[Nathan]

295.2lbs on wake after 75 sushi rolls last meal. So up 4.8lbs

Did 2 hard rounds posing, 30 mins cardio and steps 40 mins and weighed at 293lbs

Today has hit hard even after food. I felt very fatigued. And just wanted to get in the gym on my own and get shit done. Not talk to anyone and just be on prep in my own head.

I had an absolute class session exactly what I needed. Took some pics the lighting wasn’t great for showing condition but it has shown me the relentless consistency through off season and not missing a beat is paying off, new tissue has been built and this is just the start for me and cal on our journey! 5/6/7 and potentially 9 weeks out!

Session went as follows

All to failure.

Warm up and activation work

SA kneeling cable pulldown 2 x 12-15
TBAR row 1 x 12, 1 x 25
Nautilus SA compound row 2 x 12-15
Hammer iso upper back row 2 x 12-15
Hammer SA plate row 2 x 12-15
Prime bar rear delt row 3 x 10-15
Rear delt cable fly 3 x 12-15
SA high cable curl SS low cable curl 3 x 15
Cross body extensions 4 x 10-15

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Sorry for all the questions Nathan I really appreciate the reply’s. Just a few more if that’s okay please.

When you was pinning daily with insulin pins would you backfill the pins for the week so you have say 14 pins ready with oil in for the week or would you back fill 2 a day using a green to backfill them and would you use the same green for the week or change it daily?

Thanks 🙏🏼

Hey bud I’ve done both. But if you have loaded everything into a 20ml
Sterile vial then you can draw out daily bud.

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Post workout shots from today….it’s coming 🎯

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To add your 2 dense meals for me are way too dense And harder to digest than splitting them down like I suggest

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I agree here with Clare. Can you not balance your meals a little differently?

I’d be looking at:-

Pre
Intra
Post

Shakes here.

Then 60 mins your post workout shake another dense meal

A shake during the period you are busy in the day.

Then a dense meal pre bed.

Example

Meal 1 pre – 1 banana + 30g whey iso + 25g performance fuel

Intra – 25g performance fuel, 20g EAA’s, creatine 5g,

Post shake – 25g performance fuel + 30g whey iso + 2 squares bars

60 mins after – Meal 2 12:30-1pm

Lean meat of choice 45g protein
Carb of choice 75-100g
Fats of choice 10-15g
Beef/chicken/Turkey + rice, potatoes, pasta
+ fruit and maybe some EV olive oil

3-4pm

Shake – oats, nut butter, fruit, performance protein

9pm

As meal 2 or something similar

If you need to up calories accordingly then of course arrange the macros differently but just an idea. Still not ideal going 4-5 hours. But you are utilising the workout window for nutrients here and still get adequate stimulation of MPS multiple times a day

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290.6lbs this AM down from 294.4lbs yesterday post legs

Big drop and I felt it today. Prep hit but I’m here for it. Everything boxed off with intent as always. Great session with Haran and Kraig.

Cal has ordered sushi tonight! So we refeed. Spike and pull down again. Pull tomorrow. 5 weeks out I’m excited and I’m ready for a battle

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Rest day today….

It would have been a tough one but kept busy so the day went fast and I only went hypo once 😂

Check in tomorrow! We shall see where we are at, then push on the cards

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Hey Nathan! Another Q from me:

-How do you structure your ped escalation with Calum Raistrick? Is it oto-regulation that based on your look,appetiate,recovery, perfomance etc or pre-planned? I remembered something very similar androgen escalation format on Cal’s log where we go up primo 100-200mg with 50-100mg test per lets say 4-6 weeks? I am very impressed your progression mate, i hope you will get that card soon. Cheers!

Hey bud. Correct in off season we escalated every 2-3 weeks over a 14 week push until peak load. 50mg test + 200mg primo + 50mg NPP

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To slightly modulate E2 and to it can enhance the availability and use of testosterone

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Leg day wrapped up vlogged for my YouTube I’m trying my best with the content it’s hard but I’ve seen James hollingshead switch and do more and it’s inspired me! So I’m just running with. Bodybuilding and lifestyle.

Great session as always at UF the vibe is banging everyone is onnnnnn

People chasing down pro cards, Olympia qualifications, Olympia preps, pro show goals! It’s just inspiring.

New low weight today. We run into Sunday and assess! 293.6lbs

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Hi Nathan, how are you? I hope you are doing well. I am catching up your log lately. I didn’t realize which is my fault. If it is possible, I wanna ask a few question about your supplement stack just because of education purposes. Here we go

1-We know that effective dosing range of HGH for males is 2-6 IU. If you want to bump up your intake how would you structure? Still am and pm 3iu or 2 iu 3 times per day? If second one is yes, how you combine with your fast acting insulin?

2-I saw you use injectable l-carnitine from your off-season into prep. In off-season, what is the main reason of this compound? Did you want to use its lipolytic effect?

3-As I said earlier, I am catching up your log lately I am sorry again. You used T4 at replacement therapy dosage in your off season? What was your thought process plus can we take t4 first thing in the morning with caffeine? I saw a post from PC site and they dont suggest that but I dont find any study about that topic yet.

4-If we decide to take lantus and gh like you do, how do you timeline their pinning because we know that they have antogonist effect on another, should we split shots 1.5-2hrs first gh and then lantus? Given ex. Take gh after that do your fasted cardio take a shower and take lantus with your first meal which obviously contain carbs as well.

5-The last but not the least, what is the purpose behind usage exogenous insulin (lantus and novorapid) in prep while we have good insulin sensivity due to high energy expenditure via formal cardio and/or steps and caloric deficit.

As I said before just educational purposes, I am sorry if I take your time and effort massively!

Cheers.

Hey buddy anytime no problems at all,

So I have stuck to 4iu GH split AM/PM for the last 18 months. I don’t see any need currently to increase this dosage. Neither does Cal….I went to 6 for my pec year recovery and the negative impact it had on me feeling very lethargic was apparent so I dipped back to 4iu which is where I will remain. Unless cal instructs otherwise.

L carnitine has many other benefits not just a lipolytic effects in a deficit so my thought process was it will help mobilise free fatty acids and utilise these during my push up. Which help me stay leaner in the off season. Improved energy, I felt less fatigued and increased energy although at my heaviest weight ever by a long way. It’s also been shown to help with and increase in lean muscle mass amongst others.

When using GH this impacts the secretion on T4 which therefor has an impact on free thyroxine and rT3 concentration so it’s there simply for replacement measure it you should always go off bloodwork. My latest bloods suggest I should probably go a touch higher than 100mcg next off season at around 1.6mcg per Kg which is what is used at clinical dosage. But during a prep phase when exogenous T3 is being utilised there isn’t really a need for the use of T4 only at replacement levels.

The use of insulin is still in play because Calum feels this hasn’t slowed down fat loss at all. We are still having a good amount of peri workout carbohydrates and we are shuttling nutrients nicely around the workout perimeter. So until cal pulls it. It stays in!

I take my gh fasted at around 5am I use lantus around 8:30-8:45 with meal 1

After 30 mins cardio and approx 4-5k steps

Hope this helps bud

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Hey Nathan. When you was running high primo, would you pin daily with insulin pins? Maybe twice a day into the muscle? And what injection sites did you use. Thank you

I buy a a 20ml sterile vial off the internet. Lid all my shots into the vial for the week. So my max was

7.5ml primo (1500mg) 200mg/ml
1.7ml test
2ml NPP

11.25 total into 7 days = 1.6ml daily – 0.8ml per backfilled insulin shot.

Side delt
Rear delt
Quad
Lat
Bicep
Tricep

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Just wrapped up for the day!! Another busy one today! Rest day was cardio, dog walks, in person check ins, and new set ups.

Then I’ve had to transfer 40 clients on to a new system as we have split the client database and changed our accounts and are now 2 limited companies….ballache but sorted now finally!

Also speaking to market and graphic designer and apparel designer for some new coaching t shirts for clients. So it’s been non stop!

Leg day tomorrow. So off for an early night! Just gonna set the new AC unit up and see if it works well tonight

5.5 weeks 🚀🎯

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Looking amazing bro , been following this for a while. Quick question all that primo with lower test , specially prop that doesnt aromatize as much. Doesnt that crash your estrogen?

Thankyou buddy. The test primo ratio isn’t 1:2 even the DHT to test isn’t with the added masteron. So it’s not crashing my oestrodial too hard. My E2 naturally runs quite high without sides but my bloodwork at 8 weeks out suggested oestrodial was in a good place. I don’t know if I posted these I’ll dig them out and post.

Obviously everyone is different so the importance of bloodwork is crucial

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Absolutely top draw session today pull
And arms Lat focus.

I’m feeling it today….but I still got 2 hard rounds of posing post workout 10 seconds holds and 2 rounds this AM

Still got some steps to box off so I’ll eat post workout and box some more off! Do the work 🚀

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