Don’t call it a comeback

[Silentlemon1011]

NEver seen that. I’d personally rather run hills or something in actual sand. Could be useful , who knows



I think there’s a limit on that too.

For me
Not really.

I always have to force myself to eat, I naturally dont want to eat much.

So when I'm bulking at 4k+ calories, I have to eat things like Pizza and bacon to hit my cals

I'm lucky in that way I suppose

 

[Perrin Aybara]

I think there’s a limit on that too.

Yeah, after about a month of bulking I'm miserable pretty much all day every day. It's nice having the numbers go up, but the eating is horrible. But then on a cut the lack of forced eating is nice, but the downside is numbers go way down. Honestly I really prefer eating at maintenance. I'm not eating till I'm miserable and my numbers aren't crashing like on a cut. Progress is possible, just gotta work for it.

 

[Worf]

For me
Not really.

I always have to force myself to eat, I naturally dont want to eat much.

So when I'm bulking at 4k+ calories, I have to eat things like Pizza and bacon to hit my cals

I'm lucky in that way I suppose

Lucky to a degree, but most that have this type metabolism have a difficulty putting on weight.

 

[Worf]

Yeah, after about a month of bulking I'm miserable pretty much all day every day. It's nice having the numbers go up, but the eating is horrible. But then on a cut the lack of forced eating is nice, but the downside is numbers go way down. Honestly I really prefer eating at maintenance. I'm not eating till I'm miserable and my numbers aren't crashing like on a cut. Progress is possible, just gotta work for it.

You and I have similar body type thing here. Not the best, not the worst. I think between meets I need to focus on being at the lower end of the weight class so when the prep starts I can let the calories go a little. Have at 10 lbs of wiggle room. So try dropping at least to 210. Breads and pastas more chicken wings and ground beef , sausage etc. That’s the kinda stuff that’s easy to get down and calorie dense. Strength improvements are steady. As opposed to measuring cups of white rice, sweet potatoes and oats. Lean cuts of beef and chicken, salmon and veggies etc.

 

[Silentlemon1011]

Lucky to a degree, but most that have this type metabolism have a difficulty putting on weight.

Typically my bulking method is ...
Hit my protein macro
Supplement vitamins and minerals.
Est whatever I have to to grow.

I have such a hard time eating healthy and properly on a bulk.
I have a tonne of respect for you guys that can do it.
For me it typically results in skyrocketing cholesterol etc... but it's just too hard to clean eat bulk for me

 

[Perrin Aybara]

You and I have similar body type thing here. Not the best, not the worst. I think between meets I need to focus on being at the lower end of the weight class so when the prep starts I can let the calories go a little. Have at 10 lbs of wiggle room. So try dropping at least to 210. Breads and pastas more chicken wings and ground beef , sausage etc. That’s the kinda stuff that’s easy to get down and calorie dense. Strength improvements are steady. As opposed to measuring cups of white rice, sweet potatoes and oats. Lean cuts of beef and chicken, salmon and veggies etc.

That works better for me. I just can't maintain that level of eating for very long. So being under in the off season working on trying to keep strength up and then short bursts of bulking into meets. No worries about weight cuts either.

 

[NovaFlex]

NEver seen that. I’d personally rather run hills or something in actual sand. Could be useful , who knows



I think there’s a limit on that too.

I agree. But winter lasts forever up here... I found a better setup though—a Manuel start treadmill and farmers carries.

 

[NovaFlex]

You and I have similar body type thing here. Not the best, not the worst. I think between meets I need to focus on being at the lower end of the weight class so when the prep starts I can let the calories go a little. Have at 10 lbs of wiggle room. So try dropping at least to 210. Breads and pastas more chicken wings and ground beef , sausage etc. That’s the kinda stuff that’s easy to get down and calorie dense. Strength improvements are steady. As opposed to measuring cups of white rice, sweet potatoes and oats. Lean cuts of beef and chicken, salmon and veggies etc.

I’m 180* opposite. Cutting is the hard part for me. I can eat 3-5k poetry easily, even pretty clean. I put weight on easily as well.. so I’m looking forward to that.

-on a side note: my gym is closed for a week. Damnit.

 

[NovaFlex]

Well, the gym closed down for a week...Had to improvise and pull this out from under 8 years of dust lmao. Very first weight bench I bought...Back in 2003 or 2004.




still managed to get in a little bit of hypertrophy work.


*very* close grip Bench

160 5x10


High Pull

145 3x10


DB Fly

25 x15, 10, 10


Lat raises

25 x20, 15, 15

 

[Perrin Aybara]

That's where I'm at. They haven't closed our gyms yet, but I've already scoped out some stuff on craigslist and Facebook swap. Either that or find someone with a home setup that'll let me get in with them. The fucking show must go on.

 

[NovaFlex]

That's where I'm at. They haven't closed our gyms yet, but I've already scoped out some stuff on craigslist and Facebook swap. Either that or find someone with a home setup that'll let me get in with them. The fucking show must go on.

It’s definitely not pretty, but it works for now. Just one more reason to start that home gym, man. The wife’s on board too.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

I'll have to move stuff around in our storage room. But I'm not willing to miss time right now. Might as well get the home gym going.

 

[NovaFlex]

I'll have to move stuff around in our storage room. But I'm not willing to miss time right now. Might as well get the home gym going.

Same, man. Especially on my cut...I feel that if I take a week off, I’ll be losing too much progress and I’ll backtrack.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Same, man. Especially on my cut...I feel that if I take a week off, I’ll be losing too much progress and I’ll backtrack.

I'm hearing talk of 6-8 weeks from business owners around here. They've closed bars, restaurants, and parks here at least the rest of the month.

 

[Btcowboy]

I'm hearing talk of 6-8 weeks from business owners around here. They've closed bars, restaurants, and parks here at least the rest of the month.

Same here, got the firehall gym as a fall back for me hopefully but for now my gym is still open

 

[Silentlemon1011]

Same here, got the firehall gym as a fall back for me hopefully but for now my gym is still open

My gym is still open as well.

I'm not too worried as I have a home gym set up at my office with 300 lbs of plates.

 

[NovaFlex]

I'm hearing talk of 6-8 weeks from business owners around here. They've closed bars, restaurants, and parks here at least the rest of the month.

For us it’s just a curfew so far...8 pm restaurants and bars close. 6-8 weeks is insane.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

For us it’s just a curfew so far...8 pm restaurants and bars close. 6-8 weeks is insane.

Lot of people out of work. Hopefully shit doesn't go all dystopian.

 

[NovaFlex]

Lot of people out of work. Hopefully shit doesn't go all dystopian.

It’s getting kinda creepy man. Have you seen the picture of Times Square?

 

[Silentlemon1011]

It’s getting kinda creepy man. Have you seen the picture of Times Square?

Watch "EarthCam Live: Times Square in 4K" on YouTube


Creepy as fuck actuslly