Hi Scott, or anyone else who may of been in a similar position.
So into my 6th blast now and still loving it. Im in what I would call a prep, not for a serious show but for a holiday.
Now I timed the cruise which for the last 5 blasts has been at the end of 6 weeks to coincide when I'm away and have no access to the gym, makes sense right ?
Now in the past (4) I've been in a calorie surplus so it's been pretty dandy however these last two I've been in a deficit as the aim is to drop the off season chub. I've aimed to keep food as high as possible and in fact haven't reduced any of it so that my weight sessions stay strong and keep improving weight/ rep wise. The deficit has come by cardio (1400kcals daily to be precise, a substantial amount I know).
Last week was a real chore and I know that towards the end of it I felt the blast should be coming to an end (lifts regressing slightly, niggles etc) which obviously isn't what I want/ needed due to an imminent holiday approaching (time off) nor is it ideal as that would mean having further time off (14 days) only two weeks into a blast.
Inevitably my aim is to push all the way until my intended holiday which from now is 16 days away. My session tonight suffered big time leg wise and I failed to progress any form of lift, even my first set of thighs.. I fell short by a substantial amount and by good few reps which is a sign that I'm done, the blast is over (really frustrating but being in a deficit it's inevitable it was going to happen at some stage).
How would you suggest I continue on/ training until my vacay? As mentioned I'm 16 days away from my vacation at which point I'll have a further two solid weeks away from gym before commencing my next blast. That's essentially a whole month.. two weeks too long than a normal cruise would run for. Would you perform an extended one off cruise consisting of MR's or pump sets etc for the next two weeks.
How would you set this up? I'm desperate to not take any more time off than what is necessary however I'm sceptical I'm now essentially in or extremely close to an overtraining phase. Upper body pump seems to be okay judging by tonight's session. The last two sessions of MR's were okay too upper body wise.. it's mainly legs which are beat up and regressing.
I have upper load / lower pump Thursday which I'm not sure what to do with. Cardio has been reduced by 50% as I've been smashing it as of recent in order to keep food intake high, I've been creating a 1400kcal deficit via cardio daily just to give you some insight. Sorry if I'm blabbing on now, hopefully you can assist and pour down the knowledge as usual. Many thanks.
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So into my 6th blast now and still loving it. Im in what I would call a prep, not for a serious show but for a holiday.
Now I timed the cruise which for the last 5 blasts has been at the end of 6 weeks to coincide when I'm away and have no access to the gym, makes sense right ?
Now in the past (4) I've been in a calorie surplus so it's been pretty dandy however these last two I've been in a deficit as the aim is to drop the off season chub. I've aimed to keep food as high as possible and in fact haven't reduced any of it so that my weight sessions stay strong and keep improving weight/ rep wise. The deficit has come by cardio (1400kcals daily to be precise, a substantial amount I know).
Last week was a real chore and I know that towards the end of it I felt the blast should be coming to an end (lifts regressing slightly, niggles etc) which obviously isn't what I want/ needed due to an imminent holiday approaching (time off) nor is it ideal as that would mean having further time off (14 days) only two weeks into a blast.
Inevitably my aim is to push all the way until my intended holiday which from now is 16 days away. My session tonight suffered big time leg wise and I failed to progress any form of lift, even my first set of thighs.. I fell short by a substantial amount and by good few reps which is a sign that I'm done, the blast is over (really frustrating but being in a deficit it's inevitable it was going to happen at some stage).
How would you suggest I continue on/ training until my vacay? As mentioned I'm 16 days away from my vacation at which point I'll have a further two solid weeks away from gym before commencing my next blast. That's essentially a whole month.. two weeks too long than a normal cruise would run for. Would you perform an extended one off cruise consisting of MR's or pump sets etc for the next two weeks.
How would you set this up? I'm desperate to not take any more time off than what is necessary however I'm sceptical I'm now essentially in or extremely close to an overtraining phase. Upper body pump seems to be okay judging by tonight's session. The last two sessions of MR's were okay too upper body wise.. it's mainly legs which are beat up and regressing.
I have upper load / lower pump Thursday which I'm not sure what to do with. Cardio has been reduced by 50% as I've been smashing it as of recent in order to keep food intake high, I've been creating a 1400kcal deficit via cardio daily just to give you some insight. Sorry if I'm blabbing on now, hopefully you can assist and pour down the knowledge as usual. Many thanks.
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