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I’ve been a member for about a year focussing on execution and cleaning up my diet and quitting the drink. Now I’m at a place where I’m ready to make some serious physical changes through your advice. I’m 40 in 3 months and told my wife and girls that I’d be in the best shape I’ve been in a while by that time.. Im 86kg at around 20%ish bf and my question is, can I run your current split (which really suits the body parts I’m trying to bring up) at a calorie deficit and get some good results? Or would you recommend a different split?
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I am in process of cutting body fat for abs to show and when I feel my body fat dropping low enough I want to start addin size by going in a surplus , what is the best way to approach this? Reverse diet? And do you still carb cycle during a bulk?
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Wanna to know about post workout meal shall I go for a protein shake or a complete meal and after how many hours later can I have protein shake iam little bit confused regarding dis plz help me out thank you
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Question regarding the diet plan. I wake up at 4 and go to the gym at 430-445 and then head to work for 630. What should I be eating before the gym in the morning?
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For a natural bodybuilder what’s your thought process on doing a “powerlifting” programming for size before my next bodybuilding show in October? Would it be worth the time or should I stick to hypertrophy?
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A few questions regarding dips / dip machines. For tricep emphasis, Should you limit your Rom to stop at the point on the eccentric where you start to feel your pecs / delts get more of a stretch than your tris (even if you could comfortably go lower)?
For a dip machine would you ideally want the profile to be the same as a free weight dip, so lighter at the bottom, heavier up top?
Does the HS plate loaded dip already do so? It looks to me like the weight is moving further away from the axis of rotation as I complete a rep, but doesn’t feel that way.
So do you think doubling a band on it so it is completely slack at the bottom, creating a large discrepancy in load between bottom and top would be a good option?
Also, to emphasise the triceps, would you place your hands further back or forward (I can comfortably slide them all the way back and stay fairly upright because I’ve got long monkey arms).
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In your opinion, would it be better for every chest day to have a fly motion? I’m able to train and recover from 3 chest workouts per week. Thinking of lowering the volume and dropping flyes on one of them though.. Or would I be missing out on something if I chest day only had presses?
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Just going through some of your older chest workouts, there was a time in mid 2017 where you were doing a ton more volume than you seem to advocate now? 4-6 sets per exercise, for multiple exercises and all to failure.
What was the reason for that and is the reason you don’t do it anymore because your opinion on volume needed has shifted?
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#1 – What is your opinion of cyclical bulking – is this a more beneficial approach then a regular 10% surplus for long periods.
#2- Would you advise a rotation method through your push/pull/legs listed workouts OVER driving one into the ground.
Eg Wk 1 – Push 1, pull 1, legs 1, day off, push 2, pull 2, legs 2, (with 1 and 2 having slightly different goals eg pull 1 a more lat emphasis and pull 2 a more thickness emphasis etc etc)
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I have a doubt, I have 6 months taking supplements, whey protein, bcaa, glutamine, and I’m finished the boats, the question is, should I stop taking supplements to detoxify my body?
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I’m interested in competing and I want to really understand your concepts. Why do you recommend taking volume higher when cutting? Yes, it makes fat loss easier, but also makes muscle retention harder, because volume is a big contributor to fatigue, especially when training hard. Further in prep we should be glycogen depleted and unable to perform as well as in a bulk. Can you please explain how your approach things? Cheers!
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What are your thoughts and experience with the Braverman Test to estimate neurotransmitter dominance for program design and lifestyle recommendations for clients (if you have used it for that.) You having studied under Poliquin, I was wondering if that’s something you dabbled with.
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Is it normal when training like this for some exercises to go up and down in reps? For example, it only seems to happen with my pressing movements (long arms, never been great at pressing) say one session I use 40kg DB’s for 8 the next session I may get 7 and then next get 8 etc. Legs and pulling don’t seem to be an issue so may be down to mechanics and/or volume but appreciate your take on this ??
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If your in a diet phase (cutting), do you do the same workout split (same reps, sets etc) as your off season? is it only the macros that change? is there a section that shows the difference on your app?
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In your supplement video you talked about taking zinc but you take mega dosage. The upper tolerable limit is about 45mg but you take 50 to 150mg. Is this a tactic for a short while or are you taking this much year round and if so won’t there be zinc toxicity. I have also heard of mega dosing zinc up to 250mg to increase free testosterone.
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Do your training protocols changes for men’s physique vs bodybuilding?
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While deload phase, can we train at 60-70% max and not upto failure?
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Been a member for a little over a year and have really been able to dial training and diet in, but my recovery is absolute dog shit. So much so that I’m taking a lot of consecutive rest days (about 3) to keep up with things.
I’m lucky to get 6 hours of sleep a night and typically wake every 2 hours or so, so I never really achieve deep restful sleep. Any recommendations on supplements, or little things that work for you, that you can recommend?
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When I did your diet calculator, I was somewhat surprised that it recommended as high as 250g of protein when I’m only 165 pounds. This along with the high fat and somewhat low carb prescription seemed to make it reminiscent of a paleo diet. Can you speak a little bit more to why you use this diet approach and what kind of responses you’ve seen in people?