I just want to add that as someone who did a set of 20 squats with 75% of my training max (60% 1RM) on Tuesday this couldnāt be more wrong. I recommend you try it, maybe even video it, then get back to us. If itās easy then perhaps you can ignore all the great advice youāre getting like you are.
I donāt know what that is that youāre currently doing but itās terrible, basically anything you do will be better. And like everyone else has said just eat some good food. Thatās all I have to say.
Iām calling troll right about now. How delusional do you have to be think that youāre on the right track when you literally look like a fat chick with sagging tits?
I wanted to play football but wasnāt allowed. Someone at momās highschool had to spend 6 months woth a back brace on. So no dice.
I played baseball but always missed the cut for the āgood kid teamā and ended up on the āscrub teamā. The scrub team loses, thatās what theyāre for. No matter how hard I worked we lost. That was 6-8yo.
So the winter of 8yo I wanted to try an individual sport and went out for wrestling. I got to grind kidsā heads into the mat, cross faces, jam their own knee into their chin in a cradle. Now hereās my sport.
I loved doing something aggressive. I had a bit of an advantage because I had physical chores and could throw things around. But get into high school and Iām 185lbs with a 33in waist at 13yo. I was wrestling seniors who water cut from 200. The weigh ins were the day before and hydration tests didnāt exist yet. I was getting steam rolled by kids who look like Atlas.
Coach came to me and said āyou could go to states if you lost 15-20 lbsā. So I tried⦠alot. I didnāt know anything about calorie balance, fueling exercise or eating for performance. I just did hella cardio and stopped eating. Iām the type of guy who gets hangry when he doesnāt eat. So that was unsustainable.
Eventually I got damn tired of not eating and quit. I had better things to do in HS like chase a certain redhead (sheās still around so I win). I just wish I somebody knowledgeable about sports nutrition could have talked to us. Ah well moving on.
So when I address people having problems losing fat, I feel for them. Being stuck on that damn yoyo cycle really sucks.
Thereās no gotcha here. Some people are just really confused about how lifting/eating/metabolism works. If all you have to go on is Weider style magazines and GNC ads. Or bro advice from the gym I shudder to think.
Eat less. Be active. Listen to what everyone on this forum has told you. Donāt even talk about bulking or cutting or lifting programs. Just live a more overall healthy lifestyle and youāll be surprised at the progress you make.
1- Do some difficult physical activity everyday for ~ 1-2 hours. Following 5/3/1 and do the moderate cardio shit that Wendler advocates for off-days. I dunno. Go walk as fast as you can on a nearby hill trail that goes for 3+ miles.
Whatever floats you boat. Doesnāt really matter for weight-loss. Just do something difficult everyday for at least 1-2 hours.
2- Eat nothing but stuff youāve cooked yourself over a stove-top or in an oven. The only possible exception is using the microwave because you lack an oven. You can eat whatever the hell you want; just cook it yourself.