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I agree with Jamie, you need to establish a great connection with both biceps and triceps. You need to make sure that muscle is doing the work and not surrounding supporting muscles. Personally for me I like to train them less frequently and with less volume but with a lot more accuracy. I find this works for me but it’s not true for everyone as I’ve had training partners before with great and huge arms that train them with bad form and high volume and more regularly however I’ve tried that approach and it didn’t seem to work for me. I always try to train all bodyparts with great accuracy and connection.
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MemberJuly 16, 2019 at 11:02 pm in reply to: Does fasted cardio really make a difference or is pwo cardio just as good?Personally I think either is fine! I prefer fasted as for me it tends to help me digest food throughout the rest of the day but during prep I usually get to a point where I’m doing some post workout too as I don’t like to do too much in one sitting so I would split the cardio up fasted and post workout.
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Good evening everyone! Crazy day today! Got called out to work in the morning then ended up having a car accident around lunchtime so had a lot of stress trying to get that sorted! Got into the gym around 2pm and absolutely KILLED legs with James! Such a great workout. Took my mind off the stress a little. Nutrition has been exactly the same as except meal 6 will have turkey meatballs and brown pasta to add some additional carbs for leg day! Any questions about the workout hit me up below guys! Happy to answer questions!
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Good evening guys! Planned to do some fasted cardio but got called out to work! Smashed a great push workout with James today with the legendary Chris filming for the site! Today’s nutrition is as follows.. meal 1 was 6 Whole free Range eggs with 5 turkey rashers, meal 2 was 200g chicken thighs with roasted peppers/tomatoes/mushrooms, meal 3 which was pre workout meal was 450g Skyr yoghurt with 4 caramel Ricecakes! Used 2 x Servings of MPS Max Intra workout, got home and tested my blood glucose reading which was well in range at 3.6 so meal 4 consisted of 50g whey isolate along with 150g cereal and a banana. A few hours later I had meal 5 which was 200g beef (made in a stew) and 2 cups of white rice and for my last meal before bed meal 6 I will have 200g chicken thighs and the roasted pepper/tomato/mushroom combo! Tomorrow’s nutrition will be the same, training legs with the big man in the afternoon so hopefully get some fasted cardio done before work too to try and get some of this water weight off! Any questions about the workout or my nutrition at the moment just hit me up below guys! Have a nice evening!
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Good morning guys! Landed back in the U.K. yesterday morning and my bodyweight was up to 93.2kgs! Insane! I haven’t been this heavy in a long long time! I was carrying a lot of water! My weight dropped down this morning to 88.3kgs so I’m feeling a lot better but still carrying a lot of water! Probably wait until my weight drops down to around 82/83kgs and stabilises before I start to push food up. Having the weekend off the gym and just staying active and relaxed on the diet but not loads of food. What are you guys training this weekend?
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Hope you had a great trip….can’t wait to follow your progress in off season and see what damage you can do come prep time. Being a classic man myself you have the classic shape to do very well and go after that pro card.
All the best
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Hey Ramsay! Thanks so Much! I’ve got another trip in a few weeks so going to try get a little of this water weight off as we’re starting this offseason then come August time it will be full blown so stay tuned all my nutrition and everything will be on the log and if you have any questions just fire them over anytime!LouisMoylan
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Louis,
I have heard james say in some insta videos that you are a very cost effective guy and like to shop in places such as Aldi.
May be a longshot, but do you have a grocery overhaul or limited budget you work with … if so how much on average do you spend on nutrition ?
Cheers
Paul
Hi Paul, I don’t unfortunately! I probably subconsciously have never added it up because I don’t want to know how much it is haha also it’s hard to get an exact figure for the week unless you buy the exact amount of everything you need for that week! I always end up forgetting something or running out of something so I find myself in the shops every other day getting something. Yes I do like to shop in Lidl or Aldi as I find the quality of the food is great there and it’s well priced. I don’t really use Asda as I think their quality lacks a little. I use Tesco a lot as I think it’s not bad pricing and it’s good quality food and it’s most local for me! I also try to organise my nutrition around cost effective foods like chicken (cheap in macro/booker wholesalers), tinned tuna (Lidl do cheap big tins), beef mince 5% (Tesco I find great quality at a decent price), free Range Eggs (Usually Tesco Or Lidl), salmon is always going to be more expensive (Lidl have quite good pricing on this)! I also have got 25kg bags of Tilda rice from the Asian markets for cheap and use them in the rice cooker etc. You can also do things on a budget this is a very expensive lifestyle and it doesn’t pay much only from my coaching services so I have to save everywhere I can. What do you do and where do you shop? Do you spend much?
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Hey Buddy! I would definitely increase calories slowly and keep an eye on strength and condition and gauge it from that. If you find yourself getting stronger and heavier and not accumulating any body fat then you can push a bit higher but I wouldn’t do anything aggressively!
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As long as it doesn’t cause any digestive issues yeah it’s fine!
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Hey Buddy! It does seem like your calories are very low even for your bodyweight! I personally would push the carbs up a bit and see how it effects your condition. You may even find yourself leaner for it. Could also start carb cycling having some high and low days and see if that effects your metabolism. Keep me posted on what you decide to do and how your body responds!
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Good morning guys! Landed back in the U.K. yesterday morning and my bodyweight was up to 93.2kgs! Insane! I haven’t been this heavy in a long long time! I was carrying a lot of water! My weight dropped down this morning to 88.3kgs so I’m feeling a lot better but still carrying a lot of water! Probably wait until my weight drops down to around 82/83kgs and stabilises before I start to push food up. Having the weekend off the gym and just staying active and relaxed on the diet but not loads of food. What are you guys training this weekend?
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Hi louis
After you compete do you find it hard shifting your mindset away from that shredded look, It’s something mentally I struggle to deal with, I can’t seem to let go and continue with the lower carb and cardio protocol. But then when the switch gets flicked I lose the plot and end up looking fat, can’t seem to find that happy medium.
You seem to stay in great shape year round, do you relax your eating at any point
Hi James, yes I do struggle and to be honest straight after shows I usually binge a lot because I love my food and I catch up on a lot of social activity that I have missed out on during prep. So tend to carry a lot of water and fat after this period then when it’s all out of my system I clean the diet up and go back to normal having a few meals off plan per week maybe 2/3 and the rest of the time clean with training 4/5 days a week and cardio some days maybe only 30mins fasted on the bike at home. What do you tend to do post show? How do you deal with it?
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I really struggle mate, sometimes I think it verges on a eating disorder. Just can’t snap out of it and still weigh everything to the gram, this has nearly resulted in divorce on many occasions ????.
For me I try and gradually increase carb intake each week only by 50g and it’s a very long and tedious process .
Think I need to get my head round the fact that’s it’s ok to eat a bit of junk occasionally.
Watched your video with James doing the cable cross over, I was blown away by your condition and that’s what I aspire too. [/quote]
I agree mate you have to enjoy some food sometimes in my opinion. I give myself meals off in the offseason because I know I push my body beyond its limits when I’m pre contest. Physically and mentally I believe it helps! Also thank you, my chest tends to get really detailed and conditioned it’s a good bodypart for me I have a really good mind muscle connection with it!LouisMoylan
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Hi Mate, I eat close before and after training and I still use MPS Max Intra workout. Pre contest I will only really use the MPS Max whereas offseason if I want to increase my carbohydrate intake I will use sustain Intra however I have found that personally 1 x 25g serving of sustain Intra is enough for me. I have bad tummy issues and if I do 2/3 Servings it can bloat me a little and I’m quite a small light bodybuilder so I really don’t need much more Intra carbs than 1 serving anyway!
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MemberJuly 11, 2019 at 7:17 pm in reply to: Training on an empty stomach stage off seasonHi Buddy, I’ve got nothing against training fasted. I’ve been doing it recently and find it has kept my appetite quite high. Straight and energy is ok with the use of the MPS Max Intra workout and PrePare Pre Workout. Then I’ll add in some cardio in the evening depending on the goal at hand.
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Good afternoon guys! Heading back home today so excited to get back on UK soil and get back to work and get into some sort of routine! Smashes a great shoulder workout today with some traps and triceps! Going to take a few days off when I’m home then get back into the gym Sunday or Monday! Need to check when the big guy is back from Norway so I can put him through his paces!! What are you guys training weekend?? Anyone down kings Croydon this weekend?
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Hi louis
After you compete do you find it hard shifting your mindset away from that shredded look, It’s something mentally I struggle to deal with, I can’t seem to let go and continue with the lower carb and cardio protocol. But then when the switch gets flicked I lose the plot and end up looking fat, can’t seem to find that happy medium.
You seem to stay in great shape year round, do you relax your eating at any point
Hi James, yes I do struggle and to be honest straight after shows I usually binge a lot because I love my food and I catch up on a lot of social activity that I have missed out on during prep. So tend to carry a lot of water and fat after this period then when it’s all out of my system I clean the diet up and go back to normal having a few meals off plan per week maybe 2/3 and the rest of the time clean with training 4/5 days a week and cardio some days maybe only 30mins fasted on the bike at home. What do you tend to do post show? How do you deal with it?
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