How to maintain bodybuilding physique and prep in IB

Any advice on how to maintain physique/training in IB. I know what I signed up for in terms of hours (I only train 1-1.5hrs in the gym currently). Might have to adjust my current PPL split and cut that time in the gym in a bit.

Plan on competing in a couple bodybuilding shows as a natural but any advice on maintaining physique and training regiment while working. Currently going into a BB bank. I know there is drinking and happy hours (not too worried since I usually get rum and diet coke anyway) but the training and eating part is my main concern. Don’t want to look like a fucking weirdo bring my meal prep and tracking my macros. I mean eating out isn’t too much of a concern since there are so many good places out there (ex. Chipotle).

But any advice would be appreciated.

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Not in banking but as someone with a few years experience in an adult job, meal prepping is not weird, and anyone who gives you shit for it will definitely have a lesser body than you.

I’m in my mid 20’s and feel like shit when I don’t eat say 80% clean. When you work long hours, being fueled by healthy and clean food makes a huge difference.

Straight out of college I had an hour commute each way. Woke up 6am, in office gym by 7:15am, cardio and mobility for an hour, shower, then at desk by 8:30am as we had to be in our chairs or else got cussed out by CFO.

Couldn’t leave until 5:30pm. Would go change and lift from 6-8pm. I ran a PPL as well (6x a week). Hour commute home, shower, sleep. I had literally no life outside of Friday and Saturday/Sunday, but for that year I was at the job, I was a goddamn unit.

I brought 3-4 containers of food and ate at my desk even though we weren’t allowed. Seeing as I was in the best shape out of anyone, nobody ever said anything.

Not sure how banking lunches are (I assume Seamless has a list of places that deliver and you do that?), but you can eat out and get healthy meals, especially with all the Mediterranean and chipotle-like places.

 

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Not in banking but as someone with a few years experience in an adult job, meal prepping is not weird, and anyone who gives you shit for it will definitely have a lesser body than you.

I'm in my mid 20's and feel like shit when I don't eat say 80% clean. When you work long hours, being fueled by healthy and clean food makes a huge difference.

Straight out of college I had an hour commute each way. Woke up 6am, in office gym by 7:15am, cardio and mobility for an hour, shower, then at desk by 8:30am as we had to be in our chairs or else got cussed out by CFO.

Couldn't leave until 5:30pm. Would go change and lift from 6-8pm. I ran a PPL as well (6x a week). Hour commute home, shower, sleep. I had literally no life outside of Friday and Saturday/Sunday, but for that year I was at the job, I was a goddamn unit.

I brought 3-4 containers of food and ate at my desk even though we weren't allowed. Seeing as I was in the best shape out of anyone, nobody ever said anything.

Not sure how banking lunches are (I assume Seamless has a list of places that deliver and you do that?), but you can eat out and get healthy meals, especially with all the Mediterranean and chipotle-like places.

I appreciate the advice. yeah i felt as if the only person to criticize you for meal prepping are just small. Usually banks give you meal stipends which is good, but getting of 5:30 with banking hours probably won’t happen. Whatever it takes to get a lift in whether that me waking up early, mid-day, or night I am going too. only thing that keeps me mentally sound. Also, 1000% agree on healthy eating, even on cheat days I feel great in the moment when eating junk food but horrible the next day.

 

IMO the biggest concern is sleep, you can diet (as long as you have thick skin it il be fine) and exercise ~6-8 hrs easily as long as you are competent, but when you do exercise the way you are meant to, you also need to sleep (8hrs atleast) which nearly impossible when starting in IB. Without enought sleep (and workout), it’s essentially a heart disaster waiting to happen..

 

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IMO the biggest concern is sleep, you can diet (as long as you have thick skin it il be fine) and exercise ~6-8 hrs easily as long as you are competent, but when you do exercise the way you are meant to, you also need to sleep (8hrs atleast) which nearly impossible when starting in IB. Without enought sleep (and workout), it's essentially a heart disaster waiting to happen..

make sense. the sleep will suffer and unfortunately i already have insomnia. Sleep plays a crucial role maybe more than nutrition

 

Disagree on the last part, I'm not sure there's a risk to your heart unless you are abusing stimulants to keep going. What will happen is that you're just gonna feel tired and sore constantly and won't be able to perform as well in the gym. A good way to mitigate this would be to reduce your training volume, take more rest days, and eat more.

 

The cut for the bodybuilding show will be brutal. But I think you can maintain and even grow even while working 70+ hrs a week, if you’re militant with your diet and training. Not sure how lean you are. I’m naturally inclined to being a fatty, but have hovered prob between 15-20% bf whilst growing and working 60+ hours a week.

 

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The cut for the bodybuilding show will be brutal. But I think you can maintain and even grow even while working 70+ hrs a week, if you're militant with your diet and training. Not sure how lean you are. I'm naturally inclined to being a fatty, but have hovered prob between 15-20% bf whilst growing and working 60+ hours a week.

I tend to store body fat in back and legs. Have had a six pack visible before I started lifting. In terms of genetics my shoulders, quads, and abs are strong points due to used to be a competitive swimmer (handful of D1 offers). Hamstrings and biceps were a weakpoint. Usually hover between 10-12% eating at 3,500 calories.

 

The cut definitely will be challenging when work picks up and you feel the need to stress eat. Eat clean, limit alcohol, and get rid of social media so you get as much sleep as possible when you have the chance.

Funniest thing I learned recently was Brian Chesky did bodybuilding when he was young and everything worked out with him.

 

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The cut definitely will be challenging when work picks up and you feel the need to stress eat. Eat clean, limit alcohol, and get rid of social media so you get as much sleep as possible when you have the chance.

Funniest thing I learned recently was Brian Chesky did bodybuilding when he was young and everything worked out with him.

holy fuck what a guy. bodybuilding prep can be brutal. friend of mine is 2 weeks out from show, on 900 calories right now of straight protein and a bit of fats

 

Supersets - no rest.

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Supersets - no rest.

not optimal for hypertrophy.

Cardio in between super sets then? Have to maximize the 45min.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Meal prep is totally normal. Simular to college, you might want to build in some flexibility / give yourself some grace (it's cathartic sitting in the conf room with 10 of your buddies ordering 5 pizzas sometimes) but generally I think you will be totally fine. There will be some welcome HHs but they go away after that, not much team drinking going on.

1-1.5 hour workouts will probably only be achievable on the weekends - not feasible to be away from the desk for 2 hours on weekdays (incl. travel time and shower) unless you have a rare early night and go at 6am the next morning. I would think about 30-45 min workouts (1 hour by the time you get there and back + shower) so you're not MIA for a big chunk of time. Group dependent so watch what people do, but you should be able to either sneak these in in the morning or around dinner time. Again, need to give yourself a bit of grace here, try and prioritize sleep to the extent you can... i.e. you can probably go at 7/8am most days just fine, but it's likely worth skipping a workout if you're on 4hr of sleep. Just have to do what you can on this front, the bad hours won't last forever.

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