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Weight up again 250 and I feel much happier now. Gut is back to 100%, I’m able to eat all my usual food sources most important the mounts of honey and oats 😀

Feel bigger and rounder too. We are back on track for New York for sure

Leg day today. Usually I’d take Wednesday off , but since being ill I don’t feel I need it so going train every day now till / if I need a rest. I’m flying next Wednesday so that might be
A rest day anyway

As of the next couple days I’ll pulling the training volume down a touch anyway , to make sure I am recovering and not causing much muscle damage which would be pointless

Goal is 15-20 sets instead of my dual
22-25 sets per session

Legs felt awesome today. Insane pumps, skin looked thin and vascular

Will update my diet and cycle soon too

Leg day
Laying ham curls 4 x 10-12
Seated ham curls 4 x 10-12
Leg extensions 4 x 12-20
Safety bar squats 4 x 8-12
Single leg, leg press 4 x 10-15
Adductors 2 x 10-15

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Congratulations brother! I’m so happy
To see you doing pits. Excited to see it! Go have fun my man

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So have you finished this cut ? And you’re asking best way to come out of it ?

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I’d personally keep protein the same across both days. But otherwise, it looks fine as long as it’s allowing you to reach your goals 🙂

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248.2 today so up a lb. Still don’t feel full full but I think I definitely can to an acceptable level again

Chris is happy.

Back to eating most of my usual foods today. The only substitute I have made so far is swapping meal 3’s oats for white bread. Meals 1 and 2 were the usual oats , honey, whey, eggs etc

Chest training was good. Little more strength today , but a lot more pump that’s perfect

Food today is the usual 380-400 protein, 550 carbs , 80 fats

Chest and calves
Standing calf raises 4 x 8-15
Dip machine 4 x 8-12
Incline barbel 4 x 6-10
Flat hammer 4 x 8-12
Decline machine 4 x 8-12
Cable fly 4 x 10-15

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Energy is loooow today. I’d say the only part of prep I feel any kind of suffering

Chris has me do another low carb day tomorrow

Keeping things low / depleted for now till at least when we land in Germany I think

Back and abs today

Wide grip pull downs 4 x 10-15

Close underhand pull downs 4 x 10-15

Single pull downs 4 x 8-15

Low row doubles 4 x 8-15

Bb bent over row 3 x 8-10

Db row 3 x 10-12

Rope crunches 4 x 10-20

Hi Sas! Wanted to ask, when you write you do let’s say 4×10-15 that means four sets of 10-15 reps but with what intensity? Are you taking them all to failure ? Or like pyramid up each set and fail on the last set ? Or maybe straight sets for all ? Thanks!!🙏🏻 [/quote]

Hey bud. I aim to fail within that rep range, but it’s to absolute form destroying failure so I can accumulate the volume I need , i pyramid up the weight but only if I have reps to play with. So if I’m failing at 10-11, I’ll keep weight the same, if I’m failing at 14-15 I will add weight[/quote]Hi Sas, wanted to follow up on that:

So if your saying for example Close underhand pull downs 4 x 10-15That means you do (for example) 60kgX15, 70kgX15, 80kgX15, 90kgX10-15 with the 90kg being a failure sets all out, and the previous ones are not to failure ? Thanks!

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No if my rep range is 10-15… and I get 15 with 60kg for set one, for set 2 I will increased the weight so I get 12-13, set 3 a weight I get 11-12 and so on[/quote]
So Basically al of these 4 sets are to failure ? Or like only the last set ?[/quote]
Yes All are to failure or pretty close

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So update on my sickness… Sunday (yesterday) I took day off totally from diet / training etc. it helped me a lot. I didn’t pig out but I ate moderately throughout the day. Persian food like chicken. Rice , lamb , salads, lasagne , and lots of birthday cake . Gut was fine regardless of how much I ate

I held weight at 247. My gut today feels better but I am using a variety of carb sources since the usual stuff seems to bloat me straight away so today I’ve kept to my diet but used cereal, rice cakes, prawns, bread, eggs.

Chris wants me to have a cheat meal tonight since I ask quite dehydrated

So burger fries tonight

Slowly getting back to 100%. And I’m ready condition wise : just need to make sure I go into next weeks New York pro show nice and full which we will make happen

Back day today, shit session since I felt weak and dehydrated but I’m sure things will improve from here

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Energy is loooow today. I’d say the only part of prep I feel any kind of suffering

Chris has me do another low carb day tomorrow

Keeping things low / depleted for now till at least when we land in Germany I think

Back and abs today

Wide grip pull downs 4 x 10-15

Close underhand pull downs 4 x 10-15

Single pull downs 4 x 8-15

Low row doubles 4 x 8-15

Bb bent over row 3 x 8-10

Db row 3 x 10-12

Rope crunches 4 x 10-20

Hi Sas! Wanted to ask, when you write you do let’s say 4×10-15 that means four sets of 10-15 reps but with what intensity? Are you taking them all to failure ? Or like pyramid up each set and fail on the last set ? Or maybe straight sets for all ? Thanks!!🙏🏻 [/quote]

Hey bud. I aim to fail within that rep range, but it’s to absolute form destroying failure so I can accumulate the volume I need , i pyramid up the weight but only if I have reps to play with. So if I’m failing at 10-11, I’ll keep weight the same, if I’m failing at 14-15 I will add weight[/quote]
Hi Sas, wanted to follow up on that:

So if your saying for example Close underhand pull downs 4 x 10-15
That means you do (for example) 60kgX15, 70kgX15, 80kgX15, 90kgX10-15 with the 90kg being a failure sets all out, and the previous ones are not to failure ? Thanks!

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No if my rep range is 10-15… and I get 15 with 60kg for set one, for set 2 I will increased the weight so I get 12-13, set 3 a weight I get 11-12 and so on

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Sas, i like yr mentality and way to bodybuilding, family and health always come first. Not the worthless medals. Wishing u a speedy recovery!

Thanks Henry! For me this way just makes sense

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Hope you feel better soon mate & happy birthday to your son!

Thank you AJ! Appreciate it a lot mate : )

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It’s muscle mass based. It’s genetic, age, drug use history, and current health / hormonal health based and other variables

I go by how I feel. And bloods. If sex drive isn’t right , to be that’s a red flag. So yes get bloods and see what’s what for sure

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If it was me personally, and carbs are low-moderate, then just keep them with your meals from whole
Foods. But that’s me. Did you they might help in the gym.

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For hypertrophy , 1 rep max, or even 2 or 3 rep work has no place

As for fun, factor in the risk, and go for it. It’s your body, your life, your hobby… do what makes you happiest as long as you know all the implications.

I’ve done 1 rep max’s in the past. And had fun. But it didn’t help my physique directly

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Not a great couple days. Gut still upset, food not sticking: the sickly / nausea has gone away, so that’s a positive.

Weight down to 246 today. Forcing food and training seems ok, but I’m just losing too much weight and fluid so I’m going to stop forcing food as of right now (Saturday evening) till Monday.

Sunday I’m going to eat IF ONLY my appetite comes up, and I won’t be touching diet food. Cos that’s making me worse

It’s also my son’s 5th birthday tomorrow, I’m going relax and enjoy it. Complete rest and nothing to do with prep / diet food / gym etc. I’m j not going to slug around being a depleted dead zombie all day. My sons are more important

This is something I would do anyway if doing my own prep as I did last year (and I was totally shredded)

So if anything it will help my prep. And if my gut continues to give me trouble I’m pulling the plug on prep: cos I won’t accept a bad gut like a lot of you’d do, this is a red flag for me. If the gut isn’t healthy, there’s zero point bodybuilding

Trained arms today.
Shoulders yesterday , that was filmed for the site

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Also forgot to say, today menu is the 550g carb menu.

PED wise , I took all my weekly dosages last night. I’ve done this , all shots on a Sunday, for over a decade.

Best way one hit out of the way 👌🏻[/quote]
You know it 😀