[Meg]

Evening all!

Hope you’ve all had a great Thursday.

All check ins done nice and early so that I could head off the London to see Rhea

Spent the train journeys catching up on some admin and the rest of my work

But what an incredible day – shopping, chatting and having some foods with my Rhe.

We haven’t had food out just me and her since 2019 so that was just bloody amazing. Love her so much sad she leaves again soon

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[Meg]

For me personally if in a diet phase I don’t want anything to affect my training or my recovery as obviously lesser foods, higher expenditure will push us a little further into fatigue especially the further we get into it.

I personally prefer my cardio to be away from training. If time is an issue perhaps a cheap exercise bike for home to hop on as soon as you wake.

If it’s simply just a walk with no HR goals then I don’t think the walk pre or post session will affect anything

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Pull Day

Trained alone earlier today due to having some things to do this afternoon

Session was new with the new block we’ve started. Spoke with kuba pre session as I felt I wanted to use some different machines for certain movements due to them feeling better for me. Was given the green light

And a super session, the best pull day in little time just for the feel during and after, super pumps all round

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[Meg]

Hey Guys

Hope you’ve all had a great day.

Normal Tuesday for me with work – for training today we headed over to Flex n Tone in Manchester

I love this gym I think more than most in the world…there and UF Rotherham just give you that get ready to get it feels even if they had zero people in.

Was nice to do the incline press on the nautilus we have the Gym Shop version at Roth and was a tad heavier. But managed the same weight just 1 rep less. Rest of the session was great too.

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[Meg]

Hey,

The feeling of guilt won’t ever leave just by people telling you “not to stress”

If you like sticking with your diet that’s personal to you.

I used to feel guilty around eating off plan and then I started to think it logically around what do I want to do and why am I doing it.

I like to be social with my friends, family and enjoy special occasions. I also really like food so to me as long as I’m doing it when I want to and sometimes for reasonings that mean a lot to me then I’m happy to enjoy a meal off.

I’d never look to counter act the off plan with extra expenditure the next day as I don’t think it builds a good mindset towards food (eat-restrict cycle)

I’d just hop back onto plan the next day and carry along my journey 🙂

(Obviously in a prep setting I just wouldn’t have an off plan )

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[Meg]

Happy Valentines

A nice day visiting my family and friends as valentines has always been a celebration that we’ve always enjoyed as a family 🙂 brought my grandmas some lovely flowers and every 10 minutes – are you sure you want to eat out of that box, do you not want a sandwich ?

Tomorrow is push day and have Ed filming for the site…early night to get my strength ready and set for it!

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[Meg]

RA Optics

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[Meg]

It’s super person dependant like anything you take.

See how one person acts or feels after one gin and tonic will be super different to the next. Same here

So not having any or having some depends on how you personally react

I always get super shakes for the first few days / first week and then things start to settle even as the dosesge increases

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[Meg]

Hey All

Hope you’ve had a great Sunday.

Great hamstring session today – managed a set of 160 for 10 and I felt really happy with how they felt. I didn’t film much today was in a zone I’d get in and get it done.

My body feels super ready for a rest day tomorrow – a lovely massage is in order. I need to keep on top of this recovery to keep my body nice and happy. So I’ve got a massage booked every Sunday from here on out…I do all the mobility and stretching but a little extra hands on will only help. It’s a nice time for a little brain switch off also

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I think it’s really normal to have these feelings if people try to knock you down.

Abs unfortunately we all have opinions and some people air there’s in a not so nice way.

I think it’s good not to have the view of “I’ll prove you wrong” but more a view of I’ll keep on doing what I’m doing for me, to look or be (on a personal level) how I want to.

Constructive feedback is useful but people going out there way to knock you down in a negative way is just a representation of them as a person. So keep doing what you want to for you.

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I feel you take a lot of the “work” out of the expenditure if you’re holding onto the handles – we have expenditure there to keep us health, keep digestion tip top.

If you make it easier what’s the point in it? It’s like doing a leg press and using your arms to push onto your legs.

Like a exercise build up your speed if it’s too hard you have to hold on take it down and build up

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Hey All

Hope you’ve had a great day

Pull day for me – tummy was feeling a little better but still not the best.

FLF for pull – was amazing to see Oscar he got me all set up with machines, attachments that I needed prior to my session. It’s funny sometimes training at other gyms my brain doesn’t enjoy it, but it’s nice to get away.

He made me feel so homely and I was ready to really smash my session.

Hamstring day tomorrow

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[Meg]

I know that getting the qualification is a formality to be able to work as a PT.

I’d say if you want to educate effectively looking through the education section on here would build a lot more application knowledge.

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Rest Day for me today.

Just a usual rest day – with working, dog walking.

Had a bit of a funny tummy again today – wish this batch of being a little odd health wise would just stop!

Tomorrow we are training over in Manchester, will be nice. Had to re arrange to go to London on Thursday due to my dodgy tummy

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[Meg]

I like both methods above – I think when you’ve done intense sports prior you aren’t scared of that “uncomfortable” territory which those last few reps will feel.

So I also like to challenge my clients in other ways of “uncomfortable” like RP sets, intervals during cardio. To feel what that burn, taxing push should feel like.

I think all these methods combined would build that

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