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I've very fortunately been blessed with a fast metabolism, so as long as I'm working out daily and not eating pints of ice cream every night along with other crap like chips and pizzas I lose weight pretty easily. If I fast while still drinking water I lose 2-4 lbs in 24 hours. Like I mentioned in the first post, the only other time I've done P90X with the full diet I went from 203 to 178 while getting noticeably bigger. At least an inch on biceps, bigger shoulders, chest, and legs. I figure I put on 10 lbs of muscle at least. So simple math would suggest I lost ~35 lbs of fat when I lost 25 lbs the first time I did the workouts along with the diet. That absolutely blew my mind because I wasn't completely disgusting-looking at 203. |
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04-12-2023, 12:04 PM | #2 | |
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That’s awesome man. Keep getting it!
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No injuries until I tweaked my knee with 10 days left, but not badly enough to miss a workout. So freaking ready to pig out. Not a single bite of pizza or ice cream for 3 months. Lived on chicken breasts, steamed veggies, turkey sandwiches, salads, energy bars, and an Outshine fruit popsicle if I had to have a sugar fix. Gates Extra Hot sauce on the chicken every night was the only thing that kept me from going nuts. Now I can coast for awhile. Maintaining is a lot easier than getting there. |
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06-12-2023, 04:39 PM | #5 |
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I look so damn sexy that if I posted the 'after' pic Katipan, BEP, and Billay wouldn't be able to get any work done for the next 6 months, and Billay just started a new job.
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04-11-2023, 11:31 PM | #6 |
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Somebody tell me the secret to gaining/maintaining muscle while losing fat.
Never had an issue keeping weight off til about a year ago. Now it's getting tough. I could probably drop the belly fat pretty easily but I don't want to be scrawny and I definitely don't want to be one of those skinny-fat guys. Last edited by RaidersOftheCellar; 04-11-2023 at 11:38 PM.. |
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Not going to beat around the bush - it's tricky and not for everyone. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication but it can be done. Last edited by PAChiefsGuy; 04-12-2023 at 12:19 AM.. |
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04-12-2023, 06:43 AM | #9 | |
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There is a reason that in general people cut, bulk, repeat. It works better. And the math is simpler.
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04-12-2023, 06:49 AM | #10 |
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Mom is dating a big name from the Golden age of body building. Mr. Universe is about 70 yrs old and eats the same basic meals everyday. Oatmeal. Fish with tomato slices. Slab of pure protein.
Old AF. Walks sideways through doorways.
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04-12-2023, 06:12 AM | #11 |
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I've been lacking motivation lately (but still dragging my ass to the gym at least a couple times per week), so I was research drop sets last night... the consensus seemed to be there isn't a ton of research out there, but can be used sparingly.
And using the same general math that I've done for sets per muscle per workout and per week, I was needing more leg sets anyway and don't have much time to do several more sets with breaks. Did my normal leg routine and just added a couple drop sets at the end of each thing during the last sets... if nothing else, it's a nice way to empty the tank at the end of a workout. Feels good, might not be able to walk tomorrow.
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Idea is to extend your time under max tension and not deal with energy depletion from light/easy reps. One thing I have done in the past to break a plateau on legs is to throw 135 on the squat bar and try to get to 100 reps in as few sets as possible. just be ready to puke when you are done and walk like your legs are made out of rubber bands. |
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04-12-2023, 11:11 AM | #13 | |
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I thought starting low was more about warming up. I think figuring out where you are in terms of percent of 1 RM is overstated I can curl 40s with good form and go to failure. I can also curl 30s, go super slow, really focus on contracting hard at the top, and have the same rep range to failure as the 40s. Focusing on your mind muscle connection, contracting hard at the end of the concentric phase and going slow on the eccentric phase is the most important. I really don’t pay super attention to my weight, I just want to go to failure. When I start to get over 10 reps I increase the weight.
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04-12-2023, 11:29 AM | #14 |
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I've been doing that for chest stuff lately.. lightening the weight on a few things and adding a couple of movements that feel chestier than others.
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I'll do a few uncounted reps at the very beginning of my day for a stretch/warm up, but then target 8-12 reps for everything after that. Once I hit 12, I'll up the weight a bit next time. The drop set thing at the end won't change that, it's pretty much getting in a couple extra sets at the end without the added breaks. A couple of youtubers were mentioning it might help with different muscle fibers given the lower weight, but not enough research has been done.
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