Some say that giant Koreans don’t exist.

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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • Well, physically there are a few things. Your maint calories will likely go up as you maintain, so things like NEAT will go up and you’ll be burning more calories over all (which means more food). You’ll be able to put on more muscle because of the extra calories which will help with fat burning, glucose disposal, and all sorts of other good stuff. Your joints will be happier with increased calories as the body is better at repairing damaged tissues in maint/surplus. Hormones should upregulate. Etc etc.

    But the mental aspect is huge and definitely welcomed!










  • My coach will be adding an Oly day into my program, and she’ll likely put me through a squat cycle, so I need to change my routine around a bit to add in the BB work. Mon and Fri will be squat days, and I’m guessing Wed will be light/technique work. I’ve settled on doing two-a-days on Mon and Fri (Oly morning, full body BB evening) - this is flexible enough that I can move my BB sessions to Tues and/or Sat as time and energy permits. I’ll need to limit lower body accessory work to maintenance levels (like a set or two of each movement at RPE 6-7) but I think this will be doable. The other option is 3 BB sessions of push/pull/legs in the evenings on Mon, Wed, and Fri (or Tues, Thurs, and/or Sat morning). I just need to try some setups out and see what works.

    I hit 120kg x 10 on kickstand RDLs. I want to work up to 140x5 on each leg (or whatever I can get) and then I’ll just maintain that for a while.