Brett - Yeah, I’m trying to bulk up. Eating at a surplus doesn’t feel good for me, and it’s a major effort. I’m not committed to doing this contest yet. I’m going to go see the show this May and scope out the competitors to see if I have any kind of realistic shot. Then I may consider it. Regardless, the current plan is to bulk bakc up to 200 lb, diet hard for summer, show off, and then rebound back into fall training. I’m apparently nearing my genetic potential (given my willowy bone structure) so I have to take these drastic measures to gain weight.
Matt - When the mood is right I can demolish peanut butter cups like it’s my job. The ONE THING I can eat to excess without any issue is candy. Unfortunately that stuff does me no good… ever.
MJ - lots of good tricks in there. I am familiar with most of them. A really good take-away for me is to try and focus more on liquid meals. I seem to have an easier time with shakes when I’m already full.
Dogg - I’m open to suggestions about gaining muscle. In fact I welcome them! But I know of no other way to add muscle than to bulk way up. I’ve only bulked twice (in the middle of my third) so I’m by no means an expert. My typical expectations are 20 odd pounds of weight gain of which 3-5 will be muscle. Bear in mind, my starting point is 8-10%.
Snap - I appreciate the visit.
Cav - The whole business with my son kind of blew up in my face. After begging me for karate lessons for the past six months he had a total melt down before his third lesson. I normally don’t let my kids quit once they start, but this is becoming a recurring theme with him, so I gave him a choice. If he quits karate he has to repay me for the lessons and uniform (10 weeks allowance), and since I won’t be able to trust him to fulfill his team commitments he can’t sign up for baseball this summer (which he’s also been begging for). I also said I’m not interested in tkaing him to the gym is he’s not serious. He chose to quit karate and accept all the punishments that came with it. Only now is he realizing what he’s done, and he’s feeling pretty low. Still, I gotta follow through with the punishment to make a point.
Ampleforth - I mis-spoke. You’re right that depressuring a gas decreases temperature thorugh auto-refrigeration. I meant to say one gas from a much higher pressure source was being forced into an atmospheric container of fixed size. The heat increase was through compression.
Geeked out yet?
