Ok, I’m going to lay down some thoughts here and you guys (Jarrod, Jarryd and I guess anyone else who reads this if there are any lol) can chime in with your opinions. I’m basically just thinking out loud here. There is still a whole week to fine tune it all.
So, along with training together again, I’ll be trying out all these training lab methods that Firmani has been using in his split. Luckily the split is, for the most part, a push/pull/legs which is my favourite setup. The way the actually workouts are set up is new territory for me though.
1-Push
2-Pull
3-Legs/Conditioning
4-Nerual Charge WO
5-Push/Pull
6-Legs
7-Neural Charge WO
I’ll be doing fasted morning cardio (yes, fasted) on days 1, 2, 4 & 7. These will most likely just be steady state for about 30 minutes followed by 10 minutes of sets of skipping if I can learn to skip in a week lol. So far I’ve only managed 5 skips before bailing and wrapping it around my ankels like a trap out of some Rambo movie.
Muscle loss?
Its not like I’ll be going to bed depleted so I won’t wake up depleted either.
Taking even whey or BCAAs before will set off insulin release which may halt lipolysis?
I can easily replenish right after the workout.
I don’t think muscle loss is quite so easy if your overall diet is right.
Not sure what the latest is on this.
On both the Neural Charge WO days I’ll also do 20 minutes HIIT. NOT FASTED. Just some time during the day, maybe after the neural WO itself.
Carb Cycle:
1-Medium 80-120g
2-High 120-160g
3-Medium 80-120g
4-Low 20-50g
5-High 120-160g
6-High 120-160g
7-Low 20-50g
My view on carbs are so different now since dieting that even 100g seems high. I’m guessing I was taking in about 400g a day when I was Chris-Farley’n my way through a bulk. If that turned me into a planet then how does 160g on a high day sound? About right? Aparently my LBM is 92kgs so 160g is about 0.8g per lb of lean mass. Keep in mind this is NOT a bulk. Thoughts?
I was thinking, for a high day, my day would look like this: (this example including the fasted cardio)
08:00 Wake up
-Stretch n Kak
-Fasted Cardio
09:00 Meal#1
Shake:
-1 orange
-1 banana
-1 cup oats
-1 scoop whey
10:00 Meal#2
-1 chicken breast
-brocolli
-1/2 cup almonds
-1 rounded spoon of low fat cottage cheese
11:00 Peri-Workout
Shake: mixed in a 1L bottle of water to sip on the way to and during the workout.
-3 scoops Crea-Mass (28g carbs per scoop)
-2 scoops Whey (like 15-20g protein per heaped table spoon)
13:30 Protein Pulse
-1 scoop Whey
14:00 Meal#3
-1 chicken breast
-brocolli
-1/2 cup almonds
-1 spoon cottage cheese
18:30 Protein Pulse
-1 scoop Whey
19:00 Meal#4
-2 chicken breasts
-Salad
Some of these meals may seem small but remember this isn’t a bulk and I’m used to eating 2 chicken breasts at a time at most nowadays. I’m not exactly sure how many carbs that adds up to but I’m guessing its in the area of 160g. Thoughts?
Oh, and day 3 will be at EVO. I might, but its just a thought, also do day 5 at EVO. Just because I’d like to take advantage of their equipment and do things like close-grip pin press. I don’t know… money… probably not… eh… smith machine?
