[Maddy]

Hello hello! Really fab Saturday today! Had a little lie in and then out for a short walk to Sainsbury’s. Trained with my lovely lovely client Kerry today! She drove all the way down to kings for a leg session and in person check in before her very first show! She’s 2 weeks out and will undoubtably bring her absolute best! I’m so very excited to see her Grace the stage 💃🏽 she also got me some chocolate coated custard creams. (M&S Iykyk) absolutely banging. Out with Louis for Georgian food again because it was so good the first time and then finally home to chill and watch a little more of the US open and update programs ahead of clients training sessions tomorrow. Ready for bed!

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[Maddy]

Hello hello, a slightly less stressful day has been had. Up, short walk, breakfast and straight into work. Headed in to the gym however I’m training full legs with a client tomorrow and usually I’d swap sessions round to accommodate for this (hams and glutes today, full leg tomorrow) but I’m still feeling a little sore in my hamstrings. Opted to adjust and hit delts and some pump sets for quads, glutes and hams just to get some blood moving around. Back home for training analysis and packing some MAD orders and then tackling another month of accounts. Hopefully a lie in tomorrow and then training with my lovely client

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[Maddy]

Hi Kyle! I agree with everything the guys have mentioned above! Recovery is super important and while you might not want to pull back because things are going so well, it may be smart to adjust now so bigger problems aren’t created later! Out of recent experience (for myself) pushing along regardless of what seems to be a ‘niggle’ right now just isn’t worth it!

Defo assess training too, have a look at how many working sets you do for legs and how you spread the volume across both lower days. Might it be a little too much right now? Knee sleeves are fantastic and I agree with Clare mentioning neoprene!

Let us know how you get on 👍🏼

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[Maddy]

Hi guys feeling a little swamped with work but just trying to tell myself to tick off tasks each day and soon enough I’ll feel on top again. Up and out for a walk and breakfast and then straight into check ins. After that it was pretty much a mix of super boring work stuff like invoicing and not realising my accounts for MAD are due by the end of September. So that’s another thing I have to do (I do all the bookkeeping and I’m a year behind) recovery hasn’t been the best and honestly I’m attributing it to stress. I fly to Abu Dhabi on Sunday and I’m trying my best to get things in a good place before I go for a week. I’ll still be working but won’t have usual things to hand (documents ect) and have deadlines for the end of the month looming. I’m going to stop talking and thinking about work and just go to bed now ✌🏼

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Hi guys! Another busy day! Up and out for a walk and breakfast and then straight into work. Final amendments to an edit and handing it over and then some pretty boring admin. In for hams and glutes today and then to my grandmas for tea and a chat! Then back home to finish off for the day. Ready for bed and a full on day tomorrow

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[Maddy]

Hiya Antonio, Sorry to hear you’ve been injured and hopefully your more recent injuries aren’t causing you too much trouble.

A few things to address here. There isn’t anything inherently wrong with ribcage flare or arching your back for pressing movements such as chest press, incline press or shoulder press. As long as you are arching the correct part of your back. Your UPPER back not the lower.

To set up for flat press (or incline) you are totally correct in thinking of the cue to ‘keep your chest proud’ shoulders back and in result you should have some ribcage flare. This is totally fine as long as you are focusing on arching your upper back to achieve this.

To set up for shoulder press or military press (seated I assume) it’s the same deal however the focus of you arching your upper back shouldn’t be too emphasised as you’ll likely use more chest than delt to press the weight up. Particularly for shoulder press or military press, I’d think about leg drive too. It sounds to me as you may be arching your lower back (which can result in injury) but also not supporting the load from the ground up (through your legs and using leg drive to press) and perhaps not bracing with the wight effectively.

Ribcage flare is only something I truly feel the need to address for squat patterns or if it’s causing pain, not so much with pressing. I think the main things to address here are what I mentioned above; how you’re arching your back and how you are supporting the weight (through legs and effective bracing)

If you have any videos of pressing movement you usually perform, if you’re able to upload it to the app, or via we transfer we can have a look and provide move specific feedback. 👍🏼

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[Maddy]

Hi guys! Up early today and mainly spent the day editing and doing check ins. I’m ending my work day here because for the past week I’ve been working very late. Looking forward to my final meal and watching Harry Potter. Feeling a touch sore after yesterday’s session but shouldn’t bleed in to tomorrow so all good on this end!

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[Maddy]

Heya TY, I’m pretty much here to say I agree with all the guys above! I have previously had creapure and now regularly use TBJP creatine and honestly have noticed absolutely zero difference! It’s my understanding that ‘creapure’ is simply a brand name and claims to be the purest form of creatine. In the grand scheme of things it’s not that deep and the TBJP creatine is fab to use! I personally have the unflavoured version and recommend you supplement with it daily!

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[Maddy]

Hi guys! Happy Monday! Up early for a shoot in central and managed to wrap at 3-4pm and had lunch with team fade. Had my first Bone Daddies, really good ramen. Probably not the best pre but it was pretty banging regardless. Tube back home and a quick sainsbsurys shop before heading to the gym for a late session. Haven’t trained since last Monday and so I was excited to train! Quads and glutes today. It was extremely busy in kings and so had to sub some things in e.g. sissy for leg extension. Had a pretty good session! Not fully at 1-0rir for all movements yet but feels good to train with even less SI joint pain. Still not 100% and so making do with leg pressing for now. Very much ready for bed as I have yet another early start tomorrow and likely for the foreseeable this week!

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[Maddy]

Hello hello, travelled back today and tried to get ready for a very busy week ahead. I have a shoot in central (London) tomorrow which hopefully we’ll wrap early for so I can get some training in. The rest of this week will be a little touch and go but I’ve managed before and so I’ll figure it out!

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[Maddy]

Good morning, day 2 in Brussels today, lots of steps getting done! Yesterday we managed to find some really nice traditional Belgium food, some kind of rabbit stew and a really nice beef stew. Hopefully some other nice finds today too!

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[Maddy]

Good morning! And early log from me today as i’ll be with my nieces all day in Belgium. No training but no doubt I’ll be walking a LOT and food will be smart estimates around what I’d usually do for a rest day 👍🏼

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[Maddy]

Hiya Joe,
What Louis and Clare mentioned above are viable options! I think adding in cardio on rest days or at least 4X a week would be a fab place to start. DO be strict on tracking the bpm. I would honestly say keeping hr between 130-150bpm will ensure it’s effective and that you consistently keep your pace especially if you opt for something like a bike or elliptical. Also make sure you track your steps separately from any cardio you start to implement!

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[Maddy]

Hello hello, another busy day and I’m starting to feel tiredness take over. Up early to absolutely blast through check ins before getting the train to Brussels. I’ll be here till Sunday with my nieces and so work will have to weave on inbetween! A little stressed as of course as I’ve left the U.K. I have orders coming through to pack for MAD. and emails coming through requesting further amendments on edits. Such is life and I’ll get it handled when I can! As for now I’m so desperately ready for bed and hope not to be woken up too early! As soon as I get really tired and stressed my digestion takes a hit so feeling a bit fucked. Food for the rest of the trip will be estimates for options that align well with my usual rest day protocol and some yummies here and there.

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[Maddy]

 

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