Stephen Williams
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Will you no longer be training with Jordan in the future then?
Last year I had a similar issue where I stopped enjoying training due to a lot of life stresses at the time so understand what it’s like to not want to go near to the gym. I actually stopped training for 8 weeks and wrote myself a meal plan containing crap food (including one pack of digestive biscuits daily). Since I got back on track end of last year I have been enjoying the diet and training more than ever and shudder at the thought of ever going near another digestive biscuit haha! I’m not suggesting you do anything similar of course, but I can relate what it feels like to want to have a break from the gym.
Are you following the Olympia this weekend? If so has it given you a big itch to hit the gas pedal again?
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Would cause issues with thyroid related blood markers long term? Even if using exogenous t3 and t4 this would cause issues?
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A protein shake on wake would work well too 🙂
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I get up at 8 and train at 9 so literally don’t consume anything until the intra shake. Although if I got up earlier I’d likely have eggs or salmon and then train 60-90 mins later with intra of course.
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Jesse just look to keep increasing strength/performance year round and deload when you need to. Same approach but there won’t be phases where you’re hormonally much less anabolic as you’re not blasting and cruising. This means you can look to keep improving all year round.
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My performance has improved recently from moving ore workout carbs into intra shake, so first meal of the day is essentially my intra shake. I’m deep in a caloric deficit too, but this has recently kick started me into taking pb’s again!!
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Add more food or increase portion size
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Thanks for the reply Corinne!
I’d been using bike sprints while on this diet, but had to take them out as they were impacting my leg training.
Used the stairmaster this morning and just 30 minutes was brutally hard. Had to break it down into 2 15 minute sections haha. Will look to utilise this for a while and see if it has a positive effect and will keep 30 minutes of walking in as not to reduce total cardio amount.
Thanks for the advice!
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Yeah it’s helped tremendously mate. Also I had a huge refeed which has since got me past a weight plateau. The psyllium husk is a great addition mate, cheers for the recommendation. Also I’m defecating more frequently now hahaha!
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Went and bought some psyllium husk today :). Should I count the fibre towards caloric intake? I am not that lean am around 10% body fat and am dieting down as I got fatter than I realised earlier this year! Am going away end of august so ramped up the cardio etc. Feel lethargic nearly all the time currently and wake up very hungry every night (have resorted to low calorie jelly pots in the night). Currently I am happy to push through as I’m being aggressive right now, but previously I’ve had less aggressive deficits cause the same symptoms.
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Thank you guys. I’ve been doing an hour upon wake and 30 minutes in the evening after work. I train at 9 am – 11 :).
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I was doing this but just a 45-60 minute walk outside. Found it made my legs feel slightly fatigued in the gym. Personally I would recommend not doing cardio before legs.
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Thanks Louis!
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Sorry if you’ve already answered this Jordan, but why don’t you track calories in vegetables? Is it because they’re so low they’re not going to make a big difference, or does the large amounts of fibre mean a lot of the calories won’t be extracted and utilised by the body?
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Could be simply due to footwear mate. Improving ankle mobility/stability is likely to help.