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- Ryan Terry here, welcome to Muscle and Strength.
Today I'm gonna take you through my pre-workout routine.
Typically before I train,
I normally go for a high carb, high protein meal.
But at the minute, I'm just trying to mix things up
and try and get calories in,
in a more enjoyable way.
So, I've really taken to basically
blending a big smoothie together before I train.
So, we're going to be hitting the gym
in about an hour from now.
So what I'm doing at the minute, I'm doing 50 grams of oats,
rolled oats, oatmeal.
I'm using about 100 ml of soya milk.
And then I top it with a little bit of water, ice.
I use about 40 to 45 grams of peanut butter.
Crunchy, gotta have that crunch in there.
Full banana,
and then two scoops of whey protein,
which is around 50 grams of protein.
And I blend that up
and like I say,
it's just nice, easy, digestible,
ready before I train.
When I first started training,
I was very very conscious on having just carbs and protein.
Pre-workout, one hour before,
I was very strict on that.
But as I've adapted,
as I've got older,
my body's changed.
I've always struggled to hold weight.
So I've recently,
and I say recently,
just into this off season,
I've started switching up my chicken and rice,
which I've always had for the last 15 years
before I trained.
And I'm now taking like a smoothie,
which I just wanted to try something different.
And I think bodybuilding,
yes, it's about consistency and finding what works for you.
But then I think as well,
it's trying different things
and that's where I'm at at the minute.
I want to put some weight on
and I feel like adding those extra calories
through fats and through different sources of carbs,
it has been helping me recently.
Just a little bit more of an insight
into the ingredients
and why I take what I take.
So obviously,
we've got peanuts,
you can have almond nut butter,
and that's to get your essential fats in.
And for me, it's quite a hard gainer.
It's getting some extra calories in
which is quite easy to digest.
I'm going for a banana because it's fast acting sugars,
fast-acting carb.
Soya milk,
I'm not brilliant with dairy.
Milk of a whole, actually upsets my tummy quite a bit.
So, soya milk is quite good for me.
It's got like a creamy taste to it
and it doesn't affect me obviously before I train.
I'm going for a whey protein because it's fast acting.
That's what we want.
Oats because it's a great carb source,
and obviously I need energy for training.
And then, like I say,
the water is just to basically make it a bit thinner
so I don't have it too thick and gloopy.
But, if you want to keep adding more calories to it,
a great way is to add frozen berries.
And that obviously is going to get some more antioxidants
into the body as well as extra carbs.
And we'll do a shameless plug now for my channel.
So if you want to go over and see more day in the life
like eating wise
and what I do when I'm prepping for shows
or different times of the year,
then check my channel out.
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Hey, yeah!
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Want some protein?
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Yeah!
Look at him.
He's going to be massive.
Be in that gym in no time!
I'm a big advocate of solid foods.
So I think solid food is better
than any other supplement you can take.
But I think supplements are there for a reason,
and they're there to supplement a balanced diet.
And the key part for me in taking supplementation
is around training, for the absorption rate.
So, I like to take EEAs pre,
and EEAs intra,
I'll add a liquid carb.
So I have a side cyclic dextrin in, or Vitago
or there's a carb 10 now, which is a very fast acting
good quality, carb.
Possibly take caffeine.
I'm not a huge, huge fan
of being too reliant on pre-workout like caffeine based.
But if I've had a long day
and I need something just to pick me up
that's always there in the gym bag.
And then as I go into post-workout, I will have a shake
which has carbohydrates in as well.
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When people say how do you get motivated to train,
I've never really struggled.
Don't get me wrong.
I'm not, I don't go in every day with the best attitude
or whatnot, but especially when I'm dieting
I will never miss a training session.
I'll never go in half hearted
Because I've always wanted to be world number one.
And I've always had that competitive side of me
which anyone has, who steps on stage.
You've gotta have some competitive side to you, but
if ever I was like slacking or if I miss reps
or if I kind of like fight with myself
which some people might think is a bit mental
but I'd say to myself, would the likes of Jeremy Buendia,
Sadik and Jason Poston and anyone I used to be up against
would they be training
or would they be missing out on meals?
And sure enough
that used to get me fired up for the session.
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So this was my pre-workout routine.
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