[Michaela]

I don’t know much about them, but I know most people I’ve seen wear and recommend the Nike ones. I bought some that are on the way so I have not tried them yet.

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[Michaela]

Can you post a photo of you trying

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[Michaela]

Do you have photos?
How are you feeling?
How is training progression going?
How long have you been on current intake of food, and how long have you been on this cycle? Do you do any cardio currently?

Just some questions that will better help us answer your question!

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[Michaela]

Non training day today!

20 min fasted cardio, followed by posing and then some chiro/body work

Went into the gym at normal training time for tanning and stretching!

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[Michaela]

Good morning Michaela😊

I just want to ask you, whats your PED approach is currently – i don’t want to know your dosage or so, just if you are currently in an health phase to push afterwards again? And if i am correct with it, how long does those phases looks like in your case?

Looking forward to your thoughts ☺️😇

Hey Laurenz! I am not on or taking anything!

There will be no push afterwards as there is no time other than getting right back into a prep phase due to the qualification timeline for the season

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[Michaela]

Saw your post on IG today. I know you’ve been focused on lower body work since the Olympia, but I just have to say how impressive your upper body is even with no training currently. Can’t wait to see what package you bring when you get where you want. As always, thanks for allowing us to be able to see a glimpse into the work you’re putting in!

Yeah that’s semi depressing 😅 lol
Thank you!!

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[Michaela]

Increase cardio by 10min and 1 day. So 45 min 6 times a week. Separate from training if you can. And you can also aim bmp higher 130-140

If you want to adjust food too I’d cut the bread out of meal one or the fruit out of meal two but replace whichever one you change with a little fat

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I personally have no reason in doing that
But if you’re recovering and still progressing and you really get a lot out of that movement Vs splitting that volume amongst other movements, then carry on

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[Michaela]

It’s based on your recovery, along with progression in your lifts each week, and what body parts need more volume

This is the way I do it:
So say you run 1 work set per movement for a couple weeks, note that recovery is perfect, and you’ve been progressing the lifts, so you can then add another set to the movements for your most underdeveloped body part.. and then assess and continue from there again all based on recovery and progression

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[Michaela]

Just be patient! Use this time to reestablish any movement patterns that you can improve execution on, and establish a new baseline and then just progress from there!

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[Michaela]

Hamstring emphasis day!

Another great session. Out of the whole weeks worth of training, curls are the only thing that kind of stuck on improving, so I would like to see more improvement on those!

Leg extension
90 x15 (+20# for same reps as lw)
90 x10, 70×10, 45×10 Drop set (+2,2,2 reps from lw)

Seated curl
– 190 x6.5 (matched lw)
– 145 x14 (+2 from lw)

Lying curl
– 110 x8
– 110 x10,5,3 RP set
– LL only 30×11,5,3 RP

Pendulum squat
– Band resistance + 2p x15 (+2 reps from lw)
– Band resistance + 2p x12 (+20# -6 reps from lw)

Adductor
– stack +2p x15 (+1 from lw)
– stack +2p x11 (+1 from lw)

Belt squat RDL
– 2 pps x8
– 2 pps x7

Hyper extensions
2 sets 15-12 reps

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[Michaela]

Try dropping the dose and see if it subsides

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[Michaela]

Non training day today!

20 min fasted cardio on recumbent bike followed by posing, stretching, and cold plunge!

It’s been a good week this week. Honestly just now been feeling like I am “out of prep” well-being wise

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[Michaela]

I think the best goal to have is make every rep the same and keep a consistent set tempo and control your breathing throughout and reach failure without having to break

If you can’t do that then maybe you need to work on fitness

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[Michaela]

If you’re doing a rest pause set it’s fine. But if the goal is to stay locked in and connected with the muscle and keeping tension and reaching failure, then no I wouldn’t rest mindset

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