Rear double bi.
Most muscular
looking good mate! Mind going into a little detail about your diet currently?
Looking very good Yodaddy, on point! Have you been able to set up a few posing lessons yet?
Damn dude looking awesome!
[quote]yodaddy wrote:
[quote]yodaddy wrote:
Just a quick update and what I’m thinking. Feel free to offer any input or advice.
My strength is pretty stable, especially considering I have now dropped my calories to an average of 2200 a day. I’m experiencing some shoulder pain but can work around that. I can tolerate the hunger so far and have only felt depleted of energy a couple of days.
I’ve been doing HIIT 3 times per week and considering dropping 1 session and adding 2 low-intensity cardio days. Seems like it may be affecting my strength after doing HIIT, especially if close to a low calorie day. I will have to calculate this pretty well since I will be borderline weight classes and would like to compete in Lightweight, under 165.5. I weighed in at 168 this morning, fasted but been hovering around 170(so I’ll stick with 170). I want to lose at least another 5-6 lbs or so, to play it safe since I don’t know how their scale will play.
I will be weighing in the day before in the morning, when I’m normally lighter, so hopefully I will have time to carb up all day Friday before the show Saturday. I can maybe mess with water weight if necessary, but would like to avoid that, as well as my peak week protocol(pretty much slowly increasing carbs)
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Bumping this from yesterday
[quote]Yogi wrote:
looking good mate! Mind going into a little detail about your diet currently?[/quote]
Thanks man. Yeah I average out my calories and macros, currently at 2200 calories, 20%f, 45%c, 35%p. I have low, medium and high days but thats my average. Of course my low calorie/carb days are my non-weight training days. But really, the main reason I do this is to allow me to eat more on the weekends. I work during the week so im too busy to think about food all day…it works well for me. My base was 3200 calories in the summer, I dropped to 2800 and it has been a steady drop ever since.
Another thing is I eat most of my calories and especially my carbs at night. Its when I train and also for satiety purposes. I couldn’t bare going to bed hungry. Again, this works well for me and has made this dieting bearable. I have also really zoned in on my periworkout nutrition to minimize muscle loss, and have really noticed a difference.
[quote]pwolves17 wrote:
Looking very good Yodaddy, on point! Have you been able to set up a few posing lessons yet? [/quote]
Thanks brotha. I took my first class on Saturday and been practicing a little on my own.
[quote]Spidey22 wrote:
Damn dude looking awesome![/quote]
Thanks man!
I’ll be registering today to Novice Bodybuilding and Open Physique. INBF Texas State Naturals on October 25th. Need to lose 5 more lbs to make the lightweight division, so adding a few sessions of low intensity cardio.
you look real good dude, wish i had that thickness thru the pecs!
[quote]yodaddy wrote:
I’ll be registering today to Novice Bodybuilding and Open Physique. INBF Texas State Naturals on October 25th. Need to lose 5 more lbs to make the lightweight division, so adding a few sessions of low intensity cardio. [/quote]
Good stuff. Recent pics looking on track, so I have no doubt you’ll dip under the limit and do great in the lightweight class.
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Can you go into a but more detail.
Real good stuff man.
Cheers
Also it sounds like you’re still doing carb back loading. How much carbs are you consuming before peri/workout?
[quote]Gettnitdone wrote:
Also it sounds like you’re still doing carb back loading. How much carbs are you consuming before peri/workout?[/quote]
Yes, Im doing carb back-loading during the week. I take anywhere from 40g-70g of carbs starting 1-2 hours before my workout and drink a whey with banana shake during the workout…the rest post workout and throughout the evening. All depending on how hungry I am. I’ve been playing with this a little…don’t want to get into the gym too hungry or carb depleted or my stomach too full neither. Also depending if the day prior was a low carb day and what muscle I’m working. For example, if I’m working legs, I’ll start carbing up a little earlier and with a higher amount…and even more if the day prior was a low carb day. I do enjoy eating my carbs at night. I’m just really finding out how carbs and timing affect my workouts. Especially since I’m tracking how much I lift as well. My strength has been maintaing pretty well…just now starting to feel like my stregth is plateauing, maybe decreasing just a bit. But I continue to try to lift heavy.