The Barbell Academy Australia

13/11/2025

Day one at King Kong, untested division, natural athlete.

Went in for a test run.

Walked out with a 2nd and a 3rd.

Not bad for a warm-up to the main event.

Who's coming with me into 2026?

12/11/2025

Peak week is literally the most important part of the year.

If your level of communication, isn't this mental with your coach for the entire Year's work coming down to this one week.

Then you've got problems.

Photos after every meal.

Adjustments on the fly.

Correcting posing.

An absolute s*** talking.

And if you don't know what that's like, I've got plenty of room.

11/11/2025

One man dies by su***de every minute.

Check in on your mates.

Ask twice.

Listen.

We're here to keep each other here.

08/11/2025

42 weeks.

First day of the double-header.

Two 2nds yesterday.

Fu***ng wild, and it's not even the main event.

We making big moves.

Couldn't be prouder right now.

04/11/2025

PEDs beat your body up.
Supps don’t fix that.
They just help you bleed slower.

The only ones worth a damn long-term are the boring ones: creatine, omega-3, magnesium, fibre, beet/nitrates, garlic… maybe taurine or CoQ10. Nothing exciting, but they work.

If you’re enhanced: eat properly, pull bloods, pick 1–3 supps based on what’s actually wrong, retest, keep what moves your numbers, ditch the rest.

That’s it.

Do the basics → monitor → adjust.

Also, just eat better

30/10/2025

"if you ain't first, you're last."

Look.... if you lost, you lost for a reason.

Someone out-worked you, out-ate you, out-posed you, or just showed up with better genetics.

That's the game.

You can sulk and blame politics, lighting, judging, mercury retrograde.

Or you can accept you weren't good enough this time and fix the holes.

Losing doesn't make you a victim. it just means there's work left.

Don't cry about it.

Get better.

29/10/2025

Peak week is sequencing.

Not rituals.

Not wizardry.

Not a last minute let's try things.

You don't need to "dry out"

You need:

Carbs stable water/salt AND patience

The biggest L's I see:

Cutting sodium.

Changing 6 things at once.

New foods.

Training during the load.

Being emotional.

Test your load early.

Log everything.

Repeat what worked.

That's peaking.

Save this for when you're losing your mind in the hotel bathroom. And if your coach isn't doing this then let this be the first sign to jump ship.

Stop wasting a year of work in the most important week of the year.

28/10/2025

2017 is a long ass time.

But good things do.

Plus we got a lifting comp ticked off now so, whatcha going to do about it.

45 and slamming heavy weights.

Going from can't play with kids, to, I can now launch them off the balcony like shot put strong.

BBA gets it done.
But we can't replace the kids you throw.
That one's on you.

27/10/2025

Stay a while and listen. 🧑‍🦲

Your body doesn't give a s**t about your six-pack, it cares about survival.

When you're dieting, hunger isn't just a mindset issue, it's a survival response.

The leaner you get, the more desperate it gets. Some people adapt fine. Others feel like they're being starved alive on 2,000 calories, que in GLP-1s.

That's also a part of genetics.

Fat loss isn't just "eat less." It's "eat less, while managing the biological maddness that follows."

The deficit works.

Managing hunger keeps it working.

25/10/2025

Gonna immortalize this on the internet because it's just too damn cute.

24/10/2025

Its the season for it.

You're not a drunk toddler with a credit card and zero self control.

Because every year, the same story plays out. Someone gets shredded, wins a trophy, celebrates with 40,000 calories of "balance," and by Thursday they look like a croissant with abs.

Enjoy the hard work, but not everyday.

You ain't done yet.

Handle it like a pro, or you'll spend the next year fixing the damage.

✌️

23/10/2025