[Nathan]

Yes Big Dog.

Congrats on the gender reveal – she’s going to have you wrapped around her little finger 😂

On the balance point mate, it’s really difficult to achieve, I’ve found for me when looking at career vs my time vs family time I just accept and communicate with loved one’s that at different times the balance will need to shift.

In those moments/weeks when career/profession has to take up the majority of my time, I carve out (schedule) specific activities with loved ones whether that be a coffee, dinner out, walk etc that is a non negotiable – so whilst they don’t get a lot of your time, they do get your full attention for the time that you set aside.

Don’t be too hard on yourself, your working to provide a better life for them.

Regards

Matt

I appreciate this mate.

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I agree so would watch the tutorials. There’s not going to be anything that’s optimal here. So just pick what you like, that you can progress, recover and get plenty of bang for buck

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It’s go time! Green light has been given. Time to sort my shit out

Here we go then 10 months off cycle……

Current BW / Average- 298lbs

Weeks Remaining On PED Escalation – 22 (Re-Enter Next Cruise Monday 6th April 2026)

Diet Set Up:-

TD 5500kcals

800g carb

360g pro

100g fat

NTD 4900 kcals

600g carb

350g pro

125g fat

Daily Water Target 6-8 Litres

Daily Sodium; 18g Pink Himalayan Salt (+3g Added To Intra / 21g TOTAL On TD’s)

Off Plan Meals 1 Per Week (Replacing Scheduled Meal)

Daily Steps – 10-12k

Daily Cardio – 20 Mins, fasted prior to first meal (120BPM)

Offseason Training Schedule

*M* – Upper

*T* – Lower

*W* –

*T* – push

*F* – pull

*S* – Legs

*S* –

PED’s / Injectables

700mg/wk Test (E)

700mg/wk Primo

350mg/wk Mast (E)

(1750mg/wk total)

PED’s / Thyroid & Metabolic

100mg/day T4 (pre bedtime)

1000mg/day Inj Carnitine (pre-workout + fasted)

PED’s / Ancillaries

N/A

PED’s / GH Specifc

TD – 10iu (3iu/3iu/4iu – wake, pre-train, pre-bed)

NTD – 10iu (3iu/3iu/4iu – wake, midday, pre-bed)

PED’s / Prophylactics

20iu/day Lantus (with first meal)

10iu/day Humalog (PWO meal ONLY)

20mg/day Telmisartan (with last meal)

500mg/day Metformin (with last meal)

Peptides (proforma)

Klowblend+ 10 units

SS31- 1mg

5 amino 1 MQ – 2mg

MOTS-C – 1mg

SLU 300mcg

Any reasoning on why t4 and metformin are taken pre bed and last meal

Rather then in the morning and first meal ? [/quote]
As I eat my last meal around 8:30pm and bed around 9:30pm it’s away from my last meal and then doesn’t have any interference from food, imkike a coffee in a morning when I wake up before cardio. So I don’t want any interference here.

So constant absorption, fewer interactions, more stable thyroid levels.

Metformin mainly few GI related issues for me and better fasting BG control

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It seems to have been a mental couple of weeks. Where I feel I’ve been a little out of routine. Work has been busy, we have had a lot on interns of baby schedules, new car, and I feel like my days have been shorter so travelling to train in derby hasnt been feasible with my workload.

But….im getting on top of it now. Couple new starters to set up over the weekend snd 4/5 new training plans and I will be back on track.

Great upper session today at s20 regardless

Machine lateral
Incline machine press
Flat machine press
Standing cable fly
D handle pull-down
SA machine row
Upper back row

2 sets each 8-15 reps…..

Felt great!

What I have found a little more difficult is being the best coach I can be, but also being more selfish to be the best bodybuilder, and then also giving the people close to me enough time. It’s a tough balance and I’m still working to find the right balance for all to progress how I want.

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It’s go time! Green light has been given. Time to sort my shit out

Here we go then 10 months off cycle……

Current BW / Average- 298lbs

Weeks Remaining On PED Escalation – 22 (Re-Enter Next Cruise Monday 6th April 2026)

Diet Set Up:-

TD 5500kcals

800g carb

360g pro

100g fat

NTD 4900 kcals

600g carb

350g pro

125g fat

Daily Water Target 6-8 Litres

Daily Sodium; 18g Pink Himalayan Salt (+3g Added To Intra / 21g TOTAL On TD’s)

Off Plan Meals 1 Per Week (Replacing Scheduled Meal)

Daily Steps – 10-12k

Daily Cardio – 20 Mins, fasted prior to first meal (120BPM)

Offseason Training Schedule

*M* – Upper

*T* – Lower

*W* –

*T* – push

*F* – pull

*S* – Legs

*S* –

PED’s / Injectables

700mg/wk Test (E)

700mg/wk Primo

350mg/wk Mast (E)

(1750mg/wk total)

PED’s / Thyroid & Metabolic

100mg/day T4 (pre bedtime)

1000mg/day Inj Carnitine (pre-workout + fasted)

PED’s / Ancillaries

N/A

PED’s / GH Specifc

TD – 10iu (3iu/3iu/4iu – wake, pre-train, pre-bed)

NTD – 10iu (3iu/3iu/4iu – wake, midday, pre-bed)

PED’s / Prophylactics

20iu/day Lantus (with first meal)

10iu/day Humalog (PWO meal ONLY)

20mg/day Telmisartan (with last meal)

500mg/day Metformin (with last meal)

Peptides (proforma)

Klowblend+ 10 units

SS31- 1mg

5 amino 1 MQ – 2mg

MOTS-C – 1mg

SLU 300mcg

Any reasoning on why t4 and metformin are taken pre bed and last meal

Rather then in the morning and first meal ? [/quote]
As I eat my last meal around 8:30pm and bed around 9:30pm it’s away from my last meal and then doesn’t have any interference from food or caffeine I’m a morning as I like a coffee when I wake up before cardio. So consgsnt absorption, fewer interceptions, more stable thyroid levels.

Metformin mainly few GI related issues for me and better fasting BG control

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Personally carbs.

Protein very similar

Fats may be very similar or slight higher

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BW trending back down now 311lbs this AM feeling better and more recovered daily even after posterior.

Full rest today

Steps, cardio, podcast, sports massage and client work boxed off!

2 new starters set up! Last show of the year this weekend in Japan! 🇯🇵 peaking from home and then weekends are more chill

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This is just about getting started and seeing how the body responds.

As hilly suggests 4 x weights session a week.

Daily cardio & step target.

Set your Maintenance calories. Eat 1g protein per 1lb of BW and make the rest up from carbs and a few healthy fats.

Get your sleep in, drink 4-5 litres of water

Train hard and enjoy it and see how you respond buddy.

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Great session today although a little later due to going car shopping. Bought pheebs a new baby mobile and got rid of the 240i for an X3 proper mum wagon.

Session was

SLDL x 1
Ham curl x 2
Glute drive x 1
Leg press x 1
SA pull-down x 2
Upperback row x 2
SA row x 2
Rear delts x 2

Had to stay up to check my client in the his in Japan for the amateur O he’s just landed. So stayed up to run him through today’s POA

There 9 hours infront so Inhabe to be organised each day for what is going to potentially happen moving through the days. But excited that this will be his best look to date. And we shall see where he lands!!

Podcast recording tomorrow! Up early again to get done what’s needed. 2 x new starters to get set up tomorrow also

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Your test result is capped at the top of the test readings. Standard lab tests can’t read supraphysiological levels, so it’ll show 40 nmol/L no matter if you’re on 200 mg or 500 mg.
<br data-start=”302″ data-end=”305″> The jump in estradiol most likely means your mast is actually test or partly test, because mast doesn’t aromatise it shouldn’t push E2 up like that. The high free test also lines up with you running more total androgen than you think.

So either get bloods pulled from a diff lab. Check the source of your Mast and get some lab results.

maybe switch to primo or a little EQ to conbtrol E2 if you start feeling like there are some symptoms.

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looks good to me…..

I like for no leg days when surgery is involved

Push
Pull
rest
Upper (chest & back)
arns & delts

But anything works if you train hard and recover well!

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Evening guys 313.2lbs this AM BW still trending up. Feel like Im still trying to catch up on sleep from a mental couple of weeks. But a great training session today. Trained push local as Im still super busy with work so training more local is just handy at the minute. Whilst I get back in front with work.

Been for the final consult for my knee this evening and it was some good news. 1 operation instead of 2 operations…..

Revision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction + bone-tendon-bone autograft + lateral extra articular tenodesis

I think basically 3 procedures in one. But they can drill a new tunnel in my tibia without affecting the knee. or the old one.

So its just waiting for a date now. which should be in the next 12 weeks hopefully in before the baby is due so I can start having some rehab. If not I have asked to wait until we are out of the first few months. The positives its just 1 recovery not 2 operations.

Should really be into the swing of things with training over the coming weeks so really looking forward to progressing

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So another mental weekend done ☑️

So Saturday had clients competing in Denmark 🇩🇰 Richie took a class win and just got pipped in the overall for the pro card. 4 peaks in 5 weeks is tough for anyone.

But he’s handled it very very well. Now it’s time to get fresh and recover this week, a recovery phase well needed, before we plan the attack for the off season

Then I world the Corner for my mate who had his first white collar fight at the weekend in London. He won 2nd round stoppage in a close fight to that point.

We ended up driving home 3.5 hours as I had forgot a part to my cpap machine. So got in at 4am up at 8:30am for more check ins.

Then it was the gender reveal tonight…..

We’re having a baby girl 💕

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I can only speak on what I have done myself and with clients.

I have had 2 clients this years successfully concieve. One wanted to do it off TRT the other wanted to stay on….

They both ran HCG & HMG alongside other supps to support motility and morphology.

I ran 20 weeks completely off and went to TRT 120mg/wk in June. We conceived in July

Both ways can work. It’s not our choice

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Awesome upper session at s20 today bodyweight still in the rise 312.2lbs this AM felt fine to tram but could still be a little inflamed.

Prime lateral x 2
Nautilus flat press x 2
Incline smith x 2
Standing cable fly x 2
SA pull-down x 2
Prime row x 2
Prime SA lat row x 2

Finished peaking clients for shows tomorrow and up early again to check them in for tomorrow AM

Travel to London tomorrow for my freinds fight and I will be doing the corner which should be class!

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