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Thanks to you guys, especially the input from you James I will keep in mind as it’s something I haven’t really thought of yet.

Very excited for the next period even if the initial stress will most likely be quite a hand full but we keep it pushing!

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Hello Sam,

I was in the same exact situation as you and decided to go to the hospital and get it checked out as it did end up becoming slightly painful.

The surgery itself took about 20 Minutes, after about 10 days I could train again but I immediately stopped sets once I felt any discomfort around the hernia area.

About 3/4 weeks after the surgery I could train properly again. The recovery does take quite a while as in the area being swollen and not having any midsection control for a while, I also had to walk hunched for the first week as standing upright was in fact quite painful.

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500mg daily upon wake

I find if I take it pre workout get less of a pump

Alright, have you also seen the “less of a pump” in your clients or just personally?

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What are you looking to get from the L carnatine bud?

500mg IMo is sufficient both for fat loss and energy boost in the gym
Im always
30-45 minutes pre

To get more out of my gear as it does make the AR binding more potent to my understanding.

was Planning on doing 500mg in the morning and maybe adding in 500 pre

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For accelerated recovery and healing I’d add 2ml BAC water and dose 0.2mL 3x per week or for micro dosing, add 3ml BAC water and dose 0.1ml every day.

thanks to all of you for the responses.

Rgds

Quentin

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Hi,

My GLOW has arrived, could I get some help with the dosaging please.

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Hey!

Nathan has umbilical hernia, he was back to training after 2 weeks. I can’t remember his protocol fully that he did post up, but if you pop him a message on here he will be able to tell you in detail 🙂

Hi Phoebe,

I will shoot Nath a message, thanks for the response.

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You should be back training within 2-4 weeks if the recovery goes well. GHK will have some benefits post surgery by stimulating collagen production and helping with wound healing. I would personally get some KLOW, which is a blend of GHK cu, BPC 157, TB 500 and KPV, which should help significantly.

Hello Clare,

Klow on the way, thanks for the input!

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I think he [Chris Kuess] advocates for lower protein amounts than what you’d usually expect for a 120kg bodybuilder but he doesn’t skip protein in meals. Last I knew, his pre was CoR, whey and banana.

If you struggle with digestion pre training then get some steps done in between your pre meal and training.

hi, so chris pre meal is rice cakes with a banana in all his recent youtube vids.

The thing with steps is i work around 9 – 10 hours depending on the day so i have my pre meal around 4pm as i usually leave work between 5-6 but this can vary massively as i work in logistics.

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If you feel this is working for you.. then roll with it, I still think a little more protein atleast for me in that pre meal.. seems your getting enough carbs during the workout at current with regards to adding more carbs..

Hi Kerry, thanks for the input

Personally i like the approach of Christian Kuess (very well known Austrian coach) of having protein a little lower during gaining phases as Anabolism will be high anyway because of increased Carbs, Training performance and AAS. I also feel I am pushing my limit of protein as it does slow my digestion rather significantly.

When I do my next calorie increase I will add in Protein into the pre meal and see if i get along with it.

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I know Christian and I think most of us agree protein can be redundant after a certain point in a gaining phase but I don’t think he would have no protein in your pre workout meal.

You are 100% not pushing your protein your at 1.05g per lb of BW and that is inclusive I’m guessing of trace macros.

If your natural then I would agree 1-1.25g is perfectly fine.

If your assisted the 1.25g is perfectly acceptable and should not impact digestion if your carbohydrate sources, food volume, fibre intake are sensible.

Most of us here have been coaching 10+ years. So we are just giving you our advice that you asked for.

This is what we would do.

I would have some more calorie dense sources and potentially look at fibre intake

Maybe pull down things like

Oats
Potato
Rice
Veggies

And add in things like

Dates
Organic raw honey
Raisins
More Fruit lower fodmap

This will for me improve palatability, meal volume. And digestion.

It yeh I would 100% have a protein serving in each meal[/quote]

thanks nathan, i was not trying to be rude or anything if that is what you felt i was unless i am interpreting this wrong

Would the carb change not be redundant as i am swapping more complex carbs with less complex ones?

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If you feel this is working for you.. then roll with it, I still think a little more protein atleast for me in that pre meal.. seems your getting enough carbs during the workout at current with regards to adding more carbs..

Hi Kerry, thanks for the input

Personally i like the approach of Christian Kuess (very well known Austrian coach) of having protein a little lower during gaining phases as Anabolism will be high anyway because of increased Carbs, Training performance and AAS. I also feel I am pushing my limit of protein as it does slow my digestion rather significantly.

When I do my next calorie increase I will add in Protein into the pre meal and see if i get along with it.

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Does he advocate meals with no protein then? Interesting if so[/quote]

yes, his pre meal is a banana and rice cakes with honey, no protein source

[Q]

If you feel this is working for you.. then roll with it, I still think a little more protein atleast for me in that pre meal.. seems your getting enough carbs during the workout at current with regards to adding more carbs..

Hi Kerry, thanks for the input

Personally i like the approach of Christian Kuess (very well known Austrian coach) of having protein a little lower during gaining phases as Anabolism will be high anyway because of increased Carbs, Training performance and AAS. I also feel I am pushing my limit of protein as it does slow my digestion rather significantly.

When I do my next calorie increase I will add in Protein into the pre meal and see if i get along with it.

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How far away from training is your meal 3 and 4?

Hello Michaela,

M1 07:20 am

M2 10:30 am

M3 01:30 pm

M4 – Pre 4pm

Training – 5:10pm

Post directly after post workout cardio

Final Meal 8:20pm

Bedtime 9:30-10pm

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How many mg in the vial? Need to know this before dosing

70mg total

split across 50mg GHK, 10mg TB, 10mg BPC

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thanks to all of you for the responses, I prepped this exact meal plan up to (including) sunday as the food volume part is what I think might cause issues but I will see and Increase rice and lower potatoes accordingly most likely as rice just goes down super easily for me.

I am not a huge fan of having protein preworkout as I feel my digestion during the session then gets impacted.

Marc:

I use 40g of Cluster dextrin / Electrolyte powder as that keeps my bloodglucose and energy levels good during the training session (i am type one diabetic so this is crucial for ensuring session quality)