Sara
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Evening guys! Hope all are well!
Rest day today , catching up on some life admin and getting some elements of my routine nailed and sorted. I have made some pretty big decisions in the passed couple days and one I am very excited for moving forward – I will mentioned this to you all in the next couple days – but things are looking up and I’m finally making moves for my mental health and career in bodybuilding that are going to benefit me massively, so I’m excited for that.
Big day tomorrow of training , massage and work so early night for me !
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Absolutely no issues with this – if they feel good then do them! 🙂
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An odd day today to say the least – checked in with Tom today to set the plan going forward – food increase to maintenance and focus on getting things sorted mental health wise . I have already been in touch with a few and hope to get the ball rolling with that. I have a meeting with Calum tomorrow to discuss training so i feel a few changes are coming with that side of things! But as always I’ll keep you guys in the loop!
Push today early and it was a good session, progression or same reps are last week which I’ll take – so can’t complain!
Rest day tomorrow then in for posterior Wednesday! 🙂
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Good afternoon team
I hope you’re all well – so maybe something a few people weren’t expecting but here goes, it is with a heavy heart to say I have decided to pull prep. This was a decision that hasn’t come easily but for me but it’s the correct one moving forward. Recently , behind closed doors, I’ve been struggling massively with my mental health which has effected the way I look and everything around that. For me I need to be 100% mentally to bring my best to stage, physically prep is a breeze but mentally If I’m not where I need to be then I won’t be able to perform as I should. Prep shouldn’t be something that is used to cover up things in life that need to be sorted, and looking back this is something I believe I did, and now it’s time to sort this.
I might decide to get under the lights at the back end of the year or wait to next year but as it stands I need to fix my head first before going forward. I appreciate everyones understanding and support but please take this as a lesson to yourself – if things are not right – fix them.
I love bodybuilding but recently my love has not been where it needs to be because of my headspace.
I became a bodybuilder because I love to train , not the other way around, and I will not allow that to change.
People need to understand that even as pros we feel the pressure and struggle – we’re human. This doesn’t show weakness , as I’ve proven time and time again I can compete , it’s just this moment in my life is a time that I need to be truthful to myself and really understand whats going on.
The plan now is to go into a health phase and truly work out why I feel this way. Bloods were done this morning, and I’ll be on the search for a counsellor/psychologist to start asap.
Thankyou for the support as always – we can only go forward from here
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I’m with Marc here 🙂 I would speak to the gym and mention that the leg extension has been causing you the shin pain and that it might be worth them looking the padding on the piece of kit. Or something I do is use my knee sleeves as padding between me and the padding ! That helps 🙂
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Good evening guys! Hope you’re well and enjoying your weekend so far! A couple of steady days here, legs today went really well, introduced pendulum back in and it felt mega so I’m very happy that we can start pushing up on that again – everything progressed and felt good so cannot complain! Bloods to be done in the morning so we can take a look internally and make sure this is all clear /as clear as can be. Then a day of waking the pooch and chilling! 🙂 xxx
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I would deffo have a massage through calves and anterior shin musculature just incase but I would also have some form of padding between your shin and the leg extension pad. I find if I have this on an extension I pop my knee sleeves around my shin and it helps – so I would deffo try this!
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Another day done and dusted !! Upper today with some big numbers flying which makes me very happy! All time PB on my incline press which is huge , so I left feeling very happy there. Couple of sessions of posing today, while a little bit of admin here and there so nothing too crazy! In the warehouse tomorrow then filming with big Jay in the afternoon! Which I’m looking forward to!
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Hey Tobi! Without a little more information we can’t really give you an answer – as Kerry has asked , give us a little more of an insight into current nutrition set up, how long you’ve been dieting for etc! This will gives us an idea of where you are and what you should expect from your training 🙂
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Rest day today – very good day indeed! Massage this morning , followed by am afternoon in the warehouse and and evening taking the pooch for a walk and some coaching admin. The new TBJP clothing drop got sent to the athletes today and this one is MEGA! I cannot wait for you all to see it and grab some! Lots of exciting things to look forward to!
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As mentioned by other athletes – both a solid movements – run once until it stalls and cycle the other one in and repeat. Jordan sums this up in a nutshell. 🙂
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Posterior done today and it was FLYING ! very happy with how things went today, knee was feeling better aswell which was a BIG win – so hoping this is the first of getting compounds added back into lower work, as recently (since the niggle came about) we’ve removed compound work and only utilised isolation with additional occlusion work on quads. It’s worked well and I’m feeling good so can’t complain! Rest day tomorrow with some work in the afternoon!
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Hey Jacob! I’ve had a couple of close friends use iron monkey and they’ve had the same issue – they did eventually get a response after sending them multiple messages . If it were me, I would head somewhere else to grab a back up pair just incase!
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Happy Monday everyone! Hope everyone has had an awesome start to the week! A busy one as always for me today – a solid morning of check ins followed by a little tip down to traphouse gym towards Bristol, a great little gym with some awesome pieces of kit (nothing like the shed though!) . Had a bloody brilliant session and everything flew so I really can’t complain! Couple sessions if posing done today which felt good, this is slowly ramping up now , which is super cool! Check in tomorrow with Tom to see what’s the plan going forward!
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I used this lab once for my GH and had an unusual response where I puffed right out, my face, ankles and wrists were super swollen and at the time this was the only new addition to the cycle I was running HOWEVER I haven’t heard of anyone else having these issues, so it might have just been a one off. Furthermore, there could have been other variables at the time causing this to happen but like I said this was the only change that I made during that time – I use the biolab GH and it’s brilliant.