Feeling a little under the weather this week unfortunately, with some serious personal stuff cropping up last week that’s thrown a bit of a spanner in the works. Stress has definitely been elevated and managing that has been a bit of a challenge, but all in all I’m still feeling positive — things are tracking in the right direction.
Had my check-in with the coach over the weekend and he’s extremely happy with where we’re at. He’s stoked with the amount of tissue density we’ve been able to build over the past few years, and reckons we’ll be about 120kg on stage, which would mean roughly 20kg of stage weight added in 3 years — and that’s even with a solid 7-month break away from bodybuilding and PEDs during that time. So I’m very happy with that response.
Body fat loss hadn’t quite been moving at the rate we wanted and weight had been a bit sticky the past couple of weeks, so he made another big calorie drop from Saturday, and my body is responding incredibly well.
New macros are now:
- Training Days: 3580 cals — 310 protein, 450 carb, 60 fat
- Non-Training Days: 3380 cals — 310 protein, 400 carb, 60 fat
We’ve also introduced another 20mcg of clen, taking it up to 80mcg total. I’m handling it well with minimal side effects — honestly I love clen and how it makes me feel, even on the higher doses. Besides that, no other drug changes this week, so everything as it was in last update. I am absolutely loving the 15mg of MOTS-C per week. Since adding it in, fat loss has accelerated massively, energy and focus have been phenomenal, and fatigue is still very low.
These photos are from yesterday, and I’ve already seen a big 2kg drop since check-ins on Saturday, so I’m extremely happy with how the look is progressing. Training performance keeps climbing, I’m feeling incredible in the gym, and my posing has become way easier as my cardiovascular capacity improves and I’m leaning out, makes getting into poses so much more ergonomic.
Annoying setback
Unfortunately, just yesterday afternoon I managed to pull or slightly tear my left pec while training chest. It’s the same side I’ve repeatedly pulled/torn over the past 18–24 months, always on incline chest movements. Honestly, it fucking sucks for lack of a better term. It’s unbelievably frustrating because every time I get strong, things are progressing well, and my chest is starting to really improve — I tear it.
I’m always super careful and thorough with my warmups, I’m not stiff or rigid through the pecs or shoulders at all, everything feels fantastic right up until it happens — always a couple of reps in, then I feel a pop, followed by that pulling sensation and a sharp pain right in the corner of my pec.
It only happens on incline movements and has probably happened at least 4–7 times in the past two years, setting me back months in push training every single time. It’s driving me nuts how consistent it is. Had absolutely no help from physios figuring out the root cause either, so at this point I’m honestly desperate — if anyone has any ideas, I’d love to hear them.
Overall
Besides that, I’m feeling great and still super keen to keep cracking on!
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