[Marc]

Check in pics taken this morning ahead of check in day / feedback from Kuba tomorrow. I posted up some pics to my IG, I’m really happy with how much my legs have improved and despite not being able to train my upper body properly I pleased with how I’ve managed to maintain size. Today I trained upper body, had a good session at golds gym, mainly back dominant upper with the nautilus original pieces with nitro pulldown and xpload row and price row for my upper back. Heading to get a coffee with kerry now and chill outside for a short while

[Marc]

Sound advice from the team here, I’d roll with the points they have said

[Marc]

So today was a rest day for me. Definitely welcomed after a big leg session yesterday. Today I ticked off my steps, client work / set ups, chilled in the sun and also went to gym with kerry to help film some content for her YouTube channel. She looks really good, and I’m excited to see her compete this weekend with how well Meg is bringing her in for this show!

[Marc]

i agree I would want to push a little leaner If you can – the leaner the better always for me,

If your having some food focus issues have 2-3 days at maintain kcal but give yourself some macro based meal for variety – then get stuck back into a deficit and pull off another 5-10lb and you will be in the perfect spot IMO

Fully agree with Hilly here, this would be a sensible approach. Well done on how far you’ve got so far, re-set stayed focused and finish strong! Keep us updated once you finish your cut with some pics

[Marc]

Really good leg session today, usual workout but using a few different machines. Great to connect with people out here who also love bodybuilding and also offer some advice to some people who are competing as amateurs this weekend. Fortunate to be in the position I am to help others especially as I know what it’s like coming up and trying to learn and improve, something I don’t take for granted being a pro and given advice. I’ve done a vlog of my day – my first ever so keep an eye out for when I drop that on YouTube!

[Marc]

I completely agree with the guys here. It’s understandable you are looking for the most “optimal” exercise but you can’t beat training hard and giving 100%

[Marc]

Hi guys, first session out here in Texas and hit up an upper session. I trained at golds gym, and it was really good. Not in the sense of weight because of my shoulder injury, but the kit and atmosphere was really good. Still feeling the jet lag, but it was better than yesterday so getting a little more used to here. Weather out here is great, it’s in the 30s. Pretty cool in golds gyms today some people recognised me.

[Marc]

7th sept is show day

cardio reduced from 40mins treadmill to maybe 20? wouldnt have inflammation on legs with that much i think

Yes or you can even pull cardio completely and go with daily steps as that is less taxing on the body

[Marc]

Hi guys, so arrived late yesterday to Texas after almost 24 hours travel as both the main flight and connecting flight was slightly delayed. Time difference deffo thrown me and kerry off today, the uk is 6 hours ahead but hopefully in a day or two we will be back to normal

[Marc]

Hi guys, woke up today my lightest weight so far on my cut 120.4kg this is 0.3kg lighter than my previous low. Happy with how I am looking visually, improving each week so that’s great to see. Currently sitting in the departure lounge, ready and waiting to take off heading to America. It will be business as usual for me, still on my cut and doing my usual daily routine – steps, training, client work, cut food plan but just in a different Country whilst supporting kerry and I am really looking forward to it

[Marc]

Soooo today is my birthday, celebrating 37 years! It’s been a hectic day, getting last minute bits done before flying to America with kerry tomorrow, as she’s got 2 back 2 back shows out there 1st in Texas and the second in Florida. Hit a leg session today, got a number on on Cybex back squats (I’ve hit more weight before but the tempo was no where near as controlled as today. 5pps +5kg for 9+1 reps, that’s 10kg up on last weeks weight and I’ll take that especially how tired I felt going into the sessions, but I made it count!!

[Marc]

I agree with the above comments. I’d also look into adding creatine and an intra workout supplement that has in cyclic dextrin if you unable to get tbjp supps out in NZ

[Marc]

Upper solo session for me today. Not log booking any of my upper sessions, I’m going by feel with how my shoulder feels on the day. I do know today numbers were down on, pretty much because energy was down. Gave what I could for the session. Check in pics taken today for feedback tomorrow so I’ll see what Kuba says tomorrow about where.i am currently in my cut

[Marc]

I agree with the team with Increasing water intake and using an intra workout drink. Personally I weigh my pink salt daily and spread it evenly across my meals that way I know exact how much I use each day

[Marc]

Weight has dropped back to what it was before my 2 high days of food at the weekend. My bodyweight was 123.2kg on Monday and today it was 120.7kg. Definitely feel like my body is burning through food at the moment and energy day to day taking a hit, but the look continues to improve daily. Rest day today, but woke up at 4am seems to be a thing now and on the road from just after 6am as I was seeing my shoulder surgeon today in london. He’s reviewed everything with my Shoulder and will be forwarding me to see another surgeon for the next steps in what my next operation will be. For now what that will be is not 100% sure as I will need a CT scan to determine what that will be. I’ll keep you guys updated once I know more myself