I also have another question if you guys don’t min giving me some more feedback. Monday and Thursday are my 5/3/1 days. I still have fitness class Tueday an Friday. I don’t do cardio anymore in class because i want to gain weight and i get good cardio from Muay Thai. What should I do on those days?
This week I did some skipping, stretched and practiced form with empty barbells. I was thinking on Fridays i would do power cleans and gradually try to increase the weight on that exercise, maybe throw in some assitance on the side. Any reccomendations?
[quote]ThyArtisMurder wrote:
Unfortunately i don’t think i’ve gained any weight 
I’ve been gradually applying the advice you have recommended- 3 good meals a day, 20-25 grams of protien per meal ETC. I try to eat a little more the days I do Muay Thai as well. I try to have some snacks in between or after meals as [/quote]
Think of the 20-25g protein as a minimum, definitely not a per meal max. Are you weighing yourself once or twice a week? That’d be a good way to make sure you’re really eating enough (or in this case, more than enough). If you’re not seeing a pound or two increase at each weigh-in, you need to consciously try eating more in each meal.
Definitely not trying to get you obsessed with the scale, but try to set mini-goals for your bodyweight. Like shoot for breaking 150 pounds by May 2. That’s a full 6 weeks from today, which should be plenty of time to gain about 5 pounds.
Sounds solid. Nothing wrong with easy technique work. Flexibility and mobility is also almost-always a good thing. The classes are probably about an hour? You can definitely kill an hour with stretching and some light sets.
That would basically turn Friday into a full blown power clean-only workout, which isn’t part of the plan. So I’d ditch that option.
I know we’re coming from very different backgrounds, but I literally eat 3x as much protein as you and I’m trying to lose fat. Up the protein! Up the carbs!
[quote]1 Man Island wrote:
I know we’re coming from very different backgrounds, but I literally eat 3x as much protein as you and I’m trying to lose fat. Up the protein! Up the carbs![/quote]
Yeah I realize this now. Need to eat more and weight myself more often. i’ll definitely up the carbs and protien
[quote]Chris Colucci wrote:
Think of the 20-25g protein as a minimum, definitely not a per meal max. Are you weighing yourself once or twice a week? That’d be a good way to make sure you’re really eating enough (or in this case, more than enough). If you’re not seeing a pound or two increase at each weigh-in, you need to consciously try eating more in each meal.
Yeah I understand. will definitely focus on these things.I don’t have a scale, so i’ll ask to use one in my fitness class once a week.
Sounds solid. Nothing wrong with easy technique work. Flexibility and mobility is also almost-always a good thing. The classes are probably about an hour? You can definitely kill an hour with stretching and some light sets. Yeah 75 minutes per class, i just kill time stretching+form work and light skipping for footwork. Pretty boring but meh it works.
That would basically turn Friday into a full blown power clean-only workout, which isn’t part of the plan. So I’d ditch that option.[/quote]
Awh, alright. I tried them today, pretty fun but it’s not part of the plan so I won’t bother with it anymore. What should I do? same as Tuesday? I wouldn’t mind doing some sort of lifting, but i’ll ditch it if necessary