A healthy dose of jubilee indulgence maybe helping to restock depleted glycogen stores??Have been feeling down on energy the last few days, missed a few deadlift reps on Friday and have scaled back my bench over the last few weeks.
Chest session today was feeling pretty good, so I figured I’d chuck 150kg on the bar and see how it felt…and then managed it for reps. 160+ felt within reach, but I figured I’d quit while ahead. Where the hell did that come from
A healthy dose of jubilee indulgence maybe helping to restock depleted glycogen stores??
I'd hit this harder than long division coated in diamond.Little update from me.
Started at 260lbs last August.
As of this morning I'm 221lbs, fitter, healthier, stronger and most importantly massively improved mental health.
Stag do next weekend so fully expecting to be a fair bit heavier afterwards
Really impressive lifts there buddy. Hard to say too much on the deadlift due to the angle, however it looks fine from the front. If you say it feels horrible a side on view might show if tightness is slipping and making it feel rough or not.Couple of new PB's. Another 12 weeks before I go again.
160kg
147.5kg
Pretty happy with my squat. I think my deadlift is horrible though, definitely something wrong. Any help would be appreciated.
Slowly putting on weight, about 70.8kg now (up from 70). Motivation is at an all time high, which is great.
So I feel a progress update post is finally due, im not quite at the end of the cut where i wanted to be before posting pics but im still stuck mentally with what / when to change strategy and shift in to bulk mode.
As i mentioned previously my initial goal was to get to a what i feel is a true base for my height/body structure, so I can then bulk and cut cycle and I won’t have to drop the same fat levels again.
For reference:
5’7”
Started at 12st 3.6lb / 77.8kg 20-25% bf
Target 10st 5lb / 65.8kg 10-15% bf
(so at least 10st 4lb to allow for rebound)
Current weight 10st 7lb / 66.7kg 10-15% bf
Pics as follows:
Starting out 11th December 2021:
Front
Side
Back
Same 3 poses under the same conditions 2nd June 2022:
Front
Side
Back
Finally some vanity shots
Myprotein are still doing 5kg bags. At least in some of the flavours anyway. I was going to order some yesterday as I am halfway down mine at the moment, but prices seem to have gone crazy. £267 for a 5kg bag, even with their discount code it still comes in at £167. For that price it is cheaper to buy ON tubs (2.27kg for £60). No idea what is going on with MP.
Yeah, it's daft. I buy Impact Whey Isolate, nearly dropped through the floor at £267. Looking through my orderes, when I last bought a bag - which was nearly a year ago to be fair, but my diet is good so I only use one evry now and then when I have had training sessions and can't eat within an hour of finishing, it was £64.99. I can understand things going up - we all know what is going on at the moment, but a 400% rise in a year is unbelivable.
Something you might not have noticed is that the protein content of MP isolate and concentrate has also gone down!!! their isolate used to be 95g per 100g its now down to 88g per 100g, and their concentrate was 80g per 100g and now down to 75g.
