[Marc]

I’m at the NPC Europeans show today, Kerry’s 3rd show of the season. Seems like a really busy show / good venue and in front of head judge Tyler which will be very valuable. She’s chilled which is always a good thing, so look forward to seeing her step on stage and all being well move up the places from her last two shows

[Marc]

Hi guys rest day for me today, no training again until Monday. Client check ins done this morning, before finishing up food prep for the weekend before heading down to Heathrow to support kerry this weekend as she competes in the pro bikini show. Definitely shattered this last week with travel from America / adjusting to time zones, but off to sleep now and kerry isn’t on until late tomorrow so hoping can catch up abit on some sleep too.

[Marc]

I agree with all the comments above. I’d assume you would be running de-loads / de-volume sessions every so often so this will also come into play

[Marc]

Definitely person dependent, but majority of the time the smaller the muscle the more it can take. For example delts, arms, calves can take more frequency than quads/ back

I agree with this. But the thing to think here is, what area of your body needs the most focus. When you know that you allocate the volume needed to build that muscle but also recover

[Marc]

Very late log for me tonight. Today has been a rest day, but all go. Client check ins, consult calls, haircut, food prep as heading down to watch kerry compete this weekend so prepped for 3 days. Feedback from Kuba today, he’s very happy with how I am looking. Diet will be wrapped up within the next week. From here condition wise, Kuba thinks if this was a comp prep I would be around 4 weeks out. This process has been effortless to be honest, definitely gives me a good insight into the future of what prep would be like and I really can’t wait!

[Marc]

Person dependent yes, but personally I would never say it’s wasting calories for the reasons Clare has said. For me personally it helps my overall fitness and heart health, daily steps just doesn’t cut it for me. 3 days x 15-20 mins intervals done wonders for me and help my cv fitness especially with higher rep sets when training

[Marc]

This is something I like to do myself during an off season phase. Not racing on the body but gives that bit extra training volume away from your main session

[Marc]

Hi guys… all systems go, deffo no time to think about jet lag since I’ve been back home lol. Client check ins today’s, two in person posing sessions and I also trained upper today. Today is the lightest my bodyweight has been so far in my cut, I weighed in at 117.9kg, my previous lowest weight was 118.4kg. Be interesting to see where bodyweight is tomorrow, but check in tomorrow and I took pics this morning and I’m seeing my glutes looking dug out (not fully, but deffo well on the way) so I’m interested to see what kubas feedback will be tomorrow

[Marc]

Really good leg session today. My body clock is a little all over the place at the moment but I am trying to adjust. Managed to hit 5pps on Cybex hack squat for 10 reps really happy with that as I was 50/50 on whether to train due to jet lag, but nothing 1 scoop of DNFM can’t sort out lol.

[Marc]

You’ve got a really nice physique, great work. From a balance standpoint what stood out to me and would an area to bring up is your lats. You have really good quad sweep, so if you can get your lats as wide as your quads this will help your overall balance. In terms of training split for upper lower head over to Jordan’s YouTube channel where he goes in depth on how you can set up and upper lower training split. Get some ideas for a potential training split for yourself and then pop it back in here for us to review

[Marc]

So the American trip is over. 2 shows for kerry, didn’t get the placings we had hoped for but definitely took her best look to the stage in both shows. Now heading back to the uk, where next weekend she will be competing in Heathrow. Last day today hit an upper session in the apartment gym and relaxed by the pool afterwards.

[Marc]

You have a really nice physique. The latest training split you suggested would not be the approach I would take. The split Jordan has said would work great for you as it’s gives you the extra training volume you need for your upper body.

Exercise selection, you tell is what you are doing.

From a balance standpoint, work on bringing your lats size up so if you were to draw a line straight down from your lats to outer quad sweep, your lats are as wide as your quads. Work also on rear delts to help cap your shoulders some more. I’d like to see some more muscle tissue on your triceps. The best thing here is to approach training days set up like Jordan said, then breakdown what exercises/ how much training volume you need to stimulate growth but also allow for enough recovery time between sessions

[Marc]

Last full day here in Florida, some client work ticked off this morning along checking in with a client was competing today. Chilled for a short time by the pool today, felt pretty slammed today to be honest. We don’t leave until tomorrow evening so we have some time still during the day. I can’t believe how quick the last two weeks have flown by. When I get back looking forward to last hammer to be dropped to wrap up this diet phase

[Marc]

I wear an oura ring and I’m really happy with that. Any issues, it comes with a warranty too so you’re covered I think for a year or two

[Marc]

Show day for kerry today. Absolutely stacked line up in Florida, 28 pro bikini athletes. She was in the second call outs within the top 3 girls. First call out had 8 girls, so maybe looking somewhere between 9-12th place. Tough field out here, but finals shortly we will where she then places.