06/04/2026
You’d need to eat roughly 7700 calories on top of your maintenance to gain just 1kg of body fat…
Which means your Easter chocolate haul?
It’s not doing what you think it is 😌🍫
You’ll feel sick wayyyy before you gain actual body fat from a couple of days of enjoying yourself.
One weekend doesn’t undo your progress… but restricting, overthinking, and then spiralling after it will.
Enjoy the chocolate. Move your body and get back to your routine.
That’s how results are actually built.
If you want to learn how to include foods like this without guilt or setbacks and still see real progress, I’ve got you 🤍
DM me “EASTER” or apply for coaching via the link in my bio 🍫✨
30/03/2026
5 weeks to go 😮🔥 swipe for beginning of prep 🙃
I haven’t shared much about prep this time around, but being on the home stretch felt like the right time for a little update…
12 weeks in and 9.5kg down which honestly still blows my mind 🤯
A few things I’ve noticed compared to my last prep:
• having a coach who actually cares is a game changer
• my energy has been high almost the entire time (huge difference)
• cravings have been pretty minimal… and when they hit it’s literally just burgers 🍔😂
Current set up:
• 14.5k steps daily
• 20 min bike x2/week
• 20 min stairs x2/week
• 30 min weighted incline walk x4/week
• training 4x/week
I won’t share calories because they’re individual, but I will say this…
they’re higher than they were at this point in my last prep
and I’m still eating biscoff, ice cream and jelly every day ☺️
Big reminder though, this is prep. It’s a sport.
The results you see in bodybuilding are extreme and not realistic (or necessary) for most people. It takes a level of precision, consistency and sacrifice that isn’t sustainable long term.
This isn’t a forever phase… and it’s not meant to be.
As soon as this is done, we reverse and bring body fat back to a place that feels good, healthy and maintainable 🫡
12/03/2026
7 weeks out… and my perspective on bodybuilding has somewhat changed 🖤
I originally wasn’t planning on sharing much about this prep, but I feel there is actually a lot to say about the process and the sport in general.
Bodybuilding is surrounded by a lot of controversy, and honestly I used to completely demonise it because of a previous experience. Now I preface this by saying, I am in no way encouraging anyone and everyone to compete, this is not a sport designed for everyone and choosing to compete is not a choice anyone should take lightly, it is an extreme sport in a number of different ways…
But a lot of the controversy, while sometimes justified, comes from a lack of awareness around what actually goes into getting on stage.
Stage lean isn’t healthy long term and it’s not meant to be. It’s a temporary condition athletes reach for competition, not something anyone should expect to maintain year round and the process itself can reveal some issues deeper in a persons psyche is they haven’t spent time healing first.
My prep in 2021 was so far from healthy it’s not even funny.
This time? It’s been 1000x smoother, nutritionally, physically and mentally. Thankyou 🙏🏻
And honestly I think a lot of the issues people see in bodybuilding come down to three things:
- the athlete’s mindset
- their why
and
- the coach’s ability to manage them properly through the process.
Last time I competed, a big part of my motivation came from a need for external validation.
I thought if I got lean enough, small enough, if my waist was tiny enough… I’d finally look the way I believed I should.
Looking back now, I tied a lot of my value to that.
This time is very different.
This time I genuinely don’t give a s**t 🤣
In fact, I’m already excited to gain some of this body fat back afterwards, because the body that is happiest and healthiest for me isn’t stage lean.
This prep isn’t about proving anything to anyone else.
It’s about finishing something I once said I’d never do again… and doing it properly this time.
7 weeks to go 🫡
27/02/2026
Almost 5 years of growth between these photos, physically, mentally, and emotionally.
There was a time I genuinely said I’d never compete again. I walked away believing the sport itself was horrific and disordered. Looking back now, I can say this with clarity: the sport itself isn’t horrific or disordered but being unready for prep and being mismanaged is and it can definitely enable disordered patterns.
This prep has been a completely different experience than my first one. It’s been smooth and intentional. Reflecting on my previous prep, the differences are night and day, and it’s been an eye-opener into just how much a well managed prep can reduce the psychological and emotional fallout that so many athletes accept as normal.
An athlete who is ready, supported, and coached by someone who genuinely cares will always outperform an athlete whose coach is reactive, misinformed, or ego driven.
Prep doesn’t have to break you. But it demands respect, readiness, and the right guidance.
We’ve got 9 weeks to bring the best package I can to stage, and for the first time in a long time, I’m genuinely excited to see how this unfolds. Grateful for the process and the guidance 🤝🫡