Taker’s BodyBlog

For a long time i’ve been focused on losing fat while gaining some muscle. I’ve done this with a lot of cardio, high rep sets and a low-carb diet. I’ve decided to change this for a couple weeks to gain strength and add some muscle so i’ll raise my metabolism and at a mid-long period i’ll lose more fat a day than now. Besides, rugby league playoff starts in about 3-4 weeks so it’s a good idea to gain strength.
I’ve started to eat complex carbs in the main meals and added 2-3 meals a day that consist in 75gr Tuna + 2 Spoons Brewer’s Yeast Flakes + 2 Spoons Soy Lecithin + 2 Spoons Wheat Germ. One in the morning, one in the afternoon, and the last one 45-60 minutes before training(afternoon).

I’ve changed my routine as well, now i’m following a reverse pyramid routine, starting with the max weight i can lift for a range of 5-8 reps to reach the fail. Rest 30-60 segs, decrease the weights and reach the fail… This way until the weight is ridiculous but you cant lift it. This way i get max congestion, max num of muscle fibers stimulated, and an equilibrium of myofibrillar and sarcoplasmatic hypertrofy. In the firsts sets with max weight and range of reps of 5-8 i gain strenght and muscle (myofibrillar) and with last sets decreasing weights and raising reps to a range of 8-15 i get sarcoplasmatic hypertrofy gaining endurance.

Lets see if this new routine works for me

…is when you make a weight goal to reach and you start going to the gym, then you discover that the balance is liying to you, cause it seems you’re gaining weight, although you keep your diet or you eat less, you keep gaining weight. In my case the very first days i lost about 4 Lbs, but later i recovered them and gained 2 more, now after 2-3 weeks i’m losing about 0.5 lbs/day.

I suppose this is because at the very start you lose some fat and retained liquids, but then you start gaining muscular mass as you burn fat at the same time, although i spend  90% of gym time doing cardio, you dont only burn fat but you gain muscle too. Now i think i’ve reached the max cardio muscle gain and i’m just burning fat, at least i see the results now in the balance.

One curious thing is when you gain weight but your measures are decreasing, but you cant be too sure of that cause you can measure bad yourself and then that isn’t real. I think the best way to be sure if you’re gaining or losing fat is the measurement of the body fat percentage, but i dont know where the hell it can be done…

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