hey all, in an effort to lose the last 20lbs i need to lose to make weight for flight rescue, i decided to start the velocity diet. i am ordering supplements as we speak.
initially, i am going to try the one-meal a day option, but if i am not seeing rapid results i will ditch that for the original diet.
soooo, after about 5 years of me posting on this site, T-Nation is finally going to get some of my money! LOL.
i wont post any before pictures as there are plenty of those on my profile, if it works out i will post some after pics.
current body weight is 224lbs.
QUESTION- i am boxing 2-3 times a week for “cardio” now. i would like to continue. any input on if this is a good idea. my boxing workouts consist of about 8-10 minutes of plyometrics and dynamic stretching, then about 10-15 minutes of mitt-drills, where i follow the coach around and he calls out combinations that i have to hit on his mitts, and then about 3-5 rounds of heavy-bag work, 15-20 minutes total.
also, i think i want to continue the doggcrapp training, as it very low volume, and is very intense.
any input is appreciated.
My experience was that higher volume with less intensity was what worked. It’s just soooo hard for me (and most people I imagine) to recover from heavy lifts without lots of food.
It’s always best to do whatever works for you and you are the only one that knows what that is. But that said, I STRONGLY reccomend just doing what Shugart reccomends, at least to start with. I didn’t and I regretted it for a week. I lifted too heavy and I felt like total shit.
The other thing is, for the first week of the diet your body is basically in shock because of the hunger. Just do what he reccomends for the adjustment week. You won’t regret the more conservative aproach.
I had great success with this diet. I actually used Joel Marion’s Ripped, Rugged and Dense 2.0 during it. 2 lifts a day, 5x5, 4 days on, one off and repeat. The nice thing is you get your Surge 4 days in a row, which allowed me to still lose fat very fast, but stay fuller and not flatten out so bad. Muscle density improved a LOT. I really believe the Surge and the short, frequent, heavy workouts allowed me to keep all my muscle and gain in a few lifts while doing this. I don’t think I’d ever use another training program while doing this diet to be honest.
I would probably stick to pre breakfast walking for cardio though. The diet is harsh, and losing muscle is easy at those calories. If you HAVE to do high intensty cardio, I would prolly use Surge afterwards. Muscle loss risk would be too high without it for me, but everyone’s body works differently. Hope you get it all straightened out. Have fun those 28 days…they’re tough as hell, but just as rewarding.
Kubo
ok, what about boxing? should i drop weight training for while and concentrate on boxing, or back off the boxing?
[quote]heavythrower wrote:
ok, what about boxing? should i drop weight training for while and concentrate on boxing, or back off the boxing?[/quote]
If I were you I would back off boxing and do the morning walks with the lighter lifting.
You will lose muscle if you do too much on this diet.
[quote]beebuddy wrote:
heavythrower wrote:
ok, what about boxing? should i drop weight training for while and concentrate on boxing, or back off the boxing?
If I were you I would back off boxing and do the morning walks with the lighter lifting.
You will lose muscle if you do too much on this diet.[/quote]
point taken. i wonder if i backed off lifting alltogether and just did boxing for a month…?
I cant imagine thats a good idea. I guess if overall weight loss is your goal with no regards to muscle/strength loss then maybe, but then why do the V Diet? Choose some other low calorie diet where you can actually eat food. Heavy, short lifting sessions and minimal cardio seem to be the way to go on this diet, not the other way around. Just my $.02…