Shit dude, I wouldn’t be able to survive on 1800 calories. 2600 isn’t doing it for me right now so I’m going to up the intake a little bit and see where that takes me.
I really don’t want to get to huge because I still want to be versatile and fast, I ran a 4.3 40 last summer, so hopefully I can put on some good muscle and keep the speed.
I’m thinking about taking mostly protein shakes for my snack meals, those bastards sure fill you up compared to a can of tuna w/ more protein with it.
[quote]Muggz wrote:
Shit dude, I wouldn’t be able to survive on 1800 calories. 2600 isn’t doing it for me right now so I’m going to up the intake a little bit and see where that takes me.
I really don’t want to get to huge because I still want to be versatile and fast, I ran a 4.3 40 last summer, so hopefully I can put on some good muscle and keep the speed. I’m thinking about taking mostly protein shakes for my snack meals, those bastards sure fill you up compared to a can of tuna w/ more protein with it.[/quote]
Putting muscle on your legs and lower back will only help to stabilize and make you faster. Squats and Deads
and milk…
What kind of pyramid is harder to knock over, one with a solid, strong base or one with a weak one?
[quote]Muggz wrote:
I’ve got a dilemma. I’m taking in 2600 calories as maintenance and I still feel hungry. [/quote]
Are you maintaining? If you are maintaining and you plan on trying to lean down soon, adding cals might not be the best option. If this is the case, are you volumizing your diet with lots of vegetables? Or are you eating a lot of dense foods (natural PB)?
Regardless of whether people here think 11mm is something to be lost or not, it really depends on what you think about it.
[quote]RMorrison wrote:
Muggz wrote:
I’ve got a dilemma. I’m taking in 2600 calories as maintenance and I still feel hungry.
Are you maintaining? If you are maintaining and you plan on trying to lean down soon, adding cals might not be the best option. If this is the case, are you volumizing your diet with lots of vegetables? Or are you eating a lot of dense foods (natural PB)?
Regardless of whether people here think 11mm is something to be lost or not, it really depends on what you think about it.
That is supposed to be my maintain, but it just doesn’t seem to be enough for me.
BTW, I tried the carb up at breakfast, pre/post workout last night because it was hockey night. I took 60g protein, 100g carbs and I think 10g of fat about an hour before hockey and holy shit, I can tell the difference. I had energy on the ice like you wouldn’t believe and I never got winded too bad.
Seems like upping the calories a bit is working, I’m not as hungry as I used to be. It’s trying to find the carbs to load up on work out days. I tried scarfing down 1c of oatmeal with 8 egg whites, and 1/2c of organic cereal and I couldn’t finish it all!