[quote]Russaldo13 wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Russaldo13 wrote:
[quote]Scott M wrote:
[quote]Russaldo13 wrote:
Well based on my personal experiences
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How much do you have?
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A little over a year ago I was 6’1" and 228lbs
Now Im 195 with like 12% body fat, and Ive done many a cardio/weight training programs…
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I seriously doubt you are currently an exercise major. Doesn’t that require at least first year biology?
The initial weight lost in a low carb diet is mostly glycogen depletion and water loss. During contest prep, these guys will attempt to drain every ounce of non-vital fluid from their bodies. That means the last 20lbs lost or so is by no means simply FAT LOSS. The initial weight lost is by no means simply FAT LOSS. Therefore, the idea that a bodybuilder with 40lbs to lose to get in contest shape is carrying 40lbs of fat is absolutely ridiculous and false.
Aside from freaks like Kevin Levrone, most humans on the planet have to be FAR PAST THEIR PLANNED STAGE WEIGHT in terms of development so that they can diet back down to it.[/quote]
It requires 3 quarters of biology, but yea just about a year, its really annoying to want to learn about the human body, and have to take damn psych and chem and STATS (I hate math) and crap like that, just lemme into the exciting stuff already…
But ok I feel ya on the whole water thing, I actually have heard that, the dude I buy my protein and stuff from at the GNC is a competitor so he tells me all about his crazy diets and how he cuts to like insane body fat and sucks all his liquid out… Maybe im in the wrong place, it seems like most of the info on here is for people that want to compete, and I dont, so cutting for a competition will never be a problem, I just wanna build muscle and keep my cardio vascular strength at a very high level… Basically the body/athleticism of an NFL linebacker
Is this purely a competitive bodybuilding site?? Cuz I see stuff about MMA and things of that nature on here too…
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No offense, but you need to type much less and read much more. It doesn’t matter if you ever compete or not. The same rules apply even if the guy wants to simply look like an off season serious bodybuilder. Someone who is a “casual walking around weight” of 220lbs is literally NOTHING like some guy who is 220lbs in CONTEST SHAPE.
You are the one who mentioned that you think you can make the same progress by taking it slow. You would be wrong unless you have simply amazing genetics that allow you to make massive gains in muscle mass with minimal to no fat gain ever. Most people do NOT have genetics like that and all of the protein intake in the world won’t give that to you.
Therefore, while one guy may actually be able to maintain less than 10% body fat year round and still make progress on an “extreme” level, another guy may not be able to grow optimally at such a low body fat percentage.
This about finding out how your own body works…and if you are still under the assumption that you can just decide what you want to do as if your biology and genetics are irrelevant aspects of the equation, then you have a shit load to learn.
That means if your ultimate goal is “a solid 220lbs”, you had better be prepared to get up to at least around 240lbs and more before dieting back down to “220”.
