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Thanks a lot !

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Hey, if there is no other time of day to do your cardio then what about rest days? You could start with 20mins of course

I have zero time on rest days I work all day. I would have to sacrifice quite a lot of sleep as well as the gym is a bit far

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20 mins is a good start/duration in off season, ideally away from training sessions I know you mentioned that it’s the only time to do it but what about in the evening or pre bed?

training is happening essentially pre bed as I return home meal prep for tomorow and sleep haha. Earlier in the day it’s just work so not possible (not possible before work either).

Would 2-3 times per week be fine to start with?

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So with this are you just setting it at 5 weeks or is it really because you are finding lifts are stalling and you are really fatigued? If you are losing enjoyment have you tried putting exercises that you enjoy into your program etc

no it’s not programmed, it’s auto regulated but most of the time it ends up being 5 weeks. Yeah I enjoy most of the exercises i’m doing

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Are you taking pre workouts? Sometimes if I have too much caffeine I struggle to focus in my sessions so I have to limit caffeine

i dont take any pre

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Hi mate

If your CNS was fried yiur lifts would be stalling.

When you say you need to devolume at 5wks, is that because you are stalling, or because you’re tired of it?

Sometimes it’s lifts stalling but most of the time is because motivation to train is not there at all, sleep or digestion may get disrupted, maybe some niggles, more iritability, overall fatigue etc

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do you practise posing at all at the moment or are you waiting for prep to start?

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Davide, in short , no.

Look, if your pushing your body weight up and your taking leg sets to absolute failure , it really doesn’t matter much what exercise you do / how you do it . All that matters is the effort part and the taking body weight up

One of the reasons I suspect people get hung up on this , is they are often only ever looking at training , as how to get big. And then when they don’t get big, they are confused and then start dissecting random parts

If they pushed their weight up, they would be getting massive and not be questioning things

Getting really big, is literally just about taking your body weight up.

Then train hard enough, take enough gear , your going ti mostly build muscle out of that weight that goes on

reading this helps so much as I’m guitly of overthinking the process more than needed and end up being distracted with nuances. Through here and your ig you’ve helped so much understanding what actually matters and doing the do, thanks:)

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So I started to push last weekend after I made that fairly long post , I was 284 then , I summarised my drug changes the other day as i forgot to post them

I like to always make a fairly chunky calorie pull when I start too , as just moves off tons of digestive issue and I drop a lot of shit weight really fast

I lowered to :

Td

700c / 60f / 400p

Ntd

550c/80f/400p

This plus the clen saw me drop to 276 this week

Today as a result , I didn’t take any clen , and I 5 meals of 150c today , so had 750c total

Tmo I will crack back on with my numbers as above and re add the clen , and from here aim for 2 pounds a week in drops

If things move to fast, I just drop the clen for the day and eat 150-200c more that day and crack on again

And then once fat loss stalls, I will creep up clen and lower cals

I won’t really add many more steps as I’m walking a lot already 🙂

do more fats on rest day serve a purpsoe (eg help with insulin sensitivity) or just preference?

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It’s a really hard question to answer and KNOW the correct answer . I would say based on what I have learnt from doing the do, if you can adjust the resistance profile , keeping the reps lower is a better option , but please know that’s just me mastering it based on what I think I feel in my body and see in my results . I don’t KNOW for sure ( the literature agrees too lower reps are better , but take that for what you will , that literature will change in a couple years lol)

I see, thank you Jordan!

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well your answer is the very best and biggest bodybuilders to of ever existed feel like max pump is useful

So then it’s up to you to work out as you progress through to being huge huge , if max pump is something valuable for you

I can certainly attest that being able to deliver nutrient rich blood as efficiently as possible to muscles , has helped me

Thank you🙏🏻

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Sounds like you already have your own info that you need on it . If you don’t think a better pump doesn’t help things, don’t get a pump pre workout , end of mystery 🙂

What we can say, based on the “ success leaves clues “ , the biggest and best bodybuilders to ever of been, have made comment on the pump being a key part of their training

If you are absolutely huge , like legit massive , and feel it’s not something you are concerned about at all, then you defo have figured out your way

If you are only just starting to look like you train which will be the majority, I think having any real steadfast opinions on things is probably pretty silly , as it’s just dunning Kruger effect at play

Hey Jordan, thanks for the reply. I don’t have any steadfast opinion on the topic, hence why I asked. I just wanted some other perspectives 🙂 Of course it’s something I can try and see overtime for myself. But it’s no harm to ask as well haha

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Thank you!

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Thanks a lot guys! One last question, that cardio which is for fitness, would keep it on a mini cut or a diet?

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Thanks a lot!