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Hey guys,

I am around 90-91kg for 1m86 and 11% bodyfat.
I Never took anything else than regular supplements, I made good gains (+23 kg) though.

So lately I have not been gaining a lot, I reached a plateau and the motivation is leaving at the same time ... I tend to drag myself to the gym instead of wanting to crush it as I used to. I took 10 days off that did not change much.

i believe that my sleep is also one of the source of the problem and I will try to figure that out separately.

I was on OVT for the last almost two months, I was advised to change my way of training with some Powerlifting.
I have read about the cube but I have trouble coz I see that there is a lot of things I don't know about powerlifting + I don't know if it fits my goals.

Finally, I got my first (kinda) real job (6 years of student budget ffs) and I am thinking I could hire an online coach to do my program, supplementation, etc. and spare myself all the research. :32 (1):

I was told Pillarofbalance does that (if I understood correctly, unless it's only advising on the forum, I don't know ...)
I have been googling and I saw coaches but crazy expensive (imo). So I have a few questions :

- Those of you who hired a coach, how much did you pay ?
- Would you recommend someone ?
- Any feedback, did you learn anything new ?

There are coaches in my gym but they know ten times less than me about bodybuilding and I feel like I don't know much already ^^"
Keep in mind that I cannot answer PMs yet.

Thank you for your advice
 
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Only coach I've ever had was PillarofBalance. Great guy, easy to work with but expects a lot out of you, and proven record/results.
 

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He sent me a PM but I can't answer yet ...
What do you mean by proven records ? ^^'
I don't compete if that's the topic
 

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Pillarofbalance does training and Spongy does diets. Both very knowledgeable guys
 

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He sent me a PM but I can't answer yet ...
What do you mean by proven records ? ^^'
I don't compete if that's the topic

Ask
Him to PM you his business email maybe or
Wait for a few more posts before you can PM.

Proven results means his clients compete and do great. Even if you don't compete it still tells you that he knows hisnshit.
 

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I finally hit 25 posts and I sent him a PM :)
Thanks
 

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Frenchie, I am currently working with Pillar and I don't compete either but have seen tremendous growth in size and strength. About where my bench max was when I started about 4 weeks ago I just did for a set of three today in my workout.
 
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Nice progress !
Depending on the price, I'll train with him :)
Did you manage to go from one rep to three just by training. Or are you on gear too ?
 

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Would he train me to be the next Magic Mike?
 
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I have been thinking of hiring a coach myself to push me that little harder when i think its ok to take a minute
 

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Pillorofbalance is where it's at for a coach man. I been training hard for years and his program is kicking my asssss
 

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I agree with Salty, it doesn't look like a lot at first glance. But it will def kick your ass and I'm just getting started!
 

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I agree with Salty, it doesn't look like a lot at first glance. But it will def kick your ass and I'm just getting started!

Ya man its a entire new level of soreness and gains. Love the results I'm getting. I couldn't break 235 for the longest time now I'm 245 and growing still.
 

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Ya man its a entire new level of soreness and gains. Love the results I'm getting. I couldn't break 235 for the longest time now I'm 245 and growing still.

And it's basic stuff too. Nothing complicated. Just a barbell and effort.
 

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I have been thinking about hiring a coach only because he has better access to drugs then me and more experience with compounds. I don't know for sure that he will facilitate the purchase of my anabolics. If not it would seem like a waste of money to me
 

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