Alright, so I’m new to T-Nation in the sense that this is my first post but i have been coming on here for a while for various support.
On to the topic at hand.
I am 17 years old and a football player and strength athlete. I am going to be at the Chicago Strongest Man in April 08 along with some training partners. this past season, I suffered a Brachial plexis injury early in the season. I am now healthy and preparing for chicago strongest man in 08 and also some smaller local powerlifting competitions.
I’ve been lifting since i was about 13. During football i was taking in my huge carb loads for energy with practice and games and what not. The problem is of course i continued those big carb loads even after i got injured and wasn’t playing football or practicing. When i got injured i was weighing in at a solid 245, I now weigh in at about 255 give or take a couple pounds.
The reason I didn’t discontinue my huge carb loads was because for a solid 3 weeks my weight stayed at 245 despite how much i was eating. I made the mistake of continuing those huge carb loads and I gained weight. So heres my question. I want to cut down to about 245 for this competition in April without losing a large amount of muscle or strength.
I know this is very doable considering at the end of last season i weighed in about 265 and was able to cut all that off. i just don’t know what would be the best way to go about it. Just as a side note, this past summer I was able to cut down to my football weight of 245 by taking basically two supplements and doing alot of speed and strength training.
Heres a rundown of my diet.
Morning - glass of OJ, Vitamins, 2-6 eggs or egg whites depending on how i feel, bannana, maybe a cup of yogurt, and maybe the occasional chocolate milk.
mid morning - protein bar or shake
lunch - large salad and some sort of meat (chicken or beef)
pre workout - protein and creatine
post - protein, creatine, and BCAA’s
Dinner - high protein chicken dish with varied sauce or whatever is being cooked.
I will admit, like any high school kid I splurge and those splurges occur occasionally but not too often. And some of you may know that with the schedule of school that i sometimes don’t always have time to consume what i would wish to consume at lunch.
Supplements:
Creatine HSC = (has dgc/glutamine built into it)
Iso-blast 800 =(whey protein isolate, that i am absolutely in love with, i partially contribute my massive cuts and gains this past summer to this supplement, and of course my hard work)
Animal Pak vitamins
BCAA’s - ceased the use of these considering the animal pak has BCAA’s built in.
CLA (conjugated leonelic acid) - I have some of this but i ceased taking this about mid summer amidst rumors that it can increase the chances of getting diabetes and considering it runs in my family, I backed off.
I know I kind of rambled on but i would appreciate any positive input that could help me.
Thanks for your time.