[Meg]

I’m with Kuba likely a little bit of extra food for you to bedtime will help you sleep when you want to

However, the amount of time in bed is great , I wouldn’t worry about it unless the timing just don’t work very well for your life

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[Meg]

Hey guys, hope you are

I travelled to Italy today for the Euro masters

Looking forward to being able to get into my hotel

As the airports are an absolute nightmare at the moment with sorting out everybody’s fingerprints

Makes the process of going through passport security a right nightmare

Looking forward to tomorrow’s competition and watching the ladies on stage

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[Meg]

The first day you move to nights try to lye in as long as possible / have a nap late into the day due to needing to be awake during the night / usual sleep time

Then after the night shifts I’d sleep after work aiming for 8am – 3pm if possible, if you wake earlier you can try for a nap later into the day

As you wake go about your usual day training , grocery shop etc – try create a routine for these types of days to keep the body in the know with what you need it to do

As you transition from nights back into usual days – as you go to bed ( 8am ish) aim just to do a 4-5 hour sleep, then go about your usual day and aim to fight to stay awake until a usual sleep time so that you can settle and sleep through a usual night

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[Meg]

Hey all

Legs was on the menu today which was
Leg curl x 3
Leg ext x 2
Leg press x 2
Leg single curl x 1
Glute kick back x 2
Calves x 2

Travel day to the last show I’m going to this year with clients in Milan with another 3 competing in the states / Denmark, should be a good one

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[Meg]

Hey guys, hope you’re well

Today was a day today and busy day getting prepared to go away again this weekend, but this will be my final client trip of the year

Going to Milan for the Euro Masters

Which will be lots of fun

Three lovely ladies competing and all looking absolutely tremendous

Can’t wait to go and enjoy it with the ladies

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[Meg]

Third question I would always go with the approach of a heavier first set and then the other sets would always be lesser load, rather than thinking about it as a top set and back off, think about it in a very simple way that the first time you do sit on an exercise you will have more energy to give more with more weight than the second one likely not

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[Meg]

Thank you for your questions

For me, I take every set in a close proximity to failure, where my last rep still looks like the movement but is hard to get through, the more experience you get the better you’ll get at it so if you’re not 100% great age just yet don’t give up

Volume wise, I find as you begin as a newbie you will start likely with higher training volume 2 to 3 working sets on around 7 to 9 exercises, with a rough guide of 8 to 12 reps on a compound and anywhere between 10 to 20 on a isolation. Overtime you will be able to tweak your volume based on the performance, for example, if you find that you aren’t progressing very well after the first couple of months, you could look to reduce down the volume even to begin with just by 2 to 3 sets per exercise, see where that takes you, with progression and with the office physique and keep on adapting as you go.

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[Meg]

I’m with Jordan

When and if my volumes have been too high, that’s the only time that I’ve seen my lifts not progress

For myself, I found a sweet spot of 8 to 10 sets a session

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[Meg]

Hey all, hope you are doing okay

Today is a glute day for me
Which will be

Kickback
Thrust
Split squat
RDL
Leg press

And I’m looking forward to getting after it had a few weeks where I’ve been in and out of normal gym and it’s gonna be nice for the next few weeks to be here and settled as even with going away to Italy this weekend I don’t actually stay there for long enough to even need to train so it will be nice to be home

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[Meg]

I agree looking into things like you’ve mentioned is just a time consuming mentally, you want to be focused on progress not the little things that matter but making sure the effort consistency and yourself keeping those as the driving factor to keep on making progress

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[Meg]

Hey guys, hope you’re good

Today has been resting rest

Which has included

Check-in
Meal prep
Walking
Seeing my family
Eye test
Work
And spending some time with Kuba

I’m really looking forward to getting into the gym tomorrow and really getting after it, especially after a long weekend. I’m feeling a little tired in the gym yesterday. It’ll be nice to have a good one tomorrow. X

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[Meg]

I’m with the girls some rest days to let that body settle is what you’ll need.

Let your body focus on the transition with the set up and then as you start to re gain the energy you ca start the intro back into the gym!

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[Meg]

A usual day of work, check ins – tyed into travel day but it’s great to be home

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[Meg]

Back home and back to business

Leg day with Kuba’s

Hip thrust x 1
Leg curl x 3
Leg ext x 1
Hack x 2
Calves x 2
Glute press x 2

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[Meg]

I do feel for me you have to likely be broken, over train, go too far to understand what hard means, so you can understand it. I was lucky as I started training I was around people who pushed me hard, I couldn’t recommend getting to train or even observing someone who truly does, I’m with Jordan I carry that being ok with being uncomfortable feeling to all parts of life

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