That is all good and well. But what I am insinuating is that when you are doing an LP, you generally are going to want to be at least 500 over. Sometimes you get fatter. I turned into a fat lump of shit; albeit a strong one. After you run an LP, which usually takes around 6 months, then you have to do something else. That something else is generally where the recomp takes place.
Were I in your position, I would run the LP. It is a long process to get where you want, but the strength helps. There is just a momentary setback in appearance.
The only reason I bring this up is the LP is very stressful on your body. The food and sleep are what get you through it. The high fat content is what protects your joints.
If you want to do more around maintenance and try to recomp now, keep either the volume down and weight up in lifts, or volume high and weight low. It will not be as effective as if you were strong, but it will prioritize appearance. And your body wonāt become overwhelmed and make you skinny fat and tired
Iāll take it on board. I ideally wouldnāt go back over 90kg, with fat gain anyway. 90kg is where I start to feel better usually. At 95kg I feel like crap, physically.
What youāre saying does make sense though. When I got to 120kg in deadlift doing starting strength I pretty much just ate, but I did get quite fat, as you said.
Would it need to be 500 over? Iām no expert clearly but would a smaller one work until it doesnāt then do a smaller increase and so on?
Just depends on the volume. If you feel good doing it, good. Listen to your body. It will give you feedback. Watch your progress. If it stunts, you know what to do.
This is all a process, and without a coach watching for you, you will have to do it.
Yes. 500 cal/day was the standard as 500Ć7 days a week = 3500 cal which is the theoretical amount to lose 1 pound of body fat. It seems a trend the last few years to make a smaller deficit/surplus of 250 cal per day and look for approximately 1/2 pound lost/gain per week.
Started grey skull again a week or so ago. Not too intense, just trying to gauge a starting weight for the lifts.
Wonāt be able to squat or deadlift for a while though. The stitches came out last week so I did the deadlift the next day and I think it may have opened the wound a little. Nothing major but it bleed and looks wider than when the stitches first came out, canāt risk it opening more.
Currently just eating at maintenance which according to MacroFactor is 2179 for now until Christmas is fully over and everything settles down a bit.
