MY FIRST YOUTUBE VIDEO!!!

0:00 Hello. Welcome to my first ever YouTube video. This will be a Q&A and a upper session, a pull focused upper session. I just got back from holiday yesterday and sleep wasn't amazing, but I feel fresh as anything and just ready to get back to it to be honest with you. I'm about to take some pre, take some subs as well. Then I will go in, film my session and then I'll sit down and do the Q&A while I'm having my post workout meal. So yeah, I'll get into it.

0:30 >> It eats my chest. There's no way out. NO PLACE TO REST. >> >> I'M BURNING UP WITH NOWHERE TO THROW IT. STONED INSIDE AND I CAN'T control it. Walls don't bend and the sky won't break. How much of this can my body take? I scream so >> >> loud it drowns my head, but the anger >> >> stays. It's never fair.

1:04 >> >> I punch the air, it punches back. I chase the line but lose the track. Voices echo. They don't hear the louder I get, >> >> the less I hear. The fire climbs. It eats my chest.

1:35 There's no way out. No >> >> place to rest. I'm burning up with nowhere to throw it. Stoned inside and I can't control it. Walls don't bend and the sky won't break. How much of this can my body take? I scream so >> >> loud it drowns my head, but the anger stays. >> >> So, that wraps up the upper part of the YouTube video.

3:17 Session was actually really well, to be honest with you. Like first session back from holiday. I'm a little bit out of breath still cuz I was doing some posing rounds. At the moment, I'm doing three rounds a day. I'll probably up it when I'm 2 weeks out from the first comp. So, in about 2 weeks, I'll do five rounds a day. And I'm doing some routine practice after every session as well. So, about five times a week, which is is pretty good volume, to be honest with you, to build some good endurance. So, you know, when I get on that stage, I'm not huffing and puffing. Like I remember when I first started posing, oh my days, I could probably get to like the fourth mandatory pose, and I was just like, "Huh."

3:52 Like, there's probably a video of it somewhere, but it is hilarious, to be honest. But, I feel that there is a lot of expectations on me to do really, really well and achieve some incredible things throughout this season. And I appreciate everyone's confidence in me. And I know in my own aspirations that I do want to achieve these things. But, the confidence that I have within myself isn't like ego where I'm like, "Oh, I'm going to win. I'm going to win."

4:23 >> >> It's more so in a sense that I know I've done everything I can and will continue to do so to bring the best look I can to each individual show. If I don't win a single medal, even what is to be considered easier show, which I don't really believe there is an easy show because it's like you've got 4 months of prep. That's not easy. You then you're stepping on stage. There's no such thing as an easy show.

4:46 >> >> If I don't win a single one, but I have brought the best physique I can, that's okay. And I'm completely fine with that. I'm in a very, very good headspace coming in to competing where it is actually very similar to my friend Toy Ton. That if I don't win, it's okay because my goal isn't to win and win accolades. My goal is to bring a physique that will be remembered in 10, 20 years time.

5:10 If in 10, 20 years time, I still have not achieved the things that I want to do, which I don't believe will happen. I think it is inevitable for me to achieve these things. Then I want people to be looking back and thinking, "How the didn't he win that?" You know, but I look at my physique and thinking that. And that is a completely different level of goal to just having these accolades as your goals. It's like having a materialistic object.

5:40 Like, what is that pro card going to do to change my life? You might get a couple more followers, you know. you might fill this empty void inside you, but it doesn't make your physique any better. Getting a pro card does not mean that your physique is better than it was before you got the pro card. It makes no difference. So, I want to bring the best look I can possible to every single show. Every single show that I do.

6:13 And if that can be remembered as people being like, "What the fuck?" Come a year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, 20 years time, and people looking back going, "Look at this 20-year-old freak natural." That's what I want. That's what I want. Hello. this is the Q&A segment of the video. I understand it's a bit of a change of scenery, very pink. but drove over to my cousin's house, come spend some time with family. but yeah, anyways, so What is my training program? So, my training program at the moment is upper, lower, rest, repeat. I have two variations of upper days, two variations of lower days, obviously A and B. One is more pull focused, one is more push focused, and then same with lower, one is more anterior focused, one is more posterior focused.

7:02 usually I would do a heavy press on both days, which is flat Smith, and then the other day is an incline Smith. Usually working in like a 5 to 8 rep range. same with the back off as well, so I'll do two sets of that. And then for my other pressing variation, I'll do some more tempo, some more controlled stuff, because the first set on the Smith is usually pretty meat-headed like. I usually would start the pull focused stuff with a lot of back work, and then obviously work my way into pressing, and then vice versa, and same with legs. So, yeah.

7:39 Sets and reps. So, as I did lead to a little bit earlier on in that question, I will do a lot of me headed stuff. I enjoy it. It's fun. Intensity's high. Why not? Especially if working in a good and comfortable range of motion that I'm not going to get injured from. And exercises, especially that I'm in prep, that I've been running for months on end. My progressions now will not usually come from weight. not that I couldn't progress in weight, but because I don't want to get injured.

8:12 I would rather work with the same load and progress on execution, reps, and control of that weight than go up in weight and risk further chance of injury. At this point in prep, most of the work is done if I'm going to be honest. There's a little bit more fat loss to be done. There's not much more muscle that's going to be built at this point, if I'm being real. So, it's just trying to hold on to however much there is and try to get a minute little bit more, you know, to gain.

8:44 A lot of my compounds that I do, so like heavy pressing, heavy hinging, heavy squatting, and leg pressing will be on separate days, or they'll be managed by what else is going on in the session. So, I know, for example, that with energy being low because food is low and just expenditure being up from being in prep, I don't really want to be heavy hinging and heavy squatting on the same day. I will heavy hinge on Monday and I'll do some very light and controlled, not really light, but controlled leg pressing stuff. And then I'll on the other day, I'll do my heavy squats, my heavy leg press, and we'll get into it that way.

9:26 my heavy stuff is usually between five and eight. My accessory work, is usually between eight and 12 reps. Sometimes I will go a little bit higher on some days, like, for example, when exercises like bicep curls, push downs, overhead extensions, calf raises. A lot of the smaller muscle groups, I will usually go on a higher rep range because I feel like I can hit hit better accuracy and better intent to my sets by doing those higher rep ranges. And then the lower rep range work will still be done, but it will be between 8 and 10.

10:01 So, yeah. Do I think I've good genetics? Yes. I do believe I have good genetics, yes. I think I have great genetics for strength structure, for bodybuilding. I think I have I am extremely bubbly, like, I have large muscle bellies. however, that does not mean that I've not put in the work to get to where I am. I think that a lot of the work that I've done, is also knowing that I have good genetics and feeling this almost unnatural obligation to achieve these things because I have these genetics, and I will not let those go to waste.

10:40 A lot of people have told me that they wish they had my genetics and so many other things along the lines. I am not going to let that go to waste. I'm going to everything I can to maximize my genetics, and I truly believe with everything that I've done so far, I'm just getting started. There's much more to come, you know. Who is my biggest inspiration? To be honest with you, I have so many inspirations in the fitness scene, from bodybuilders, from strength athletes, from even influencers as well.

11:10 >> >> A lot of them are Controlling Insanity athletes. I think the whole team is awesome. I think they all spread such a great message, and they are great athletes as well. But, individual athletes, I'd say people like Toy Ton. he supported me from the ground up, like, in April I had under 500 followers, you know? and now I'm 21 K at the time of this video, which is absolutely ridiculous to think about in like what, 4 months?

11:39 That is honestly ridiculous. He got me to start posting, he encouraged me, he was reposting my stuff. And I think that he's just an incredible human being and deserves everything he gets. Other big inspirations are people like Thrall. I think that Thrall has truly pushed the strength >> >> or or what is believed to be the strength limit of natural athletes, especially bodybuilders as well. And then in the UK scene, I would say like Jack Eagless. I think his execution is incredible. I think everything he stands for is incredible.

12:07 him tearing his pec recently and the way he's gone about it is incredible. It's very admirable. he seems very positive and I hope he is doing okay in his personal life as well cuz you know, people can show different things. I understand how much that might affect someone, but he may not want to show it on social media, but I do truly hope he's doing well. Cuba. Cuba is a massive inspiration and I think he's a genius.

12:32 What made me stop lifting? So, funny enough, I actually used to play football until I was about 17 and a few months. and I pulled my adductor. Like, it was a very minor minor injury to be honest with you. And one of my friends from college was like, "Oh, come down to the gym." Cuz I always used to be quite strong, quite stocky. Like, I was very naturally strong anyways. like even on the pitch, even just growing up.

12:54 And I came down and I was really strong. first time ever bench pressing, I benched 90 kilos, which I still think is ridiculous to this day. And I tried 100 and it got stuck on me. I was like, "Oh!" And like, my feet were going everywhere. I couldn't get it off me. I had to get it like pulled off by like two people as well. But that was ridiculous and it was a big wake-up call to me because I was a very good footballer.

13:18 but what I am and I feel that I could be in bodybuilding and in strength is something different. You know, I believe that I am an anomaly. I believe that my mindset is on another level. I believe that my genetics are on another level. I just think it's inevitable that I will achieve all of my goals, that I will. And I feel like what I can do in this scene and the message that I can spread will be much more meaningful than being a a footballer. You know, I feel like I could have got to a decent level, not but the Prem.

13:49 but you never know. I'm not saying I would have gone to the Prem. I'm not saying I was that good at by any means. I'm just very, very optimistic in what I can do and what I can't do. And I don't believe there's many things I can't do if I truly put my mind to it. so, yeah. favorite training split. Honestly, upper lower rest repeat is incredible. I just think by frequency standards it is incredible if you can work around it. obviously, day-to-day life and things, whatever else.

14:20 But, yeah, I do think it's really, really good. However, I do believe there is a place for splits like anterior posterior, especially if you're training for strength. Like, if you're training SBD, I think you should be on anterior posterior or beyond SBD push pull legs. I I think that's the only way you're you're going to be making the most progress, to be honest with you. Some things I do to improve mentally. So, I actually do struggle with really bad memory. So, I've been trying to do a lot of things to improve my memory such as learning new languages, not for the benefit of learning any new language, but to improve memory. I've been back to playing chess. I used to play chess when I was younger. I used to be I used to be pretty decent.

15:05 and I've been reading a lot as well, to be honest with you. But, that's about it. That's about it. Where do my captions come from? So, a little bit leading on from my last question, I do do a lot of reading and I do spend a a of time on my head as well. And more also just from things I've been through in my personal life that have had such a positive impact on people's lives and messages and comments that they've sent me.

15:31 And making things relatable to people and giving people hope. You know, and giving people inspiration. So, that's a big part of why I post my comments. But, where they come from is my own mind, just from reading, things I think of. Like, sometimes I'll just sit there and listen to music and the caption will pop into my head. but, yeah. Daily supplements. So, I take protein powder, cream of rice, if that counts. Creatine, ashwagandha, if I pronounce that right.

16:04 I take a multivitamin, but it's like a high-strength one from Myprotein. C-O-D-E-J-D-N. C-O-D-E-J-D-N. hell. magnesium. I take fish oils. I feel like I'm missing something. Whatever. What shows I'm going to compete in? So, I'm doing BNBF. I am doing UKDFBA. I'm doing ANBFF.

16:34 MBW. 10X. two bros show, which will be pretty awesome, I think. To hopefully then go on to get the chance to go and compete for my pro card later this year in November. And yeah, we'll go from there. That would be That would be incredible. How long have I been training? I've been training 2 years and 9 months, I think. Whenever from December 2023. So, yeah, 2 years and whatever months that is.

17:05 >> >> Thoughts on taking steroids? I I'm not going to be taking steroids, if I'm going to be honest with you. I feel like I have incredible genetics. first of all, I don't need to to achieve the things that I've always set out to achieve, but I also prioritize my girlfriend, my future family, and my family now. And I feel like I am not in the healthy mindset, to be honest. I don't think that and I'm not using an excuse here, but because of my autism, I don't think that I would handle being on steroids well.

17:42 I think I I would overthink a lot about things in life, cuz I'm quite into myself anyways. I do have like quite deep thought out moments. and I really don't think that that would be good to go on steroids well. I feel like all of that would be amplified and it'd be a terrible decision for me, to be honest with you. And I feel like it would flip my world upside down, so I will not be ever taking steroids.

18:08 >> >> What are my goals? So, my goals are at the moment, natural I B Pro. I don't care when I do it. Just that's the goal. And then, a 1,000 kilo SBD. again, I don't care if that's gym lifts. I don't care if that's competing. Just want to do it. Very, very simple. that's just like a thing for me. I've always wanted to do that. I don't care how I get there. I just want to do it. As long as I'm not using a bench, everything else counts.

18:42 but yeah, that's about it for the moment. There probably will be more coming along, and there'll be goals attached to that. Like, I probably want to do something quite good on incline bench, cuz I'm naturally better on incline and not shoulder pressing for some weird reason. But, that's what I'm getting to anyways. So, there'll be a lot of side missions along the way, but they're the main two, and I will never lose track of them ones. But, yeah, anyways, thank you for watching my first ever YouTube video. If you've, made it this far, I'd really really appreciate that.

19:14 not much more else to say, but I I really appreciate it. Thank you.