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Originally Posted by Bytsi
I can't imagine enjoying a cut more than a bulk   !! I guess the results make it worth it... but since I've never TRIED to stuff myself (I used to do it all the time when I was fat, but it wasn't an effort  ).
Glad to see it's going so well - and remember what you told me - REST is important too!  |
What people generally seem to not get on this board is what is a clean bulk. I can promise you that when you were overeating it was not clean or you would have hated it and you would not have just accidentally got fat. It is deadly hard to get 3K of calories into your body at a 40,40,20 ratio. It is SUPER easy if you do it with a high fat or higher carb ratio. That isn't bulking. At best that is unintentionally bulking or eating like a pig. (if you will) Big difference... I am not casting stones here. I did the same thing before I went off to discover the concept of clean bulking.
This is why I think everyone should do an intentional clean bulk at least one month of the year. That way they can feel what that difference is and also understand very closely how to avoid getting fat. They can also feel the power that all that clean food does to the muscles. It is way cool on many levels emotionally as well as physically.
I distinguish between cutting and losing fat in the same way. If I was a person with more than 20lbs to lose I would try less hard to protect my muscle and get the fat off my body ASAP by the quickest sustainable means possible. A person with 10lbs or less needs to do a very calculated cut program that is designed to protect the muscle.
Now alll that said I totally blew my own cut this week with my 12-mile run and I heard about it time and again during my session today. Holy cow I think if I had eaten an entire greasy pizza I would not have been in as much trouble. My new restrictions are to do no more than 45-60 min of cardio at a time. HR has to be in the 130s. I can do this more than 1 time a day but I have to rest and fuel between any glycogen depletion. I knew the cardio was out of control once I wrote it down..... Beh...
BTW: Thanks for the reminder RE the rest. I def overdid the cardio.
Workout today was fun otherwise. Mostly supersets. It targeted back
warmup
5 min job on tready (4.5 at 5.0% incline)
alternate wide toe touches
calf raises (bw)
SuperSet #1
cable row (2 point high to low)
2x20 (7 plates)
1x15 (8 plates)
1x10 (9 plates)
cable bar pull up
2x20 (4 plates)
2x15 (5 plates)
SuperSet #2
Incline bench should flye db
3x15 (10lb) e
Cable Ab crunch (13 plates)
Wide grip lat pull down
3x20 (12 plates)
Pull the trainer
3x15 (varies)
For the last exercise he used a cable and my job was to pull into my chest (like a horizontal row) and release slowly while he provide the appropriate tension. We did this until I failed for each set.
It was a good finisher....