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Looks like you've been doing just fine without me!
Any idea where your body fat % lies now?this cut was much needed
Any idea where your body fat % lies now?
Thanks, brother. It's nothing fancy and not not officially measuring anything. Just going off of experience and instinct. I pretty much eat whatever I want but I have reduced the number of meals from 5 down to 3 per day [and one snack] since I've been cutting. Right now just trying to stay around 2800-3000 cals per day with a focus on keeping protein intake in the neighborhood of 300g.
Damn looking swole .....nice work
Thanks, brother. It's nothing fancy and not not officially measuring anything. Just going off of experience and instinct. I pretty much eat whatever I want but I have reduced the number of meals from 5 down to 3 per day [and one snack] since I've been cutting. Right now just trying to stay around 2800-3000 cals per day with a focus on keeping protein intake in the neighborhood of 300g.
Thanks, gdawg. I made it down to 215lbs. Have been off the clen for a week and I'm already back up to 219lbs with no change in diet. Had to give my body a break from the stims for awhile. My quad routine is on the previous page.
Here's today's hamstring/calf session:
Romanian deadlifts (dumbbells) - I prefer doing these with a barbell but no racks were open so I had to improvise
60lbs x 20
70lbs x 15
80lbs x 12
90lbs x 12
100lbs x 12
Sumo squats - done in a smith machine; super wide stance, toes pointed out. I do not go all the way to the top on these. I keep the tension on the lower half of the movement to emphasize the glutes and hamstrings.
110lbs x 15
200lbs x 12
250lbs x 12
300lbs x 10
Hyperextensions - w/band resistance. I do a variation of these that I have found places a much greater amount of stress on the hamstrings. I position myself so there's a bend in my knees and my pivot point of the movement is my knees, not my hips. I raise and lower myself by bending at the knee, not the waist. This makes the hamstrings the primary mover and I end up feeling nothing in my lower back.
4 sets of 15
Lying leg curls
80lbs x 15
95lbs x 12
110lbs x 12
LifeFitness single leg curls - plate loaded
45lbs x 12
45lbs x 12
Fuck this machine! Sucked, will never use it again. Resistance wasn't linear. The bottom of the movement was easy and the top half of the movement was very difficult. I like a constant/steady tension throughout the movement and this machine didn't cut it for me.
Seated calf raises
150lbs x 20
175lbs x 15
200lbs x 12
225lbs x 10
250lbs x 10
Standing calf raises
310lbs x 20
350lbs x 15
390lbs x 12
Calf raises on LifeFitness selectorized leg press machine
270lbs x 20
310lbs x 15
350lbs x 12
350lbs x 12
With that few meals you dont find it slowing your metabolism down considerably? Where are your carbs and fat apx? gotta be tough if your eating clean protein to get the protein cals over 2000.
I've been eating nothing but protein, coconut oil and small amounts of simple carbs (shit carbs). Minus carb load on squat day.
Hey brother, give sumo db squats a try. standing on boxes or benches holding a really heavy db (125-150) between your legs. Wide, toes pointed way out. Or belt squats, same thing but with a belt with a heavy DB or plates hung from it. Lots of feet variations with belt squats....great for lots of targets,
I've experimented over the years with the number of meals per day and how it affects my body composition and frankly I didn't see a difference from when I was eating 6-7 meals per day, or 3 meals per day, so I don't buy in to the "eat several small meals per day to keep metabolism high" theory. It may be more relevant for a bber who's contest prepping, but I didn't recognize any difference. My diet has been loose [not measured] so these macros are my best estimates. I'd say I'm somewhere in the neighborhood of 60g of fats, and 150g of carbs.
Yes, I was actually doing dumbbell sumo squats for several weeks but found that the weight of the dumbbell was limiting my progress so I switched over to sumo squats in the smith machine. I liked them until Thursday night. Something popped in my hip while I was doing them and I've been limping around the last couple days. It's getting better so I don't think I fucked myself up. I think I had my legs too wide with too much weight on the bar.
I haven't seen a conversation between BTC and Touareg in what I feel like has been months and months...but when it happens it's almost as if the angels come together and sing me a song. It's like pools of golden knowledge are created and I jump in and swim. It's just...so beautiful. Lol real talk though y'all have blessed me with some great knowledge throughout this past year or so, haven't seen you on in a bit BTC it's good to see you posting up.
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How's your pinning schedule look with that amount of gear if you don't mind me asking? Will you be pinning daily?
Thanks for chiming in, BTC. I didn't realize you had such strong opinions of T3 until I read a post that you participated in from TGrady awhile back. By the time I read your post I had already begun the T3. I still do have some intermittent heart pounding, but it's not as disruptive as it was last week and seems to be improving.
I did mention Armour to my endo on my last visit and unfortunately, like many do, she discounted it and proceeded to tell me why they prescribe Synthroid. I didn't force the issue. She's got me on 250mcg Synthroid/day. I have another appt in a few weeks. Can you provide me with some ammunition/arguments to take to my appt so I can press the issue and tell her that I'd like to try Armour? Or is this something that I may have to do my own, without dr supervision?
I have not tried, nor heard of GW501516, but now that you've mentioned it I'll look into it.
Thank you, bro. I appreciate your knowledge and feedback in this area. You are the thyroid guru of the interwebz.
I haven't seen a conversation between BTC and Touareg in what I feel like has been months and months...but when it happens it's almost as if the angels come together and sing me a song. It's like pools of golden knowledge are created and I jump in and swim. It's just...so beautiful. Lol real talk though y'all have blessed me with some great knowledge throughout this past year or so, haven't seen you on in a bit BTC it's good to see you posting up.
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