[Marc]

Training today was pull for me. It was a decent session adjusted exercises where needed for my Shoulder, but got the work done and that’s the main thing.

Full session I posted up on my Instagram today, for anyone who wants to see it

[Marc]

Rest day today, got some client work done this morning then spent some time with my parents it was my dads bday today. We won’t talk about football though, Man U still can’t win games :/

[Marc]

Id also say how much range of motion you can access matters too

[Marc]

I agree with all the points the team have said here. I’m not sure how many times you eat oats in a day in maybe more than once reduce it down to 1 meal and depending how much you in a meal you could try reducing it down and using a different carbohydrate source alongside it to increase the overall carbs within in the meal

[Marc]

Good day today at the 2bros pro British finals. Nice to catch up with the tbjp team and speak with some people who I haven’t seen a while. Deffo a good day all round and repping team tbjp!

[Marc]

Still not feeling too good still from yesterday. Headache is still here and my eyes feel heavy like I haven’t slept, but sleep is still consistent 7hr30+ each night. Headed to the gym today still, did my mobility work for my knee and attempted some isolation exercises for legs as I wanted to try and do something but the pressure in my head was too much so I had to call it a day. I’ll take the positives for what it is still getting my mobility work done

[Marc]

That does some strange that you haven’t heard anything, I genuinely don’t think you would get scammed. When was the last time you sent a message? Perhaps try calling on WhatsApp?

[Marc]

Kerry’s covered this really well here. Are you getting a tan with a company? If so pro tan for example have pre comp kits you help prepare the skin – called Steele fit

[Marc]

Not felt too good today, I’ve had a headache pretty much since I woke up this morning that just hasn’t gone. It was a rest day for me anyway so cracked on with client work that needed doing and had a massage too. Hoping it will be better today, but I feel like it could be the start of getting unwell with a sore throat also but upped the health supps today hope it doesn’t hang around

[Marc]

Yes , you will notice less progress as your volume is higher

Is your bodyweight moving up ?

Is the look changing for positive ?

That question

Do what you can recover from and progress, goal is to always do the max but again there is a trade off and diminishing return point for sure

Getting better feedback from the mirror and scale than I ever have before. I do feel ready to go before training the same body part again as well. The only thing that’s hanging me up is that my strength just doesn’t seem to be trending up at the rate I’d expect despite the explosive progress I’ve seen in my physique over the last 4-5 weeks

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My take here would be your look both in the mirror and scale trending up is what you want here. Bd mindful you want a steady rate of gain without putting on excess bodyfat. Of course you want to see progress with lifts or reps, but you have changed your training plan protocol with higher reps but the key is you’re recovering . Think about your training execution, training to failure or as close too, this all counts as progress

[Marc]

Push session today and definitely one of my better ones. The treatment I’m getting done with Radu is really helping. Of course the shockwave isn’t magic but it’s giving me more comfort to be able to train better so the long drives there are worth it, booked in again for next week.

Anyway, today’s session was;

Pec deck x3
Deadstop low incline chest press x3
Neutral grip flat cable chest press x2
Single arm cable lat raise x3
Single arm crossbody triceps ext x3
Ez bar reverse grip pushdown x3

[Marc]

I’ve ran this before in the past, when I had two leg sessions a week 1 session biceps before my
Leg sessions and the other leg session triceps before legs. Simply to add in more training volume for arms across my training week.

It worked well and did the job needed. Definitely worth a try!

[Marc]

Rest day today, headed back over to see Radu on the back of my physio appointment last week. He did some focused shockwave on my shoulder / bicep tendon. Which I know helped from last week,so was good to have that again.

We also went over some hip stability work as I have been getting some knee pain in my left knee which is coming from my hip. Very humbling but it’s needed to keep me functioning how I need too, so a few exercises to add in pre gym / lower days and on rest days too

[Marc]

Hi Kush

If you are able to attach a link with current pictures in here perhaps from google drive that would help give us a better idea on how lean you are currently and if / how much you should aim to get leaner, if needed.

Did you get any feedback from the judges on your condition at all?

Aside from my points here I agree with Hilly. But you have to take each phase at a time

[Marc]

Kicked off this week training with pull today. I personally prefer this isn’t of pull as it helps my shoulder to feel more stable before then doing push later in the week.

Anyway exercises today again working with my shoulder on what feels best and I often auto regulate this based on how I feel.

Chest supported t bar row x2
Single arm cable row x2
Standing rope pullover x3
Single arm cable bicep curl facing stack x3
Single arm cable incline bench preacher curl x3