Kiera
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Need some more info, goal of the next cycle, are you planning on still tidying up/cutting or moving into a surplus?
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Active rest day for me today. One I planned to spend with the fam who are visiting.
We decided to go to the expo over here as it ends next week but didn’t check the weather and it was 36 degrees by mid day. We did 20k steps in it and I am absolutely wiped out.
Tomorrow I’ve got deadlifts and my back is feeling on point now so I’m glad I left it a day to feel 100% again.
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Loads of reasons why that could be, mainly I find it’s body composition getting a bit out of whack and affecting insulin sensitivity, however could be something as simple as electrolytes ect, but by all means don’t rule out the possible need for a Deload – I’d just have expected other signs to be present also
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I decided to have a rest day today. I trained sqauts yesterday and annoyingly twinged my lower back a little, nothing major as you guys know its an ongoing niggle that does sort it’sself out but takes a few days. Deadlifts were on the cards today but i know by now going into them with my back not feeling tip top isn’t a great idea and leaves me lifting at 80%.
So i listened to my body and took it as an extra rest day, still went in to do cardio and abs but was able to spend the afternoon with my parents who are over visiting. I changed my diet to a rest day diet as i can’t have the best of both worlds haha. I have a check in tomorrow morning with Calum and i really think there have been some significant changes in my physique but its not yet reflected on the scales but i will add a comparison photo tomorrow 🙂
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No noticeable water retention, however can cause nausea, flushing, and in some individuals increased hypo episodes.
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Hey Guys,
Legs for me today, starting to feel the daily cardio now, its been 2 weeks straight that i’ve done in everyday and the last few evenings my energy has dropped a little and struggled a little more to concentrate but i have been fine throughout the day. I recon within a week i will used to it and in a good routine. 7 day a week cardio is intense but what i am trying to do isn’ easy and at the end of the day it’s about weight loss for me and not my physique.
Squats were strong and moved well though, 175kg for two singles followed by 155kg 4 x 6 which were tough by the last set, hack squat, hamstring curl, adductor and calves with 30 mins of cardio to finish.
Im so happy with how far my squat form has come over the last month and although its taken a but of time to rework it and practice technique it will all be worth it when it comes to squatting depth with ease.
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There’s loads of websites to buy it online, I don’t believe it’s illegal but it is to sell, just type in melanotan buy uk or something along those lines, plenty of sites
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What a day! I feel like today marks the end of quite a stressful few months with the final consultation i had with Dr Machani at Kings collage London hospital in Dubai. May have mentioned last week when i went for my MRI with contrast reading that i went to one of the other hospitals (the one i had my cortisone injection with) to get my MRI read as Dr Machani wasn’t available until today and i wanted some answers ASAP. Just so i didn’t waste time and could begin rehabbing if it wasn’t a tear.
2 of the surgeons there told me it was a SLAP tear, one was not sure and so called upon the other! the other said it was. Both agreed the best thing to do was to simply cut the tendon and not reattach it ? Although the outcome was bad i didn’t really care for their opinion on the surgery as i would be getting DR Machani (they consultant and a different hospital to do it).
Went in today to Kings to expect Dr Machani to say the same thing but offer me some more options and talk about procedure dates … Instead he showed all the MRI to myself and Max and told us i had a perfect shoulder, no tears nothing! I couldn’t believe it, how surgeons at another hospital can be so wrong. He even called on Dr Shines opinion, the shoulder specialist who did Roelly Winklers and Ryan Crowly’s sugary and he stated the same. They both agreed that i have quite bad tendentious, which has been getting better slowly. I have a load of TB500 and BPC on the way to help with it and rehab continues..
Benching today was very successful back up to 80kg for 3 sets of 10 reps with 0 pain so hopefully this is the end of a dramatic few months but i guess a word of warning to everyone out here.. make sure you go for a second opinion ?
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Completely agree with the guys above, I am a very big lover of diet drinks and during my first prep i was drinking maybe 3 cans of sugar free drinks of some sort (monster, diet coke ect) a day. Now i have one a day and make sure i’m drinking 3L a day of water. i do add sugar free squash to make it taste nicer. There should be no reason to drink that much unless that is all you are drinking? I’d set yourself a goal to drink ‘X’ amount a water in a day and only after consuming that amount can you have diet drink.
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A rest day for me today and so so happy for it as we didn’t get back from the Eddie VS Thor fight till 3/4am. i slept until10am which messed everything up for the day and actually struggled to get all 5 of my meals in today even though it was rest day food. Waking up at 10 took 4 hours from my normal day, but it was worth it and was a fantastic night and great experience .
Cardio was the only thing done at the gym today, 30mins on the stairs. i am starting to feel leaner especially in my mid section which is always nice to see and motivating.
Tomorrow i have my appointment with the consultant at Dubai hills hospital about my MRI results, i already have the results from another surgeon at another hospital but Dr Machani is the one person i trust most and the surgeon i would choose to do my surgery too.
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Depends on a few factors
What your current goal is and how much you are allowed/need to eat that day. If you’re eating a large amount of calories then obviously having a much shorter timeframe between meals will make it easier to get the calories in,
There is some merit to keeping meal frequency pretty regular to sustain mps, however it isn’t the be all end all if you don’t.
Drugs comes into play also, for example if you’re using growth hormone in the morning with fasted cardio and trying to stimulate increase fatty acid release and oxidation then having an extended time to your first meal will have some benefits
Overall, doesn’t make a whole lot of different, the main thing is to work it around when to counteract hunger and when your energy expenditure throughout the day.
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Really good squat session today, can’t say i’m very fond of having to share my squat rack though. We try to get to the gym for 12pm mid day as that is when it is the ‘quietest’ – still busier than any other gym i’ve been too at peak time but it’s quiet for B1. Getting there at any other time is great if you want to be social but if you actually want to get a training session it its not so great.
I ended up sharing my squat rack today half way through warm ups which i’m not a fan of, luckily the guy was one of these one working set guys so i was left to my own rack after one working set ?.. people ask me how many sets i have when i’m on squat, bench and deadlift and i find it much easier now to reply with 1 hour instead of the amount of sets ?
squats went well 165kg 4×5 high bar all to a nice depth and then 140kg 2 x 8 reps for pauses. leg press, adductor, hamstring curl and calves to finish off as well as 30 minutes stairs.
We are off to see the Eddie Vs Thor fight tonight which works out to be on at 2am. Will totally throw the next day out of whack routine wise but will be worth it. Luckily tomorrow is rest day and i only have cardio to do so its much more manageable.
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I have just seen you are in fact using straps in the YouTube video so that’s great ??
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Hey Drew, form is looking awesome on these, can I ask are you a powerlifter, bodybuilder or do you enjoy the aspect of both .. nothing wrong with either answer I just ask because if you are leaning more towards the aesthetic side and bodybuilding to achieve a desired physique but also build strength along the way. I would highly recommend lifting with some straps or double overhand.
Reverse grip can cause some nasty imbalances mechanically and from an appearance stand point depending on how many times a week you’re pulling like this.
Obviously if you are a power lifter, grip is important and reverse grip practice is of course necessary but I always still opt for some double overhand working sets regardless.
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Happy Friday guys,
Busy day for me today. My parents arrived at 8am and spent some time with them and then headed to the gym a little later than mid day which is always a pain because traffic is a nightmare after 3pm to get back.
Trained upper body which felt a little weird heading into it after yesterdays news that I need an op but I thought I’d just do my best with what didn’t hurt and keep some strength there. Surprisingly incline bench press and flat dumbbell press didn’t hurt which I was over the moon about because I can progress both of those nicely over the next few weeks and retain some strength this side of my operation. Also trained shoulders and triceps and finished with cardio.
Not much to update on prep at the minute. Weight is sticking due the introduction of PED’s abs GH but I do see a change in body composition already which I’m very happy with and expect some weight to shift with the adjustments Calum has made this week.
Cardio increased to 30’mins daily on stairs and a small drop in carbs.