LouisMoylan
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Aaah makes sense. Cheers Lou!
Anytime buddy!
LouisMoylan
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thanks for your response mate!
interesting, how many days off did you have the last 12-18 months with PPL? P P off L off like most on here? how did the results compare to before using a 5/6 day split with less rest days and more volume per session?
no I’ve changed from PPL now to quads/chest; hams/back; off; arms/delts; off. reason is I’m torso-dominant, I’ve always had a good mind-muscle connection to my chest and back which is visible in my physique (spider-look), so I have to bring up arms and delts to be competitive in men’s physique. I’m even thinking of adding arms (just a few supersets, so pumptraining) touch-up after back as well. so: quads/chest; hams/back/arms-touch-up; off; arms/delts; off.
have you ever had troubles with arms/how did you bring them up?Hey Buddy, when I done PPL I typically had 2/3 days off a week. Yeah my upper connection is a lot better with my lower still working on it now after all these years. In terms of arms. They’ve never really been strong or weak for me they’ve always just kind of matched the rest of my physique in terms of size. I would prefer them a little bigger but they don’t grow that easily none of my muscle grows easily it’s all gradual over time.
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Hey buddy, trained by jp nutrition does offer these in the form of MPS Max & JP EAAs for the protein and Sustain Intra & Performance Fuel for the carbs. There are other alternatives out there but if you have a look online you’ll be able to read up on the particular supps and decide from there.
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Hi Louis,
very interesting log! Great to see someone using a different training style than PPL and 1L 1B set.
What do you think about your new routine 6 days training/1 day rest so far?
I’ve always trained high volume, for the last 1.5 years I’ve relied more on jordan’s principles and kept volume lower (intensity was high as well before, I always went to failure). Also I’ve always been (at least for the last 6 years) training 5 days a week (so 2 days rest), and reading along here I’ve just cut down even to 4 days training / 3 days rest, because I wasn’t satisfied with my progress. I don’t feel comfortable doing that because I love training, hate rest days and if it was up to me and just for fun, I’d train every day.. I’m giving this approach a few more weeks, but I’m eager to go back to more training days..
I’ll follow you because you are doing the exact opposit – you are training more often (higher frequency), doing more volume (3-5 sets per exercise) and keep intensity the same (every set to failure, correct?), so if you can still progress that would mean before you could have potentially done more and grew, so didn’t reach your max potential with the more caucious low volume approach..
have you tried this before (training more days or the opposit, training less days) and can compare?also another question: have you tried the honey/salt sleep aid from Greg?
Hi Buddy,
I am happy with the new training split. For many years of my career I always done a 5/6 day split. It was only the last 12-18 months I took on more of a push pull legs split. Recovery has been ok now that the cycle has kicked in and I’m getting more comfortable with the food and also trying to sleep as much as possible.
I’m progressing on lifts, looking bigger and fuller so it’s definitely working regardless.
I’m the same I hate taking days off the gym so it’s nice to be in there a bit more often!
Also no I haven’t tried that sleep aid but I will definitely look into it!!
Are you still following a push pull legs routine?
LouisMoylan
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Hey Louis, thanks for clarity but I meant more so how come you are hitting chest and shoulders twice per week and the rest once per week? Are you particularly wanting to bring them up more?
CheersHi Jeffy, not really. On a traditional 5/6 day split you’ll always separate chest and shoulders anyway. On the chest dominant day there’s like 2 shoulder exerices and on the shoulder dominant day there’s only a few chest exercises so it’s more of a touch up really.
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Good morning! Fasted weight today was 91.6kgs. I was up until about 1am getting these meals in. Had an awesome hamstring workout down at kings. Managed a few good sets at 180kgs on the RDLs which is an improvement for me as my scapula usually folds over 160kgs. However I managed to keep it restricted and done a few good sets of 6 then backed off to 160kgs for the last set. Banged out some paperwork all evening while also making sure I got all these meals in so didn’t sleep for too long and I am feeling a little tired BUT we keep pushing on. Training arms this afternoon after work!
LouisMoylan
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Hi Tom, do you do any fasted cardio at all? I always find that can help. Also have you thought about utilising more
Calories from fats than carbs as it will be less volume and easier to eat?LouisMoylan
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Good morning! Fasted weight was 90.6. Managed to get all meals in again which was great but I was up a little late. Justin sent over some food changes yesterday which I have posted in the diet section. I’ll transition into these today and tomorrow. Had an awesome shoulder and chest session with Damien yesterday. Strength was great too. Number are going up. Had a pretty chilled evening doing some paperwork. Got called out around 8pm got back and watched a film while getting the remainder of my meals in.
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Any reason you are hitting chest and shoulders twice per week Louis?
Hi Jeffy, yes the first workout is a shouder dominant workout with some chest movements after abs the other workout is a chest dominant workout with some shoulder movements added.
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I have done this before yes and I do think it’s a good idea. As jimmy says I wouldn’t actually want to set an alarm to wake up and have one but if I woke up naturally during the night why not add some extra calories in especially when your trying to push them up.
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Good morning guys, weight is now up to 90.6 this morning. Smashed in all 6 meals yesterday and had a great quad workout. Legs are ruined! I can definitely feel the weight now! I start to get a bit of sleep apnia/ snoring kinda choking on my own chest kinda shit going on when I’m this heavy lol I’ve send my check in to Justin this morning so waiting to hear back and see if he wants me to change anything. For now I will resume as normal.
LouisMoylan
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Hey Louis which it’s your current diet and OTC supps?
Hi Juan, you can see my diet, my training split and my cycle in the section on my main log page it’s updated everytime something changes buddy.
LouisMoylan
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Good morning! Had a rest day yesterday. Forgot to weigh myself this morning. Smashed in breakfast then headed off to work! Got some repossessions booked in this morning before heading to the gtm for Quads with the giant in the hoodie after lunch!
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You thought about maybe trying digestive enzymes with your meals I used to have really bad digestion problems and they worked wonders for me “solgar” digestive enzymes from Holland and barret and a pro biotic in the morning to keep the stomach bacteria healthy. Made a massive difference with me. Dunno if that’s helpful but thought I might aswell write it ????[/quote]
Hi Jimmy, I have been using the bulk powders digestive enzymes and the supplements probiotics and the TrainedByJP nutrition glutamine which I do think all help. I just think it’s the volume of food. I’m gonna try the solgar enzymes and see if they’re any better. Thanks buddyLouisMoylan
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Hi Alva, push pull legs is a great routine. There are other training splits out there. I always aim for progressive overload no matter what split I’m using or what my goal is in terms of growing or trying to lose body fat.
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Good morning! Had a rest day yesterday. Forgot to weigh myself this morning. Smashed in breakfast then headed off to work! Got some repossessions booked in this morning before heading to the gtm for Quads with the giant in the hoodie after lunch!
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