[ajmorris]

Hey Ben!

If you count all protein options including trace I’d definitely visit the upper end of 1.2-1.5g per lb.

I’ve been as high as 2g per lb and only experienced digestive issues. No extra benefit.

I always make sure I get 30g protein from a highly bio available source at each meal. Off season or pre contest.

Pre contest protein can start to drop a little as bodyweight falls, but also as carbohydrates and trace proteins drop naturally too.

Off season protein can rise as carbohydrates rise with it. Again for the same reasons as above.

I may be wrong but can’t assisted athletes actually get away with less total protein as their nitrogen retention is higher?

[ajmorris]

Today was REST.

All check ins done (have 11 on a Thursday)
Haircut
Podcast with Rich Gozdecki (check him out… unreal natty pro)

Ready for tomorrow’s Push Session 🙂

Feel in a great spot with all things at the moment. Bodyweight trending down well.

[ajmorris]

OK leg session yesterday, not totally sure why it was a little off, like 8/10 rather than 10/10 – had a massage the day prior and my right side was still a bit sore from it.. so everything felt a little compromised, annoying but again, it’s something that I can only learn & reverse engineer from.

We did

Adductor x2
Leg extension x2
Seated curl x2
Pivot Banded Leg Press x2
Pendulum x1
Lying Curl x1 RP Set
Hip Extension x2
Calf Raise x3
Abs x3

Posing x1 Round
Sunbed x 6 mins ?

[ajmorris]

Back shots

[ajmorris]

Love that mentality AJ. ‘I can’t control it, so why worry’. Focus on the variables you can control.
Seen your IG post about your first vid likely being posted on here end of the month. Looking forward to it ??

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Instagram – jvz_fitness

Thanks Joe! ??

[ajmorris]

Update on this week so far!

Mon – 171.8
Tues – 170.6
Wed – 171.4

Attached are some rear shots from a few days back.

Happy with how well I’m dropping week to week at the moment, and even at 13 weeks out this weekend, I’m seeing daily visual changes, which is exciting and creates good promise that I will be able to reverse diet into the show.

Thoughts are in my head about whether we’ll be able to get out into the States provided I qualify for Worlds in November, but it’s not something I can control, so I have no business worrying about it.

No changes to food so far.

Legs today!

[ajmorris]

Hey Dan,

So first of all I’m glad you’re feeling better now, this is great news 🙂

Secondly, in your pics, you don’t look like you’ve drastically ‘over-dieted’ or under eaten for ages, you have lost a solid amount of weight and are now in a prime position to push food up and grow.

I would add a 5th Meal for sure & some carbs in your intra shake.

I’d look to take calories up by 400 initially, just because you are on the side of falling into bad habits with food, a more gradual increase may work better with your current mindset.

Then take average weigh ins, and continue to bump by 100-200 kcal weekly when needed.

Hope this helps!

[ajmorris]

Another Rest Day today. Full rest as yesterdays session just really required a total day at home today.

I’m also very busy with coaching at the moment so when I can have a day to just ‘work’ I do enjoy it, admin / new programming / adult boring stuff can get boxed off on these days 🙂

I’m also booked in for my first vid on the site at the end of this month, it will be a Pull Session but I’ll also take you guys through my goals and where I’m at in this years process in a little more detail 🙂

[ajmorris]

Pull day!!

A long one. Very long. But successful.

Felt strong, felt ready 🙂

Session

5 mins warm up on treadmill

SLDL – 200×6 180×8

Single arm db row – 80×12 / 72×16 (this will need to come out soon) it took us over an hour to do these two exercises, 4 sets. So many warm ups

Prime Pulldown x 2 + RP on last set
Prime Seated Row x2
Straight arm pulldown x2
Rear delt Flye x3
Cable shrug x2
D handle curl x3 + drop
Rope hammer curl x3 + drop
Stretch lats

10/10 session

[ajmorris]

Hey mate,

Great question here.

There is never a ‘right time’ with changing a split really, you COULD change now, you COULD change later, and you won’t even know if It was the right move until at least 8 weeks along the line.

If you’re progressing, you should just keep rolling with the current set up for as long as you can, until you stall.

Progress visually especially in an off season is steady. You won’t see HUGE changes week to week.

Be process orientated, always.

[ajmorris]

Great Push Session today.

Felt strong throughout and with sleep improving, I definitely looked fuller in the shots post workout. Me and Kuba are doing one round every session at the moment and tweaking things as we go.

Cuff Lateral x2 + RP
Inc Hammer Strength x2
Atlantis Shoulder Press x2
Prime Flat Press x2
Dip x2
Pec Deck x1 / x1 Muscle Round
Cuff Lateral x2 + Drop
Crossbody Extension x3
Pushdown x3

SLDL tomorrow, time to sleep!

[ajmorris]

MyFitnessPal or my macros plus!

[ajmorris]

Rest day today after a smashing leg session yesterday, struggled to get to sleep after as it was a long one & very accurate.

Performance has been continuing to climb, and I’ll keep trying to keep up with Kuba’s pace… without the supplement modifications ?

Today has looked like

7am Wake
Work until 10am
Walk 4k steps
Work until 1pm
Podcast (Guest)
Food shopping
Programming until early evening
Finish steps
Bed

And eat in between ? that’s life atm!

[ajmorris]

Multiple snaps here.

Last check in shots you know the score!! Looks like things are going v well 🙂

[ajmorris]

Great physique Taylor! Excited to follow your progress on here 🙂