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on another note, is it worth while to still be taking protein supplements when dropping body fat %?
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Yes. When cutting drop the carb intake and up the protein to make up lost calories and use EFA's for your main fat source. You can use flax oil but try and get the actual oil.
I would every 5th or 6th day have a junk day to give your metabolism a jump start or your body will adapt to the diet and start holding BF and using muscle for energy. So an all you can eat junk day will work wonders for maintaining BF loss on a diet, as well as holding all that hard earned muscle you've created.
That's from a bodybuilding perspective, hope it helps.
I would every 5th or 6th day have a junk day to give your metabolism a jump start or your body will adapt to the diet and start holding BF and using muscle for energy. So an all you can eat junk day will work wonders for maintaining BF loss on a diet, as well as holding all that hard earned muscle you've created.
That's from a bodybuilding perspective, hope it helps.
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I'm starting a cut soon and this information pleases me. I've kept a relatively clean diet for the last 9 weeks, while I've been bulking, and assumed I would have to make it even cleaner for a cut. Party size gateaux here I comeS7yl3s said:
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on a junk day....high fat but very low on sugar ????
Pigeon_Killer said:I'm starting a cut soon and this information pleases me. I've kept a relatively clean diet for the last 9 weeks, while I've been bulking, and assumed I would have to make it even cleaner for a cut. Party size gateaux here I come
Lol!, a junk day will really kick you metabolism into working overtime, and like I've said above will promote the burning of fat.
Be reasonable, maybe all you can eat was the wrong statement to write! You'll know when you're getting it right
Just over 3 months in. Not got a clue about my body fat level :\
Pecs looks a little weirdly shaped at the moment, I think I need a decline bench.
Pecs looks a little weirdly shaped at the moment, I think I need a decline bench.
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Looking good mate!
Nice and low bodyfat levels and a decent frame to build on. Delts are looking good, as are your biceps and traps. Nothing wrong with your pecs either, looking in proportion considering you're only 3 months in.
Now get chinning and rowing and build those lats up
Nice and low bodyfat levels and a decent frame to build on. Delts are looking good, as are your biceps and traps. Nothing wrong with your pecs either, looking in proportion considering you're only 3 months in.
Now get chinning and rowing and build those lats up
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Wardie said:
Have you tried just propping the end of the bench up with a block of wood etc, when in the gym i tend to just put one of them box things under the bench, gives me enough decline.
Maybe save you buying a decline bench?
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I was doing that last year. I was putting loads of plates on the floor and then propping the bottom of the bench up on them to give me a 15-20 degree decline, got some funny looks in the gym lolbolger said:
Only problem is it stops you planting your feet firmly on the floor which is hardly ideal, especially when the weights get heavy!
I prefer weighted dips these days, I don't bench press at all apart from incline DB press.
Cheers CW :]
Yeah I thought about that, i'll give it a hesitant try on my next chest day, just worried about the bench tipping over though lol....
Yeah I thought about that, i'll give it a hesitant try on my next chest day, just worried about the bench tipping over though lol....
Latest pic, still skinny but have built up more muscle... again crap lighting + webcam doesn't help... put on almost half a stone too.
Shame my stomach can't be seen better... underneath the thin layer of fat there's some nice sized abs under there.
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Shame my stomach can't be seen better... underneath the thin layer of fat there's some nice sized abs under there.
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Chong Warrior said:Looking good mate!
Nice and low bodyfat levels and a decent frame to build on. Delts are looking good, as are your biceps and traps. Nothing wrong with your pecs either, looking in proportion considering you're only 3 months in.
Now get chinning and rowing and build those lats up
Agreed on both points. Pecs look fine, keep it up and they will fill out nicely.
And as CW says, a good set of wings and that picture will be all the more impressive.
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I wasn't really big, i'm only a small lad but I would say I have a naturally athletic body, i'm a mesomorph if you buy into all that body type lark. My old man used to compete
Cheers for the complement, I ended up hitting the town tonight and i'll be drinking again tonight, I hate it though because it has messed up my diet quite a lot for today. Going to start cutting down on the amount I drink.
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Cheers
I just think my lower pecs look abit odd, not very round. I guess that's to do with not long starting though.It's scary how addictive it is. I really do think about lifting/my diet pretty much constantly throughout the day.
Working on the lats and back quite a heavily, going to start doing weighted chins as soon as possible when we get something set up in the garage to do them on. We have a huge metal girder across the top of the garage but it'll need sanding down first, could probably use that though.
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this is my scheme ive been given for my body fat reduction atm
10 mins treadmill warmup
High intensity
5mins rowing x3
5mins xtrainer x3
5mins bike x3
2 sets 12-15 chest press
2 sets 12-15 cleans
2 sets 12-15 flyes
2 sets 12-15 wide arm pull ups
2 sets 12-15 dips
2 sets 12-15 curls
4-5 days a week..
think its any good ?
10 mins treadmill warmup
High intensity
5mins rowing x3
5mins xtrainer x3
5mins bike x3
2 sets 12-15 chest press
2 sets 12-15 cleans
2 sets 12-15 flyes
2 sets 12-15 wide arm pull ups
2 sets 12-15 dips
2 sets 12-15 curls
4-5 days a week..
think its any good ?
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dafloppyone said:
In terms of lifts, id change flyes for One arm bent over row's, this gives you 2 excersises for chest and 2 for back.
Not sure whether you'll lead to overtraining doing this 4-5 days a week though, ill let someone else comment on that
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dafloppyone said:
If im right in thinking that you want to do that same routine 5 times a week, then it's a good way to injure yourself. I'll let one of the more knowledgable posters properly inform you. Check out the sticky, though.
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