02/05/2023
Getting Rob Shredded!
Rob jumped on board my transformation service at the beginning of January with the goal of getting in the best shape of his life so far!
Rob wanted to challenge himself, see what his body is really capable of, and improve the way he feels on a day to day basis to maximise his work performance.
Due to their being a tight deadline with Rob's holiday we had 11 weeks to get him in incredible shape. We ended up smashing his photoshoot but of course came with its challenges.
However, most of these challenges were minimised by ensuring he nailed his sleep, hydration and had ample downtime.
By making sure he hit 7-9 hours of sleep each night, had planned social time and stayed hydrated each day he was able to perform at his absolute best at work and in the gym.
From a training standpoint we ran a 4 day per week training split where we hit 3 upper focused sessions and one lower body session. He trained Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri with Wednesday as a rest day.
From a volume standpoint Rob had a moderate amount of training volume through his entire program 12-20 sets per body part per week.
We sat on the lower side of that range as Rob has a very demanding work schedule with a young son and was in a respectable calorie deficit.
Adding more volume would have affected recovery capabilities and raised stress levels unnecessarily.
We also added in cardiovascular conditioning to the end of his workouts and mixed up the methods we used to keep the cardio exciting.
We would do a mixture each week of full body circuits and simple steady state conditioning at low intensities on cyclical pieces of equipment like the stationary bike, rower and assault bike.
From a nutrition standpoint we maintained a high protein, high carbohydrate diet with moderate fats leading all the way up until the last 2-3 weeks where we had to make some drops in order to push for that final result.
Overall, Rob absolutely nailed his transformation and dropped 18 kg in 12 weeks which is incredible!
If you want to maximise your work performance and get in the best shape of your life then click the link in my bio to apply for my 1-1 personal training or online coaching.