Thanks for the replies everyone. Andy, i took around 4 months or so off and only started back a couple weeks ago, as i had so much going on and was wrecked. But i will take the advice and see the weight at the end of the week and add in increments slowly depending on the look, cheers!

Morning all,

I have been aggressive cutting for the past few months on circa 1500 cals at the lowest and losing a good amount of bodyweight in that time. Starting to slowly reverse out now and push up very slowly and have raised TD cals to 2500 and NTD to 2100. I have actually seen bodyweight go down quicker since doing this.

Is this normal and…

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Hi All,

Does anyone supplement with Alpha-GPC before training and if so what benefits do people see?

TIA

Hi All,

Was wondering for the oversized tees and crewnecks what would be the right kind of size to go for

5″7 176lbs and like my clothes baggy

TIA!

Drax Plate loaded high row mate 🙂

Just preference but i use pronated grip for chest work, and if i decide to use neutral grip i would use it as a tricep press variation as i find the nautilus (the one at my gym anyway) is loaded heavier in the end range 🙂

good i just don’t understand my body weight has went up i havent put on much fat and literally i look smaller if anything [/quote]

Muscle growth is a very slow process and very hard to notice unless you’ve gone through a growing phase and then leaned back down and saw your weight go up. If your lifts are progressing (standardized form etc) and…

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im not just gonna give up and come off cycle i wanna figure out the problem and continue making progress[/quote]

Maybe get bloods done and see if there is any glaring issues there. Also assess your programming and diet as well as your recovery factors.

Seeing a drop of in strength like that is very drastic! So i would be looking at if there’s…

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Hi Jordan, don’t disagree with you at all. Definitely think only that one muscle can do the work if set up is spot on.

Have no evidence behind me with this but I feel it may be the ability to recruit more overall muscle fibres when you have a strong connection (and not one that is fostered, one that you’ve always semi had). All while…

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Hi guys,

I understand that mechanical tension is the primary driver of hypertrophy and obviously progressing lifts and taking bodyweight up is what is going to bring about muscle tissue but could this be aided by the connection to the muscle?

Although the new science based crew ignore it, you often see it when someone has a good mind…

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Hi All,

Not sure if this is the forum to post this but would anyone have an idea on the weight cap for a natural 5″7-5″8 guy for junior and men’s classic physique as a rough figure if nothing else?

TIA!

Hi all,

Was wondering

a) what the point of doing high days/refeeds is

and

b)how to know when they are needed

First time in a proper cutting phase and dont have a coach yet so any help is greatly appreciated!

Hi All,

I have been doing F/B eod for a while now and I’m finding that I am absolutely f*cked from session to session especially from stiff legging every other session so dropping to 3x a week and stiff legging once a week.

With training FB 3x a week (M,W,F) it obviously leaves 3 sleeps after the Friday session before the next session. With this…

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Hi Jordan, do you think this has something to do with a slight roll of your wrist when pressing? I’ve had that before and mine hasn’t bothered me since i’ve been working on a sort of bulldog grip/making sure my straps are high enough up my wrist to keep all the downward force directed through my wrist.

Just a thought but then again the…

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Hi,

I am running Full-body EOD and currently in a deficit and weight coming off well, but despite this I’m actually gaining strength and still progressing lifts. There’s very few lifts that have stalled/regressed but the main one is biceps.

At the moment I’m just doing dumbbell preachers for them. But I had seen Jordan talking in one of the…

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Hi all,

Adding cardio into the mix while running full-body, would this best be done just on rest days? I don’t have the ability to do it in the morning of training days due to work. And would Zone 2 bike be the smartest option as it is the least impactful form of cardio?

Any help is appreciated!

Hi All,

I’ve been training for around a year and been running Full-body for around 3 weeks and loving it. In a deficit atm and sometimes I see plateaus in scale weight or sometimes a slight gain, nothing horrendous. As a whole it comes down. But despite the plateaus and minor weight gain i still see my physique getting leaner.

My water intake…

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Hi Jan, thanks for the response. Due to my work, I end up at the gym around 5/6, and the session then takes me to around 8 o’clock. By the time I’m home I really only have 1 meal I can have before bed which means i need to eat more in that one meal. So would this whole meal be better off being a fast digesting source or slow digesting if it is…

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It was just because watching a couple of your videos, you did implement partials when you were in a surplus and i wondered if there was any benefit at all?

Hi,

In a deficit at the moment but when I go into my growing phase i was wondering if adding partials on exercises is possible during the fullbody split or is the frequency too high to allow for this?

Cheers,

Hi, i seem to be affected with really bad pounding headaches when doing legpress, i don’t get it with any other exercise, is there a reason for this or a way to stop it?

Cheers,

Hi All,

First time trying out fullbody so was wondering if there was any alterations i should make from the get go?

F/B A (Heavy upper, light lower)

S/A DB preacher x1
Low incline db x1
High incline smith x1
Dip x1
S/A Tricep ext x1
T bar upper back row x1
Lat bias row x1
Nautilus lat pull down x1
Lateral raise x1
Belt squat x1
Leg ext x1
SLDL x1

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Hi Louis, it was just going off the tbJP diet planner. the largest carb meal was the post workout so had to ask, cheers!

Got it, thanks!

Hi All,

How important is a high carb meal post workout on a cut? What benefit does this bring, does it just aid recovery or?

Cheers,

Spot on, cheers!

Morning All,

First time I’ve done a proper cut before, and in the first week I’ve taken off about 3kg, calories have been stuck to as per tbJP diet planner.

2700 TD 2400 NTD

Was wondering if there is bound to be an initial drop off despite calories still being high or if I need to eat more to stop too much weight coming off?

Cheers!

Yeah I’m going to implement the rotation Jordan talked about and get strong across them. I do work across different rep ranges some more than others, thank you both!

Perfect thank you. Hope your well!

Hi Jordan, thank you. So would that rotation just mean after i pick 2 movements to get strong on, that i would only do 1 of them each session? Or do both each session but start with a different one each time?

Hi All,

At my gym we have a Nautilus flat chest press plate loaded. My issue is that i see the traditional machine has an adjustable resistance profile, mine does not and loads the lockout extremely hard. What I’ve found is that my progression on this machine alone has stalled harddd since I’ve gotten strong on it.

With the chest being the…

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Okay perfect, thank you!

Hi All,

Currently 85kg at 5″7, 19 and natural. Got way too fat (18% ish if i had to guess) so doing a 5 month cut, depending on how i look at the end of it could be longer. Based on the fact I will be cutting for quite a long time, I was wondering about what to do about lift progression. I presume at some point my lifts will stall due to…

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Was just wondering if anyone has any critique or advice on my split? I.e. if I should add/lower volume anywhere or if I should rotate exercises and if so what kind or exercises to rotate in? Any help is greatly appreciated

Upper A

Flat press x2
High incline press x1
Pec dec x1
Dip/Narrow press x1
Triceps iso x2
Laterals x3
Upper back row x2
…

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