Layla
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A LONG day of travel today with steps pretty high too – and a rest day from training. The good news is my hip is feeling absolutely fine again so I’ll be hitting lower without any amendments next time it comes round. I expect weight to be pretty light tomorrow morning after all the travel but I’ll likely keep food the same and let things level out with my usual routine before considering any changes.
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Busy day today and not training. I don’t go out often so going out to a concert was a big event for me. Steps super high and a bit of hydration to catch up on but everything else in check as usual. I don’t have any scales where I’m staying but I expect I’ll be fairly light tomorrow from all the extra expenditure.
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Early lower this morning before a day of travel. My hip was feeling pretty good after giving lower a rest and giving mobility work a bit more attention these past few days so went for it. I spent a good 5 hours or so driving after and the hip held up pretty well after which is always good. Two rest days now before I’m back in for upper on Monday.
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Pretty laid back day today mainly consisting of 20 min cardio this AM with client work for the remainder of the day. Sitting at 76kg again today and finally feeling like I’m owning this bodyweight – upper body is certainly looking like some improvements have already been made.
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I do love a car update – new car acquired and promptly needed repairs so I’m back to higher steps for a few days. Hit Lower MRs the other day and upper loading today with legs feeling absolutely battered still from a few pretty adventurous progressions on hack and the Nytram leg press. That and a LOT of driving immediately after has left my hip feeling a bit iffy so I’ll be throwing in an extra rest day before hitting lower again.
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I’ve had a busy couple of days with a bit of a scramble finding a new car. I don’t have the best luck when it comes to cars so it tracks that my recent one died on me. The hunt is over and I’m back with a car now so routine is back to normal after a few days of some silly high steps. Bodyweight is actually holding really well at 76kg and upper body is feeling and looking the fullest it has in a long time.
For those keeping tabs, macros are looking like.
TD: P200 F45 C275
NTD: P200 F70 C150
Liss on most days purely from a health (both mental and physical) and recovery standpoint.Provided weight keeps ticking up I’ll keep macros here – if not, I’ll bump NTDs up a tad.
Lower MRs on the menu tomorrow and I’m expecting some fun numbers on the hack.
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Superb training session today – progressions taken across the board – Nytram leg press work in particular showing absolutely no sign of slowing down. Bodyweight is sitting at a solid 76kg – and recovery is solid with some of the best sleep scores I’ve tracked on my whoop since getting it back in 2024. Rest day tomorrow with a fair bit of walking since I’ll be dropping my car off at the garage.
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Upper this morning went down a treat – it’s taken a while but I’m back to pressing the 40s and shoulder pressing the 30s which is great – a lot of runway there for progress. All pressing movements today took huge progressions, pull not so much but still improving. A load of DIY work post training and for most of the day and I’ve got lower again tomorrow morning so I’ll see how things are feeling for some decent RDL numbers.
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A busy couple of days in the books with a rest day followed by lower loading and much needed a rest day today. I say much needed but most of the day was spent doing DIY work and moving gym kit but a rest day nonetheless. Upper tomorrow morning should feel pretty good so hoping to see some nice progressions.
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BW sitting at 75.5kg again as of this morning so I’m happy to see it staying there. Upper loading went down a treat too with respectable progressions across the board so no complaints here. Rest day tomorrow very much needed as training today left me battered.
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Lower MRs ticked off yesterday with hack numbers back to pretty much the max load I’ve ever had on there for a muscle round. Today was a pretty quiet rest day and a much appreciated bump up in BW over the last two days with average sitting at 75.5kg. I’ll see how that sits for the rest of this week and look to bump things up next week if it dips again.
Upper loading early tomorrow and not at my usual gym so we’ll see how things are feeling.
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Had a pretty packed day today so upper MRs were done in record time (about an hour and 20 mins). Really enjoying the slight amendment to exercise selection and enjoying the progressions I’m seeing on incline DB press even more so. I always get to a point in offseason where I just know I’ve got to be more forceful with load progressions than I think I have any business being – but it always works out somehow, especially with upper body work 😂
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A pretty productive rest day today – nothing crazy just planning for the week ahead, getting most of my client work ready for the week ahead too. Did my AM cardio on the spin bike as usual and had a walk with my dog this evening too. Upper MRs on the menu tomorrow and I’m expecting a few nice progressions with the way things have been feeling these past weeks.
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Lower loading went down a breeze today – added in an extra rest day yesterday because my hips weren’t happy after all the driving. I felt a lot better for it today! Bodyweight still at that 74.7kg mark so looks like I’ll be bumping food a tad next week as I don’t really want to drop any (minimal) cardio and steps aren’t super high on an average day.
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Hey Eddy, I’d say you don’t need to bring protein up any higher than 250g from whole protein sources, IMO you’re not overdoing it either – that 250g mark sounds bang on and a big improvement from 180g including incidentals etc. 350g would be overkill imo and would take away from your space in your calories to be having an amount of carbs that lets you train with any intensity.
Yes, protein isn’t something to lose sleep over, but you’d be selling yourself very short if you weren’t getting enough and weren’t spreading it across your meals each day.