Anyone cutting after a bulk?
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pitbullpuppy wrote: »How much cardio do yall do when you're cutting and in what form? I dragged my stairclimber in and I'm spent in 10 minutes. lol
15m x 5 days/week of HIIT...
And I never thought I'd say that lol... I was a runner until my knees just couldn't do it anymore1 -
Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »pitbullpuppy wrote: »How much cardio do yall do when you're cutting and in what form? I dragged my stairclimber in and I'm spent in 10 minutes. lol
15m x 5 days/week of HIIT...
And I never thought I'd say that lol... I was a runner until my knees just couldn't do it anymore
Eeee how do you lift with all that!??
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Mr_Healthy_Habits wrote: »pitbullpuppy wrote: »How much cardio do yall do when you're cutting and in what form? I dragged my stairclimber in and I'm spent in 10 minutes. lol
15m x 5 days/week of HIIT...
And I never thought I'd say that lol... I was a runner until my knees just couldn't do it anymore
Eeee how do you lift with all that!??
Its just 15min per day, 5x/week... On that bowflex max Trainer thingy... I shoot for about 300 calories or so on it...
I usually lift for 30-45min, then I jump right on the machine, then race off to work 🤷🏽♂️0 -
pitbullpuppy wrote: »How much cardio do yall do when you're cutting and in what form? I dragged my stairclimber in and I'm spent in 10 minutes. lol
Before the gyms shut I was doing a couple of spin classes a week and an hour or so of dance. Usually after lifting. No hit because I hate it. Now I’m mainly walking.2 -
I’m trying to cut but it’s taking time!
I Bulked to 205 (I’m 185 tall) and down to 195, so a loss of 10 pounds over 8 weeks.
That seem right?
404020 1800cals a day workout 4 days (weights) and do some kayaking 2/3 days a week.0 -
For me... 2 sessions jump rope or 3 sessions swimming per week. Jump rope is way more intense. Try to walk daily.1
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Does mowing the yard once a week count?
Edit for a rebrand: wheeled sled push, variable terrain
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California, San Mateo county just got certified to move into phase 3!
My gym should open soon. I’m scared to see how far I’ve slid... but excited to get back into it.
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quiksylver296 wrote: »Finally whooshed out of the 200’s!!! 197.8 this morning.
36 days to lose 12 pounds for competition. 😬
Exactly this same this week, 197.8. Talked to my coach about making weight, and we decided not to kill myself to get under 84 kg. I'm not planning on going to USAPL Nationals this year anyway, so there's no push to get a qualifying total in the 84 kg class. I'll just swagger into the 84+ kg class at this meet, and have fun.6 -
June has been pretty decent, down 2lbs on average weight and down to 11.7% BF via Skulpt yesterday morning (11.9 on 6/1).
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Did anyone else lose Muscle Mass since the quarantine? I lost 5.9 lbs. My gym just opened this week. It was shocking to see and I know I can get it back but it sucks to lose it after all the hard work I put in!!
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Did anyone else lose Muscle Mass since the quarantine? I lost 5.9 lbs. My gym just opened this week. It was shocking to see and I know I can get it back but it sucks to lose it after all the hard work I put in!!
Lost muscle is more easily regained than built initially. Depending on methodology, take body fat assessment with a grain of salt. Some devices used by gyms are dubious at best.2 -
Did anyone else lose Muscle Mass since the quarantine? I lost 5.9 lbs. My gym just opened this week. It was shocking to see and I know I can get it back but it sucks to lose it after all the hard work I put in!!
Lost muscle is more easily regained than built initially. Depending on methodology, take body fat assessment with a grain of salt. Some devices used by gyms are dubious at best.
I agree with @steveko89. My first thought was "I bet you haven't lost that much," @dbanks80. How did they measure your muscle mass?0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »Did anyone else lose Muscle Mass since the quarantine? I lost 5.9 lbs. My gym just opened this week. It was shocking to see and I know I can get it back but it sucks to lose it after all the hard work I put in!!
Lost muscle is more easily regained than built initially. Depending on methodology, take body fat assessment with a grain of salt. Some devices used by gyms are dubious at best.
I agree with @steveko89. My first thought was "I bet you haven't lost that much," @dbanks80. How did they measure your muscle mass?
On that In-Body Analysis machine. Like my BF went up and MM went down.
Which is interesting because when I lift I still have the strength. Granted my muscles are SORE as HECK!0 -
I've never used one of those. I went looking for reviews (outside of the inbody website) and found this. It looks like your 5.9% is well within the possible statistical anomaly. You could have actually also gained up to 2.1% muscle mass because of the error rate swing.
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quiksylver296 wrote: »Did anyone else lose Muscle Mass since the quarantine? I lost 5.9 lbs. My gym just opened this week. It was shocking to see and I know I can get it back but it sucks to lose it after all the hard work I put in!!
Lost muscle is more easily regained than built initially. Depending on methodology, take body fat assessment with a grain of salt. Some devices used by gyms are dubious at best.
I agree with @steveko89. My first thought was "I bet you haven't lost that much," @dbanks80. How did they measure your muscle mass?
On that In-Body Analysis machine. Like my BF went up and MM went down.
Which is interesting because when I lift I still have the strength. Granted my muscles are SORE as HECK!
Inbody-style scanners are subject to wide variation due to hydration and other factors. If my understanding of the technology is correct it will attribute retained glycogen as muscle mass due to conductivity. If you've not lost any strength I would doubt you've actually lost that much muscle and being down on glycogen from not lifting (probably 2-3 lbs based on my experience) would display as lost muscle via standard BIA scanners.0 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »I've never used one of those. I went looking for reviews (outside of the inbody website) and found this. It looks like your 5.9% is well within the possible statistical anomaly. You could have actually also gained up to 2.1% muscle mass because of the error rate swing.
Ok thanks for this info!! I was way up on water retention!!! And my trainer did say water retention plays a part!!
Thanks to you as well @steveko89! This is all great information!1 -
Just an update. I am have been consistently up 3-4 lbs lately. I think its injury related as mu back has been giving me issues. But i still look as lean as i did when i was at 164.2
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I am feeling le lost as usual. This sometimes happens after I have been doing the same thing for a while. But I am not too happy with my body composition so something has to change. Recomp is working, that is for sure. My waist is smaller, tighter, loose skin is getting better. However not happy with my lower half. Arg. I am going to take a break then switch programming. I might do a small cut (which I would never recommend to someone with my stats but in my case with my goals and experience I feel like I know how to handle it). I don't even know if I want to bulk in the fall... I will have to see what I am working with then decide. Maybe I will change my mind again.
I hate not having clear goals. I am all over the place.
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@sardelsa maybe a performance goal or fitness skill instead of body shaping?0
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I am feeling le lost as usual. This sometimes happens after I have been doing the same thing for a while. But I am not too happy with my body composition so something has to change. Recomp is working, that is for sure. My waist is smaller, tighter, loose skin is getting better. However not happy with my lower half. Arg. I am going to take a break then switch programming. I might do a small cut (which I would never recommend to someone with my stats but in my case with my goals and experience I feel like I know how to handle it). I don't even know if I want to bulk in the fall... I will have to see what I am working with then decide. Maybe I will change my mind again.
I hate not having clear goals. I am all over the place.
I feel you on that. I feel like I am spinning my wheels. The crap part is, I was hoping to hit my goals by my birthday in a few weeks, but that isn't going to happen.
I am on a two day refeed to see if that helps with my injuries. I am also going to need to increase some core work and flexibility training as it seemed to be the only thing that helped my injuries.1 -
I am feeling le lost as usual. This sometimes happens after I have been doing the same thing for a while. But I am not too happy with my body composition so something has to change. Recomp is working, that is for sure. My waist is smaller, tighter, loose skin is getting better. However not happy with my lower half. Arg. I am going to take a break then switch programming. I might do a small cut (which I would never recommend to someone with my stats but in my case with my goals and experience I feel like I know how to handle it). I don't even know if I want to bulk in the fall... I will have to see what I am working with then decide. Maybe I will change my mind again.
I hate not having clear goals. I am all over the place.
I feel you on that. I feel like I am spinning my wheels. The crap part is, I was hoping to hit my goals by my birthday in a few weeks, but that isn't going to happen.
I am on a two day refeed to see if that helps with my injuries. I am also going to need to increase some core work and flexibility training as it seemed to be the only thing that helped my injuries.
Oh no re: the injuries, hopefully you recover soon!0 -
I am feeling le lost as usual. This sometimes happens after I have been doing the same thing for a while. But I am not too happy with my body composition so something has to change. Recomp is working, that is for sure. My waist is smaller, tighter, loose skin is getting better. However not happy with my lower half. Arg. I am going to take a break then switch programming. I might do a small cut (which I would never recommend to someone with my stats but in my case with my goals and experience I feel like I know how to handle it). I don't even know if I want to bulk in the fall... I will have to see what I am working with then decide. Maybe I will change my mind again.
I hate not having clear goals. I am all over the place.
I feel you on that. I feel like I am spinning my wheels. The crap part is, I was hoping to hit my goals by my birthday in a few weeks, but that isn't going to happen.
I am on a two day refeed to see if that helps with my injuries. I am also going to need to increase some core work and flexibility training as it seemed to be the only thing that helped my injuries.
Oh no re: the injuries, hopefully you recover soon!
Thanks. It's my back again. I need to go to an orthopedic.0 -
I am feeling le lost as usual. This sometimes happens after I have been doing the same thing for a while. But I am not too happy with my body composition so something has to change. Recomp is working, that is for sure. My waist is smaller, tighter, loose skin is getting better. However not happy with my lower half. Arg. I am going to take a break then switch programming. I might do a small cut (which I would never recommend to someone with my stats but in my case with my goals and experience I feel like I know how to handle it). I don't even know if I want to bulk in the fall... I will have to see what I am working with then decide. Maybe I will change my mind again.
I hate not having clear goals. I am all over the place.
I feel like I've been all over the place for the last year! I hope you give yourself some love and know that it's ok to not know exactly where to go next. Just keep moving!1 -
I am feeling le lost as usual. This sometimes happens after I have been doing the same thing for a while. But I am not too happy with my body composition so something has to change. Recomp is working, that is for sure. My waist is smaller, tighter, loose skin is getting better. However not happy with my lower half. Arg. I am going to take a break then switch programming. I might do a small cut (which I would never recommend to someone with my stats but in my case with my goals and experience I feel like I know how to handle it). I don't even know if I want to bulk in the fall... I will have to see what I am working with then decide. Maybe I will change my mind again.
I hate not having clear goals. I am all over the place.
I feel you on that. I feel like I am spinning my wheels. The crap part is, I was hoping to hit my goals by my birthday in a few weeks, but that isn't going to happen.
I am on a two day refeed to see if that helps with my injuries. I am also going to need to increase some core work and flexibility training as it seemed to be the only thing that helped my injuries.
Oh no re: the injuries, hopefully you recover soon!
Thanks. It's my back again. I need to go to an orthopedic.
I feel you, I have recurring back issues. I went to an identified orthopedic doctor last week and started physical therapy this week. Hopefully it will help. I hope your back feels better soon.1 -
StargazerB wrote: »I am feeling le lost as usual. This sometimes happens after I have been doing the same thing for a while. But I am not too happy with my body composition so something has to change. Recomp is working, that is for sure. My waist is smaller, tighter, loose skin is getting better. However not happy with my lower half. Arg. I am going to take a break then switch programming. I might do a small cut (which I would never recommend to someone with my stats but in my case with my goals and experience I feel like I know how to handle it). I don't even know if I want to bulk in the fall... I will have to see what I am working with then decide. Maybe I will change my mind again.
I hate not having clear goals. I am all over the place.
I feel like I've been all over the place for the last year! I hope you give yourself some love and know that it's ok to not know exactly where to go next. Just keep moving!
Thank you! Same to you 😊1 -
I hope everyone dealing with injuries recovers quickly. I've been having a very minor issue with my left shoulder/pec that's exacerbated most by yawning of all things. I've been able to lift pain-free but I've backed off on weight as a precaution, keeping everything in the 8-12 rep range instead of the low rep/middle rep/ hypertrophy rep splits I had been doing.
I purchased a Kabuki Strength Shoulderok a while ago and it finally arrived yesterday. It's a long loadable mace intended to improve shoulder strength and mobility. I had time to do a little with it this morning and it's definitely going to have a steeper learning curve than I would've thought but I'm excited to get going with using it.
The Mrs. is going to get back to lifting after having stopped a few months ago. She's wanting something a little more aesthetics-driven so I'll basically have her do StrongCurves modded for our equipment.
Much like Psulemon, I've bounced around for the last two weeks but stayed right around 173 on average and hit 172.0 this morning and I feel leaning than I have in a while.
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It was Dr. Atiga that suggested carbs are like rocket fuel. I am going to agree. After 750g the past two days, my gym session was great today. Some soreness going away, so maybe the extra carbs and flexibility training is helping.4
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