Stats:26/6’2/193lbs
Hi everyone,so I’ve been cutting for 2 months now and I’m currently eating about 1970 calories a day.
I’m training 5 days a week(3 full body + 2 core strength training with prowler push and jumping rope)
My goal is to be jacked and make my abs become visible,do you think I should lose more fat or start bulking now then cutting ? I appreciate it ahead!
I would lift weights 4 times a week, rather than having 2 whole days dedicated to core. Making the 5th day core and conditioning is fine.
Thank you for your advice! Would you cut or bulk if you were me?
Neither. I don’t subscribe to those methodologies.
I would train hard and eat to recover from it.
What do your macros look like?
Can you post your nutrition program?
Sure.So my daily protein intake is 194 g carbs is 194 g and fat is 43 g.
Morning: 110 g of Quaker quick oats + 60 g of frozen blueberrie + 2 scoops of whey isolate chocolate + 28 g of natural peanut butter
Lunch:110 g of Mixed frozen veggies + 160 g of chicken breast + 80 g of white rice
Dinner:200 g of sweet potato + 3 eggs with 80 g of egg whites + 80 g of black beans + 60 g of green beans.
Snack:120 g of greek yogurt + 1 scoop of Whey isolate
I’ve seen you say this a few times. I really don’t understand it. Does that mean eat enough for the scale to go up? Weights to go up? Both? Neither? I feel like I’m over thinking this.
Don’t chase scale weight: that is how people get fat. Lifts going up is good. Being able to handle your workload is crucial. If you aren’t recovering between sessions, try more food.
How do you determine if you’ve recovered between sessions?
Asking this question leads me to believe you have never been underecovered, which is a good thing.
If you are ready to perform and complete the session, you were recovered. If you consistently fail to do that, you are most likely underrecovered.
That’s a good thing! I’ve often wondered if I’ve been over doing it but I don’t think so.
Thank you for taking the time to explain it.
If you are sticking to this diet and not blowing it on the weekend with bad food choices and drinking you should be losing fat. What is your cardio like?
Other than that I would look at the intensity of your workouts. Are you focused? Minimum rest periods between sets? Minimum talking to others? Pushing yourself to almost failure on the last rep of each set?
What are your stats in the big 3?
Ya know, it is so seldom that someone asks for advice, hears something, and then accepts and processes that advice rather than trying to argue against it. Seriously, so many guys on this forum would be years ahead of where they are now if they could just put their thoughts aside and actually listen to advice, love when someone actually does it.
Thank you for your inputs! Can you tell me how often you train per week and what does your routine look like ?
I’ve been reading articles on this site and most of them say you should drop your body fat to 10% or below before starting to bulk if aesthetics is your goal and if that’s the case,I will have to keep cutting.
But you do have a good point,I just don’t know how to do it correctly without gaining too much belly fat,meaning that if I train hard and eat a lot of high quality food to help me recover ,will my belly get chubbier,if so,how should I deal with it?
The important of some progress and or performance in the gym has really become a foreign concept to some.
Appreciate it! What’s your thoughts on this? 8 Rules for Fat Loss Training
Appreciate it! What’s your thoughts on this? 8 Rules for Fat Loss Training
Seeing the photos you posted, you need more cals. Train hard. Stop with all the cardio.
Intensity of the movement is what counts, not necessarily the amount of weight. Make the muscle do the work, not looking for better leverage to move the weight.
I agree with what others have posted dropping back to 3-4 days per week training. Remember, training tears down muscle fibers but if you aren’t eating enough and resting enough to promote recovery; you aren’t gonna grow.
Last year I had a kid come to me wanting to put on some size and he was shorter than you but about the same body leanness and size. He was eating mostly chicken and broccoli type stuff. I told him start going to McDonalds and eating 4 cheeseburgers before he trained. Other than that, he ate clean. He was 170 at the time and is now sitting at 190ish. Still lean but has packed on more muscle. All his lifts have gone up. So it worked. Just to give you an idea of what it might take.
my advice is to essentially eat enough to support your bodyweight, and recomp. 197 lbs at 6’2 CAN be very solid. I don’t think you should try to cut/lose weight, because you’ll just look skinny. You don’t have enough underlying muscle for that to make sense. And on the flip side, gaining weight when you can’t see your abs already is generally not a great idea.
If you work hard in the gym and eat clean, and your lifts start going up while your bodyweight remains about what it is now, you’ll start to look better quickly, and you won’t have to put yourself into a calorie deficit either. That’s how I would approach it.
Appreciate your comments! Are you suggesting a clean/lean bulk? If so,would you recommend a calorie surplus diet?
