If you knew ahead of time you were going to eat a ton of food on christmas what would be best to do to put on the least amount of fat and possibly even gain muscle from the anabolic properties of so much food?
I’m bulking right now so I’m sure just letting loose and eating a ton would cause a lot of fat gain (I put on fat quite easily). What I was thinking of doing is having a sort of cutting CKD approach, eating basically no carb sources from this thursday through next wednesday and doing my normal workouts and added cardio. Then when christmas came next thursday I would do a higher volume full body workout and eat a very big carb up. Within a day or 2 after that I’d go back to my normal diet and routine
Also,I was thinking of adding a lot of incline walking in addition to my current sled dragging/cardio for the week
We’re having Christmas at my house this year. So, after we wake up and go through the whole gifts thing, I’m gonna go to the gym for a heavy leg workout before the family gets here.
I did a disgusting oly-lift workout a few hours after stuffing my fat face at a Christmas party. Although I didn’t vomit, I came close on several occasions - green and red cookie mush made it back up to my mouth…
I’m not even going to try to limit myself. maybe some high intensity workouts, but a putting on some weight can be fun. Who doesn’t need an xtra chin!
ha thats kinda what I’m saying. It’s Christmas and I definitely want to enjoy myself and not have to worry about what I’m eating. The thing is I’m bulking so it’s not like my body will partion the excess calories very well.
Any opinions on my plan or comments on what would be better?
Like I said as of now I plan on starting thursday with no carbs (like a keto diet) until next wednesday doing my same workouts and cardio plus adding 3 incline walks. Then christmas day I’ll do a big workout and eat a ton. The next day I’ll do some more walking but within 2 days I’ll go back to what I was doing before
Berardi had an article on this somewhere, i think it was called “damage control.”
I’m planning on doing what you are- deplete glycogen stores a few days before the feast via HIIT and lactic acid circuits, then doing a heavy TB workout an hour or two before xmas dinner.
But then again, its just one day of food. Relax, eat what you want, enjoy the time with family. It wont break your bulk progress. Focus on portions, and just dont go crazy on the eggnog or pie afterwards- keep it to turkey, ham, potatoes, etc
im just gonna workout in the morning on Christmas (just like Thanksgiving), drink my Surge, go to grandparents house, eat what I want, sleep, be happy.
[quote]spadesofaces wrote:
Berardi had an article on this somewhere, i think it was called “damage control.”
I’m planning on doing what you are- deplete glycogen stores a few days before the feast via HIIT and lactic acid circuits, then doing a heavy TB workout an hour or two before xmas dinner.
But then again, its just one day of food. Relax, eat what you want, enjoy the time with family. It wont break your bulk progress. Focus on portions, and just dont go crazy on the eggnog or pie afterwards- keep it to turkey, ham, potatoes, etc[/quote]
I’m thinking a lot of cinnamon buns and everything else in front of me haha
I’m thinking of doing HIIT to help deplete glycogen but I don’t know how good of an idea HIIT would be on a keto considering. If I was eating higher carbs now then I think it would be fine because I would be using HIIT to deplete glycogen but my carbs are already pretty low (TKD) so it might just take away from muscle
HIIT would be fine – it’s short, right? I always use a BCAA powder before and during my HIIT sessions to make sure there’s minimal impact on muscles. Xtend powders taste like jolly ranchers, Mmm.