The last stand of the good doctor?
As per last blog, my body fat is on the rise. This very well may be the last of the good doctor as a bodybuilder so to speak. See as i mentioned, my body fat "set point" seems to be 13-14%, and my body is pushing up to that margin, and pushing hard. I have been fighting the good fight ladies and gentlemen, but i am losing, and i know my body well enough to know that when that point is reached, most calories will be directed towards muscle building, very odd genetics, i know.
As it stands, i am already making good gains, quite a bit broader already then in my profile pics, but that fat wants to come with it (and it is). Tweaking macronutrient ratios have failed to make any change.
I can get very big, and very strong, very quickly, In fact, i’m tempted to go on an all out experiment, quit cardio, eat lots of good food, and show you guys just how much muscle i can stack on. But, its become blindingly apparent that genetically i will never be whippet lean unless:
i) I do a ton a cardio (my body seems to respond really well to heavy cardio in terms of fat loss)
ii) I keep my carbs super low (This works too, but i have already done the past 16 weeks super low carb for a comp………………And i was one mean SOB! to me, life is too short to stay low carb 24/7)
So what is the option? Well, to quit bodybuilding and return to powerlifting. The reason that this may be the best option is for a couple of reasons:
i) I have always been more interested in size and strength then aesthetics, plus i have good size and strength genetics
ii) It matters far less what i eat and how i look
iii) Life was more fun! Hell, its great knowing that you can eat chocolate and have a beer the week of the comp because the physique is secondary, strength is all important.
So this may be very well it for me as a bodybuilder as we speak, will think it over for another week. Its not that i dont care how i look (I do) but in order to maintain a super level of leaness basically to me it means zero fun, and personally to me life is better when i am eating a burger having a beer or some chocolate and not worrying about things. If you want to be super ripped, eat high protein and lots of lettuce and salad, all the more power to you if that makes you happy, but more and more i am starting to think that perhaps this type of lifestyle just isn’t for me. Now before anyone jumps the gun, i am STILL eating ZERO cheat foods, so you can factor that out in terms of diet. Also, since my last comp (some four weeks ago) I have been out on the town once.
Never say never, but this may be the end of the good doctors bodybuilding career
