lower do what you enjoy, you’ll get more results doing what you enjoy than what is “optimal”

Then adjust volume accordingly – more frequent less volume and vice versa

More frequently you hit a muscle group there are more opportunities to grow. You can make up for it to a degree if you do more volume and train less frequently but it’s not exactly the same. Also the more frequently you train then you spread the sets accross more sessions (less sets / per session) which makes those sets more productive.

[kbb]

Great push session ! Super pleased

Granite 2.0 chest press x 5 x 6
High incline smith x 5 x 6
Gym leco tricep x 5 x 6
Machjne lateral x 6 x 6 x 5 x 5 x 5
Pec dec x 7 x 7
Dual banded push down x 7 x 6 x 5
Push ab machjne x 5 x 7
Cable crunch x 9 x 9

Just scaled back any junk volume , once I drank drugs and food , I will be looking to surpass all time high incline smith press , today was a fairly decent start point for 268 on cruise . To peak that lift I need to be 280/285 , as when have that weight behind me, it just flies up , so that will be fun

Absoutely zero cns fatigue from that session , feel very fresh . Pull tmo

those sets you dropped, were they junk volume because you couldn’t progress them or you felt they weren’t productive and just took away from the session?

[kbb]

do you think that the fact that you are still gaining back lost muscle influences the frequency you can train at? Positively i mean…you can train more frequently than if you were at new levels of muscle (besides handling your volume etc)

[kbb]

Hello Kuba, can we have a top 5 prediction for the Olympia? 🙂

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Hey Kuba, sorry if you’ve covered it before but why you don’t do any adductor work on legs lately?

[kbb]

so much value just explaining the why behind every decision you make in regards to training, especially now with the high frequency! So so much to take away!

[kbb]

Thanks all!

[kbb]

It honestly doesn’t matter

90 seconds or so

thanks Jordan!

[kbb]

Ahhh sorry I did totally misunderstand it , I did think it was a super odd question haha

Yes , try to drop them at just the right moment 🙂

Haha it was an inspiring speech anyway💪🏻

[kbb]

Borge that’s awesome on the older splits , I know a long time ago full body work was a lot more popular , but also men were actually men and not afraid to work , now men don’t know if they are even men , let alone still boys , they think they are a tree or a plant , or a horse , so they will avoid work at any cost haha.

Kbb , I won’t ever need more volume than that , that’s enough for me at the point where my legs and back at all time size and it will take them to the biggest they have ever been

Micro loading may stall / it may not , who cares ? Why wouldn’t you try? What’s the reason for not trying ? We micro load absolutely eveyrhtjng , and always take progress , the moment we know the micro loading will stall we take the additional off and take a rep. You have asked me why do I try to make progress , that’s a very strange question compared to me then asking, why wouldn’t you try to make progress ? Guess out of the two of us has probably made more progress based on just their mental approach to things? ( I apply that mindset to everything in life too , and that’s taken us pretty far so far , and we are only scratching the surface of how far it’s going to take us in the coming years , we have been in our new warehouse 6 months that has room for 400 pallets of storage and we already need more space , I thought this would last us 5 years

Progress is a mindset

Jordan I think you misunderstood my question haha. I didn’t ask if micro loading will stall eventually. I asked if that is the reason (you can feel it’s going to stall) you like to drop weight and get the extra rep when you have added 5 kg instead of continuing the micro load.

[kbb]

No not like I can it seems . I will go in today and again absolutely know I can add some load and get it , and then after multiple sessions of slightly increased loading , I can adjust that down and get an additional rep

Eg

Yday I did stiff leg deep into the session that was 277kg x 5 , so that’s my 5 rep baseline

I know I could go eod on that and do 278/279/280/281/282/283/284/285 , then I would pull it back to 277 and get 6 , then repeat

I control my variables outside the gym very very well, I never ever miss meals, my sleep is perfect and my stress is acceptable- these are key

Then I think it’s a combo of physical and mental , my dad was so exceptionally strong he was a plumber but worked a ton on house builds where stuff had to be carried a lot , I saw him carry baths up stairs on his own , I saw him carry a washing machine on his shoulder up a ladder once as it was the only way they could get it in as The stairs were being worked on lol , and my mum was and still is very lean and in great shape so I have the genetics for growing muscle for sure

Mentally I also refuse to go into the gym with anything but that progress mindset

also, in the example you gave why drop back to 277 to get an extra rep and not continue micro loading as you did up to that point? Obviously you don’t have to do anything it’s just a choice, just curious whty:) Probably micro laoding will stall eventually?