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"I'll be on a beach in Brazil for a couple of weeks in January, so the goal is to maintain/improve on my current physique through added protein, carb cycling, heavy lifting, and moderate HIIT cardio."

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Archive for November, 2009

Face the Fact and Act

Saturday, November 14th, 2009
Okay, I’ll have to admit, things are not going well.  For nearly a week I’ve been in double digit body fat.  I’ve had a workout every day since returning from CA.  Of course it’s what I’m eating.  In the back of my mind I’ve been remembering past advice–”Skinny, you’ve got to eat more if you want to grow” etc.  So I’ve upped the protein to about 40g per meal–6 meals.  Carbs have increased a little but not much.  Yesterday I was in a push-up position by the pool, doing some bridge crunches between laps and noticed my belly–there was this bag of FAT hanging down, swaying back and forth!

Back to a more restricted nutrition plan for me, boy.  I’m just NOT going to go to the same place I was a year ago.  And I’m going to toss in some extra cardio until things get under control.  I’m all for muscle growth, but not at the expense of a lean physique.  I’m just 6 weeks away from needing a beach bod for Brazil.

A Creature of Habit?

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

From 2001 to 2008 I was doing weights M,W,F with cardio T,Th,S.  That got me fit and healthy.  Then I decided I wanted to do a competition.  A trainer got me doing a 6-day program, one muscle group a day.  Any cardio I did was as a second workout in the evening.  I’ve been doing that since the first of 2008.  Now the daily weight workout is a habit and I like it.  I love being in the gym pumping the iron every morning.  But I’m wondering if I’d get just as much from the old 3-day split, or maybe a 4-day plan.  My goal is to stay in single digit body fat and to maintain my current muscle mass, although I wouldn’t object to gradually adding some lean muscle :)

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