James' dieting phase

Hi guys, (28/08/2017)

I've moved training stuff over to the training thread so these will be more about feels etc...

Feeling hungry afff today!! haven't experienced this hunger levels in a while now. My thoughts are that I did a slightly longer morning walk this morning (7k steps as a post to 5k) and i also didn't do it fasted however the meal itself wasn't any later. Any thoughts?

Totally agree with the face pull comment man!!

Tomorrows push session is looking like this

Seated shoulder press (smith machine)

Flat DB

Close Grip bench

Flat fly press

Face pull (always find they activate much better with push)

Single arm side lateral (cable)

Over head tricep extension (final set AMRAP)

That was actually in my mind!! I've been thinking about trying it out for a while and I may switch it to that at some point... especially as my tricep work suffers as the meso goes on!

Which then takes me onto the taking it closer and closer to failure each week. Yeah i've been doing it that way for a while now and i'm finding its working nicely for me!! However the only issue i have with is is when I take it really close to failure on bench (last week of the meso) my tricep work will suck hard afterwards cos i'm just too fucked example skulls are very tough after top and downsets on incline. Which could then be another good pointer to swap tricep and bicep work around!

I'm not totally sure yet, i'll see how I react to the much more aggressive approach and then re-calculate i reckon!

I see. Why not program biceps on a day where pushing is trained prior ? (I.e. pull w triceps, lower, push w biceps)

You program w sets taken closer to fail as meso goes by? Like Israetel, Feather and their gang? Gotcha. I kinda prefer 1-2 rir all throughout adding weight / reps when I can.. person dependent I guess.

How long do you reckon you'll stay in a deficit?

Hi buddy!

Yeah me too, next week will see a large drop in calories!

I find putting biceps there I get some good quality training on them! In an ideal world i'd split the session up to an AM - PM split however due to work etc.. I just can't. Then if i leave all my bicep work till the end the quality of the last two exercises will suck!!So it works nicely for me having it there. I'm yet to find an issue with biceps taking over the row, however it could possibly be an issue when the load increases.

This is new in this mesocycle and i've found no issue with it yet! Still kind of 2/3RIR so will let you know what it's like when I start taking it closer to failure!

1- Second what AJ said, and

2- Biceps before more rows? Don't you find they take over?

3- Upright rows on a pull day? How's the push workout one day later with side delt volume prior

Following!

PERSONAL OPINION - with current BF Levels and Bodyweight, if you want to aggressively get down, 1- 1.5 lbs is pretty slow and steady and kcals are pretty high, if you wanna get gaining, I'd highly recommend aiming for a increased deficit, shooting for 2 - 2.5 lbs per week ( closer to 1% of BW per week) and just getting IT DONE! Don't waste time man, 1-1.5 lbs is v slow

Thanks buddy really means a lot!

At the moment i'm looking at 0.5lbs per week, but i'm going to drop macros each week now and push for 1-1.5lbs per week.

As always man!! ;)

AWESOME to have you logging your progress in here dude. A guy with SO SO much potential.

Solid macros dude, what's your rate of loss on these at the moment? Seem pretty high still.

Let us know how pull goes ;) Crush it.