[Meg]

Wow you hold that body weight very well mate!

Thank you, never been so heavy!!

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[Meg]

How tall are you meg ?? X

Haha…real short 5”1 ????

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Check in day, weight has dropped .2 from last week (59.8kg) not feeling 100% so going to have chilled weekend.
Starting a mini cut from Monday so see where we are next Friday ????????

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[Meg]

Had a wonderful session this evening, enjoying the new split so far.
Ham and Glute session went as follows:

Single leg curl x2
Single leg hip thrust x3
Banded leg press x2 second set RP 20 second go again 15 second go again
Dumbells stiff leg dead’s banded
X2 10 15
Single leg press x3 6 10 15
Seated leg curl x2 Rp on second set
Calf’s x2

Also had a super hectic day with work with 2 client meetings, a 150 mile round trip, some admin and then straight to the gym ???????? I like to be busy busy

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[Meg]

Late one from me today I’ve been on a training course in Manchester the last 2 days to help with my exams soon. So busy busy busy.

Came back and smashed my leg session which went as follows-

Variation 2 Week- Quad & Glute

Hack squat (set 1 6-8, set 2 12-15)
Pendulum (set 1 6-8, set 2 12-15)
Single leg press (set 1 6-8, set 2 12-15)
Hip thrust (banded reps) 3 x 12-15

Single leg hyper extension

Single leg curl

Abductor & Adductors
Rest day tomorrow and my body is READY for it. Spoke to Kuba and we may do a little mini cut from Monday once “supps” are out. Will see what we think on Friday after check in ????????

How much you looking to strip back on your mini cut ? X

We’ll have a look on Friday when I check in, we’ll not drop food drastically because I loose quite easy. A few kilos max maybe but only over 4-6 weeks and then we will build up food again [/quote]

Meg I noticed on Instagram your transformation , and your glutes have come on loads , what did you change to get them to grow better ? I have only just started hip thrusting before then I just would squat and do wide leg press and lunges for them [/quote]

Thank you, glutes and hams are my weak point so they have been a real focus in offseason – I’ve found the usual exercises hip thrusts, single leg press, lunges and leg press with various stance have helped but ensuring I’ve done activation work prior to training plus really thinking about working them on each rep has helped with development massively as before it was very much a going the the motions type movement.

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[Meg]

Late one from me today I’ve been on a training course in Manchester the last 2 days to help with my exams soon. So busy busy busy.

Came back and smashed my leg session which went as follows-

Variation 2 Week- Quad & Glute

Hack squat (set 1 6-8, set 2 12-15)
Pendulum (set 1 6-8, set 2 12-15)
Single leg press (set 1 6-8, set 2 12-15)
Hip thrust (banded reps) 3 x 12-15

Single leg hyper extension

Single leg curl

Abductor & Adductors
Rest day tomorrow and my body is READY for it. Spoke to Kuba and we may do a little mini cut from Monday once “supps” are out. Will see what we think on Friday after check in ????????

How much you looking to strip back on your mini cut ? X

We’ll have a look on Friday when I check in, we’ll not drop food drastically because I loose quite easy. A few kilos max maybe but only over 4-6 weeks and then we will build up food again

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[Meg]

Gradually build it back up…digestion would be poor if you smash everything back in straight away

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Ah, that’s a cool story – I know people at my uni who’d kill for that role!

Thanks for the advice re time-management also

No problem!

Tell them to get looking at the Barclays job boards they’ve got some amazing post grad schemes!

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[Meg]

Late one from me today I’ve been on a training course in Manchester the last 2 days to help with my exams soon. So busy busy busy.
Came back and smashed my leg session which went as follows-
Variation 2 Week- Quad & Glute
Hack squat (set 1 6-8, set 2 12-15)
Pendulum (set 1 6-8, set 2 12-15)
Single leg press (set 1 6-8, set 2 12-15)
Hip thrust (banded reps) 3 x 12-15
Single leg hyper extension
Single leg curl
Abductor & Adductors

Rest day tomorrow and my body is READY for it. Spoke to Kuba and we may do a little mini cut from Monday once “supps” are out. Will see what we think on Friday after check in ????????

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[Meg]

Sorry Megan when I said supplant use I meant drug use, should of stated it better. My gf is a wellness athlete and is curious about if you will or have been using anything yet and dosages ect, as the figure category is at such a high level now and must be hard to break into it naturally

Okay so “supps”, up until last year I was natural so was my first time taking anything then.
This year I have done 10 weeks on 10mg of anavar per day, this is my last week on and then I will come off until I start prep later in the year.
Personally I’d never want to take any more than I have. But I will keep an update on “supps” on here throughout my off season and prep ???? If someone is at the start of there bodybuilding journey it’s not necessary to jump straight on utilise everything first, as I’ve said before above I’ve been an athlete for a long time so felt the time was right, hope that helps

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Agree with everyone, however if your not feeling the benefit ensure execution of exercise is perfect before completely writing off the exercise.

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Thanks, Meg, I appreciate the answer.
Your role sounds interesting, how did you get into that if your background is in a field other than finance?
Also, I can imagine the work schedule in corporate finance being highly demanding? How do you manage balancing this with training / food prep / shopping etc?
Thank you!

So the short answer is “I met a man on a plane” who offered me a job in the bank after talking to me on the flight as I said I wasn’t enjoying teaching anymore and then from starting in Branch I got a promotion into corporate 10 months later. I’m eager to learn so perhaps that’s how I was successful.
When I used to dive I used to juggle training full time 9-4 each day plus school/college/uni and volunteering in schools plus a part time job as I got older so I’ve always lead quite a busy life. I always have a diary, write myself a list of to dos for the day sometimes with timings on there and just get it done. Time management is important but learning to say no to things I literally don’t have time for has taken me some time, so I have had to learn to prioritise

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[Meg]

Will you or have added any supplements into your off season yet?

Always keeps supps same iso for whey. Then sustain and MPS max for my intra ^^^ posted my full diet up here

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So Kuba has changed my split a little to get a little more volume on my legs and back, I’ve been doing the same split since finishing my show in October so will be nice to switch things up and see how my body reacts. New split is:

Push
Quads Glute focus
Rest
Pull
Hamstring Glute focus
Rest
Back/ham/Glute
Rest

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Hey meg I’m so exited to have you on here I work a full time job as well in retail and juggle body building like yourself nice to have someone on here so relatable. Lovely choice of post work out there ???? out of interest why do you run a zero carb day on rest days in off season ? Everyone has different opinions so interesting to hear yours , your smashing it by the way x

Thank you, retail can be so full on I did a stint last year before moving to corporate & didn’t finish until 7 some evenings so be good to show how I balanced it all.

I was struggling with my appetite so went with fats over carbs on rest days to keep cals high but easier to stomach, but like you say might not suit everyone xx[/quote]

One thing about retail though it’s great for getting your steps in when your dieting ???? [/quote]

Haha yes!

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