[quote]The3Commandments wrote:
Hi David,
I definitely appreciate your post. The encouragement is great and (possibly) needed, haha. My regression is disheartening. I’ll be following your work, man!
If I could ask you about your failed bulking experience–could you write me a bit more about it? Last year, I gained 40 pounds, but slowly and with no body fat gain. This time, I’d like to rebound faster, and I’d like my progression to not hit plateaus. That said, I’d be lying to myself if I didn’t admit that I’m worried about getting heavy again (I used to be 250 lbs in high school). So what went wrong? What would you do if you were to do it over again?
Best wishes,
The3Commandments[/quote]
No bother man and trust me its not that bad. You already have the knowledge and you’ve done it once so you know you can do it again. Having that experience is worth its weight in gold but never the less its always nice to know people can see your commitment.
My god 40 pounds with little fat gain? Wtf was your secret? haha. Seriously though thats god dam impressive, personally id be happy with 10 pounds in a year:P
Well what happen to me was, I started very heavy. I was around 200 lbs with about 30% BF, seriously chumky. After finding out about nutrition and Kcals etc I dieted for the best part of a year and dropped to 150 soaking wet.
I managed to get a 4 pack but couldnt get rid of the last bit of flab, so I started dieting harder and doing more cardio(at my worst I was doing a 2 hour weighted cycle 6 days a week). Anyway, the flab stayed where it was and I just became really small and flabby lol.
So Just after September ended I decided I would try and bulk up. My goal was too do it slowly, only add 250 Kcals a week and keep all my foods clean(I was terrified of getting fat again after having lost it all).
That was my plan but what actually happened was very very very different. I went totally stir fucking crazy with food, im talking no self restraint what so ever.
Now in saying that, all my meals where clean. I didnt eat junk food at all, I think the closest I came too shit food was fatty steak. I was eating, oatmeal, rice, potato’s, salmon, whey, steak, carrots, peppers, apples, bananas and dried fruit. Things like that made up my diet.
The disasters always happened when I came home. Since im in collage, I would take in 5 out of my 6 mmeals before I got home and usually id be right on point Kcal wise. Id have about 400 Kcals left for my last meal.
SO when I came in I would be starving(I would have already eaten about 2700 Kcals by this stage), since my last meal was an hour away I would snack until meal time.
One day I came home and ate, 10 apples, 6 bananas and half a bag of raisins in a half hour sitting. Then half an hour later I would eat a steak or two with at least 3 lbs of veggies like broccoli or peppers or onions etc.
Basically I would eat enough to shame most BB’s and still be hungry, it was fucking crazy. Simply put I was never full, ever. I was always hungry. And id justify eating that amount of food because It was all clean food and I was bulking up.
AN example would be one Saturday(as a snack before my meal no 3) I ate 2 lbs of mince meat and about 700 grams of brown rice. It was ridiculous, I dont know how I ate it all but it was like the more I ate the hungrier I became, I even remember thinking “Well if im this hungry my body must need it”.
My effort in the gym was a joke though. I would hit the weight 5 days a week but I didn’t even know what intensity ment. Also there was no compound movements in my program, twas all accessory movements save pull ups.
Anyway, I know ill never have a issue putting up weight. My problem is trying to make sure its good weight lol.
If I could do it over again, I wouldnt simply. Im too weak atm to be thinking about bulking/cutting. I simpy need to get stronger before I start thinking about astectics. Like Arnold looked the shit but he could also squat 400 lbs.
My problem was jumping straight into the BB aspect of it and not trying to develop a decent foundation to work with first.
So thats what im doing now, im trying to develop a good base to work with before I even consider bulking/cutting.
Well that was my little disaster, pretty funny if you think about it. Like I was breaking 3000 Kcals in one meal from veggies, oil and meat. Makes me kinda sad to read about guys who cant put on weight cause they cant eat.
The stats for the 6 weeks where
Start)
WEight: 150lbs
Bf: 10%
Daily Kcals: 2400
Finish)
WEight: 186 Lbs
bf: 20%
Daily Kcals: 4500-6000(My best being the sat I ate all that mince, 10, 452 Kcals. That has to be some kinda fucking record seeing as it was on oatmeal, mince, rice, chicken and fruit.)
Note: Carrots where also a massive problem for me, I read some where arnold recommend them even when cutting and like the idiot I am took that as a green light to eat!!!
In an evening Id usually have one or two KG bags of carrots(raw, as a snack). And that would be everyday. On the weekends I could easily eat around 4 KG bags a day just as snacks as id just walk down the road and buy 10 bags for 5 euro lol.