[Marc]

Last session of my training week in the bag this morning. Lower session, I always feel ruined after this session but the return in progress in the sessions is well worth it. Increased weight / matched reps from previous session last week so I’m very happy. Full session was;

Seated ham curl x3
Db rdl x2
45 degree leg press x2
Pendulum squat x2
Toe press x2

Usual posing rounds post workout with Karlton too!

[Marc]

As I’ve said, I tried it with no weight and I went deepest I could and it was still not touching the bottom.

If sounds like you have made your mind up with this exercise. Choose something else you are comfortable with and make it work for you. There are no exercise you must do, work with your body not against it bud

[Marc]

Check in feedback from Kuba this morning, he’s very happy with where I am at currently. No changes to my plan, I am down 0.5kg on average when compared to last week and visually looking a lot leaner. The goal is to get peeled but hold size so changes to my plan only happen when absolutely necessary. This is good for me as if I was me as I can step back and follow the plan without having to think about what should be doing with changes etc.

Upper session this morning, it was a good one. Solid numbers hit and then posing rounds after. 1 more session of my training week to go then its job done for this week.

[Marc]

How do your sessions look currently?

[Marc]

Usual Thursday rest day for me. Morning walk to start my day and then block of client work ticked off. I’ve also got my haircut booked today and a much needed Thai / sports massage as I can feel the tightness around my shoulder area so this is perfect timing with today being a rest day. A few client to get set up today so a productive rest day it will be

[Marc]

Planks are good because you are working your entire core; rectus abdominis, transverse abdominis, lower back and obliques. This will help with not only core strength but stability too which will help transfer into your general day to day posture and support when training too

[Marc]

Sessions like today are the ones I think truly define how much I want it. Went into my leg session feeling tired and that was on the back of a good sleep yesterday. First exercise/ set really set the tone for my session. All lifts progressed or at least matched and I walk away from today’s session knowing I did what was needed.

I will be filming this session next week for my YouTube channel so watch out for this full session set up dropping in a few weeks time!

[Marc]

Very good push session this morning. Felt charged up for this session and very happy with the numbers I hit across all exercises. Check in feedback from my pics to Kuba this morning he’s very happy with how I am looking, step forward in condition and that’s with no changes made so all round we are moving in the right direction. Posted up a YouTube video this evening from my day in life that was recorded last week if anyone fancy’s watching it! It’s from a rest day, definitely not your usual rest day 🍿

[Marc]

So to me from what you said you have tried to work around things as much as you can. Scaling back the weight, changing exercises and including more tempo work. It sounds like there’s still an underlying issues so I would definitely look into speaking with a physio in the first instance to get an assessment to see why you are getting this pain

[Marc]

I agree with Jordan. For now she needs to focus on the basics and do them well. Doing more sets like Jordan said from doing 2 per exercise will be more beneficial for her now as this will help to create more volume across her entire workout. I wouldn’t confuse the situation for now training to failure as this will come as a byproduct of training consistently over time. Pay attention to her recovery and adjustment training volume based on her feedback

[Marc]

First session of my training week today. 12 weeks out until my first show this year and the drive to be better than last week is fuelling me.

Very good session, all lifts progressed from last week.

Full session was;
Prime chest supported row x2
Single arm d handle row x2
Single arm pulldown x2
Upper back pulldown x2
Seated rear delt row x3
Db incline preacher curl x3
Single arm cable bicep curl (facing away) x3

Finished off with 4 rounds of posing too with Karlton.

Great start to my training week, bring on push tomorrow!!

[Marc]

Rest day for me, check in sent over to Kuba and after two days of pulling back with steps and an extra 75g cream of rice over two meals to my baseline food my body looks leaner and fuller and bodyweight is down 0.3kg on both days to what it was before the last two days. Back to business today with usual rest day food and steps back at 12k daily. Ready to kick on, I want it so bad this year that win, so whatever it takes I am all in.

Kerry organised a day for me and my daughters today, some family fun in the arcades which was good fun 🙂

[Marc]

I took a rest day, thank you all

Sounds like this was the right thing for you. If it continues I would advise going to see a physio

[Marc]

Understandable that you have put this as a debate. Personally from experience if progress is of ultimate priority then all areas need to be in sync. However for the purposes of your question, it would be along the lines of what Oscar has said

[Marc]

Last session of my training week done and dusted and it was a very good one. Lower this morning with Karlton. Felt strong across my lifts and walked away feeling ruined but good from today’s session. These are the sessions I crave, it seems like even with being in a deficit my leg sessions seem to be ones that are flying the most.

Full session today was;

Seated ham curl x3
Db RDL x2
Nytram leg press x2
Pendulum squat x2
Leg ext x1
Seated calf raise x2