Drew
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Genesis in Wembley has a great old school bodybuilding/strength training vibe
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Honest post, you’re human and it happens to everyone..
The bounce back will be legendary 🔥
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Very underrated IMO.
A million and one different variations, whatever you do, make sure you progress weight very slowly- can be injury prone for some
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Legs are a strong point Asrar
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Thank you very much for the replies Clare and Meg, makes sense.
The incline dumbbells I find particularly difficult to stabilise. So I will look into other options for these.
Appreciate the quick feedback very much.
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Sometimes when you have social anxiety you can experience things like this.
I remember in the past that you’ve had instances similar in the gym etc.
Sorry you’re experiencing it, I’ve had similar.
Having had anxiety for a long time, my advice is to force yourself to carry on as normal – ie experience the thought but don’t dwell on it or entertain it. Thinking about anxious thoughts is an infinitely deep well that can go on too much.
The worst thing you can do is to stop activities, alter normal behaviour etc. The more you put yourself out there, in situations that can be anxiety provoking, the easier it will become (exposure therapy).
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Sounds like a nightmare. Basic gym etiquette is missing a lot currently in most gyms unfortunately.
Hope the new environment is better for you- seen a few YouTube’s filmed in that gym and looks great for strength training -
Thanks so much for the replies.
I’m definitely going to take the suggestions on board.
Already looking into getting an indoor bike for cardio.
I’m now much happier and more positive that I can reach my goal.
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Hi Farbod, Just the cardio and weights on training days!
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Hi Clare, thanks for the reply.
Before the cut I wasn’t tracking calories accurately, I was just eating enough to maintain that body weight.
Since this diet started I have been very accurate with tracking. Everything gets weighted and logged on MFP.
Cardio is 30 mins after weights, and 7k steps on off days.
Apart from my training I am sedantary in honestyy
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From an initial view looks like you’re trying to run a bodybuilding style split alongside BJJ training.
This is probably why you’re recovery is detrimentally affected.
As you’ve said you want to focus on BJJ I would do things a little differently.
If I was doing bjj or a combat sport, I would be adopting an approach more suited to that.. ie bang for buck movements and a heavy emphasis on conditioning.Having said that, any weights training will aid your grappling as long as it doesn’t eat into recovery or mat performance
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Switch the movement to something different but not a million miles away. Ie paused presses or slight incline.
Train the assisting muscles harder (particularly triceps). Dips are great for dumbell pressing from my experience
Gain body weight (pressing performance closely linked to overall body weight, much more so than other movements).
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Yes you need to be training as hard as you possibly can to retain as much muscle as poss.
Do you take an intra carb? Look into your pre and intra workout setup to avoid lack of energy.
From my experience mentally switching off hard training is the worst thing you can do when dieting:
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Ultimate Fitness in the centre
Dinos gym Solihull a short drive
Emporium gym in Erdington
The new Temple in the centre
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Yes I’d definitely add in a hip hinge Asrar, it will aid in the back thickness.
Are your arm measurements flexed? Look more than 14 to me.
With pull sessions, do you enjoy them? I have found learning to love every session essential to progress ?
Keep up the good work