Sara
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Really good day all around today! Legs this morning was brilliant – was a little worried about my knees being a little too sore for some movements but with a few more warm up sets – it was good ! Now time for a deload , let everything heal up and get ready for prep to start on the 27th.
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Can take anytime during the day – however much like Kuba said – you don’t want to take both too much. If I’m training late I’ll have unwind , if not I’ll use deep sleep pre bed 🙂
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Heya team! Hope everyone is good, today ended up being a rest day, as I woke up still feeling pretty rough, so legs tomorrow and I’m feeling ready for it! Dosed up on unwind today to ease how I was feeling and I’m feeling much better.
Last week of offseason and then it’s game time!
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Hey Kyle – do you have regular tissue work ? Massage etc?
A common cause of knee pain can be tight quadriceps due to the fact they attach onto the knee cap (via the quadriceps tendon) if the quadriceps becomes tight it can cause these structures to be pulled against, resulting in poor movement of the knee cap itself. The knee cap sits inside a groove, and if this movement is compromised then the knee cap can grind against that groove causing pain . Furthermore , another area to stretch would be the hip region, the rec fem (one of the four quadriceps) is the only quadricep to pass over 2 joints , the hip and the knee, therefore if you’ve also got tight hips it can impact your knee.
If you don’t already get treatment , I would highly advise you start, and much like the other athletes have said, go and see someone (physio etc) to get the rehabilitation protocol started, if you don’t know what the issue is then you won’t know the appropriate steps to get it fixed. What I have mentioned above MIGHT be the issue but without further investigation we/you won’t know how to rehab appropriately .
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I’ve used a low dose anadrol pre workout on training days only before and it’s been very effective. I personally have never had an issue with appetite on it, but this can differ from person to person
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Sounds like it could possibly be a little nerve issue somewhere with the loss of power you’re mentioning. I would go and see a physio and have someone fully look you over 🙂
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Good afternoon everyone!
I hope you’ve all had a good couple of days – its been a mad couple of days here with some late night and early sessions going on! Late night pull went down last night which was a good solid session, and then upper this morning before work. Admittedly felt pretty rough and beaten up this morning which did impact the session slightly but otherwise still got it done! I’ve started using unwind more often post session now and can absolutely feel the benefits of it moving from training into the post workout window as I do struggle to switch off post session – so these are wonderful for helping that. Tomorrow is a leg day so hoping after a chilled evening this evening and good sleep I’ll feel better in the morning.
Next week I will have a week away from training, as I always do pre prep, this is something I have done for the passed few years ready for the remaining year of prep. I am also at the point where recovery is little hindered and general ache and niggles aren’t subsiding (plus feel more run over by a truck then usual) I check in with tom for the last week of offseason and then prep starts on the 27th! which is super damn exciting! So onwards we go into the session tomorrow then let’s roll on 2025 season!
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Agree with Claire here – Always keep an eye on digestion however as certain protein amounts can cause a little digestive distress.
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Rest day today! A pretty hefty treatment session this morning which left me feeling pretty groggy but a steady stream of steps today has helped with moving some blood around. Other than that, a good day all around!!
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Agree with Nathan here – Might just be an incorrect approach to the bracing itself or just general breathing through the set. A lot of people do forgot to breath when training , myself included in this, so it could be that thats causing the light headedness
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Agree with Haider here – keep them in and it’ll help things tick along nicely, all other variables need to be bang on 🙂
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Posterior done and dusted today! Very happy with how todays session went, was a little worried of my right quad going into it as felt a little twinge on the pendulum Saturday but it was all good, which was a boost in confidence so I’m happy with that! My posterior session looks like this
Lying hip flex 2 x 8-12
Single leg curl 2 x 8-12
Glute superset – abduction with smith thrust (abduction is 2 x 15-20 – glute thrust 2 x 8-12)
Leg press – 1 x 8-12 / 1 x 15-20
Hyperextension 2 x 8-12
Straight bar pullover – 2 x 8-12
T bar – 1 x 6-10 / 1 x 10-15
Pulldown – 2 x 8-12
A big old session but a bloody good one at that! Rest day tomorrow , with a massage in the morning then work in the afternoon at the warehouse – steady day but good day!
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Agree with Kuba here – I would keep it in for body comp reasons !
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Busy Monday today! but good day for sure!
Little Murphy pup got his jabs today so can finally get him outside to burn off some steam – which is going to be a blessing as hes a crazy little man at the moment ! So that is going to be a fun little side project!!
Push went super well this morning so that was a super good way to start the day ! Posterior tomorrow so we shall see how we go with that!
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I would sip throughout the session as Claire states but would use a cyclic dextrin carbohydrate over maltodextrin – I love sustain, this sits well and doesn’t cause any digestive issues, as previously with maltodextrin its made me very bloated. So just be aware of that!