not really...because they assume all individuals have the same caloric and macro needs.....and there in lies the problem...
It does not assume that all individuals have the same caloric needs, I always talk about rate of weight loss, never about total calories. Regarding macros, this was already addressed.
while the principles are sound in a general sense, they dont take into account the HUMAN factor...
so with that, if you are a BODYBUILDER, you cannot really rely on those much more than any other diet...or achieve the results you want......and for each individual its something different!
bodybuilding is an art of tweaking and metabolism confusion....
i referr to it as controlled metabolic chaos....but there are no, hard fast rules.....you do what you gotta do to adapt and continue to trick the metabolism'''
I'm not talking about the final week before a real competition, I'm also not talking about non-natural bodybuilders. I have no experience with either. But there are bodybuilders who have e.g. tried low carb and low fat diets and had great success with both. Same goes for different methods regarding meal frequency or macro timing. I don't agree with the need for "metabolism confusion" or "tricking metabolism", at least there is no scientific evidence for that as far as I know.
furthermore, convience is an after thought for a true bodybuilder.....we eat to elicit a metabolic response...not for convienece or pleasure....
you put the right fuel in at the right time.....that is the first and most important "principle"
For a competitive BB, of course, convenience should not play any role, although it also doesn't make any sense to make the diet as inconvenient as possible if it's not necessary. I was just responding to the convenience factor as mentioned by lvtolft for people who just want to be able to stick to a diet.
"Bodybuilding means both bulking and cutting." umm no. both of those terms are those used by mags, supp companies and others that want to lighten your wallet. bodybuilding means building/adding muscle and then dieting off the fat that comes with the added muscle in order to compete.
I' have never bought a BB mag in my life and I don't use any supps other than whey. Of course, that's what I meant by bulking and cutting: adding weight with optimal body composition (maximizing ratio of muscle gain vs. fat gain) and then losing weight with optimal body composition (maximizing ratio of fat loss vs. muscle loss).
you got in great shape but your muscle is very thin. you have no thickness or lost it all dieting. your also a young man so your metabolism makes up for alot of what you think matters in dieting. try what your saying at my age.(53)
won't work don't work can't work
My lack of muscle mass has absolutely nothing to do with my cutting method. Both this and my previous cut was close to optimal regarding body composition. My LBM is low because of injuries and thus the inability to train with full intensity. I was a lot heavier in the past.
Slow down of metabolism with age is not that siginificant, individually different though. For the most part, people move less and eat more when they get older.
How old do you think I am?
