My Progress - Your Thoughts

[scottysbody]

I have been training for about 3 1/2 months with the goal of 7-8% body fat and some muscle gain. I would love some feedback on my training and progress. I have everything listed here.

Scotty's Body - Complete Body Transformation

Please let me know what you guys think. Good or bad, I can take it.

Thanks,

Scott

[kaydubya]

Wow, great job. I hope I make as much progress as you have by the time I hit 3 months on my current program.

It's hard to argue with success, but I think your program could be better. I see a lot of iso exercises and the "blast your muscles from every conceivable angle" mentality. On Saturday, for example -- just how many sets/reps do you think you need to do to adequately stimulate your biceps?

Also, your schedule has you working your chest on Thursday, arms on Friday, and shoulders on Saturday. Consider that this means that basically you are working your arms 3 days in a row, giving them very little time for adequate recovery.

Again, it's hard to argue with success, but you might consider a push/pull routine or a full-body workout.

[onepack]

Scott, great job buddy! BTW, you aren't the guy from history channel's human weapon are you?

[AFI82]

You've made a lot of nice progress. Congratulations! It seems like what you're doing is working well for you. I'd suggest you stick with it till you reach a point where you want to go in a different direction. From the looks of your current picture, you'll be there pretty soon.

[TheFitOne]

Wow, I am impressed, you have done superb job. I hope to have a transformation similar to yours.

[tossedup]

Good job Scott. I did the CKD (ketosis) diet about two years ago and it worked well for me also.

[scottysbody]

Thanks so much for the compliments guys. I started off with a low fat high carb diet doing HIIT cardio. After switching to a low-carb ketogenic diet, I'm making much better progress while just doing 1-3 sessions of light intensity a week. Plus, I get to eat tastier foods!

Scott

[scottysbody]

Just wanted to give a quick update on my progress:

I'm now in the 3rd low carb cycle of my Cyclical Ketogenic Diet and am feeling really good. The low carb hazes are gone and the fat seems to be really falling off now. I do seem to get more hungry, though. Thankfully, I get to eat every couple of hours.

Scotty

[scottysbody]

I would love to get some opinions of some of the members here as I think this is one of the most knoweledgable forums on the Internet. My question is...

Which do you guys think is better for cutting fat, a low fat, high protein, high carb diet or a low carb, high protein, high fat diet?

Scotty

[Cynic]

Originally Posted by scottysbody

Which do you guys think is better for cutting fat, a low fat, high protein, high carb diet or a low carb, high protein, high fat diet?

We can't answer that for you. Everyone is different. I respond well to low-carb diets and almost zilch to low-fat.

Some people can't do low-carb because of the impact to their physiology.

You'll have to experiement and see which you can do and which works best for you.

[scottysbody]

Originally Posted by Cynic

We can't answer that for you. Everyone is different. I respond well to low-carb diets and almost zilch to low-fat.

Some people can't do low-carb because of the impact to their physiology.

You'll have to experiement and see which you can do and which works best for you.

Thanks for the advice Cynic. I will continue to experiment, tweak, experiment, tweak some more. It's all a learning process anyway, right?

Scotty

[Cynic]

Originally Posted by scottysbody

It's all a learning process anyway, right?

Yes, because it is so indiviualized.

[scottysbody]

Originally Posted by Cynic

Yes, because it is so indiviualized.

Exactly. I started off trying to do exactly what someone else was doing and it went horribly for me. I think I've started to find my groove.

Scotty

[roger]

Thanks so much for the compliments guys. I started off with a low fat high carb diet doing HIIT cardio. After switching to a low-carb ketogenic diet, I'm making much better progress while just doing 1-3 sessions of light intensity a week. Plus, I get to eat tastier foods!

Good luck mate. You have done good job till now and better luck for next step.

[scottysbody]

Originally Posted by roger

Good luck mate. You have done good job till now and better luck for next step.

Thanks Roger. I have made some tweaks to my diet and training and expect that to push me back into motion.

Scotty

[scottysbody]

Anyone on here know anything about calorie cycling? My question is does this look good?

I've been eating around 1600 calories a day for several months and have dropped a significant amount of fat. Therefore I'm thinking about doing 2 days at 2000 calories, 2 days at 1300 calories, and 3 days at 1600 calories.

Is this how this should work?

Scotty
Scotty's Body - Complete Body Transformation

[ark]

great job!!!!

[scottysbody]

Originally Posted by ark

great job!!!!

Thanks ark, I appreciate you checking out my progress.

Scotty

[UConnJulie]

Originally Posted by scottysbody

Anyone on here know anything about calorie cycling? My question is does this look good?

I've been eating around 1600 calories a day for several months and have dropped a significant amount of fat. Therefore I'm thinking about doing 2 days at 2000 calories, 2 days at 1300 calories, and 3 days at 1600 calories.

Is this how this should work?

Scotty
Scotty's Body - Complete Body Transformation

That's pretty low calories for a guy. How tall are you and what are your workouts like? Also in your most recent photos you look pretty lean and at 165 probably don't want to drop too much more "weight". If you want to lean out and maybe put on some muscle, you will need to change things around a bit.