[Michaela]

What have you been running prior to this? How has your performance, progress and recovery been?

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[Michaela]

Kuba nailed it here for you.

Ultimately it depends on the person and case by case basis. Majority of time if training is progressing and visuals are in a decent spot then I just keep things the same. If the person is really lean then boosting calories can still be warranted. I definitely don’t think a drug increase is needed if training is progressing

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[Michaela]

I train them and believe it is a good tool for glute development
The ones who don’t may just have a genetic strength that doesn’t require them to allocate volume to that

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[Michaela]

There’s a lot of good coaches within TBJP, we all hold ourselves to a high standard which reflects in our services and our clients.

When looking for a coach you can talk with them, and even their clients to get a good feel on a right fit for you.

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[Michaela]

Considering your age and wanting to keep your social life a priority, you can schedule them in weekly and just adjust your diet and cardio around it accordingly to accommodate your rate of loss. And the meals off you can also order something that aligns with your goals and typical meal

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[Michaela]

Top set back off is still straight sets. How to decide if you want to do a reduced weight on your second set depends on the rep range you hit for your first set. Ex if my goal is 8-10 and I fail at 8, I’m going to reduce the weight for my second set

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[Michaela]

It is doable, I did it with legs for years. It just depends if your other body parts can afford to take a backseat in terms of volume and still maintain their progress

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[Michaela]

Definitely common. I personally wouldn’t use it or have clients use it

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[Michaela]

I personally do not supplement with extra potassium and never have throughout 10+ years competing as a pro. Not saying it doesn’t have its place.
Have you had labs and seen what your potassium level is?

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[Michaela]

I personally like to split it : session 1: quads, session 2: glutes, session 3: hamstrings

I personally would not have a hip thrust at all four sessions
I want to set it up in a way I can recover and progress session to session, and keep joint integrity in mind as well

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[Michaela]

Very minor differences and honestly not something to be overthought in your case. Be consistent with your sources and make the changes each time your coach makes the changes

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[Michaela]

I think this is when learning personal feedback and tracking things as you go along and responding day to day comes in
If this were me, I would just take it day by day. If I am progressing then I just don’t mess with anything, if I’m feeling negative affects then I adjust which a good place would be the direct cardio

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The main thing for you man is just going to be consistency. Find the training split you enjoy, the clean foods you like to eat, and stick to this consistently over time and see what it yields, after that you can start breaking it down into phases from there if you need to do a cut etc

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[Michaela]

Has this just started occurring recently or is it a consistent common thing for you?

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Chicken, higher percent beef, rice, potato, oats

Just leave out the extra stuff like sauces, seasonings etc

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