William Rohe
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Personal preference. If you liked the 3 way split and was still making progress at the end of the run, continue of. If you want something a bit fresher and new, whatever seems the most appealing to you. All splits are effective as long as you’re progressing and not getting too much rest or too much work.
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Training fasted is not a very optimal approach imo. Regardless of what you put in an intra shake, you don’t have nutrients/energy taken in 1-2 hours before your workout to use as fuel. You do have stored glycogen, but that won’t be the same as a meal preworkout. As long as you don’t see a drop off in training, you can try the big meal before bed and a intra shake with carbs and protein. If you notice a change in performance, might be wise waking up earlier for a meal.
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I’ve only ever ran deca, but did a lot of reading on both of them and experiences of others on the forums. Both are effective in adding strength and feeling good on the joints. NPP you will pin more. Deca you will have more water retention.
In regards to my experience with deca, basically what I listed above. Water weight sucked because you’re hauling around extra weight so it’s just overall tiring and bloats your stomach a bit. Strength was awesome though! Best strength gains I’ve ever made was on my test/deca/eq cycle. No orals were used. I’m starting the cycle of test/deca at a lower dosage than I ran last time but my diet and training are much better in line. I kick started with a combo of dbol/adrol as well to hopefully edge out even more strength gains. I’m only in week 2 of this, so cannot really comment yet. Strength has continued to go up. Water from orals is beginning. Deca won’t kick in for another few weeks though.
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My favorite high stimmed preworkouts:
Hi Tech Mesomorph
Redcon1 Total War
Blackstone Labs Dust Extreme
Inspired Crimson
ProjectAD Shredabull at 2 caps preworkout -
If you don’t feel the muscle you’re working, it’s really not being worked properly. The goal is obviously to progress in weight and reps and keep control of that weight. You might want to back off the weight a bit when losing control or at the very least follow that set with a backoff set of less weight and full control to ensure the muscle is completely hit.
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That 400kg deadlift! Still strong man!
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What kind of split are you running? I personally run push, pull, legs and have 3 different variations I go through for each workout. Depending on how long you’ve been training, you’ll have different back lifts you should notice don’t get affected as much by deadlifts. Put those on your pull deadlift day and on the other 1-2 variations, put the other lifts.
I do chin ups and close Grip lat pulldowns before deadlifts and it doesn’t hurt my deadlifts. Then I have a dumbbell row variation, pullover variation, and hyper extensions after deadlifts. I’ve found that as a very good pairing.
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When lifts stop progressing and weight on the scale stop progressing is usually when you want to increase. But you also need to take an intuitive approach as well because muscle can increase without scale weight increasing. You need to use a little bit of the mirror as well to see that. If it’s several weeks in a row the scale stays the same or goes down, then increase.
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I have a recent thread I started on this. Should be 1-2 pages back.
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I bought the actual ingredients separate to find out what works best with my body. After finding the right dosage, I’ve found I can use a GDA like ProjectAD Matador, Redcon1 RPG, and Blackstone Labs Glycolog and add a bit of NA-R-ALA to get the result I want. ProjectAD is actually cheaper compared to most other GDA’s for a 30 day supply. You’re only using 2 servings a day and some days not using it at all, so should last longer than a month.
You can go the route of buying the individual ingredients, but the cost of NA-R-ALA, berberine, chromium, cinnamon, gymnema can add up in costs.
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Looking good doc!
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Cardio in general stimulates hunger. It’s basically like working out. Have you noticed your appetite is higher on training days? That’s because of the energy you’re expending. Appetite for food for energy/recovery.
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Always higher carbs on training days around your workouts. Little to no carbs on rest/cardio days. Recommend this regardless of cutting or bulking.
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Depending on how serious you are in listing, cut out alcohol all together.
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This is going to be very person dependent and how you handle higher bodyfat/feeling uncomfortable. Jordan pushed up his bodyweight to significant levels when he gained and really got good results off it because he pushed super hard in the gym and went past the point of feeling uncomfortable and was force feeding. Basically a set number is not a way to approach bulking imo. Go by the mirror and how far you want to take this. If you want significant strength and muscle gain, you will need to accept putting on bodyfat, getting soft, and feeling quite self conscious. I mean, even walking can have you breathing heavy depending how much you push it. But it’s part of the process.
To sum it up, impossible to say a number or even how far to push it. You might not like how it feels and stop after 20-40lbs. You might be able to push past that. Who knows man. Just take the increasing calories slow and make sure you continue progressing in the gym each and every session. Eat more when weight stalls.