[Maddy]

Hiya Martin, 5g a day is absolutely fine! As long as you are consistent with taking it every day you’re good!

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[Maddy]

Hiya Tony, Dan is spot on. I suggest taking weight daily and then finding the average and if overall it’s slowly increasing then you’re good! If not then you likely need to increase calories 👍🏼

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[Maddy]

Hi guys! Merry Christmas! I hope everyone’s had a lovely day with family, friends, festivities and food! A lot of driving around for me picking up grandmas going over to my mum and dads having Christmas dinner then back but it’s been a lovely day and I’m ready to chill and sleep!

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[Maddy]

Hi guys merry Christmas Eve! Chill day doing last minute bits and wrapping. Up and out for an earlier gym session today to beat the traffic and busy-ness! Gym was still packed. Had a great ham, glute and delt session. Popped into town and braved the crowds to get wrapping paper and then had a very Christmassy afternoon/evening watching Christmas films, wrapping and eating cheese

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[Maddy]

Hello hello! What I thought would be a fairly chill day turned out to be the opposite. Up and out for a quick walk and then work, breakfast and packing final orders for MAD. Off out to the gym after and Jesus CHRIST the traffic around south London is crazy right now. Took me about long time to get to the gym. Trained quads and glutes and had a fantastic session. Gym was lovely and quiet. Then was an absolute mission to get back and head into town to get some last minute bits. Ended up having to wait over an hour in queues just to pick up orders. Then back home and off to quickly meet some friends for Christmas drinks (I am of course designated driver) and finally back home to cook dinner and FINALLY now in bed. Not a lot on paper but the time spent just getting from A to B at this time of year is painful.

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[Maddy]

Hiya Daan, there could be many reasons! Context would be needed here so forgive me for firing a bunch of questions at you to think about.
– How is recovery? (Sleep/stress) in general but also around this session?
– Are you in a deficit, surplus or trying to maintain?
– How structured is your nutrition and are you structuring your food to help you perform to your best?
– programming could be an issue although a few weeks in the grand scheme of things is really NOT that long of a time.

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[Maddy]

Hello hello happy Sunday! Had a lovely day today in Richmond being totally chill. Breakfast in the hotel and then a walk around looking at shops and the local area. Super pretty, then enjoyed a roast dinner at a little pub and honestly I was suprised by how good it was. Ended the day seeing the Christmas lights at Kew Gardens and now home. Had a lovely weekend switching off and racked up a huge amount of steps. Ready for bed and a few days of work before Christmas Day!

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[Maddy]

Hi guys! A busy Saturday but all fun stuff! Up early to train glutes and hams, fab session but I do feel as if I’ve over stretched my adductor a touch so playing it safe. Had coffee with a friend and then spent some time with family. Staying in Richmond this evening and had a lovely dinner at a local Italian place 🔥 banging I feel as if I may be coming down with a bit of a cold. Hopefully it’s mild and doesn’t RUIN Christmas

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[Maddy]

Hello hello happy Friday! Today was a fairly chill day! Up and out for a walk, a little client work then in for full legs. Great session and progress on almost all lifts which is nice! Back home to do a laaast bit of editing before I’m ‘out of office’ for FADE and then out into town to meet up with a friend for coffee and a chat. Also picked up some Christmas bits and now just finished my final meal and watching the darts 🎯

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[Maddy]

Hi guys! Big laptop day today. Rest day and full day of check ins, editing and a short break to the coffee truck round the corner. In tomorrow for training and hopefully a liiiittle lie in

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[Maddy]

Hiya Dimitris

I too have a few clients with IBS. Nathan has been really helpful above in regards to protocol to follow and ways to find your triggers.

One thing I will say that I notice is the correlation of stress with IBS Episodes. I don’t just mean emotional stress but physical stress for example:

– if you’re in a deficit for an extended amount of time causing stress and fatigue on your body
– if recovery isn’t fantastic and you continue to train hard
– If sleep quality and quantity isn’t good and you feel tired often.

Just a few examples but ultimately flare ups and episodes of IBS (any type) can be heavily affected by stress

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[Maddy]

Hello hello back into usual routine this Wednesday, up and out for a walk breakfast then work. Trained a touch later than usual and did hams, glutes and delts. Great session! Bodyweight is continually on the rise and progress is steady in the gym. Me a couple months ago was in so much discomfort I almost can’t beleive how good I feel right now! Popped over to grandmas for a chat and to pick out an outfit for Christmas Day 💅🏼 okay diva 💅🏼 then back home to continue with some final edit amendments and call it a day

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[Maddy]

Heya Kian, first of all yes! The things you mentioned about focus in an offseason is correct. But it needs to be done (especially for you) for an extended period of time! If you can stick to it for a solid amount of time (months and years) you’ll absolutely put on muscle. I’ve mentioned this a couple times to you I believe, so be confident in knowing that you are correct and now need to stick to it!

As for the rest, some people prefer to do compound movements first and then isolation and some the other way around. A little context might be needed here. I’ve done both. I think as a rule of thumb sticking to two working sets is a good idea but should you feel recovery being impacted and you’re on top of sleep, stress and nutrition, adjusting to 1 working set for some movements won’t do any harm 👍🏼

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[Maddy]

Hello hello! Started my training week today! Up and out for a walk, breakfast/pre then drove over to train alongside my sister. We don’t train together but for years now if we rock up to the gym we’ll go do our own separate training and see eachother from across the gym. It’s nice I like. Then back home to continue on with check ins for the day and a little admin for MAD. Then put up the family Christmas tree and enjoyed some festivities 💅🏼 only just realised Christmas in almost in a week… wtf I have don’t literally zero present shopping and need to get my ass into gear

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[Maddy]

That’s sick! Let us know how you get on in the coming months and if you have any other questions don’t hesitate to ask 👍🏼

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