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Getbig Bodybuilding Boards => Nutrition, Products & Supplements Info => Topic started by: Kegdrainer on August 07, 2006, 09:06:49 AM
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Relating to my post on the main board, today is the first day of my new cutting diet. After being over my ideal bodyweight for quite some time, I would just like to share my plan briefly with everyone.
Breakfast: 8 egg whites, 8oz diced potato (prepared without butter or oil)
snack---50g low carb whey shake/1 apple
lunch---8oz chicken breast, steamed green veggies (broccoli/cauliflower)
snack---50g low carb whey shake/1 pear
dinner---8 oz fish (steamed/broiled without oil), steamed green veggies
This will be a Sun-fri regimen, with a couple of cheat meals and adult beverages on saturdays
Other supplementation
---3x/day 50mg ephedrine, 200mg caffeine, 325 mg aspirin on empty stomach
Cardio
---2 hours/day treadmill/excercise bike/elliptical trainer rotation to combat boredom.
Starting weight 270 lbs--- (pm weigh in after dinner and beverages sunday night)
Bodyfat % unknown
Progress updates to come every monday, anticipating at least 15 lbs loss in the first week
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and just to remind everyone, Adonis put up 100 bucks to say i couldn't drop 50 pounds in 2-3 months.
I will put another bet out for him for him to win his 100 bucks back that says he wont even be in the top 5 for Mr. Getbig
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Relating to my post on the main board, today is the first day of my new cutting diet. After being over my ideal bodyweight for quite some time, I would just like to share my plan briefly with everyone.
Breakfast: 8 egg whites, 8oz diced potato (prepared without butter or oil)
snack---50g low carb whey shake/1 apple
lunch---8oz chicken breast, steamed green veggies (broccoli/cauliflower)
snack---50g low carb whey shake/1 pear
dinner---8 oz fish (steamed/broiled without oil), steamed green veggies
This will be a Sun-fri regimen, with a couple of cheat meals and adult beverages on saturdays
Other supplementation
---3x/day 50mg ephedrine, 200mg caffeine, 325 mg aspirin on empty stomach
Cardio
---2 hours/day treadmill/excercise bike/elliptical trainer rotation to combat boredom.
Starting weight 270 lbs--- (pm weigh in after dinner and beverages sunday night)
Bodyfat % unknown
Progress updates to come every monday, anticipating at least 15 lbs loss in the first week
Your cal are way too low for your current body weight. You will lose lots of weight but you are going to drop lots of muscle. I'm currently cutting for Nationals (Candian's) and I'm eatting more than your are right now. I would increase your carbs and eat around 2800 cals for your body weight. I would also have an evening meal with vegs and protien. I would also add some real carbs during the day and eat my vegs. at night.
I would also suugest one cheat meal a week with high fat. This helps me tons!!!
Good luck.
But with your current diet you will cheat after 2 weeks and you will have a middle of the night pie out.
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lol @ bf unknown.
Try to eat more complex carbs on workout days like oatmeal and wheat pasta.
cut your carbs on nonworkout days. lose the fruits, eat more veggies.
Drink lots of green tea.
Have a carb refeed once a week and another day where you eat more fat.
you can generally speaking up your fat on nonworkout days because you eat no carbs then. go for healthy fat, avocados, nuts, salmon.
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lose the fruits,
Why? Fruit have low GI and are high in fiber. Steve Reeves would have 2-3 day on his competition diet.
Although I don't see where he has any fruit in his diet there.
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You NEED EFA's
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Why? Fruit have low GI and are high in fiber.
I disagree, there's more to it than just GI. Lose the fruit on a cutting diet (you can get fiber from better sources).
See "Does Fruit Make You Fat?" by the International Sports Science Association"
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/issa14.htm
"If You Have Fruit, Fruit Juice, Or Any Of Its Derivatives, The Following Conditions Occur: . . . Muscle does not have the necessary enzymes to synthesize fructose into glycogen; therefore the liver converts this fructose into liver glycogen . . . Since the liver is responsible for supplying energy to the entire body, once its stores are full, a rate limiting enzyme in glucose metabolism, which is responsible for signaling the body to store glucose as glycogen or convert it to fat (phosphofructokinase), signals the body that all stores are full. If the glycogen stores are signaled as full, then the third way our body uses excess glucose is to convert it to fatty acids and store as adipose tissue. IN ESSENCE, FRUIT SUGAR IS EASILY CONVERTED TO FAT" (emphasis added).
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I disagree, there's more to it than just GI. Lose the fruit on a cutting diet (you can get fiber from better sources).
See "Does Fruit Make You Fat?" by the International Sports Science Association"
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/issa14.htm
"If You Have Fruit, Fruit Juice, Or Any Of Its Derivatives, The Following Conditions Occur: . . . Muscle does not have the necessary enzymes to synthesize fructose into glycogen; therefore the liver converts this fructose into liver glycogen . . . Since the liver is responsible for supplying energy to the entire body, once its stores are full, a rate limiting enzyme in glucose metabolism, which is responsible for signaling the body to store glucose as glycogen or convert it to fat (phosphofructokinase), signals the body that all stores are full. If the glycogen stores are signaled as full, then the third way our body uses excess glucose is to convert it to fatty acids and store as adipose tissue. IN ESSENCE, FRUIT SUGAR IS EASILY CONVERTED TO FAT" (emphasis added).
sure, but with 2 hours of cardio, i am not really worried about it being converted. The protein intake should be sufficient with 100g whey daily, plus the skim milk in the shake, 8 egg whites in the am and 8 oz chicken and 8 oz fish daily. I should be getting enough EFA's daily between my fish intake and vitamins. I am not dieting to compete so maintaining lean mass is not as high a priority. I may add a nighttime casein shake if my body tells me I need it.
All discussion aside, I am getting advice from a successful natural bodybuilder and personal trainer who gets people shredded to the bone for competition. I have faith that he knows what he is talking about.
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You'll lose fat fast on that diet. You're probably gonna have a hard time sticking with it though, because it's so strict.
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I disagree, there's more to it than just GI. Lose the fruit on a cutting diet (you can get fiber from better sources).
See "Does Fruit Make You Fat?" by the International Sports Science Association"
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/issa14.htm
"If You Have Fruit, Fruit Juice, Or Any Of Its Derivatives, The Following Conditions Occur: . . . Muscle does not have the necessary enzymes to synthesize fructose into glycogen; therefore the liver converts this fructose into liver glycogen . . . Since the liver is responsible for supplying energy to the entire body, once its stores are full, a rate limiting enzyme in glucose metabolism, which is responsible for signaling the body to store glucose as glycogen or convert it to fat (phosphofructokinase), signals the body that all stores are full. If the glycogen stores are signaled as full, then the third way our body uses excess glucose is to convert it to fatty acids and store as adipose tissue. IN ESSENCE, FRUIT SUGAR IS EASILY CONVERTED TO FAT" (emphasis added).
Why would glycogen level be full on a diet?
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When dieting just put the fruit in the am, I like to have bannana then switch to strawberries, then bluberries..then none. But I keep the am fruit, but I also have my core workout in the am before I eat breakfast
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you should definetly be able to drop 50 with that diet...but it looks like you would be also dropping a good amount of lean muscle tissue...i would bump up that protein if i were you...add in that before bed slow absorbing protein shake...i would bump up that first meal to 12 eggs...and protein servings from 8oz to 12oz...also some efa s and glutamine to the mix.
you said its not to get on stage but still why sacrifice muscle tissue just to hit a certain number on the scale.
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This will be a Sun-fri regimen, with a couple of cheat meals and adult beverages on saturdays
I skimmed through and didn't read this at first. That's a bad idea because it's gonna make you crave junkfood on the other days. If you have a hard time just add a piece of fruit to your diet every day instead of cheating.
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I skimmed through and didn't read this at first. That's a bad idea because it's gonna make you crave junkfood on the other days. If you have a hard time just add a piece of fruit to your diet every day instead of cheating.
i'm wondering why you would tell him to add fruit? fructose has no place in a cutting diet...unless its with your post workout protein shake but dextrose is a better choice.
i get those sugar cravings bad when i'm dieting also...i find that the diet soda really helps me with that...the aspertame can trick your mind into thinking your getting that sugar...i also go with a few of those sugar free peanut butter cups once in a while...those sugar alcohols can be tough on your stomach but damn they taste good.
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Why? Fruit have low GI and are high in fiber. Steve Reeves would have 2-3 day on his competition diet.
Although I don't see where he has any fruit in his diet there.
Fructose is not good when you cut. It doesn't cause an insulin spike to help 'store' the shake in the right places, yet it converts to fat easily because it goes strictly to the liver.
Dextrose or if you're extremly fat, which Kegdrainer is, you should have complex carbs for PWO. They don't cause insulin spikes as well, but they are converted to glucose over a longer period of time. It works good if you want to cut.
Also, instead of a whey shake, i would suggest having 10g of BCAA first, then 15-30 minutes after that 20g amino acids. then, after an hour or so, have a full meal.
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I have an extraordinary amount of willpower. My saturday cheat meals and adult beverages are more of a social behavior than dietary craving. I am not worried about falling off the wagon with my diet whatsoever. Do you really think 2 pieces of fruit in a day where I am doing 2 sessions of an hour of cardio is really going to be an issue?
I probably will up the protein, and I am already seeing the need for more water and potassium due to some cramping.
This will be an ongoing update here, I think I will weigh in on thursday am and see whats up
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Fructose is not good when you cut. It doesn't cause an insulin spike to help 'store' the shake in the right places, yet it converts to fat easily because it goes strictly to the liver.
Tell that to my 28.25" midsection. Steve Reeves did okay eating fruit in his diet too.
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I have an extraordinary amount of willpower.
based on dieting for 2 days? ::)
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Ok, so an apple is 72 calories, and a grapefruit is 52. 100g protein is about 450 cals plus milk, 8 egg whites and 8 oz potato is 136 cals plus 130 for potato, and 32 g protein in eggs, 5 from potato.....
8 oz chicken 240 cals, 42g protein
and 8 oz fish is 450 cals, nearly 60g protein, and 18-20g fat
12 oz broccoli is about 120 cals, with about 25g carbs and 8g protein. figure i eat about twice that in veggies a day, but thats about average consumption of veggies, 24 oz/day
so totals, calories protein carbs sugars
apple 72 --- 21 16
grapefruit 52 --- 18 16
protein 450 100 16 --
egg 136 32 14 --
potato 198 5 46 3
chicken 240 42 --- ---
fish 339 58 --- ---
veggies 240 16 49 8
milk (skim) 270 26 35 25
totals 1997 279 199 68
2 hours on the elliptical is about 2000 cals at moderate speed, so my daily intake=output for cardio. Whatever my normal metabolic rate would use in a day would be my caloric defecit, so I should lose weight pretty rapidly on this diet. 279 grams of protein seems right on target for maintenence if I am not doing heavy lifting. 199 g carbs is moderately low, but not too low. I am not taking in any refined sugars, only dairy sugar from skim milk and natural sugars in grapefruit and apples and broccoli.
I should probably add a casein shake at night with zma but with water instead of skim milk. Do not want dairy sugars in my system at night while I am sleeping
by the way, www.calorieking.com is awesome resource for nutritional info. check it out
roll eyes all you want bast, I have been on diets before, and dropped 50 pounds in 3 weeks going from 265 to 215 between football season and wrestling season. Willpower goes far beyond dieting. Getting out of bed every day and going to work takes willpower. Cold turkey quitting smoking took willpower. Quitting doing recreational drugs after college took willpower. I was able to climb all those mountains. Restricting what foods I put in my mouth should be easy in comparison.
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Ok, so an apple is 72 calories, and a grapefruit is 52. 100g protein is about 450 cals plus milk, 8 egg whites and 8 oz potato is 136 cals plus 130 for potato, and 32 g protein in eggs, 5 from potato.....
8 oz chicken 240 cals, 42g protein
and 8 oz fish is 450 cals, nearly 60g protein, and 18-20g fat
12 oz broccoli is about 120 cals, with about 25g carbs and 8g protein. figure i eat about twice that in veggies a day, but thats about average consumption of veggies, 24 oz/day
so totals, calories protein carbs sugars
apple 72 --- 21 16
grapefruit 52 --- 18 16
protein 450 100 16 --
egg 136 32 14 --
potato 198 5 46 3
chicken 240 42 --- ---
fish 339 58 --- ---
veggies 240 16 49 8
milk (skim) 270 26 35 25
totals 1997 279 199 68
2 hours on the elliptical is about 2000 cals at moderate speed, so my daily intake=output for cardio. Whatever my normal metabolic rate would use in a day would be my caloric defecit, so I should lose weight pretty rapidly on this diet. 279 grams of protein seems right on target for maintenence if I am not doing heavy lifting. 199 g carbs is moderately low, but not too low. I am not taking in any refined sugars, only dairy sugar from skim milk and natural sugars in grapefruit and apples and broccoli.
I should probably add a casein shake at night with zma but with water instead of skim milk. Do not want dairy sugars in my system at night while I am sleeping
by the way, www.calorieking.com is awesome resource for nutritional info. check it out
roll eyes all you want bast, I have been on diets before, and dropped 50 pounds in 3 weeks going from 265 to 215 between football season and wrestling season. Willpower goes far beyond dieting. Getting out of bed every day and going to work takes willpower. Cold turkey quitting smoking took willpower. Quitting doing recreational drugs after college took willpower. I was able to climb all those mountains. Restricting what foods I put in my mouth should be easy in comparison.
LOL, you diet is insane you will loss so much lean muscle mass. When your beath starts to smell friuty than your burning muscle. If that is your goal to loss weight and no worry about your mass your on the right track but your diet, is such a normal yo-yo pattern you see in today's diet paterns.
Slow down and focus on lossing only 2 to 2.5 pounds a week than you will look better when your done, you will drop 5 to 8 pounds a week at this rate.
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not really concerned about losing lean mass with this plan. By dropping to a manageable weight, i will most likely go on a lean building plan after that. At a lower bodyweight, cardio activities like jogging will not be as hard on my knees (which have had enough surgery) and it will be easier to maintain lower bodyfat percentages
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Bast you are looking good bro
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ok so going into day 3 i definitely need to up my potassium and water due to some serious cramping in my calves and feet at night.
Also noticing a little bit of....well, how should i put this....Delayed Erectile Response. Possibly due to my current energy expenditure during the day, lack of glycogen/blood sugars and the extra caffeine restricting blood vessels....probably all good reasons, but what do I do. girlfriend thinks she is doing something wrong.
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Relating to my post on the main board, today is the first day of my new cutting diet. After being over my ideal bodyweight for quite some time, I would just like to share my plan briefly with everyone.
Breakfast: 8 egg whites, 8oz diced potato (prepared without butter or oil)
snack---50g low carb whey shake/1 apple
lunch---8oz chicken breast, steamed green veggies (broccoli/cauliflower)
snack---50g low carb whey shake/1 pear
dinner---8 oz fish (steamed/broiled without oil), steamed green veggies
This will be a Sun-fri regimen, with a couple of cheat meals and adult beverages on saturdays
Other supplementation
---3x/day 50mg ephedrine, 200mg caffeine, 325 mg aspirin on empty stomach
Cardio
---2 hours/day treadmill/excercise bike/elliptical trainer rotation to combat boredom.
Starting weight 270 lbs--- (pm weigh in after dinner and beverages sunday night)
Bodyfat % unknown
Progress updates to come every monday, anticipating at least 15 lbs loss in the first week
I think if you don't vary calories and cardio, you might start losing weight very fast (mostly water) and then hit a plateau after one month. You will feel weak and not motivated.
Try to gradually decrease calories and increase cardio (5 more minutes per session every week can do the trick). In this way your body has less chance to adapt to the low calories. Also, 50 pounds in 3 months is a little too much, even if you are a heavy guy.
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LOL,
After 3 days your falling apart. Your killing your test levels and your body chem. is out of wack!!!!! Gee what damage will you do to yourself in 6 days.
Your diet is dangerous and stupid! Simple. Anyone else reading this tread please don't do this at home.
This guy will not last more than a week on this diet. Gee I think I posted that a couple of days ago!
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that's just silly now....its a matter of chemistry in the body. It takes the body 3 weeks to acclimate to any seriuous changes. Getting to that point is a matter of willpower, mind over body.
So my test levels are dropping, I can supplement that chemically or wait for my body to adjust to the demands I am putting on it. What's more than likely is what I just said....that the chemicals I am putting in are constricting my blood vessels and thinning my blood. That combined with the cardio is sapping my energy. I was still able to....take care of business, it just took a minute to warm things up.
People are always going to have something negative to say no matter what I post....I dont see why I bother with all the "experts" around here. ::)
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not really concerned about losing lean mass with this plan. By dropping to a manageable weight, i will most likely go on a lean building plan after that. At a lower bodyweight, cardio activities like jogging will not be as hard on my knees (which have had enough surgery) and it will be easier to maintain lower bodyfat percentages
i really dont understand why you would say your dont care about losing lean muscle tissue....why go through all of that just to hit a certain number on the scale?....it shouldnt be about weight loss it should be about changing your body composition...stage or no stage.
also fructose is one of the worst things you can ingest despite some fruit with a low GI. it is easlily converted to a disaccharide, to triglyceride, to gycerol, to FAT... not good for bodybuilders or a cutting diet...but if you must, stay with the fruits like grapefruit, apple, strawberry, blueberry.
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i really dont understand why you would say your dont care about losing lean muscle tissue....why go through all of that just to hit a certain number on the scale?....it shouldnt be about weight loss it should be about changing your body composition...stage or no stage.
also fructose is one of the worst things you can ingest despite some fruit with a low GI. it is easlily converted to a disaccharide, to triglyceride, to gycerol, to FAT... not good for bodybuilders or a cutting diet...but if you must, stay with the fruits like grapefruit, apple, strawberry, blueberry.
my fruit intake is limited to 1 grapefruit and 1 apple per day
I am eating more than a gram of protein per pound of bodyweight so that is definitely more closer to 1.5g per pound of lean mass if I started at 270 lbs so i should be maintaining enough lean mass with this much protein. Like I said, if I am feeling the need i will add casein at night before bed. I switched to organic milk in my protein shakes which is much easier on my digestive system.
Ideally I want to be at 210-215. Once I am at that weight, i will worry about the balance between lean mass and bodyfat % until I feel like I am at a good level and look good. My diet is going well and I have no cravings for anything. Meals are spaced evenly enough for me to feel sated and I am drinking between 1.5 and 2 gals of water daily
I added some salt to my egg whites and some to my chicken and veggies, and I seem to be holding more water today with much less cramping than yesterday. Balance will come with any regimen. people think swedish viking is crazy with his diet of raw meat (even poultry) but he is in great shape. Just goes to show you that different things work for different people. I am not so dumb to continue on something if it is hurting me. If I need to adjust things as I go, I will.
It just amuses me how many people think I will fail. In a way, it helps motivate me to succeed. Adonis is already well on his way to losing $100 on this bet and if he pays up or not I still get to say I told you so.
We will see what the scale says. my pants are already getting loose on me
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Ok I'll be nice because I now see how little you do know about dieting. If you are staving yourself (like you are) it doesn't matter how many grams of protein you eat. You will loss ton of muscle. Carbs play an important role in weight loss. Carbs are the fuel that keep your body from doing strange things like using muscle as a fuel source.
LOL,
but hey you played football and I'm comp. in BB at a national level you know more than me. O ya and I have a University degree in the subject. Like I said one week in you will fall off the wagon, your brain will take over because it does like starving itself.
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Ok I'll be nice because I now see how little you do know about dieting. If you are staving yourself (like you are) it doesn't matter how many grams of protein you eat. You will loss ton of muscle. Carbs play an important role in weight loss. Carbs are the fuel that keep your body from doing strange things like using muscle as a fuel source.
LOL,
but hey you played football and I'm comp. in BB at a national level you know more than me. O ya and I have a University degree in the subject. Like I said one week in you will fall off the wagon, your brain will take over because it does like starving itself.
i won't take offence to anything, it is my nutritionist that came up with the diet. He trains people for a living, and prepares people for bodybuilding shows all the time and they look great. I have seen firsthand the results of guys that follow his nutritional advice. If you look close enough at the numbers, it all makes sense.
Since Sunday night's weigh in I have already dropped 11 pounds. I am on track for a transformation of ARVILLIAN proportions.
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I hope your not paying him much! LMAO!
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I hope your not paying him much! LMAO!
he would smoke you in competition
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You won't lose muscle on that diet (well a little like any diet) because it's high in protein, and has good fats.
Just don't do too much cardio, no need to with that big caloric defecit.
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He has lost 11 pounds in one week. Ok that is 4 pounds of water, 5 pounds of fat and 3 pounds of muscle.
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He has lost 11 pounds in one week. Ok that is 4 pounds of water, 5 pounds of fat and 3 pounds of muscle.
3 1/2 days, not a week
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He has lost 11 pounds in one week. Ok that is 4 pounds of water, 5 pounds of fat and 3 pounds of muscle.
I'm sure most is water, you don't lose muscle that easily, don't be ridiculous.
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i won't take offence to anything, it is my nutritionist that came up with the diet. He trains people for a living, and prepares people for bodybuilding shows all the time and they look great. I have seen firsthand the results of guys that follow his nutritional advice. If you look close enough at the numbers, it all makes sense.
Since Sunday night's weigh in I have already dropped 11 pounds. I am on track for a transformation of ARVILLIAN proportions.
well i would question your nutritionist...your protein intake is too low...there should be a before bed shake added...you should be taking in efa's throughout the day.
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I'm sure most is water, you don't lose muscle that easily, don't be ridiculous.
Yes you can if your starving yourself like this guy and burning off 1000 cals doing cardio.
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Yes you can if your starving yourself like this guy and burning off 1000 cals doing cardio.
haha no doubt.
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Yes you can if your starving yourself like this guy and burning off 1000 cals doing cardio.
I didn't see that cardio, yea that is way too much, but 2000 calorie diet isn't starving.
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I didn't see that cardio, yea that is way too much, but 2000 calorie diet isn't starving.
I don't think its sufficient for muscle building.
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I don't think its sufficient for muscle building.
its not...that diet isnt even sufficient for maintenance...of course i'm assuming he is someone who trains on the regular and not just some fat ass tryin to lose weight.
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i was training with weights daily, now I am cutting just to drop weight.
Not doing any lifting for now, probably no weights for another two weeks while I am cranking up the cardio. After the initial 3 weeks of just cardio I will work the weights back in and turn the protein up a bit, and add carbs to my pre and post workout shakes.
For now I will let the numbers speak for themselves and after another 2 months the pics will speak volumes on what my diet is doing for me
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Not doing any lifting for now
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it is more effective for any program to have a specific goal. It is less efficient to try and build muscle while in a phase that you are losing weight. Anabolic environment requires weight gain, which does not happen properly while cutting and doing tons of cardio.
Once I drop some bf% I will come off the cardio load to about half what it is and then do the cardio in the AM and lift weight in the afternoon.
With my schedule right now I am not able to get 8 hours of sleep a night, which is also counterproductive to gains from lifting. Once my workload is lower, I should be able to get back on a normal sleep cycle as well.
For now, I am content with just the cardio for a few weeks.
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i was training with weights daily, now I am cutting just to drop weight.
Not doing any lifting for now, probably no weights for another two weeks while I am cranking up the cardio. After the initial 3 weeks of just cardio I will work the weights back in and turn the protein up a bit, and add carbs to my pre and post workout shakes.
For now I will let the numbers speak for themselves and after another 2 months the pics will speak volumes on what my diet is doing for me
I'm waiting for the pics too, Your skin is going to look like shit. Stretch marks or hanging skin. I seem guys who had to duct tape their skin because they dieted off too quickly.
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Kegdrainer, if you had "awesome willpower" you wouldn't have allowed yourself to get so fat in the first place. And if you are rerally serious about losing that ghastly flab then STOP DRINKING BEER!!!! What is the point in having a strict diet if at the weekends you gorge yourself on beer?
You will never make the transformation Arvilla did because he was on a shit load of gear and t3s.
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hahahahaha, 150mg. of ephedrine per day, monster muscle wasting, good luck sleeping.
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hahahahaha, 150mg. of ephedrine per day, monster muscle wasting, good luck sleeping.
Holy shit that's a lot. The most I take is 50mg and my muscles have cramped up from that.
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it is more effective for any program to have a specific goal. It is less efficient to try and build muscle while in a phase that you are losing weight.
I'm sorry but you're as ignorant as they come.
The reason you lift while dieiting is to mantain muscle by keeping muscles stimulated. Training also boosts metabolism, keeps testosterone high, burns calories.
What bodybuilder do you know of diets without lifting weights? ::)
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I think you should listen to some of these guys...especially the ones who compete.Benefit from their experiences and mistakes,rather than learn through your own mistakes. JMO
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it is more effective for any program to have a specific goal. It is less efficient to try and build muscle while in a phase that you are losing weight. Anabolic environment requires weight gain, which does not happen properly while cutting and doing tons of cardio.
Once I drop some bf% I will come off the cardio load to about half what it is and then do the cardio in the AM and lift weight in the afternoon.
With my schedule right now I am not able to get 8 hours of sleep a night, which is also counterproductive to gains from lifting. Once my workload is lower, I should be able to get back on a normal sleep cycle as well.
For now, I am content with just the cardio for a few weeks.
You may want to re look at that statement about not lifting while losing bodyfat...muscle burns fat..the more you have the more fat you flame...so just doing cardio isn't going to do as much as doing cardio and resistance training..read a book bro.
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You may want to re look at that statement about not lifting while losing bodyfat...muscle burns fat..the more you have the more fat you flame...so just doing cardio isn't going to do as much as doing cardio and resistance training..read a book bro.
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im at 244 this morning. Weak as hell...
cheat day was awesome. I ate a shit ton of sushi and almost vomited. My stomach barely remembered what other food is like.
i may need to start lifting again to slow things down. I don't get as much cramping now as i did when i started the CEA stack but that was mostly at night and with the AC on. Shutting off the AC helped big time (it was blowing right on my legs and feet)
Seeing how im gonna start lifting again I have to push the protein intake up a bit, and add more carbs before and after the workout. Hope i havent lost too much strength in the past 2 weeks jump starting fat loss with all this cardio.
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26lbs in 2 weeks. wow.
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How long can you go on that diet.
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update kegdrainer?