Daz Ball's Journal

Good to see people watching the video clip and training from it, makes it worthwhile...

Cookie dough


ha, ha... cookie monster. I like that!

yeah are u a cookie monster cookie dough i love the cookie jar but show time we need to leave them alone good luck with our training.

MikeS


Few questions if I may:

1 - What is the macronutrient breakdown of the diet?
2 - Eating grapefruit, is that for the Naringin content or?

Question for Daz:

What is it that you do, that you feel helps you get that shredded-granite-hard look? And do you feel coming in so dry and cut is at the expense of fullness?

Thanks

james does the diet so i will leave them to him as for the other ? i like to be rock hard ripped and dry u can win a show like that but u carb upto much and go soft and see how u get on i will get the carb up right this year and be ripped and dry and full its one sport you never stop learning more about you and your body. hope your training is going well pal

MikeS


Few questions if I may:

1 - What is the macronutrient breakdown of the diet?
2 - Eating grapefruit, is that for the Naringin content or?

Question for Daz:

What is it that you do, that you feel helps you get that shredded-granite-hard look? And do you feel coming in so dry and cut is at the expense of fullness?

Thanks

the thing that makes me shredded and rock hard is hit training with the weights and cardio i use things like boxing and thai boxing as part of my cardio and when i use the weights its short rest between sets not thinking about lifting the weights but thinking how the weights is going to add more muscles to this part of the body. Dont get me wrong now and then i will train with heavy weights but still not to heavy that i have to think more about them then moving them right

MikeS


By ACSM I meant American College of Sports Medicine. They're position stand on fluid replacement recommends a certain amount of fluid, along with sodium for water retention.

I'm guessing the sodium loading & depleting is more for competition? Out of competition does he drink a certain amount of water a day or?

Not important really just wondering :)

Thanks for defining ACSM, obviously we're less aware of these acronyms, being British

Off season, Daz just drinks when we wants - there's no need to play around with fluid

hi everyone i have made few changes to my training going from 4 days to 5 days now and i have split back up to make that extra day and put one extra bicep session in.
For back i do width and thickness so on width day lots of pulldowns and pull ups and thickness more rows and deadlifts still going with lots of volume and reps 12 to 15 but next week going to a heavy week so that will be bit longer on rest between sets 1min to 1min 30secs.

i like to change things up all the time alot of people wud not go heavy 8 weeks before a show but i stick with how things fall and now i have 4 weeks of this then i will go to 6 days a week and hit whole body twice a week one heavy and one for reps to bring out that last bit.

i will keep it updated with my lifts this week and you can see wot you think to my lifts like i say i dont care really but i do stick to how things fall so when its time to go heavy i will and my lifts are not to bad i still will not go below 8 reps.

Cardio will stay as it is 30 mins after training twice a day and on saturday i will do the morning thats it. As for cardio in the week morning is hit cardio and like i say i work with my friend jim wallhead and do pads and other bits evening is bike or walking and is just nice and easy just another to get a sweat on.

Well hope you enjoy the read next week and keep on pumping.

hi daz, i'll be doing my first show at the ukbff northern ireland in june, its great to know your guest posing there!!

looking forward to it

Daz,

how long have u been splitting up your back session for width and thickness?

Do u feel this has helped a lot as was thinking about it myself or do u think it's more just for the advanced/pro BBers like yourself?

cheers

Dan - he's only been splitting it like this for a week, so I guess it's too early to tell

James


Dan - he's only been splitting it like this for a week, so I guess it's too early to tell

cheers mate

Argh!! How dare you change your training!

Daz Ball

MikeS


Few questions if I may:

1 - What is the macronutrient breakdown of the diet?
2 - Eating grapefruit, is that for the Naringin content or?

Question for Daz:

What is it that you do, that you feel helps you get that shredded-granite-hard look? And do you feel coming in so dry and cut is at the expense of fullness?

Thanks

james does the diet so i will leave them to him as for the other ? i like to be rock hard ripped and dry u can win a show like that but u carb upto much and go soft and see how u get on i will get the carb up right this year and be ripped and dry and full its one sport you never stop learning more about you and your body. hope your training is going well pal

Ah that wasnt a criticism, I was just curious is all because your always looking freaky shredded and since Dexter came in softer at the O last year (but still in shape) he looked alot bigger for it even though he admitted himself it was not extra weight. I posed the same question to Dorian Yates (he had that crazy granite look too at one point) but he didnt respond lol so thanks! I am doing my very first show this year so was just kinda curious what you thought was crucial in acheiving that insane conditioning - as thats what I want :)

Totally agree it is a sport where you keep developing!

Daz Ball

MikeS


Few questions if I may:

1 - What is the macronutrient breakdown of the diet?
2 - Eating grapefruit, is that for the Naringin content or?

Question for Daz:

What is it that you do, that you feel helps you get that shredded-granite-hard look? And do you feel coming in so dry and cut is at the expense of fullness?

Thanks

the thing that makes me shredded and rock hard is hit training with the weights and cardio i use things like boxing and thai boxing as part of my cardio and when i use the weights its short rest between sets not thinking about lifting the weights but thinking how the weights is going to add more muscles to this part of the body. Dont get me wrong now and then i will train with heavy weights but still not to heavy that i have to think more about them then moving them right

I get what you mean. I have noticed about your boxing style training.. I've added some skipping into my cardio routine at the moment (only 5mins to start) as well as stationary bike so we'll see how that go's...the more different the better I think!

James

MikeS


By ACSM I meant American College of Sports Medicine. They're position stand on fluid replacement recommends a certain amount of fluid, along with sodium for water retention.

I'm guessing the sodium loading & depleting is more for competition? Out of competition does he drink a certain amount of water a day or?

Not important really just wondering :)

Thanks for defining ACSM, obviously we're less aware of these acronyms, being British

Off season, Daz just drinks when we wants - there's no need to play around with fluid

lol I'm british! Well,....Welsh but the government calls me british! ha

I'm only aware of the ACSM because alot of the journals/books they make us read at Uni are from or released by the ACSM.

New entries and new meal plan in Daz's main journal page now

See here

Also some new pics on his profile

And don't forget his gallery pics!

Bloody hell, the volume of food you get through Daz is crazy!!!!!!

Obviously works though!

That diet is incredible. Thank you for sharing!

Hi Daz
 
What are your cholesterol ratios and bp readings like whilst on?
 
How long do you intend to carry on competing? Much room left for improvement do you think?  Do you think adding more mass is most important to you or symmetry/ shape and conditioning?
 
Sorry for all the questions haha
Cheers

Incredible Bulk


hi daz, i'll be doing my first show at the ukbff northern ireland in june, its great to know your guest posing there!!

looking forward to it

Good luck with the show mate come say hi and if i can help at the show or before the show in anyway just ask

danchubbz


Daz,

how long have u been splitting up your back session for width and thickness?

Do u feel this has helped a lot as was thinking about it myself or do u think it's more just for the advanced/pro BBers like yourself?

cheers

i like to change my training around alot it may be reps, sets ,or days i train on but this is another thing you can do to improve to me one of the most eye catching body parts the back If you look at most peoples training plan a back session will be maybe 4 exercises to me for a bodypart so big its not another but if u was to do all the exercise you need in one session you will be over training. So give it a go over 6 weeks and see how u feel good luck with it and let us know how you get on.