You should check out bulk nutrients mate. There a Tasmanian company and their prices are pretty cheap
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Cheers il have a look man
I was going to say.
10.26.17
Woke up at 231.2 lbs which wasn’t a surprise after drinking four beers last night.
Yesterday’s Nutrition
3624 calories, 416g carbs, 99g fat, 185g protein.
0515 Workout
Squat
135 x 10 x 2
185 x 5
215 x 5
245 x 4 x 5 sets
I hate squats right now. I’m slow and awkward on my descent because I’m trying not to go past parallel. I’m not even sure if that’s a problem. I tried a couple different stances to see if going more narrow would help but I didn’t find anything that felt good. 245 lbs should not feel as hard as it does. It’s days like these that make me wonder why I even bother squatting. I’m a physique motivated guy and I can still develop my legs without this stupid exercise!
Paused Squat
145 x 8 x 2
155 x 6 x 2
Split Squat
95 x 8 x 2
95 x 6 x 2
And that’s it. I think this took me about 45 minutes this morning. I had a banana as my pre-workout meal and it was gone by my second set of split squats. I started to feel a tiny bit nauseous so I ate a couple starbursts and managed to avoid the full onset of feeling like crap… but I did have some terrible smelling gas. My wife likes to joke that it smells like an open grave (when it’s that bad) but today I had a chance to compare first hand. This morning I had a dead body call and he’d been there for a while. My gas does not smell like an open grave. Its odor would be very welcome in lieu of a decomposing body.
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Beat me to it… good call
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Nice work on those gains! (especially those ab gainz, lol)
I wouldn’t look too much into that type of blanket statement. He could say we don’t NEED more than 80g of protein or 80g of carbs per day and he wouldn’t necessarily be incorrect.
This I would highly disagree with. Keto is a super high fat diet and IMO one of the most effective ways to drop fat.
You and Mark seem to be able to get by with a lot more carbs than fats while I prefer getting similar grams of carbs and fats.
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Also, fats taste good!
And it seems that EVERY diet for weight loss or cutting focuses on carb control (amount, timing, type, etc) and fats are only adjusted to balance the changes to carbs.
I’m sticking with my current set-up.
That being said, I’ve had enough of the puffiness! My stomach looks like crap and I hate it. I don’t think I’m going to transform my current weight without a cut and bulk. I’m not sure it’s possible to maintain weight while cutting fat and adding muscle. So I’m going to cut back to 220 lbs and then eat 50-100 calories above maintenance.
I also think it would be a good idea to cut down before the American Holidays. Halloween through New Year’s is a a gauntlet of fat food offerings.
So in conclusion… Based on how I feel about my appearance and other information I’ve gathered I’m going backwards before I go forward. The 10 lbs I’ve gained was very rapid and can’t possibly be muscle. One of yesterday’s T Nation tips was about bulking. It said to start bulking at 10% body fat and stop when you hit 15%. I feel like I’m a lot closer to 15 than 10% so I better go back. I know it’s not a golden rule but it’s an approach that I’d prefer to follow since I can’t stand the sight of my own stomach when my abs are hidden.
So as of today I’m back to 3200 calories.
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Stick it out man! Enjoy the temporary fluff. It’s nearly winter, and it is needed for hibernation.
Enjoy this:
Then do this:
…starting January 1st. This will also take away your excuse for not competing in the next Transformation challenge and give you a real shot at making some noticeable improvements!
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Lol, getting caught back up with everything & saw this. This bugged my wife to no end so I did some research. Turns out that the watches are pretty inaccurate when trying to calculate distance precisely because they triagulate (or whatever) the user’s position and never pinpoint the exact location, so it reads as if the user is moving in a zig-zag pattern & pretty much always adds a little bit of distance.
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I was hoping to participate by gaining weight this year! I figured I’d go for a bulking transformation but I might have to submit my results a bit late lol
I’m not going to argue with her! She says it’s been off for years but the director won’t fix it. I said “why doesn’t someone just ride the thing with a bike to measure it out?”
It’s also an out and back that goes uphill during the out phase. It’s not a course for PRs and if you’re trying to qualify for Boston then you might as well pick a good course.
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I’m also having hip surgery Dec 20th and it’ll be a 2-3 month recovery. You can bet that I’ll be training my right leg and upper body but I have no idea how it’s going to go in terms of gaining or losing muscle.
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Womt this just give you an annoying leg strength and size imbalance?
I think the idea is that training one half of the lower body will have a small degree of carry over to the other side. That and having 1 weakened leg is better than 2 weakened legs. Even something as simple as flexing the muscles in the recovering leg isometrically (if it doesn’t cause pain) could help slow atrophy.
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@mr.v3lv3t is correct. Research has shown a small carryover effect. He’s also dead on about having one weak leg vs two. I’ve always handled injuries with this approach: just because one part of me is broken doesn’t mean that the rest of me has to fall apart too.
Besides, my left leg has always been stronger and bigger than my right. My right leg could use a chance to catch up.
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@littlesleeper, I’m still undecided on how to proceed. Stay puffy and cut for the T-ransformation challenge or cut back to 220 or less and start my bulk again at a slower rate and continue to bulk for the challenge…
Cut, then bulk means I’m done eating today.
Stay puffy means I can have a couple beers while watching the World Series.
Interesting!, thanks for this information guys.
Obvious choice is obvious.
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Last option of course.
That’s a no brainer.
Beer and the World Series, is a perfect match.
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Damn.
You’ll need to find out what program Bo Jackson used for recovery. He was still hitting dingers afterward. Granted, he was Bo Jackson.
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10.27.17
Woke at 232.2 lbs.
10.26.17’s Nutrition
4497 calories, 435g carbs, 210g fat, 224g protein.
I have no idea how accurate this is. I went to lunch with my brother and had a big turkey sandwich and a load of homemade chips. I searched MyFitnessPal for close matches and just estimated but it appears that I ate 900-1200 calories in chips…
10.28.17
Woke at 232.4 lbs.
Yesterday’s Nutrition
3174 calories, 354g carbs, 115g fat, 202g protein.
As you can see I passed on the evening beers and stuck with 3200 calories. Unfortunately I woke up .2 lbs heavier. I’m not quite sure what it was but I must have eaten a lot of salt. I drank about 30-40 ounces of water watching the first 5 innings of the game and woke up thirsty. I did my bench workout this morning and had dry mouth. I never have dry mouth in the morning unless I’ve eaten pizza or drank more than 3 beers.
0520 Workout
Bench
135 x 10 x 2
185 x 5 x 2
215 x 5
225 x 4 x 5 sets
Ab Wheel
3 x 10
Reverse Fly
3 x 15 w/ black band
Face Pull
3 x 15 w/ black band
I did the ab wheel and band stuff between sets of bench.
Full ROM DB Bench
70 x 8 x 2
75 x 6 x 2
Close Grip Incline
115 x 8 x 2
125 x 6 x 2
These are interesting. I feel very little muscle activation but they are very difficult. A guy who is much stronger and older than me told me to do them to help my bench. He reps 405 and is over 50 so I thought I’d try to listen.
And it was up the stairs to eat breakfast, pack my lunch, and head off to work.
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