James Collier's 2010 TROG & Journal - Training with the Pros!

I've intentionally stayed reserved in posting in case anybody finds out about our trysts

I'd be interested to know a rough plan of your diet and routine James. Clearly you are a guy in shape and who knows much about training and nutrition.

I have no training routine as you can see from my TROG - I train wholely instinctively and if I train with one of the guys I do what they want as they're the important ones.

My diet: that too is all over.  But I do follow some basic principles which I will post this week...

I'm really trying to develop a better feel for things - i'm not the best at adhering to a rigid routine. If i can train hard, eat well and get the ethos right i'm sure i can do alright.

Do you find your diet gets affected much by revolving around the family, or are you disciplined enough to stick to your own needs?

ENT outcome. For those of you interested in my voice problems: I saw the ENT consultant today and the diagnosis is now confirmed chronic laryngeo-pharyngitis, ie a swollen larynx & pharynx. It's permanent so not treatable, but it is manageable. So, with speech therapy and a number of other things, I will be talking properly again soon (I hope). And future prognosis means I have to be very careful under certain circumstances.

Blimey James...good luck with that....sounds a bit trite I know but I don't know what I can say to something that's untreatable.....take care hey?...great to say hello to you on Sunday by the way....

Sorry for the delay in posting this.  Below is a sample of a day's diet plan.  However, I rarely manage to stick to this due to irrgular working times and being busy, etc.  However, I do use this as a basis.

Work + Training Day

Wake
30g whey protein in water

Breakfast 7.45am
Wholewheat cereal + skimmed milk + sugar
½ MRP in water

9.30am
Pro-Flapjack
Item fruit
Tea with skimmed milk

12.00pm
Sandwich / roll
Item fruit
Drink

2.30pm
Large handful sunflower seeds / nuts
Flapjack
MRP RTD
Tea with skimmed milk

4.30pm
30g whey protein in water
6 oatcakes
Item fruit
Tea with skimmed milk

Immediately post workout
MRP in water
or 20g WPH + maltodextrin in water

Evening Meal (60 mins later)
200g lean meat / chicken / fish / 6 eggs
Potatoes / rice / pasta / bread
Veg / salad

Mid-evening
Wholewheat cereal + skimmed milk + sugar
and/or 5-6 crispbread / oatcakes + 100g cheese + nuts/seeds
Probiotic yoghurt
6 BCAAs

Bedtime
½ MRP



For some reason, this seems a little sparce. In reality I do eat mroe than this!

any training action recently?

New workouts with top bodybuilders added to my TROG

Shaun Joseph-Tavernier

Daz Ball

Simon Cohen

See: http://www.muscletalk.co.uk/trog/2/1352tp.aspx and http://www.muscletalk.co.uk/trog/2/1353tp.aspx

6 oatcakes...no fair, I want 6 oatcakes!

^ I like the Nairns ones, fine milled are nice 

Just dropped by to say Good luck with the health issues James, I hope everything works out for the best and you are back to form in no time.

Thanks guys.  No Journal / TROG updates for a couple of weeks due to the Body Power Expo.  Hope to be back in full training this week

No updates for a while, as I was so incredibly busy with the Body Power Expo and catching up afterwards.  Now I have more time to train, I have a few injuries which are really restricting me.  I'm itiching to get back into it and trian hard but I can only train back, tris and legs at the mo!

Good luck James :)

What injuries have you picked up, if you dont mind me asking?

MMA4life


Good luck James :)

What injuries have you picked up, if you dont mind me asking?

Trouble in my inside elbow and front delt, both on my right arm.  The the usual...

Injury update: my inside elbow and shoulder are considerably worse despite treatments.  To be honest, I'm at a loss

On the plus side my hams and calves are improving!

maybe time to have a break from training for a while?

Are the injuries making it impossible for you to train at the moment?

Just curious, but what protein flapjacks do you tend to go for James?

No, I ma training, just not TROGing!  I am not training all out though as my shoulder is bad.

Personally I enjoy CNP Pro-flapjacks - choc orange with a cup of tea!

I trained with Neil Hill - trainer of champs - and Daz Ball yesterday in Tenby, S Wales.

Details are here and the workout is here