Damn bro, that’s lean. I struggle to get to the low teens! Kudos for the discipline.
No I haven’t yet. I’ll get the chance tomorrow. That’s good going from you then? What was your start weight and BF% for that then? What weight did you finish at?
You seem a bit obsessed by numerical metrics. They don’t matter that much. On the other hand how you look in the mirror absolutely matters.
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True.
Just like to have a reference and something to work off of keep me on right track haha
What does this mean and how are you interpreting the info?
Am I the only one around here who does slow long term weight loss? My weight cuts (from when I was really losing significant weight) were like 6+ month blocks. lol. Like I’m 60 pounds lighter than at my max powerlifting powerbelly days, but that took me like 3 years (with pauses).
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I don’t get the concern about muscle loss here. If you eat a good amount of protein and train hard, you won’t lose any significant amount of muscle. If you are so overfat that you can lose 2lbs a week for a significant degree of time, unless you are a sumo wrestler or 308lb powerlifter, odds are you don’t have much muscle to preserve. If you AREN’T that overfat, you won’t lose 2lbs a week for long enough for it to matter.
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Thanks and noted.
Like I say I’ve never really done a proper cut before like this and always heard / read people doing things to quick will lose muscle you gained etc. So just wanted to double check
These people tend to start out fatter than they realize and confuse said fat with muscle. They get cut, end up small, and swear they lost a ton of muscle.
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Have you read anything that’s been linked to you? I feel as if sometimes what you are asking is already available to you - just not in a direct reply.
I’m not sure. I would imagine most people don’t have the discipline to do it long term. For me personally, I’m an endomorph, and gain weight very easily. It’s best just to go a bit more aggressively and not stop the momentum.
You can roughly gauge how insulin resistant they currently are from leanness and how they distribute body fat. Early into lifting I’d use more keto approach to cutting and felt great, but in time I started to feel like shit when I’d use low carb approach. I discovered recently I feel and ultimately look better on low fat.
I think that is my situation. I have only tracked my training and diet over the past year. completed a long bulk, and now im cutting. went from 169 to 204 at 5’10
right now im at 184. No idea what my bf pct was when i started my cut, I didn’t like the way my belly looked, but my arms neck and everywhere else looked good in a t shirt.
I feel like im getting smaller. And its messing with me mentally Keeping protein intake high tho, and creeped up on my deficit number. Meaning I started at 2300 cal, no drop. Went to 2200 cal, no drop.
finally at 2100 cal per day, i started to see the scale drop.
No cardio to speak of. Only diet and lifting.
Cardio is good for you dude: I would do some
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I’ve always done cardio. but i also never tracked my bf, training, or diet.
I want to add cardio but I have read various articles that say cardio may inhibit building muscle.
I guess Im doing a sort of self experiment right now. doing no cardio. seeing what comes of it.
I may have enough data collected on myself to be able to tell one way or the other. I may add cardio to my routine and see what comes of it.
Those articles are written by silly people.
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Typically, these authors will reference studies based on extremes and take impractical logical leaps.
For instance, a study will show negative effects to a hormonal profile and decreased muscle mass in ultra marathon competitors. Some internet author will then say don’t walk 20 minutes if you want to gain muscle. We all know that’s a ludicrous logical leap, but the article is well-written (and we don’t want to do cardio, anyway), so we get onboard.
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Yea. It is tough to discern the solid info from the junk. Im experimenting on myself right now tracking what works and doesnt. Ive dropped 20lb since i started my cut. No cardio. I dont really have a weight goal. When i see my abs. Ill stop and then try to add more mass again.
Im hoping that as i drop the fat i dont look too skinny, but i guess we will see. I like a few online people. Jeff nippard. Menno henselmans. Eric helms. They all seem to base their info on the science. So far it has worked. As i have dropped weight my strength hasnt decreased. In some lifts it has increased.
I consider myself an intermediate lifter. Been training for decades. However, only got serious on my diet in the past year. It is amazing how much time i wasted over the years not tracking that.