Nick Gill
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It’s the other things in life that are causing the stress; weddings, kids, moving house, that’s pretty much top 3 other than death..
Training is a hobby and you need to just find a way of making it enjoyable again. Fiddle around to find a plan you like, pick an existing template or get someone like Jordan to write one for you. Getting your numbers moving in the right direction helps too. Last week I was in a rush , forgot all my gym stuff including logbook and nearly didn’t bother with the session as was so pissed off. Did it anyway, guessed my last lifts from memory, upped them a bit, noted them on my phone and when I checked later I’d beaten some of them by 5kg and reps. One good session like that and you’ll be back on it.
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Second that. Fortitude training is the best system I’ve tried [with a name to it]. There’s a thread on it down the board. Start with the lowest volume strategy.
Personally prefer upper/lower to push/pull/legs. 4 workouts a week hits everything twice. If I could only ever train one way that would be it.
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Hope it wasn’t a watt bike that you broke? Remember you saying a while ago you were getting one.
They say dieting is the hard part but sounds like you really struggled to carry that weight, I hope now you’ve hit the big 300 you don’t necessarily have to go there again.
Hard work WILL pay off. Great to see your man John Meadows pick up his pro card last week at 42/43. Hopefully it will take you slightly less time!
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You know you’re absolutely right, looking at my logbook from last time I tried it, lunges mysteriously got omitted and lots of leg extensions justified with fancy intensity techniques found their way into every leg session. This was after doing your last e-book and being utterly destroyed so possibly held back a bit.
Will see how long I can progress for and recover adequately and then no doubt come crawling back to the pros.
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Some of the comments on there are quite malicious, a few were quite fair but not what you’d expect on a forum dedicated to bodybuilding – I see on page 5 one guy knows your monthly income lol. I am talking as someone who added 3kg of muscle last year [thanks to you btw] on top of nothing so I am in awe that you’ve managed to pack on so much size on top of what you already had, but I agree with the guy on there [Pscarb] who thought your initial decision to nail condition first and not chase more size was a good one. The Brazilian guy Atis as you say was spot on but in the overall Lee Priest [who back in the day was famous for doing the 300lb thing] absolutely killed him with conditioning.
Thanks for posting the full sessions, not going to try any of them in full myself but really interesting. I wonder how it differs from some of the other top Nabba guys.
Look forward to seeing some more videos of the banded stuff too.
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Good luck with the prep Jordan. I know your focus has doubled since the uni and I reckon Milos is a good person for someone with your mentality.
I have just started following on ig the Brazilian guy who won your class in 2013 and whilst he looked amazing at the time on stage, with your mass and conditioning spot on you could blow that standard away.
How much of this training are you doing on your own, or with different partners? With Corinne training for a powerlifting comp her programme would look very different I imagine?
I train alone 99% of the time and can motivate myself to train hard but very difficult to train long, especially if in the gym twice a day. -
Scott Stevenson did a section on this in the Fortitude e-book. Signs/symptoms to look for when to cruise/back off. And after 6 weeks I suffered from all of them lol.
The biggest indicator other than niggles flaring up is loss of appetite. That and increased anxiety levels. Listen to your body and you can come back a week later firing. Not do so and you can let a week turn into a month and go backwards.
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Healthy chicken fajitas
Bulk chicken options. The way I split my meals/macros one chicken breast is one serving of protein, but what are the best ways of bulk cooking that you use if you’re eating this several times a week. Currently using those oven bags and chucking in random veggies and seasonings. Will never fry it on its own again!
Pro fat breakfast options!
Protein brownie/flapjack. Millions of recipes online but everyone I have tried has been OK at best.
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Ones that actually work OK as high rep finishers, are using the back extension machine or seated leg curl machine for triceps. Can vary the angle and actually feels quite good!
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Thanks mate – makes sense that strength naturally comes before size in terms of muscle mass.
Have been able to make better gains than ever before recently after really stalling on both a couple of times, strongest and heaviest I have ever been doing SS’s Fortitude plan. Then I saw one of your girls on IG EASILY DB benching the 40s for 12 comfortable reps. Hats off to her but I pray she never joins my gym..
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Any discount codes for Genetic Supplements guys?
I use malto as a peri workout carb source, pros are it’s cheap by the bag, cons are it bloats me and dentists charge more than any supplement company..
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After seeing those two lifts on IG this week, you surely have to compete? You used to have “wannabe powerlifter” on your facebook page I remember!
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Powerlifting is a weird sport in that I have seen kids sit out comps or lifts that they would win easy, based on a niggle or some arbitrary reason. Bonkers! Pick up the trophy.. -
30 seconds into that video and he’s married you both off and moved Southport to fucking London… going to stick with it though!
edit: Watched the whole thing , great watch, thanks for posting Marcus.
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For any others who are as intellectually challenged as me: Page 93 and Page 104.
The rest does help with context and understanding but to get stuck into it this is what I’m taking into the gym tomorrow.
Jordan this is very well put together, SS has obviously spent a LONG time on this… Love learning from my teacher’s teacher.
Scott is clearly a perfectionist… fair to say he’s got you on spelling hasn’t he.
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Also just bought this on JP’s recommendations.
Most of the scientific info is way over my head but very interesting and I’m not at the stage yet where it tell you how the f*ck to set up your training over the week.
I think the basic entry level version is going to be the one for me anyway…