LouisMoylan
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Hey Buddy! I would definitely increase calories slowly and keep an eye on strength and condition and gauge it from that. If you find yourself getting stronger and heavier and not accumulating any body fat then you can push a bit higher but I wouldn’t do anything aggressively!
LouisMoylan
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As long as it doesn’t cause any digestive issues yeah it’s fine!
LouisMoylan
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Hey Buddy! It does seem like your calories are very low even for your bodyweight! I personally would push the carbs up a bit and see how it effects your condition. You may even find yourself leaner for it. Could also start carb cycling having some high and low days and see if that effects your metabolism. Keep me posted on what you decide to do and how your body responds!
LouisMoylan
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Good morning guys! Landed back in the U.K. yesterday morning and my bodyweight was up to 93.2kgs! Insane! I haven’t been this heavy in a long long time! I was carrying a lot of water! My weight dropped down this morning to 88.3kgs so I’m feeling a lot better but still carrying a lot of water! Probably wait until my weight drops down to around 82/83kgs and stabilises before I start to push food up. Having the weekend off the gym and just staying active and relaxed on the diet but not loads of food. What are you guys training this weekend?
LouisMoylan
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Hi louis
After you compete do you find it hard shifting your mindset away from that shredded look, It’s something mentally I struggle to deal with, I can’t seem to let go and continue with the lower carb and cardio protocol. But then when the switch gets flicked I lose the plot and end up looking fat, can’t seem to find that happy medium.
You seem to stay in great shape year round, do you relax your eating at any point
Hi James, yes I do struggle and to be honest straight after shows I usually binge a lot because I love my food and I catch up on a lot of social activity that I have missed out on during prep. So tend to carry a lot of water and fat after this period then when it’s all out of my system I clean the diet up and go back to normal having a few meals off plan per week maybe 2/3 and the rest of the time clean with training 4/5 days a week and cardio some days maybe only 30mins fasted on the bike at home. What do you tend to do post show? How do you deal with it?
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I really struggle mate, sometimes I think it verges on a eating disorder. Just can’t snap out of it and still weigh everything to the gram, this has nearly resulted in divorce on many occasions ????.
For me I try and gradually increase carb intake each week only by 50g and it’s a very long and tedious process .
Think I need to get my head round the fact that’s it’s ok to eat a bit of junk occasionally.
Watched your video with James doing the cable cross over, I was blown away by your condition and that’s what I aspire too. [/quote]
I agree mate you have to enjoy some food sometimes in my opinion. I give myself meals off in the offseason because I know I push my body beyond its limits when I’m pre contest. Physically and mentally I believe it helps! Also thank you, my chest tends to get really detailed and conditioned it’s a good bodypart for me I have a really good mind muscle connection with it!LouisMoylan
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Hi Mate, I eat close before and after training and I still use MPS Max Intra workout. Pre contest I will only really use the MPS Max whereas offseason if I want to increase my carbohydrate intake I will use sustain Intra however I have found that personally 1 x 25g serving of sustain Intra is enough for me. I have bad tummy issues and if I do 2/3 Servings it can bloat me a little and I’m quite a small light bodybuilder so I really don’t need much more Intra carbs than 1 serving anyway!
LouisMoylan
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Hi Buddy, I’ve got nothing against training fasted. I’ve been doing it recently and find it has kept my appetite quite high. Straight and energy is ok with the use of the MPS Max Intra workout and PrePare Pre Workout. Then I’ll add in some cardio in the evening depending on the goal at hand.
LouisMoylan
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Good afternoon guys! Heading back home today so excited to get back on UK soil and get back to work and get into some sort of routine! Smashes a great shoulder workout today with some traps and triceps! Going to take a few days off when I’m home then get back into the gym Sunday or Monday! Need to check when the big guy is back from Norway so I can put him through his paces!! What are you guys training weekend?? Anyone down kings Croydon this weekend?
LouisMoylan
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Hi louis
After you compete do you find it hard shifting your mindset away from that shredded look, It’s something mentally I struggle to deal with, I can’t seem to let go and continue with the lower carb and cardio protocol. But then when the switch gets flicked I lose the plot and end up looking fat, can’t seem to find that happy medium.
You seem to stay in great shape year round, do you relax your eating at any point
Hi James, yes I do struggle and to be honest straight after shows I usually binge a lot because I love my food and I catch up on a lot of social activity that I have missed out on during prep. So tend to carry a lot of water and fat after this period then when it’s all out of my system I clean the diet up and go back to normal having a few meals off plan per week maybe 2/3 and the rest of the time clean with training 4/5 days a week and cardio some days maybe only 30mins fasted on the bike at home. What do you tend to do post show? How do you deal with it?
LouisMoylan
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How long time do you take off gear?.
Who does your health stack look like from supplements need, i Think of buy something from there ????
Hi Mate,
I usually take 8 weeks off cycle.
My supplement needs stacks are the kidney & blood pressure stack, the liver stack and the heart stack!
I also use the entire TrainedbyJP Nutrition Range, love-heart, cure-coming, halcyon & insure!
They’re all great products!
LouisMoylan
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Hey bud, thanks for getting back to me on insta, I’m the guy that was asking how you program push, pull, legs.
Would the way it’s programmed be affected by the fact I’m currently cutting?
Cheers.
Hi Ian,
When I’m off-season or pre contest I don’t actually tend to change the training programming. At the moment I’m doing a 5 Day Split just to mix things up and give myself the weekends to be free and spend time with family but for the most part I do tend to stick with push pull legs which is what I done for the entire offseason and prep this year. Are you thinking of changing yours up? What are you currently doing now with regard to training?
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Yea I’m interested in switching to push, pull, legs but just unsure how to program it to get the best out of it, like how to lay out the reps and sets, do you do 3 days on then a day off, or day on, day off etc, just want to get a lot stronger and gain as much mass as I can naturally.
Also working around some leg and lower back issues, currently rehabbing my ankles as they’ve started to roll and become unstable when I squat so having to use alternatives at the moment (hack, bulgarians, etc)
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Hey Ian,I personally like the below split:
Push
Pull
Rest
Legs
RestThen repeat. I usually start my training with a heavy compound movement but do a bunch of warm up sets first. Follow on from a different compound then maybe hit an isolation then another compound then another isolation. That’s for the big muscle group say chest. Get all of the pressing done first. Then with the smaller group do a more compound exercise first then an isolation movement for that too. Then when finishing off with biceps or triceps usually do 2 exercises for those. Most of the time I’d do 2 working sets for the compounds and maybe 3 working sets for isolations! In terms of injuries I think everyone probably has some niggles I just try my best to train around them! Let me know if this helps!
LouisMoylan
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Hey bud, thanks for getting back to me on insta, I’m the guy that was asking how you program push, pull, legs.
Would the way it’s programmed be affected by the fact I’m currently cutting?
Cheers.
Hi Ian,
When I’m off-season or pre contest I don’t actually tend to change the training programming. At the moment I’m doing a 5 Day Split just to mix things up and give myself the weekends to be free and spend time with family but for the most part I do tend to stick with push pull legs which is what I done for the entire offseason and prep this year. Are you thinking of changing yours up? What are you currently doing now with regard to training?
LouisMoylan
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Hey buddy! @fit_fooduk have pretty decent meals and they will make meals to your macros if need be! They’re based in Croydon but I’m sure they deliver all over London so might be worth hitting them up on Instagram!
LouisMoylan
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Hey Buddy! I usually eat a really easily digestible pre workout meal and train maybe 1 hour after having this meal. After training I eat when my blood sugar has dropped within range. This meal would usually be 50g Protein from whey isolate and 80-100g carbs from cereal. Then for my post post meal I will wait until my bloody sugar drops within range again which is usually 2-3 hours after the previous meal and that meal usually consists of 50g protein from either chicken/ turkey/ white fish and usually 50-100g Carbs from rice most of the time! This all does vary a lot but for the most part that’s what I’ll do!
LouisMoylan
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Good afternoon guys! Just wrapped up a great back and bicep workout at first fitness gym in Barbados! Finished off with some calves! Having some cereal post workout unfortunately I don’t have any whey here so I’m going to make some beef and pasta up and eat it shortly! Done a fasted Walk this morning then ate a good meal before training. Looking forward to using the new TrainedbyJP Nutrition In-Sure when I’m back in the UK as I do use GDAs a lot more in the offseason! Any questions just hit me up below guys!
LouisMoylan