James Llewellin's Off Season Strength and Mass Journal - Page 15 - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

supercell · 17-04-2008, 07:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TAT 70

I see u train at the same place as Rob & Jay Hughes,Mick
Holding & a fair few top strongmen .Do u ever get tempted
to join them ?
Must be a very inspiring place to train ?
:gun:

Ministry of Muscle gym is a very motivating place to train with many of Britains best strength athletes there. As for tempted to join in, you must be fcuking joking, these guys are built like tanks.
I'll stick to my craft and they can stick to theirs, I do go down to watch them event train on a saturday sometimes, thats enough motivation i need!!
If you have never seen strongmen train, come down on a sat about 11-2pm and you will witness something a little bit special.

J

supercell · 17-04-2008, 07:50 AM

UPDATE

Thursday 17th April 2008

As you know i am now doing a guest spot at the Muscle Mayhem show on 11th May so I am doing a mini diet to get a bit of fat off and look reasonable.
My macros are now 325g protein, 250g carbohydrate, 65g fat which works out at a ratio of 45:35:20
Cardio has been upped to 30 mins 6x a week from the 20 mins 5x a week I was doing previously.
I have now been on the diet 3 days and Nicki even told me last night how my face had changed already as some of the fluid has come out making me look instantly leaner. My weight has dropped aropund 2-3lbs in those 3 days as the water comes out.
So far so good but its early days.
Due to only having 3 weeks to get in shape in I am switching over to Talapia fish, which for those that dont know is the white fish of choice for many pros including my friend Flex and Boris (who introduced me to it).
Its a lovely fish with a delicate flavour and can change the look of your physique relatively quickly.
I will be buying around 25kgs (eating 1kg a day) so will get 200g of my protein from that source.
I have a good contact for the fish so it doesn't work out that expensive (in fact cheaper than chicken) so it wont dent the pocket!

As for training we have switched over to a higher rep/lighter weight protocol now as we both were feeling a little sore and overtrained at times and will continue with this until we see fit to change again. We are still using the 9 day split and will continue to do so as it is working well.

Yesterday we trained shoulders and calves. We both got a very intense burn and pump off both shoulders and calves and reckon the secret is to not have any sleep before you train. Matt was kept up by his young daughter and I was just restless and hot all night after changing the diet.

We started with shoulder press. Matt did smith press and I did dbells due to my elbows not liking a fixed bar.
I hit 12 reps on 50kgs ( which was a 2 rep improvement on last week) and was tempted to go heavier but I will leave that for next week.
The next exercise was side raises and we both used lighter weights but utilised a higher rep range of between 10-15. I went up to 17kgs for a max of 12 with the last 2 assisted.
The last shoulder exercise was rear delts on the pec machine. I went light and did 3x15 as it is the one machine which makes my shoulder twinge a little. At that weight and rep range it was fine tho and I still felt I got a lot out of it.
Calves were done again with a lighter weight and higher reps of between 15 and 20.
We started with donkey raises and then went on to standing where i finished off with a few single legged calf raises.
All in all a good session and we now have legs to look forward to on friday.

J

GYMBABE · 17-04-2008, 07:57 AM

Hi James, the talapia white fish you mentioned in your last post, does it have a strong taste or is it similar ro other white fish like cod? Also why this fish in particular - what are the benefits - if any?

thanks

Galtonator · 17-04-2008, 08:35 AM

Who's Borris?

jjb1 · 17-04-2008, 08:46 AM

just went light repping 50k d bells for 12............ i love it

good luck james do you think this dieting in for posing will effect the overal outcome for the british at all

dan ellis · 17-04-2008, 09:31 AM

Look 4ward to seein you there J. Will b competing in the junior cat (if this fekin cold doesn't get the better of me!!!) lol.

supercell · 17-04-2008, 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GYMBABE

Hi James, the talapia white fish you mentioned in your last post, does it have a strong taste or is it similar ro other white fish like cod? Also why this fish in particular - what are the benefits - if any?

thanks

Hi,

Its quite a delicate taste TBH. Nice and meaty. I do them on the Geirge for about 2 mins....Lovely.

No benefits I dont think over other white fish, its just these seem to come in handy 200g fillets (I guess they catch them at a certain size)

J

supercell · 17-04-2008, 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galtonator

Who's Borris?

A friend who I have known for a couple of years and a great believer in white fish.

J

supercell · 17-04-2008, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jjb1

just went light repping 50k d bells for 12............ i love it

good luck james do you think this dieting in for posing will effect the overal outcome for the british at all

Thanks.

No not at all, if anything its good to sometimes give the body a break from constant eating of moderate/large amounts of carbs/cals in the off season.

There is a protocol called the 'anabolic Burst Cycle' which uses the same kind of principle, although done over a shorter time frame. It allows the body to release lots of anabolic growth factors by cycling calories (severely) plus it keeps you nicely in condition by keeping that metabolic rate speedy and with what I am doing I'll get a nice rebound after the show. All in all it will do me the world of good plus it makes the off season a bit more bearable....I have a tendency to get bored unless I have frequent goals to achieve.

J

supercell · 17-04-2008, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dan ellis

Look 4ward to seein you there J. Will b competing in the junior cat (if this fekin cold doesn't get the better of me!!!) lol.

And you Dan. Best of luck.

There are loads of bloody colds flying around at the moment. The one I had lingered around for about 5 weeks but you have to expect it when your body is under the stresses and strains of a rigorous diet and training protocol with no let up and as is the case 99.9% of the time..... Chronic overtraining!

J

greg fear · 17-04-2008, 12:46 PM

where's the best place to get this fish from james
do local supermarkets stock it i havent been able to find any
and have been meaning to try it in my diet for a while

**hackskii** · 17-04-2008, 04:19 PM

I find catfish is one of the tastiest fresh water fish there is.

ParaManiac · 17-04-2008, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greg fear

where's the best place to get this fish from james
do local supermarkets stock it i havent been able to find any
and have been meaning to try it in my diet for a while

It's hard to find.

Aldi were stocking it but have recently stopped for some reason,i keep pestering my local branch to get some more in but,so far,with no joy

It's lovely,meaty with a slightly sweet taste - i'll just keep hunting!

supercell · 17-04-2008, 06:39 PM

Some photo's from today 3 days into my mini diet. It was a non training day today but I paracticed some posing between clients and worked on my routine.

J

Captain Hero · 17-04-2008, 06:44 PM

impressive stuff James, you have kept in fantastic condition since the Arnold it looks!

17-04-2008, 07:50 AM	#212 (permalink)
supercell Getting HUGE! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Kent Posts: 1,270	Re: James Llewellin's Off Season Strength and Mass Journal UPDATE Thursday 17th April 2008 As you know i am now doing a guest spot at the Muscle Mayhem show on 11th May so I am doing a mini diet to get a bit of fat off and look reasonable. My macros are now 325g protein, 250g carbohydrate, 65g fat which works out at a ratio of 45:35:20 Cardio has been upped to 30 mins 6x a week from the 20 mins 5x a week I was doing previously. I have now been on the diet 3 days and Nicki even told me last night how my face had changed already as some of the fluid has come out making me look instantly leaner. My weight has dropped aropund 2-3lbs in those 3 days as the water comes out. So far so good but its early days. Due to only having 3 weeks to get in shape in I am switching over to Talapia fish, which for those that dont know is the white fish of choice for many pros including my friend Flex and Boris (who introduced me to it). Its a lovely fish with a delicate flavour and can change the look of your physique relatively quickly. I will be buying around 25kgs (eating 1kg a day) so will get 200g of my protein from that source. I have a good contact for the fish so it doesn't work out that expensive (in fact cheaper than chicken) so it wont dent the pocket! As for training we have switched over to a higher rep/lighter weight protocol now as we both were feeling a little sore and overtrained at times and will continue with this until we see fit to change again. We are still using the 9 day split and will continue to do so as it is working well. Yesterday we trained shoulders and calves. We both got a very intense burn and pump off both shoulders and calves and reckon the secret is to not have any sleep before you train. Matt was kept up by his young daughter and I was just restless and hot all night after changing the diet. We started with shoulder press. Matt did smith press and I did dbells due to my elbows not liking a fixed bar. I hit 12 reps on 50kgs ( which was a 2 rep improvement on last week) and was tempted to go heavier but I will leave that for next week. The next exercise was side raises and we both used lighter weights but utilised a higher rep range of between 10-15. I went up to 17kgs for a max of 12 with the last 2 assisted. The last shoulder exercise was rear delts on the pec machine. I went light and did 3x15 as it is the one machine which makes my shoulder twinge a little. At that weight and rep range it was fine tho and I still felt I got a lot out of it. Calves were done again with a lighter weight and higher reps of between 15 and 20. We started with donkey raises and then went on to standing where i finished off with a few single legged calf raises. All in all a good session and we now have legs to look forward to on friday. J __________________ James Llewellin - A proud member of Team M.P:lift: To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. - Sports Supplements tailored for You www.jamesllewellin.com

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