[Maddy]

Hello hello happy Friday! I woke up today feeling a little better and so I tried to resume a normal day of rest day food. The day was a success. Seeing as I’ve managed a normal day of food with seemingly normal digestion that’s given me the go ahead to train tomorrow but NOT go crazy. I went for a walk and had a shoot with my lovely client today. The pictures are FAB very excited to edit and send them over. Had a lovely catch up and a lot of chatting! well worth it. Back home after to pack some MAD orders, a small food shop and have my final meal. Feeling a lot better.

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[Maddy]

Hiya Damian. Adam makes a very good point! Also, if you have any video showing your set at 177.5, that would be helpful to see

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[Maddy]

Day 2 of shitting out almost everything I eat 😚 Food poisoning is not fun. I did sleep a lot better last night, but my digestion and gut are still really unhappy. Thinking back to yesterday, I was NOT okay. I was due to train today, but after struggling to eat breakfast, I called it off. Food has been very touch-and-go. I tried to eat a little chicken and was very quickly shown that I shouldn’t have. Mostly another day of just carbs and fats. If i can’t eat or digest food, i won’t train till i can.

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[Maddy]

Straight up slept like shit. I have some kind of food poisoning as I’m shitting my guts out and can’t keep much food in. Had to wake up at 5 to get to chiro at 8:45 and honestly I almost didn’t go because I was certain I was going to shit myself in my car 😙✌🏼 feeling pretty awful! 🥰🥰
In times like this I don’t force food, I don’t worry about protein, I try and keep liquids high and eat things I might be able to digest (biscuits, banana, broth, bread) we’ll see what tomorrow holds

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[Maddy]

Hi guys! I hope you’ve had a fab Tuesday. Had to train today as I’m making a trip up to my chiro tomorrow. Hams and glutes and it was pretty good! Trained in another branch of kings and it was lovely and quiet!

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[Maddy]

Hiya Ziyad, Clare suggested some really palatable and low volume options. How long have you been trying to push food and be in a gaining phase for? I think I remember you a couple months/weeks back struggling with this. I could be mistaken!

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[Maddy]

Hi guys happy Monday and final week of dieting for me before I get straight back to growing. Oh my god I’m so excited. Out for a walk before the rain hit, then some work and in for quads and glutes! Strength has not wavered one bit through this diet. I’ve managed to maintain all the big movements and not feel like I’m on the bin win win! Back home for work and then went out to a private screening for an up and coming film! I’ve been to a few of these and sometimes they’re dogshit sometimes they’re amazing. This one was pretty sick. They did make everyone sign an NDA so I can’t fully yap about it but when it’s out in cinemas i’m speaking up

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[Maddy]

Hi Naoise, I suggest rather than progressing load you push for some more reps. I’d go back down to 90kg and aim to be within 5-9 and 9-12 for back off. It’s fun to test peak strength but as soon as you’re doing doubles and triples it’s very hard to progress from there if you’re training around failure.

What is your overall goal? To develop your chest or to improve peak strength in your bench press?

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[Maddy]

Hi guys happy Sunday. Chill day today! Enjoyed some Serbian food as an off plan and will go for a walk in a bit 👍🏼

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[Maddy]

Hiya Jonathan, some great advice above. Even if you’re struggling with food and wake up not very hungry, try and start the day of eating as you would normally. Try and space out your meals through the day so you don’t fall behind and then find you’re cramming in food and digestion is off. That always makes it harder! Try not to drink loads and loads of water right before or after meals and if possible make swaps for higher calorie lower volume foods.

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[Maddy]

Hello hello happy Saturday! Had a lie in and my morning walk was postponed due to torrential rain. A bit of rain I don’t mind but it was relentless all morning. In for hams glutes and delts. The gym was pretty busy for the start of my session then calmed right down as I was finishing. It always goes that way!

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[Maddy]

Hiya Will, as the guys mentioned, it’s person dependant. Give yourself the time away and see how that has you feeling! 4 days sounds sensible and should hopefully have you feeling a bit fresher

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[Maddy]

Hi guys, happy Friday happy weekend! Usual routine, walk, breakfast work and then in for legs. I had a MUCH better session compared to last week. No pain, no discomfort. Happy days. Back home to finish for the day, a little shopping a walk and now chilling

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[Maddy]

Hiya Erik, the guys have given some solid advice and have been super clear and super helpful. Honestly, I’d look at condition and data pre-holiday and have your focus on tidying up to get back to a similar position. It will take as long as it needs to take. Get back to your baseline kcals, cardio and training and assess after your back in routine for a week or two

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[Maddy]

Hi guys, happy Thursday. This morning was a bit out of my usual routine, and so breakfast was a little late! A new low weigh-in with one more week of dieting to go. I feel raaaaather small. I am very excited to get back to gaining. This tidy-up has been successful. It’s helped me see areas I have improved upon as well as areas I need to keep working on. I feel very focused. A day of laptop work and check-ins. I also did some stretching and foam rolling. Mostly my glutes, as advised by my chiro. In for legs tomorrow. So far, my knee feels pretty good, and no complaints other than the occasional twinge from my SI. Happy days, onwards and upwards.

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