Day 3: August 18, 2016<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Daily Notes\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Notes From Matt<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Dallas is in a really good place right now and his body is not fighting him which is a great sign, he is working really hard and when changes are made we are getting a positive response from them. The body is not always that responsive but when it is you can tell that things are in a sweet spot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I have no stress on my end right now with where Dallas is at physique wise and that is a great spot for us as a team to be. We both feed off of each others energy in the gym and outside of the gym I feel that Dallas feeds off of my expressions and the non verbal communication that we have during progress pictures, when I am assessing his physique at different points of the day etc… and right now all is in a good place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Today is a refeed day for Dallas which was determined this morning as in typical fashion we wake up and go through posing and I look over his physique as well. I wouldn’t say that this is your “typical” refeed but through our time together I learned that he simply needs more and I would not be surprised if we had to do something similar tomorrow as glycogen recomp at someone of his size takes more than a 12 hour feeding window to get true glycogen storage back and not just an influx of water.<\/span><\/p>\n

Following this mornings cardio we went to Whole Foods to grab the typical diet foods which will be used today in greater amounts plus a few extra carb type foods that are a more dense course of carbs so that his total food volume is not so high that he struggles more so with the volume of food rather than the total caloric intake.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The way I have structured his diet today is 5 planned out meals with macros and then we will do a sushi meal which is all that he can comfortably eat and for that I do a rough estimate of macros. My reasoning for tracking is because to me these high days tell a small story of what will be needed at the end of prep to properly load. These calories within the day are all saved and notes are made off of how he responds so I can get a gauge of what is needed throughout peak week as by that point his body will be in a leaner more depleted state and that too needs to be taken into consideration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Due to todays refeed we are going to try to do our best to make the most of the food during training and focus more on blood volume, supersets and less nervous system based heavy training in order to actually get a positive response from the food rather than dig deeper into a hole. So with that being said training will be more instinctual which I am going to let Dallas dictate and not a set plan. If he is feeling good we will do a greater amount of volume if he is not and feeling beat we wont force something that is not there and do a marathon workout just because food is increased today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We are also posting clips of each training day on snapchat during our time together so be sure to follow along there as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Dallasmccarver<\/em> and Mattjansen8<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n