The first event after the break has a 10kg diff. in weight divisions & my coach wants to trial me at the higher weight div., so i plan to pack on as much as clean size for the first event, if it doesnt work me i can come down as the events progress - i cant put the weight on at the sec., as i competing so often & doing so much cardio i cant put good weight on… so ive pretty much got a month to focus on hypertrophy.
i got PMd CTs BCAA protocol to help, looks pretty awesome, heres the direct cut:
“” Christian Thibaudeau’s BCAA Protocols
Christian Thibaudeau is on the high end of the scale, but the results speak for themselves:
“Over the past year, I’ve had several clients gain up to 8 pounds of lean mass in 2 weeks using my protocol. While most of my clients don’t gain 8 pounds in two weeks, most will gain an average of 1-2 pounds per week over the first 8 weeks of use.”
Here’s what Christian recommends:
5 servings of 5-10 grams per day (i.e. about 4 to 8 Biotest BCAA tablets):
Upon waking up (especially if you engage in pre-breakfast cardio).
Between breakfast and lunch.
Between lunch and supper.
Mid-evening.
Before going to bed.
“Each serving would ideally be 10 grams; that will give you the best gains by far. The results are very close to being drug-like, and I’m not one to say this lightly. I put my reputation on the line.”
i agree Trib, but if i dont change anything, ill still be 70kgs. I dont necessarily have to be exactly 22lbs heavier, just as far away from 70kg & as close to 80kgs as possible…
That would be tough…
Would involve a lot of eating. A lot of lifting, frequently, advanced recovery techniques, sleep, etc. Would be fun though. Creatine, BCAA’s, EFA’s, high quality protein, enough fiber…
[quote]sjfou wrote:
i agree Trib, but if i dont change anything, ill still be 70kgs. I dont necessarily have to be exactly 22lbs heavier, just as far away from 70kg & as close to 80kgs as possible…[/quote]
to do that with clean muscle gains without juice it will take you a year at the very least if you are of average genetics and have an active lifestyle which involves other activities such as matrialarts.
anymore than a few pounds a month is going to be pointless weight for a martial artist.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
sjfou wrote:
Tiribulus wrote:
What’s the number difference in weight classes you’re looking to jump. Sorry, I’m no expert in this area.
Theres a 10kg (22lbs) diff. between divisions, at the specific event im looking at…
Before you put your life in an unnecessary tailspin it is unlikely, in the extreme, that you can gain 22 lean pounds in the next 4 weeks.[/quote]
You brought to mind an Arnold story. I can’t recall the particulars at the moment, but Arnold won a contest, with another coming up in about a month. The guy who finished behind him looked to be a potential threat, so Arnold sabotaged him. Arnold told the guy that he heard everyone saying that if this guy were something like 10 pounds larger, he would have defeated Arnold. So, this guy got it in his head that if he put on those 10 pounds for the next contest (one month away), he’d beat Arnold. The guy tried to, failed to put on the muscle and instead put on fat (needless to say). Arnold won easily.
22 pounds of muscle in one month is just not going to happen.
At the most, under the BEST possible circumstances, a natural lifter can gain around 1-2lbs of MUSCLE in a month. Even if, for some reason you exceeed what is the upper normal range (e.g. because you never lifted for size and were in a constant undereating/undernourished state) you can MAYBE hope to double that for a month and gain 3-4lbs of muscle, but that is stretching it.
You CAN gain more WEIGHT, but it will come from water, fat or added glycogen storage (most likely all three) so what good would that do to you??? Let’s say that you gain 3lbs of muscle, 6lbs of fat, 3lbs of water, 1lbs of added glycogen storage (total of 13lbs) you will actually be a WORSE athlete for it because you will have more dead weight to carry without having a proportionally bigger ‘‘engine’’ to carry it.
[quote]fightingtiger wrote:
T234 wrote:
Follow the MegaBulk diet from bodybuilding.com
Monday - Friday:
1st meal:
7 weet bix 2 eggs and glass of milk
2nd Meal:
Bowl Of continental chicken and vegetables family pack rice (125grams)
3rd Meal:
Bowl Of continental chicken and vegetables family pack rice (125grams)
4th Meal:
Bowl Of continental chicken and vegetables family pack rice (125grams)
5th Meal:
3 eggs and glass of milk or water
6th Meal:
Bowl Of continental chicken and vegetables family pack rice (125grams)
7th Meal:
Bowl Of continental chicken and vegetables family pack rice (125grams)
8th Meal:
7 weetbix 2 eggs and glass of milk
-GYM Time-
9th meal Whole large chicken and glass of milk or water
Saturday and Sunday
Consisted of anything you feel like really.
Whole chickens, Rump steaks, Weetbix and occasionally cheat meals.
Not gonna let it die.[/quote]
It would be a disservice to those of us who need a quality diet like this.
Another thing to consider is that almost no one who fights in the weight class that you’re trying to move up to actually walks around at that weight class. Most fighters these days cut weight for competitions, meaning that they probably walk around 10+ lbs heavier, and will probably actually be that weight by the time of the competition.
So, not only will you probably (in fact almost definitely) not gain much weight from muscle if you tried to move up to the higher weight class (in a month). But, you’d also be fighting guys who most likely would have less adipose tissue, who’s body had adapted to being that weight and who probably would still outweigh you by quite a bit.
My advice is to try to put on a couple solid lbs of muscle, really work on your conditioning and technique, and then cut back down to your current weight class (which shouldn’t be too hard if you’re only gaining 1-2 lbs). You’ll be stronger in that division than you were previously.
Later on down the road if you choose to continue gaining, and really want to give the next weight class up a shot, you can do so. But like others have said, it’s going to take a while to gain that type of lean mass.
You might also want to consider the effects of mass building exercises on your martial arts, which I’m guessing is more about endurance. Martial artists are not powerlifters, nor are they bodybuilders. Gaining significant mass that quickly (if possible) for the purpose of martial arts might just be dead weight.