[jamie christian-johal]

UPDATE from me this week.

Me and Jordan had a good chat after check in photos we’re sent over and the feeling was it was best run the same food that i had the 6lb drop with for another week just to see if anymore water came off and really stimulate appetite for the next push.

Gear use is still low at 500 test, 300 mast and primo with 200 npp.

Yesterday me and Kuba went to Manchester to film with Jordan – the last video was v good!! This one has the potential to be even better. The session nearly wrote me off haha!!

This week we used an Atlantis leg press which moves in an Arc much like the Cybex and one we used at Kuba’s in the last video, this one’s strength curve was even nastier though, all the load in the whole and when the band was added at the top you fucking knew about it!!

Here’s the workout –

Single leg standing hamstring –
Warm up sets
1 x 8-10 each leg
1 x 15 each leg
1 x 15 into rest pause x 2 staying on the same leg

Leg press with band
Warm ups
1 x 8-10
1 x 6
1 x 20 – 15 breaths – go again aim for 6 then iso hold on half a rep – THIS SET BURIED ME – QUADS WE’RE PAINFULLY PUMPED FOR A GOOD TEN MINUTES AFTER WHERE I DIDN’T NO WHAT TO DO FOR THE BEST, STAND, SIT, CRY hahahaha

Leg extension –
2 x 10-15
1 x triple drop set with 1 x forced rep, 1 x forced negative, 3 x partial reps

Glute bridge + Atlantis Hyper
2 sets each 6-10 reps

Adducter
1 x rest pause x 3

Seated Calf 2 sets 10 reps

Standing calf 2 sets 10 reps

And thats a wrap, for the record NEVER train legs in white pants, especially with Jordan and Kuba, they both had my white pants down on the leg press too, longer limbs = more band tension hahahahaha

Peace out x

[jamie christian-johal]

Juan i’m currently taking supplement needs liver, kidney and heart stacks. My digestion has been really good so i’ve not been taking any aids here for a while. Main focus is to give myself a break from drinking any fluids around meal times to let stomach acids be well concentrated. So as a rule no water drank 15 mins before and after meals will aid digestion a lot.

[jamie christian-johal]

John I find 6 meals best for digestion and absorption so I add calories to those meals and allow for blood sugar to drop and stabilise before consuming more food.

Ellis next port of call definitely drugs and stress bud, try 500 of each compound for a few weeks.

[jamie christian-johal]

Ellis, it came smashing back in a week buddy, have you got any outside stress from, family, work or friends at present. I believe the biggest factor for me was having a lot of outside stress and feeling a bit lost with the direction of my off season. As soon as me and Jordan wiped aside a lot of stress and set a plan things got much better very quickly.

Also cycle wise what are you on inc dosages?

[jamie christian-johal]

HAHAHAHA to The Primitive classic freak boy Ryan 😉 I’m remaining professional and will provide no comment at this time lol

Someone asked about labs before hand – i’m using dimension for primo and mast e but looking to switch to genuine pharma primo very soon. NPP is cooper which looks very good and test I am just switching from keifie which I rate highly to Bayer testoviron pharmacy grade.

I was expected a few jabs at the low cycle use but your all too nice obviously, i’ll give you another week haha

And weakest bodyparts are back and hams, so RDL is going to be a must if i can keep by back injuries at bay and progress 🙂

[jamie christian-johal]

Just to update you guys, first week under Jordan’s guise has been great.

The changes we made has seen appetite rocket back! Factors being, less stress, less drugs, less food and now we are already in a position to push things again and will keep you all updated along the way.

First port of call I guess will be more food seeing as this week I dropped 6lbs on the above stated diet of 5700+ kcal training day with cheat meals on both rest days this week Monday and Thursday.

So you can already see it takes a lot of food to feed a giant haha. Last time I worked with Jordan in 2016 we had maintenance calories at 8000kcal to hold body weight at around 320lb.

I can already see Jordan’s extreme level of enthusiasm towards his programming of training session’s and I feel this will be an excellent weapon in the armoury in terms of progression this off season. For the large part of this year it’s been that eye for the finer details particularly in training thats been lacking so I feel as though we’re gonna see some real progression in the next 7 months 🙂

Have a great weekend guys and kill your training!! And don’t forget to eat 😉

[jamie christian-johal]

So people have asked about training, i’m going to fall in line with Kuba as it makes perfect sense! I try and get to his gym to train once or twice a week, he knows training and execution very well and is a great person to train with all round. We’re of a similar strength and a have some evil sessions together. Also ties in very nicely with there sports therapist times post workout 🙂

Split will look something like this –

PUSH
PULL
OFF
LEGS
OFF
REPEAT

We both agree that legs takes everything you have not just for the session but recovery also so optimising rest around legs will increase performance and recovery capabilities.

[jamie christian-johal]

Tyler, absolutely, i’m just telling you why my values would differ if you put them in my fitness pal. Calories are a total of all nutrients in my current plan gram for gram.
Im not saying micronutrients don’t count to over all calories, its just a simplified way of tracking your food, if your eating cleaner food sources then the micronutrients will be trace amounts anyway.

[jamie christian-johal]

When I calculate my Macro’s I don’t factor in any micronutrients, for example a potato is just a carb….my fitness pal is a good tool but factors every single gram of carbs, protein and fats per item of food.

My diet looks like this:

Meal 1
60g Whey
25g fat from red palm and rapeseed oil

Meal 2 and 3
280g chicken
100g jasmine rice
Green veg

Meal 4 pre meal
100g oats
Banana
75g whey

Meal 5
200g COCOPOPS
75g whey

Meal 6
2 Burgers
2 buns
300g 5% fat oven chips

INTRA
75g carbs from Sustain
2 heaped scoops MPS.

As I said before this is very much scaled down from what I have been eating so expect this to rise now appetite is back in the swing 🙂

Plenty of scope to add calories to the whole plan 🙂

[jamie christian-johal]

Jellevdd at present i’m running things by Jordan with my off season but Phil is a great coach and remains a good friend. Possible link up pending when I begin prep.

[jamie christian-johal]

Jay Noble, I don’t mind tbh bud, as long as your well prepared for your arrival before you get there the whole process should be smooth. If I ever compete long haul i’ll just leave plenty of time for any water retention to subside. I actually found competing in Italy last year very cool and low stress as there was very little distraction being a 1000 miles from home.

[jamie christian-johal]

Great to meet you in person at the weekend Adam, get your ass on that stage man!

[jamie christian-johal]

Morning guys it’s the Giant here, I hope your all well and making waves this week already, if not let’s start!!

So first off i’d like to thank Jordan and Corinne for having me on this platform, I’m honoured to be a part of such an amazing group of genuine athletes.

I thought my first log should be about where I’m at now and my plans for the future with the team.

So currently I’m 5 months into offseason weighing 308lbs 22 stone. I’ve been upto 316lb this off season but stepped things back due to poor appetite and lack off progress. For me I need to eat a hell of a lot to grow so appetite is key.

Here’s some things we did to switch the appetite back up so we can move forward again:

– Lowered test from 1200mg to 500mg per week – everyone has a different tolerance for drugs, mine seems to be around a gram of test per week. I’ll put my full cycle at the bottom of the log and one thing you’ll get to know about me is there’s full transparency with everything.
– Removed tren – I put tren in for a mini recomp but added to other things killed appetite.
– Removed outside stress from sponsors – since turning pro I’ve had a lot of promises made and for the best part of this year i’ve been dealing with outside stress, largely from sponsors, chasing payments, broken promises and being let down. If your stressed your appetite will suck, try removing stress from your life whether it be home, work or friendships and I promise you will notice a big difference immediately.
– Reduced calories, aim to get hungry again then build back up.

So there’s 4 things there that didn’t take very much effort, biggest thing we have to do is realise the issue’s and act. I’m the kind of guy who doesn’t like to let people down so some of the above issues have lingered and caused my off season so far to be less productive than it could have been.

Joining the site was an absolute no brainer for my progress as an athlete and an ambassador for bodybuilding, now I’m not only accountable to myself but i’m accountable to all of you so make sure your on my ass and i’ll grow along with all of you.

Our goals are real clear – nothing less than a tidyish 330lb this off season with a view to compete around 300lb this time next year. First show in mind possibly Big Man Weekend in Spain May 2020. Next year will all be about creating that presence, The Giant will arrive as a worthy Pro. 2021 we will get the Olympia Qualification!

Current diet for a training day is – Just Macro-nutrients not accounting for veg
5370 kcal
P350
C630
F65
If you we’re to put this in my fitness pal with all the micro-nutrients it will come out like this –
P400
C670
F110

So over the coming months you will see carbs rise in the main to 1000+ pushing calories towards 8000 somehow lol

Current cycle looks like this –
500mg test
300mg primo
300mg mast e
200mg npp

Slin is 10iu pre and post
Gh is 2iu on waking 5iu pre training – lilly pharmacy humatrope

I suspect when appetite is back in full swing test will rise along with other compounds.

Thanks very much for making me feel welcome already, watch this space, Big things to come 🙂

[jamie christian-johal]

Jellevdd, definitely buddy, I always ask my fellow shorter lifters if I lift the same weight but have further to travel does that make me stronger 😉
Lets pump some information into this log for you guys.

[jamie christian-johal]

Jay Noble, Thanks man, i’ll be sure to be as interactive as possible 😉