Controlling food volume in offseason

[AllOkJumpmaster]

waist trainers are snake oil dog shit

 

[d4ve]

I have never met anyone whose waist has grown out of normal growth coming from a lean state. At least from my own time, waist growth happens when insulin resistance is higher, ie you’ve been in an offseason growth phase for quite awhile andd you are pushing food. Stuff starts going sideways. But if you are lean, ie about to rebound up, your waist isn’t going to grow. No chance.

The trick is the fight to maintain insulin sensitivity, maintain appetite, maintain good habits as long as humanly possible. Obviously some structures are more blessed than others, but I’m a walking example right now. Waist growth isn’t happening when I’m lean, it’s happening right now. 30 weeks post show fighting tooth and nail to get food down lol.

Do your vacuums, where your waist trainer, but I wouldn’t stress about waist growth until your body fat is nearing that mental max limit.

Truth.

Related - The guys with blown-out waists aren't usually the ones doing consistent offseason cardio, getting lots of steps, and eating lots of produce...if anything it's the ones who think swallowing some berberine and upping their insulin is going to solve their appetite problems.

 

[gauge22-v2]

Food choices are completely personal preference and ability to digest. They also change as you age. I used to pound tons of oatmeal in a day, now if I have oatmeal I turn into a bio-hazard.

 

[alfresco]

waist trainers are snake oil dog shit

I wore one of neoprene waist ‘trainer’ religiously about 50 years ago and it didn’t do fuck all then and wouldn’t do fuck all now. Case closed. End of story.
Me 50 years ago at 20. I started working out at 18, don’t know what I weighed there not that it means anything but I started at 132lbs soaking wet on a good daylight before.

 

[KingOfSushi]

Buck is right on.
Think about it.
And then think about it again.
It’s all there.

I thought about it multiple times but I still don’t see how buck was answering OPs question on whether not he likes to try and limit food volume off-season

 

[Mayhem]

In the off season, while in a mass phase, you need to understand your macros and what you need to grow. At the same time, not over consuming food like a sumo wrestler for the sake of adding pounds to the scale. The more experienced you get, the more you will learn the foods that absorb better or worse in your system, meaning normal digestion and feeling good, or slow digestion and bloated. This takes time and experimentation.

If you really want to get deep into it when choosing the proper carbs and timing of them, do a search and learn about high and low glycemic carbs, and when to eat them. As a starting point for food choices, ensure you start at the basics and consume a minimum if 1-1.5 grams of protein per body part.

Also consider hiring a coach and get dialed in with a nutritional blue print that what will work for you. And as suggested above, go through and review members' logs to get an idea of meals they eat, you should be able to see clear patterns.

As others have stated, maintaining some form of cardio will also help keep your metabolism up, so that you can efficiently use the food without spilling over.

Find a mirror with good lighting and monitor your progress visually while also on the scale.

 

[IFBBProDomCardone]

This is why I like to establish a baseline with all clients and build up the metabolism over time. Whilst ensuring gut health is being kept as best as possible. "You are what you absorb". Making sure there is a true appetite at all times and NO force-feeding. Using food sources with good digestibility for the individual.

If you are ever looking to invest and hand everything over to a coach, I handle all of this and take great pride in this subject with all my athletes.