I really appreciate that. I figured 10% seemed too low. im using a Yunmai scale as my estimate for body fat. I have a fully body assesment next week to get an exact measurment and I have increased my calorie goal and protien. With that being said do you think I should go low carb higher fat? These two macros seem to cause the most confusion.
Are we talking to gain muscle mass?
If so I would lean more towards high carbs but that’s person dependent. I do well on very high carbs. When I tried higher fats I didn’t feel as good and got softer.
Honestly though at this stage of your development you would benefit most from concentrating on eating a good amount of high quality foods. Eat for performance, set performance goals rather than physique goals. Physique goals cause problems at this early stage because muscle building is so slow, we are talking years. You get a bit softer, then want to cut, then you look skinny so want to bulk, it’s an endless cycle that gets you nowhere fast.
Pick solid proven routines and run them exactly as written, if you fail to hit rep targets or progress in the gym then eat more to fuel your performance, the physique will follow. Don’t worry about being shredded, worry about getting stronger over a variety of rep ranges.
I have been consistently “playing” in the gym for a few years now bouncing between cardio and weights. This is my first official “program” that I am working on that consists of a simple 5 day break down targeting each muscle group per day. and two days of moderate if any cardio, mostly sports or a run with the dog. I have been on the 1500 calorie cut for about a month now and after reading all of these will bump it up to around 1800-2200 calories. I really appreciate your feedback and advice.
Thank you all for some positive, and not so positive feedback. the masses have spoken and the goal is mass! so I am increasing my calories to 2000ish and increasing my protien to 1.5g per body fat. I really appreciate the lack of fluffyness. I have been bombarded with “oh you look fines” and complacent comments so it is nice to have some straight forward fitness gurus.
Thanks.
You’re 150 lbs, you do not need 225 grams of protein. Mas carbs, homie.
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This can’t be overemphasized. On a scale of difficulty from 1-10, getting from 20% to 10% BF is about a 7, whereas getting from 10% to 5% is a solid 38.
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Stop playing. Put In a solid 2-3 years focused on quality gains (not fatass bulking!) and then you’ll have a better idea of where you’re at.
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