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For someone looking for size and mass. Is it better to take whey protein or mass gainer ? In other words, do you include mass gainer in your offseason supplementation ?

Do you currently use any nutrient partitioning supplements to shuttle carbs, proteins, etc to muscles for any meals during the day? Specifically pre and post workout meals. Also how long do you wait after eating your preworkout meals to train?

Thanks,
Brad

Hi Phil,
Best of luck in your journey for ur 6th sandow..My question is, when u are dieting down for the O, and ur carbs are restricted, do you ever feel low or depressed etc and if so how do you overcome that and get your mental thoughts back on track.

Thanks bro
Regards
Luke

Hey what's up Phil, I was wandering how many days in advance do you fly into the city where your show will be held at? Also during your peak week what does your training look like? Do you cut training out completely 3 days out? Or do you train hard the whole week and maybe have a touch up/recovery day 2 days before? Any feedback towards this topic would help! Competing in my first show in 5 weeks!
Thanks man
Aundrew (on*drew) Grote

What's up Phil, it's Aundrew again, I was wandering what your thoughts were about fasted cardio? There's extensive research going against it but not enough to say clearly that fasted cardio is bunk and a TOTAL myth. Any input from the champ would help. Or maybe you could tell us what your plan for cardio is during this prep and i might just do that haha.
Appreciate it man!
Aundrew Grote

what difference does it make having your meals taken care of for you? Were you cooking prepping all your meals yourself before?

I was very impressed at the love attention and exactness your lady put into your meals on one of your blogs, how can those who don't have this duplicate this?

Hey champ sorry i have so many questions...
1- how much do you sleep what time (during a prep and in off season)
2- i saw in one of your old videos on youtube that you train at 1am and go up in time explaine how does this work.
3- i think i have reached my maximum gains that i can get with the supplements and the eating i'm planing on useing the (GH), i know most of the poeple 80% thinks it's cheating and talking BS but what's your opinion, i know it's a little personal subject for a bodybuilder to talk about but i really wanna learn from the best.
PEACE!

Who's going to win second at the Olympia this year?

Hey Phil,
I have a stupid question but I really want to know what you think about it,
So.. Do you flex your muscle during the concentric and eccentric? Thats what i am doing.. but someone in the gym told that its waste of energy and you need to let the muscle do the work.
I squeeze hard during all set every rep both eccentric and concentric and try to focus only in the muscle that i am work on it..

Thanks,
Dilen.

Hey Champ, when I do arms I alternate biceps and triceps and finish on forearms. I've noticed in your videos you train all bicep stuff then all triceps. Is that just preference or is it more beneficial to do it that way?

What are the tell tales signs in your body that you have discovered over the years that determine when you take your high carb days during ketosis periods for fat loss and muscle preservation? Oh and Thanks for answering my question last time too! Dan.

Hey phil i was wondering if you would possibly do a tutorial on different poses and how to create a routine for competitions, this would be a massive help, thanks man. I was also wondering where could i get your products (both supps and clothing) from in the UK?

Do you ever hesitate to train biceps and triceps thinking it may hurt your chest and back days?

Hey phil
I go to bed at 10 p.m. and train at 2 a.m. what post workout meal do you recommend and how should I eat throughout the day for weight loss.