Michaela
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Depends on body composition. If that is in a great spot cals can stay the same unless/until you see a negative return in body composition. Main thing is maintaining training integrity and fueling performance and recovery
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Given your adherence level, I don’t think an aggressive diet would be the place to start. Sounds like you just need to train yourself to form consistency on a plan, and once you can adhere to that fully then continue pushing the diet
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Barbell or smith machine for squat variation, split squats with barbell, smith, or dumbbells
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Yes. More upright I consider primarily tricep and secondarily chest, more of a lean into it I consider it pretty equal of both
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If recovery is great, add another set and see how it continues to go, you can start with a less dominant body part
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Fortunately it’s in high demand, a little extra time shows you how good of a product you’re getting 🙂
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I wouldn’t go into a deficit, but since expenditure will be lower it won’t be a problem to lower cals just a bit
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I haven’t trained with those particular people, but imo there’s no one way that is the best way. The best thing you can do is pay attention to everyone, success leaves clues, take bits and pieces and apply it to yourself finding a combo of what works for you.
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Cybex for the smith is my favorite
Prime fitness prodigy rack would be a great add
What about some leg equipment, Atlantis hack squat pro and Atlantis pendulum pro are stellar
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What about adding some fats in?
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Personally I always come out of prep and increase fats to a baseline, and from there carbs are what I mostly increase, the only other time I’ll increase fats is if carbs reach such a high amount that adding a bit more fats would aid in increasing cals without the volume. Also if soreness level seems high despite training being nailed fats tend to help me with better recovery
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Benadryl LOL, not sure if that’s the best advice, but that’s what work for me in deep prep. But that’s with all of my other variables and sleep habits being 100% dialed in, leaving that being my only option
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You really can’t go wrong with any of them in Vegas. There’s a lot of options. I recommend looking them all up on instagram and choosing which looks like you’d enjoy the most
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MemberNovember 26, 2025 at 1:31 pm in reply to: What split should I go with based on experience level?Whatever one you feel like trying that you can stick to and enjoy, run it for a while and intently progress every session and assess from there
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It’s only too many if you can’t recover from it and aren’t progressing session to session
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