[Stephen Williams]

I completely agree with Dean regarding the dopamine stimulatory effects. I’m not sure if any of you guys meditate, but try and sit still and meditate whilst on trenbolone, it is virtually impossible to get into a deep meditative state. It’s actually the main reason I stopped using it as it made me aware that it obviously does have a strong affect on my brain.

[Stephen Williams]

Add a bit more salt to your diet if you don’t have much, also make sure you’re consuming calcium, magnesium and potassium. Are you using any fat burners?

[Stephen Williams]

Research shows it makes very little difference (with maybe a tiny advantage in favour of carbs). It’s likely person dependent though. If you are insulin resistant then more pro/fat meals may be beneficial. On the flip side you may require certain nutrients typically found in higher carb foods. I personally feel and look much better on higher fats and lower carbs, but my training partner swears by the opposite.

[Stephen Williams]

I find db shoulder presses are excellent for my side delts, especially when controlling the rep tempo.

[Stephen Williams]

Just to add to the DC rest pause sets, some exercises also prescribe an isometric hold at the end of the rest pause set. So on a bench you would hold the bar in the mid range of the rep until failure and then your spotter will help you rack the bar.

[Stephen Williams]

A widowmaker set is where you try and grind out as many reps as possible without racking the bar. So for example with a squat you may get 13 reps, take a pause with the bar still on your back unracked and then get a few more, pause again, get 2 more and so on until eventually you fail a rep and you have to terminate the set.

I cannot remember the rest periods for a DC rest pause so will let someone else answer :).

[Stephen Williams]

That sounds like a good protein intake 🙂

[Stephen Williams]

How close to weekly injection did you take bloods? If you pinned on Saturday and then took bloods on Thursday/Friday then that may be the cause.

[Stephen Williams]

I used to use it at 100mg, but would use it once every week or 2. My friend was using it daily and got to a point where 400mg wasn’t doing anything for him, so I would recommend using it sparingly if at all.

[Stephen Williams]

I did exactly the same thing on an rdl. I didn’t rehab the injury apprpriately and caused long term patellar issues from doing so. On the plus side it wasn’t a hugely dehibilating injury so you may be able to work around it. You may be able to do some occlusion training before the end of your prep if you insist on training it before your show. Hope it isn’t too severe mate 🙂

[Stephen Williams]

Like said try and avoid bingeing as it is unhealthy and makes you feel like shit. I used to be terrible for this myself and know how bad it can be

With regards as to what to do the next day, I would advise just getting back on plan as normal. Don’t do extra cardio or anything like that as you’re then reinforcing a binge/cut mindset. Doing this could make you justify bingeing again when you’re tempted as a little voice in your head may say “I can just restrict myself and do extra cardio/training tomorrow”.

[Stephen Williams]

You look phenomenal! Good luck!

[Stephen Williams]

Often we all debate which training programme/system is superior compared to another.

In reality there is likely a benefit to utilising different methods of training throughout your “bodybuilding career”.

I’m not sure if there’s any evidence for this but in my head I always picture high intensity training to failure as being great for building actual muscle size due to the mechanicsl demands being placed on a muscle. The downside to this system being that volume must be lowered to allow recovery.

With a system like mike’s where not everything is being taken to failure and volume is being increased. I envisage that less mechanical demand is being placed on a muscle, but due to the higher volume demands there is a greater demand for glycogen/glucose use across a session. As volume goes up across a mesocycle the demands will continue increasing. Thus leading to greater stores of glycogen etc in a muscle which also makes a muscle appear larger.

I’m not sure if this is accurate, but this is how I envisage it so see tremendous value in someone using both methods at different times. It is important not to flip flop between training programmes too often though.

I’m really looking forward to hearing Jordan and Mike have a training discussion (should it happen).

[Stephen Williams]

I think we will get to hear them have a discussion on the revive stronger podcast at some point in the future. Mike and Scott Stevenson did an episode on their together which is worth checking out also!

[Stephen Williams]

I count everything. If you don’t count the carbs in yogurt, doesn’t mean they don’t exist.