Deload
Warm-up
5 min 3mph 5%
BTN Press
2 x 10 x 65 lbs
Squats
2 x 6 x 185 lbs
Calf Raises
2 x 10 x 225 lbs
BO Rows
2 x 7 x 135 lbs
Chin Ups
2 x 7
DB Bench
2 x 8 x 70 lbs
Shrugs
2 x 8 x 60 lbs
DB Curls
2 x 7 x 25 lbs
Side Delts
2 x 8 x 20 lbs
DB Flys
2 x 8 x 40 lbs
Leg Curls
2 x 8 x 130 lbs
Cable Pushdowns
2 x 10 x 50 lbs
Decline Abs
2 x 15
The photoshoot was amazing, such a great experience. I only have a couple pics on my phone, but I can't wait to see the touched up ones from the photographer. Here's a sneak peak
Now I'm 13 weeks out and I'm planning the rest of my prep:
First option, I do two 6 weeks meso with a deload in the middle.
Second option, I do three mesos with 3-4-4 weeks duration respectively with two deloads.
Third option, I do a 5 weeks metabolite meso, deload, 3 weeks regular hypertrophy meso on the lower rep range, deload, then heavy metabolites (Giant sets, drop sets, BFR) until the show.
First option positives: A lot more hypertrophy. Easy to program, I do higher reps hypertrophy first meso and then metabolites techniques on the last
First option negatives: Hard not to overreach when training that much - Increased risk of injuries given the extra volume on a cut
Second option positives: Less stress, less fatigue
Second option negatives: More deloads, which sucks - More chance of losing lean mass due to deloads - I don't know what to do for the last meso unless there's some strength somewhere in there.
Third option positives: Safer - The low reps on the 3 weeks mesos might prime my body for the last meso.
Third option negatives: I'm not sure how much I'll get out of the last meso, but I've never used BFR, giant sets and drop sets so it might be a nice new stimulus.
When I ran 4 consecutive hypertrophy mesos for my last prep I got nothing out of the two last ones. Given the circumstances though, the third option seems to be the better option.