[Maddy]

Also, if you’re not dieting at all and you’re just a leaner individual then you likely need to bring food up. There’s really no point in trying to stay lean if training performance is suffering. Let us know! 👍🏼

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[Maddy]

Heya Joe, just to be super clear, is the pain you’re feeling in your shin from the pressure of the shin pad on your leg?
Have you tried doing it single leg?

Sounds silly but double check the padding, with some leg extensions in my gym (not maintained super well) the padding slips or is worn down so the literal metal bar ends up sitting on my shin. In that case it needs to be fixed!

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Hiya Tobi, I’m pretty much here to echo the above. How deep are you into your diet and how is your nutrition set up?

Towards the very back end of a diet/prep I wouldn’t necessarily expect load to progress but you should absolutely be fighting to maintain lifts in the gym.

Have you made any adjustments at all to training? How is recovery right now. A lot of the time a question is responded with another question I’m afraid!

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[Maddy]

Hi guys feeling even better today. No gym but a short walk this morning (didn’t kill me off) and focused on getting in all my food. Usual day of work complete

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[Maddy]

Hello hello happy Monday. Today I woke up and finally didn’t feel like absolute shit ✨ went out for a little walk and came back feeling fucked, because of that, I thought it was best I leave training. Managed to eat more today again, appetite has been absolutely ruined but very happy to not feel nauseous anymore. Focused on work today and will see if I make my way to the gym at some point this week or not 👍🏼

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[Maddy]

Hi guys woke up feeling like trash and as the day progressed I feel a little more human. Very doubtful that I’ll be going to the gym tomorrow. Managed to eat quite a bit more today without any nausea so fingers crossed things are looking up

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[Maddy]

Hiya Anson, I remember a couple weeks, possibly months back you mentioned you had some kind of injury that affected your ability to grip things. A few of the team mentioned to adapt some exercises by using a cuff so you don’t need to grip. Have you been doing this? If so how’s it going? If this is a totally different injury have you been doing the training above? How has it been going?

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Hi guys day 4 of feeling like death nothing to report. I feel maybe 2% better

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[Maddy]

Hello, another day of feeling really quite ill. Minimal food, trying to stay on top of liquids

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[Maddy]

I’m down bad with some kind of flu. Fighting for my life. Dramatic but it’s awful. No training. Minimal food because i have a temperature and will throw up. Literally not moving from one spot just doing check ins and that’s all i can manage right now

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[Maddy]

1) Are there areas in life you think you can improve in that will make you a better competitor?

2) What are the biggest struggles you face in prep and off season?

3) Do you think you can have balance whent trying to become the best version of yourself?

4) If you were 4 weeks out from your show and your friend invited you to a birthday meal and drinks, would you attend?

Hiya Jordan, thanks for the questions!
1) in regards to where I can personally improve. It’s stress! I’m a bit of a stressy anxious person. Not to the point where it really affects my mental health but I need to get better at knowing when it’s okay to pull back and let things be. And then be at peace with it! Defo working hard on that this year.
2) My biggest struggles in prep is lowkey the above. I do feel my last prep I was way better at handling stress but towards the end I could feel myself not being as present and becoming a little withdrawn and in my own head a lot of the time. As for offseason, I think I could be better at again recognising when I need to pull back. Coaching myself can be tricky at times (prep and offseason) and I look back to scenarios where my body is telling me ‘hey I’m feeling beat up’ but I’ll ignore the signs and end up feeling much worse. That’s another thing I’m working on in 2025.
3) I do believe I have a good ‘balance’ In my opinion the word ‘balance’ gets thrown around a lot and honestly while how I live my life may look ‘extreme’ from an outside perspective, I’m really happy!
4) I’d absolutely attend! I’ve been in many scenarios where I’ve been very close to show and still attended parties or get togethers. You don’t NEED to eat and drink because others are. It’s totally fine (imo) to support friends and then leave when you need to leave 👍🏼 if your friend is a good friend they’ll understand and be supportive of that too.

This was fun thanks for the questions 💖

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[Maddy]

I’m down and out today with some kind of flu so no training just trying to get work done and recover

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[Maddy]

Hi guys very normal Tuesday has been had. Out for a walk in the morning and work for the day. In tomorrow for hams and glutes 👍🏼

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[Maddy]

Hiya Tony, how has progress been so far with these movements in the same session?

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Hello hello happy Monday. Very normal Monday and the start of a short tidy up phase. Nothing drastic, just a drop in food an increase in steps and a smidge of cardio. lThe goal is to (as I said) tidy up a little. I have the rest of 2025 ahead of me for an offseason and so a little tidy up will set me up nicely for another push up. Right now (pre tidy) appetite is okay and digestion pretty good. However body fat is creeping up to me so the time is now so I can continue pushing up later 👍🏼

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