A poster on another BB I go to posted this in their diet & fitness thread. No one has really said anything specific regarding the questions he's asking, so I told him I'd post this here (because you all know your shit) and see what you had to say.
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OK gang need suggestions
Body is defying science......started working out about 5 weeks ago. I go 6 days a week and alternate, cardio days and lifting days
cardio = 45 minutes on sta bike ( 20 min warm up 25 min of hard intervals 1 min sprint 2 min recovery)
weights = 20 min cardio warm up then lift bench, bent rows, mil press, upper body dumb bells in between exercises I bike for 2 min...so total 30 min
While doing this, I dramatically changed diet
I drink 4 hi protein 0 carb shakes say about 770 cal all in
the rest of my food is vegetables.....so I rarely top 1500 cals a day or just under half of what I was eating prior
Haven't dropped a pound in two weeks, in fact some days I go up...must be water
How can my body be defying science?
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The only real answer he's received was this:
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1. You are overtraining, your body needs time to recover.
2. Carbs are not bad. Carbs turn into glucose, which fuels muscular contractions and is stored as glycogen, which is stored in the muscles and liver for future use. If you work out on a low-carb diet your body run out of glycogen and go after your muscles before it goes after fat (1 lb of muscle burns 60 more calories than 1 lb of fat). If you feel that you need to go low-carb, do it on your rest days.
3. You need to develop a better lifting schedule (e.g. Chest on monday, Back on Tuesday, Legs on Friday, etc.) to give your muscles time to recover. You should give a muscle group at least 2 days rest (e.g. If you benched on Monday, then the next time you bench should be on Thursday).
Those are the only suggestions I can make based on the information you provided. Remember, Diet 70% Gym 30%.
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