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Fake Christmas completed with the family today. We tend to have a fake Christmas before the big day so that we can get everyone in the same room as most of us do our own thing on Christmas. I swapped out 1 meal for the Christmas lunch, and I didn’t go overboard. It’s just meat and veg at the end of the day the day. . .
I don’t see the fascination with Christmas dinner, it’s the stuff we eat every day with a bit of gravy on it, everyone needs to calm down haha.
Nick and I have agreed for me to take Christmas to NY off training, just to allow my body to be nice and fresh going into the new year.
The entire pro schedule is up, so I know exactly what I want to do IF I compete! I’ll touch on that tomorrow.
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I haven’t used EQ since 2018, for no reason really other than I like the test/primo/NPP combo.
I’ll only use EQ with a client if they like it/want it to use it, and I’ll start at 200mg.
However, like Sas said, I’d probably just increase your test and/or mast.
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Blood Work 13 weeks in to my push is in. I’ll just note markers that were out, everything bar the following results were in or above range (in a positive way).
CK – 3672 U/l which is about 1000 higher than it usually is, however, I did get my bloods done almost immediately post session as that was the only time I had available.
ALT – 79.2 U/l this always floats around the 70-80 range for me.
HDL – 0.72 mol/l this was actually in a good spot (1.2) after my health phase, and I usually see this drop when using primo, it never really gets lower than this.
Prolactin – 430.3 mU/L a touch higher than where it usually is mid-cycle, but I’m not seeing any prolactin sides.
Test is always through the roof, as is free test, but that’s a given.
There was nothing overly concerning though, so we press on. I’ll get them done again in 12 weeks time.
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A very busy NTD as I’ve tried to get as many online clients in for sessions as possible, so I’ve not had a chance to breath today, but I’m away to take 2 weeks off from the gym floor, so it’s all good.
Calve is nowhere near as bad as the right one was when I pulled that, so that’s good. Hopefully I’ll be able to train my legs at 100% on Tuesday.
I’m still yet to decide if I’m going to take a deload across Christmas-NY, I was just having a look at my physique there, and other than being tired all of the time, I’d say everything is feeling good, but I’ll take things as they come.
I can’t wait for shoulders tomorrow!
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A underwhelming leg session today, I pulled my calve AGAIN, this time my left calve.
It was the exact same sensation as the previous pull 3 weeks ago, so at least I know it was just really bad cramp, but it’s frustrating nonetheless.
I’m going to sub in the hack squat instead of the BB squat going forward. This issue has only ever happened with BB squats.
Anyway, here’s how it went. . .
Prime PL lying leg curls – 15, 12, 10 + dropset
Leg extension (rest pause set) – Pick a weight you can get a comfortable 15 reps, pause for 45s rep to failure, pause for 30s, rep to failure, pause for 15s, rep to failure, pause for 5s lean forward and perform 15 partials (I let my training partner decide how many to do here).
BB squats – 15 – 12 – 10 – 9 and then my calve went. . .
SL leg extensions (a bit of a waste of time) – 15, 15
Cybex seated leg curls – 15, 15, 15
Decline bench crunches
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All of a the above. . . GH has a positive impact on sleep, not the opposite. Saying that, could there have been something else leading up to the time you went to bed that could have impacted your sleep? Caffeine, overstimulated from TV/phone etc?
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A great chest/shoulder/bicep session today, I decided to train at Performance Gym in Irvine just to get out of Glasgow and train in a different environment. The gym is amazing, probably the closest thing we have in Scotland to an Ultra Flex.
They have the Nautilus PL decline chest press which I’ve always wanted to use, so I subbed that in instead of the Prime PL press. . .
Seated cuffed cable flys – 1 working sets, 12-15, 1 back-off set, 15-20
Incline DB press – 1 working set, 8-12, 1 back-off set, 12-15
Nautilus PL decline chest press – 1 working set, 8-12, 1 cluster set 4 sets of 5 w/ 10s rest
Peck deck – 2 working sets, 20
SA standing cable side raises – 3 working sets, 20
SA standing cable rear raises – 3 workings sets, 20
Standing iso-lateral cable curls – 3 working sets, 15-20
Standing EZ-bar cable curls – 3 workings sets, 15-20
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I find yohimbine goes from no anxiety to lots of anxiety in a 10mg shift. If you’re seeing anxiety sides on say a low dose of 5-10mg then, as those have mentioned above, don’t bother with it. If however you can tolerate a low dose then keep it in. My personal limit is 30mg before I start to feel weird/anxious on it.
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A solid back session logged yesterday, and a very chilled out NTD today. There was a great atmosphere in the gym on Saturday with a lot of the gym’s hardest trainers all training at once, so it was a super one. My SI joint is still off and it feels like it’s pulling me to the one side, so I’ve not done heavy deadlifts in weeks, but regardless those sessions have still been excellent.
I checked in with Nick yesterday at 280lbs. We both agree that the look has come on leaps and bounds in the past few months, and there’s no point in changing anything at this moment in time.
Close grip lat pulldowns – 1 working set, 8-12, 1 back-off set, 12-15
Conventional t-bar row – 1 working set, 8-12, 1 back-off set, 12-15
Chest supported t-bar row (upper back bias) – 1 working set, 8-12
SA DB rows – 2 working sets, 8-12
SA Nautilus row – 1 working set, 8-12
Prime rear peck deck – 3 working sets, 12-15
Deadlifts – 1 working set – 12
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Hi Chris,
Could you provide a bit more in terms of background? (Age, time lifting, any previous anabolic use etc).
It would help paint a better picture of what may or may not be happening in your blood work.
HDL wise, incorporating polyunsaturated fats and a good omega supplement such as Oh-Mega Pharma Pro would help point this number in the right direction.
But yeah, a touch more background would go a long way.
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Today was a NTD, as I’m training tomorrow instead. I usually keep my weekends free from training, but since Chris is away with work, I thought I’d slot the session in mid-afternoon when I’m not really doing anything anyway.
I’m sure anyone who follows my blog regularly will know I’ve had shoulder surgery – I will stop talking about it one day. So, any sort of pain or niggle I get in my shoulder makes me very paranoid and nervous.
I woke up this morning in discomfort (not pain) in my left shoulder. I performed a slap tear test on it and it “passed” so to speak, but it’s been bothering me all day. I can’t go through what I went through with my right again, no chance.
I’m hoping it’s just a tweak as the discomfort goes away when heat is applied.
It’s one thing after another!
I’ll report back tomorrow are I’ve sent my check-in to Nick.
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I’ve not posted the updated diet since my check-in, here it is. . .
M1
100g beef fillet, 3 whole eggs, 3 egg whites, 3 slices wholemeal bread, 100g white jasmine rice, 1 banana, 300ml orange juice
M2
200g 7% turkey mince, 125g white jasmine rice, 1 apple, 10g of macadamia nut oil, 100g of this polish veg thing (it just says Dinner salad on the jar)
M3
200g 7% turkey mince, 125g white jasmine rice, 1 banana, 100g dinner salad
INTRA
5g creatine mono, 15g TBJP EAAs, 50g TBJP Performance fuel, 5g taurine, 5 grinds of himalayan salt
PWO SHAKE
5g creatine mono, 3g HMB, 50g TBJP Performance fuel, 30g TBJP Performance Isolate,
PWO MEAL
30g TBJP Performance Isolate, 200g Coco Pops, 100g raspberries
M5
200g – 5% beef mince, 100g white jasmine rice, 50g pasta sauce, 50g sauerkraut
M6
260g salmon fillet, 100g white jasmine rice, 10g EVOO, 100g pasta sauce, 1 microwave bag of veg
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A very easy NTD today, with a few calls, some 1-2-1 PT in the afternoon and of course the weekly massage torture. This time of the year really is a wind down period in terms of work. I used to not take on new clients in December, both online or PT and when January started I’d start onboarding new clients. The past few years have a been a bit different where I’ve not felt the need to do that.
Training will run until I feel a deload is needed, the last one being late October. I feel really good, I’m the best I’ve ever looked in the 280s and training is excellent just now.
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As the boys have said above, if you’re not experiencing estro sides then I wouldn’t be too hell bent on trying to bring it down. How do your estro numbers compare to previous blood work? Have a look at those trends and see what perhaps changed in your cycle setup between blood work.
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A great leg day today, and one that thoroughly put me in the bin.
Chris and I pulled the rest periods back just a touch today, for no reason really. The session we’re doing just now is pretty brutal, so it’s more so the case of wanting to just get it done and dusted. It always makes me laugh when the last exercise is done, all of the adrenaline just leaves your body.
A great start to the week with 2 sessions boxed off.
Now that some of the pro calendar has been released, it’s definitely flicked a switch to make as much ground until April as possible. I’ve said numerous times that if I’ve not gained enough tissue by late April I’ll compete spring 2026, but hopefully I can get the tissue added that I need.
Leg extension (rest pause set) – Pick a weight you can get a comfortable 15 reps, pause for 45s rep to failure, pause for 30s, rep to failure, pause for 15s, rep to failure, pause for 5s lean forward and perform 15 partials (I let my training partner decide how many to do here).
BB squats – 15 – 12 – 8 – 8
Pendulum squat – 12 – 8 – 10
Prime PL lying leg curls – 15, 12, 10 + dropset
Cybex seated leg curls – 15, 15, 15
Seated PL calve raises – 3 working sets, 20
Decline bench crunches
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280lbs on the button here, I’ve been floating around this spot for a while, but it’s fine if we consider the visuals still moving in the right direction 
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