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23/09/2026

2 weeks with a pulled trap… come back to my first session, pull the other trap… sound😂

So I’m deciding that I’m not injured and just working around it.

First time squatting for a few weeks today, so decided to go beltless to limit the weight I could lift, this is so I don’t push to hard too soon, belt will be back in the next session.

Long term progression is the goal and even if you’ve had to have time off or missed a few sessions, we don’t want to make the problem worse and keep you out of the gym for longer, so lighter and more controlled sessions a you return is a good idea.

It’s the person at the finish line who wins, not the person who blew their load

12/09/2026

The goal of today was to see what my trap/neck can handle. So this will pretty much be the upper A session I’ll be running.

Videos in reverse order.

When recovering from an injury, stay away from failure. Load is about 50-80% of normal but gives me a good starting point

Do the work

11/09/2026

Enjoy the small moments and double down on your goals and the life you want.

10/09/2026

If the bags under my eyes don’t tell you, I’m in need of rest 😂

I drove home contemplating a night working or a night relaxing, a common back and forth for me.

And it reminded me that quantity of time doing something isn’t equal to the quality of time doing it.

We are all different and in need of different advice. Some need goggins, some need to be reminded to rest.

08/09/2026

If you are a dual sport athlete then timing your seasons is going to be important.

A mistake I made was going straight into a bodybuilding prep after cutting and peaking for a powerlifting comp.

During a powerlifting peak, your volume is so low that there is a big chance you’ll lose muscle mass, plus being in a deficit means you’ll be at risk of losing muscle even more.

New video live on my YouTube talking about lessons from my first prep. Go check it out

Picked up a trap/neck injury last week, so walking around like Batman. Also playing around with what I can still do tha...
07/09/2026

Picked up a trap/neck injury last week, so walking around like Batman.

Also playing around with what I can still do that doesn’t aggravate it.

Pulled it again on the hack while bracing so still some more playing around to do.

Feeling in a good spot apart from the injury so fingers crossed I can keep progressing in other areas.

You have to train around injuries as much as possible to not only keep up the momentum, but because there is some carry over systemically to other muscles.

Love a little comparison. Left is me at 90.5kg during the prepRight is me now at 93.5kg I’m 10kg up from stage weight an...
02/09/2026

Love a little comparison.

Left is me at 90.5kg during the prep
Right is me now at 93.5kg

I’m 10kg up from stage weight and am only now feeling comfortable enough to post something like this😂

The goals for me are simple
- get as wide as possible, shoulders and back are taking the priority.
- secondary focus is my arms and legs
- chest can coast along nicely

I want to hit a 250kg squat at some point so the plan is to stay within the 6-10 rep range on squats, do a max test every 4 weeks and when my predicted is at 250kg I’ll peak it and test it.

So going to be focusing on hypertrophy at least for the rest of the year and see how wide we can get.

I’d also love a 270kg deadlift and to join the 300kg club at some point… if this is to happen I need to be bigger and heavier. More muscle, more bullets to fire, so bigger is the goal that should hopefully lead to the other goals.

Roll on this next block of training.

When you can see my abs… I’m a bodybuilder… when you can’t, I’m a powerlifter. Dual citizenship comes in handy😂😂

Do the work yada yada yada

A hole-some weekend with big shay and .rose.candy
31/08/2026

A hole-some weekend with big shay and .rose.candy

26/08/2026

Forever power building for these reasons 🫡

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