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  • Nick Biehl

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    December 15, 2025 at 9:56 pm in reply to: Kuba’s 20/21 Level up

    300 ml water soon as I wake then Lemon & warm water fasted that’s it then I continue to hydrate

    5KHM treadmill 20-25 minute every single day walking outside – same as you already asked hasn’t changed, same route that takes 23 minutes if I walk hard

    Gotcha 👍 have you ever tracked your heart rate on your morning walk weather its outside or on the treadmill?

    I know some people dont count it as cardio unless your heart rate is like 120-140bpm! So just asked to see if you count your morning walk as direct cardio or just apart of your daily step count!

  • Nick Biehl

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    December 15, 2025 at 9:54 pm in reply to: Marc Hector IFBB Pro

    Also do you use a treadmill or just walk outside? I know its cold in the UK like it is here in Columbus ohio so just wondering if you have any brands you recommend if you use one of those small walking pads?

  • Nick Biehl

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    December 15, 2025 at 9:53 pm in reply to: Marc Hector IFBB Pro

    Hey Marc glad things are going great for you!

    Just curious I know you said you do 30 mins walking each morning! Would love to hear the rest of what your daily morning routine is like when you wake up, when you do work, cardio, abs, eat meal 1 etc!

    I know morning routines are important and always love to hear some of what my favorite bodybuilders do!

  • Nick Biehl

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    December 10, 2025 at 11:22 pm in reply to: Kuba’s 20/21 Level up

    Also I wanted to ask what does your daily cardio/walks look like?

    Like how long is each walk and when do you do them? Also are any of them power walks or are they all at a normal pace just to get daily steps in?

  • Nick Biehl

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    December 10, 2025 at 3:52 pm in reply to: Kuba’s 20/21 Level up

    Hey Kuba glad the off season is going good for you! One question I guess with your diet is do you do any digestive drink like apple cider vinegar, lemon juice etc in the morning fasted before your walk/cardio/planks?

  • Nick Biehl

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    December 10, 2025 at 3:14 pm in reply to: Marc Hector IFBB Pro

    Rest day for me today, a day mainly filled with client work, some jobs around the house and the odd appointment.

    Checkin this morning with Patrick, he is very very happy with where my body composition is. Visible lines in my glutes, hamstrings and glutes separations and striations in my delts and chest. Post show is arguably just as hard being in prep as hunger is naturally higher. But I’m embracing this phase and the more I do it the more I understand the importance of it to give me the best runway for progress in terms of growing lean muscle tissue.

    Sounds awesome Marc! Excited to follow along for this off season!

    Are you doing any cardio right now during this off season?

    Also do you still count your daily steps or do you go on any walks throughout the day? If so how many walks or how long are they if you do walks for steps on top of cardio?

  • Nick Biehl

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    December 9, 2025 at 2:10 pm in reply to: Marc Hector IFBB Pro

    Hi guys

    Today I will be doing a lower training session. It’s somewhat of working out what’s best for my progress vs correct addressing my posture and slight imbalances in my physique to balance them out which is why for now I have been quite vague on my training split / exercise selection.

    Mapped out roughly my training split currently looks like:

    Upper (posterior chain)

    Lower 1

    Upper 2 (vertical push)

    Lower 2

    Upper 3 (horizontal push)

    I will be able to give more light on the reasons behind this / exercises selection once I have done a few weeks following this plan and have exercise selection / volume locked in

    Sounds great are you doing 2 days on 1 day off with this spilt?

  • Nick Biehl

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    December 7, 2025 at 3:36 pm in reply to: Marc Hector IFBB Pro

    Nice day out with the family today, spot of shopping and enjoying each others company.

    From tomorrow this will be my food plan:

    Nutrition:

    ALL FOOD ARE RAW WEIGHTS ARE MEASURED BEFORE COOKING.

    Awake drink 1 lemon pressed with water.

    10g glutamine

    Cup of organic green tea

    Daily food plan for now. On rest days post training rice cakes, jam and EAAs will be removed.

    Meal 1:

    200ml egg whites

    1 large whole egg

    120g cream of rice or 150g oats.

    60g blueberries

    1 banana

    1/2 avocado

    Meal 2:

    150g chicken

    120g rice

    100g broccoli or spinach

    Meal 3: pre-workout

    150g chicken

    120g rice

    100g pineapple

    100g asparagus

    10g olive oil

    Intra training: 15g EAAs

    Post training:

    30g Rice cakes

    30g jam

    10g EAAs

    (Nothinh on rest days)

    After 30-45min

    Meal 4: post training meal

    120g cream of rice or rice

    80g grapes

    150g chicken or turkey

    Meal 5:

    150g salmon

    400g potato

    150g mixed salad

    10g macadamia oil or safflower oil – high-linoleic version

    Meal 6:

    200ml egg whites-1 yolk OR 120g fresh salmon

    100g multi grain toast

    Apple cedar vinegar

    30g Walnuts

    … Training will follow a 2 day on 1 day off approach, with a big emphasis being placed on my upper body, further balancing out my physique from my right side where I have my shoulder osteoarthritis.

    I will be having a consult with someone who will be helping me with putting together a training plan to help me with this, with is something me and Patrick has discussed and he is all for it. I will update you guys, further as things progress how my training will look and the reasons behind the approach too

    Hey Marc for the 2 days on 1 day off is it PPL or upper/lower spilt?

  • Nick Biehl

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    December 5, 2025 at 7:40 pm in reply to: Marc Hector IFBB Pro

    Hey Marc now that you are settled back in the UK just curious what your diet and training spilt looks like now going into this phase into the offseason next!

  • Nick Biehl

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    December 5, 2025 at 2:11 pm in reply to: kuba Q&A forum

    Hey Kuba just curious what do you do for abs and waist in the off season and prep?

  • Nick Biehl

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    December 1, 2025 at 8:08 pm in reply to: Marc Hector IFBB Pro

    Hey Marc just curious if you already have a diet and training plan in mind or set out to move into an off season now with Patrick?

    Or if you guys havent discussed any of that yet! I am sure you are very motivated now to get back to work seeing how close you were to winning! Which I thought you should have won💪🏻

  • Nick Biehl

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    November 27, 2025 at 2:01 pm in reply to: Kuba’s 20/21 Level up

    I eat 5 meals a day do you think its fine to just take 1 cap of digest pharma pro with meals 1,3 and 5 being meal 3 is my postworkout meal?

  • Nick Biehl

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    November 27, 2025 at 2:00 pm in reply to: Kuba’s 20/21 Level up

    Hey kuba do you take 1 cap of digest pharma pro with each meal? Also do you take it right as you sit down to eat the meal or is it better to take it 20-30 mins before the meal?

  • Nick Biehl

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    November 25, 2025 at 1:07 pm in reply to: Marc Hector IFBB Pro

    Hey Marc great showing!

    Just curious with black friday sale as well I was gonna buy some tbjp supps!

    For digestion enzymes what number meals do you take them with? I have 5 meals a day do you think its good to take one cap for meals 1,3,5 being meal 3 is my post workout meal?

    Hi Nick

    So in-sure is 1 cap per 50g of carbs. So it depends on your carb intake really as to how many caps you take. If digestion is generally good you can still split it over your higher carb meals like you have said here, but remember it’s 1 cap per 50g of carbs [/quote]
    Hey Marc maybe I miss spoke I was wondering when you take your digestive enzymes like digest pharma pro not in sure!

  • Nick Biehl

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    November 24, 2025 at 8:39 pm in reply to: Marc Hector IFBB Pro

    Hey Marc great showing!

    Just curious with black friday sale as well I was gonna buy some tbjp supps!

    For digestion enzymes what number meals do you take them with? I have 5 meals a day do you think its good to take one cap for meals 1,3,5 being meal 3 is my post workout meal?

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