[quote]frauls5015 wrote:
What’s up man, nice progress, those shoulders are looking round and vascualar as hell.
Just wanted to let you know I’m definitely interested in following this log, so I’m in.
Also, since you follow CBL I assume you are familiar with Kiefer’s work.
Also, quoting you:
"Stollen from Vtballa
"But I have a very “Blast” mentality, as Tate would say. If I’m going to diet, I’m going to take fat burners, cut out all my carbs, eat clean, do cardio and annihalte the fat. If I am gaining, Im going to eat everything I can get my hands on. I’ve never understood the philosophy of “easing into it”, like saving cardio for when your fat loss slows down. By that point, you have just wasted all the time you could have been doing cardio in the first place and made more progress! "
Sums up my psychology to and thought process to a T"
I’m on the same page man. Its either 110% or nothing at all. whether it be in the gym, schoolwork, etc. Literally have to force myself to leave the gym sometimes. And last year in an attempt to shred up, I actually cut carbs and cals WAY too quickly and drove myself in the ground because I wanted to be rid of the bodyfat so quickly (and was too stubborn to “ease up” my dieting). I also have that logical application to everything I do; I often find myself analyzing things in a scientific manner when it is clearly not mecessary to get that analytical.
I also feel like I can make great sense of things in my head, but communicating that idea in an easy-to-understand way for everybody else is somewhat difficult, sometimes I feel like I perceive and analyze differently than everyone else lol. So you’re not alone in those aspects.
As for constructive help for gaining weight…you obviosuly know your body well and what it responds to. To be honest, a guy with a metabolism like yours would probably do better eating around 800g carbs a night, and honestly from “shitty” foods. I understand that you have a mental barrier against gaining fat, but from my own personal experience I have found it almost impossible to gain fat when back-loading. I’ve literally let myself binge several nights during the semester, and not even clean carbs. Im talking pizza, hot dogs, cereal, ice cream, poptarts and probably more, all in one night. Sure, I’d wake up and feel a bit bloated and look watery, but my metabolism is not NEARLY as fast as yours and I have yet to gain fat while on this program.
So a few comment after reading through this log[/quote]
Hey thanks for stopping by.
I saw the link befoer the mods removed it, but yes i am familiar with it. I need to do some more reading and digging into his latest articles. I have seen a lot of studies that go agaisnt some of what he is saying. In the grand scheme of things it doesnt make sense in my head that small fasts of under 24 hours and greater than 12 hours would start eating away at muscle unless you are very close or over your genetic potential. That makes no evolutionary sense. If muscle was eaten away that fast early man would have really struggled because they were not getting food in that often all the time. But his research is always interesting.
Edit: Also i think the benefit of fasting with some fasted LISS is hard to beat in terms of either keeping BF in check or lowering BF even while gaining. Do some stretching or mobility work and you have a great warm up workout prior to the real deal. Also fasted LISS has some other very good health benefits including a good increase in insulin sensitivity.
Apprecaite all the comments. CBL is awesome in terms of handling carbs and just pounding them down with very few ill consequences. Its been a lot of fun and so easy. Dieting with this method will be such a breeze when it comes to that.
