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I'm working on the running part, but I think my main strengths are in the area of starting a new civilisation. Among my skills are: - gathering and growing edible stuff - making food stuffs like bread from wild yeasts, jams & preserves, drying meat etc - making wool and other fibers into yarn and this into clothing,…

I agree with 89nunu that much about your intake depends on what your goals are. Regarding lifting: what are your goals with that and what program are you currently doing?

Fats seem allright to me, at 180 g the protein looks a bit high. But if it works for you, just keep it like it is!

A bit late but indeed retest your 10 RM. Did that myself recently as well,since I've also restarted All Pro's SBR.

My approach is two-fold: 1. I save calories to have room for snacks in the evening 2. I keep my hands busy with knitting It works for me :happy:

Thank you! I will certainly post my post-cut results. I hear you about the feeling fat thing. Especially the first few weeks are hard in that respect, because of added water weight, dealing with increased volume of food and related bloating.

To be honest, I think so too :wink: I didn't have the muscle mass before to pull of the low BF look. I do want to cut down on the fat a bit though, because this stomach roll makes me feel less then optimal :blushing:

Thank you! Really haven't got a clue about my current BF%, I'm guessing 21-22% -ish....

I'm really looking forward to seeing your results in a couple of weeks!

I'm jealous of your legs! And back.

Actually I went up 2 pant sizes... And yes, September 1st is the plan!

My end of bulk results, including pictures! Last week I've been holding steady at maintenance and yesterday I started cutting after 21 weeks of bulking. Here are the stats! Length: 1.65 m (5'5") Bulk duration: 21 weeks Average gain rate: 0.33 kg / week Weight: 54 kg (119 lbs) -> 60.9 kg (134.3 lbs) = + 6.9 kg Waist: 69 cm…

I've posted my end of bulk results, including pictures here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1216768-end-of-bulk-results :flowerforyou:

That is so cool! Please keep us posted :happy:

You're welcome! :flowerforyou:

Personally I wouldn't do core specific exercises, but try to strengthen it by doing stuff that uses the core. Exercises that come to mind are squats, dips and chin ups / pull ups. It all heavily depends on individual factors though... In my case, I just followed the SBR as written and as the weight went up, my core…

The above is all good info, but I would like your attention for the quoted bit above. Unfortunately planks can worsen diastatis recti so I wouldn't recommend it as an alternative exercise. Diastatis recti is a condition that most women who have been pregnant are familiar with. There also are exercises that can help correct…

How long have you been bulking? I just concluded mine and will start cutting tomorrow.

Thank you! This week I've been sitting on maintenance, cutting will commence this Monday. Pic's and post- bulking stats will be done tomorrow! :smile: I will take cutting down very easy, only a 250 kcal deficit. I expect that it will take about 12-15 weeks to get down to a BF% that I feel good at again. That said I don't…

Well I did do 4 cycle's of other routines between cycle 6 and 7 of the SBR. To bring it into perspective: if I had done 4 cycle's of the SBR and had passed test day on all 4 for squats, I would have arrived at about the same number :wink:

I second the stretchy pants vote!

I will be switching from my current upper/lower split to a 3x/week full body program. Mostly because lifting 4 times per week is grinding me down, but also because this will give me an extra day to get some cardio in. I plan to start running again on my non-lifting days.

I started mine with an initial goal of 4 months, but adjusted that to 6 months. However after 5 months I just felt too fat and called it quits. In that period of 21 weeks I gained a total of 6 kg. I did see some wonderful strength gains, will see whether I also gained muscle mass.

Ok, here are my stats up until now: Cycle 1 → Cycle 2 → Cycle 3 → Cycle 4 → Cycle 5 → Cycle 6 → Cycle 7 Squats: 23 → 23 → 25 → 28 → 24 → 30 → 45 kg BP: 13 → 15 → 17 → 19 → 19 → 20 → 30 kg BOR: 17 → 20 → 22 → 24 → 22 → 25 → 30 kg OHP: 12 → 14 → 15 → 17 → 14 → 16 → 20 kg SLDL: 30 → 35 → 38 → 42 → 42 → 50 → 60 kg Curls: 13 →…

Loved watching your performance! Years back I tried out belly dancing, but quickly found out that I'm just not good at rythm stuff :blushing:

I workout fasted and haven't noticed it impacting my progress negatively. I think it is just a matter of personal preference to eat something before working out or not.

For me goblet squats have been key to getting better at good squating form.

Not yet, but I'll have hubby take some pictures next weekend before I start my cut :drinker:

Really wouldn't know... I wonder whether it does. Hopefully some more people will chime in as well.

A shame...