Ready for summer? Its ON!

[Kahn]

I'm starting my prep for pretty by summer. What do you guys have planned and what are the goals?

 

[Tough Old Man]

I'm starting my prep for pretty by summer. What do you guys have planned and what are the goals?

I wouldn't mind looking good for the summer, but I don't want to look pretty.

 

[BigBoyJ]

I've been working on figuring out what works best for me as far as dieting and cardio for the past couple of months. So far it seems for me that I need 250-300 grams of protein, pretty high carbs and moderate amounts of fat. The fat comes from red meat and dark chicken every day and also 3 scoops of muscle milk 2-3 times per day. I've been doing 30 minutes of cardio 3-4 times per week at a heart rate of about 135-145. Any more cardio than that and I deflate and get flabbier. I'm finally getting this shit figured out after all these years. I've always tried everyone else's diet approach and could never get lean. Low fat and low carbs with super high protein doesn't work for me. I've gone from 14% down to about 8% right now in the last 2 months or so. I haven't lost any strenth so I'm happy about that. I want to drop down to about 4% and sit there for the Summer. I figure if I can hold it there for a while it'll be a lot easier to get back there again in the future. I don't plan on ever getting over 10% again though.

 

[MikeS]

BBJ holding at 4% is pretty tough. Does anyone agree? I stay at about 7-8% or so, thats damn good enough for the beach!

 

[Ashop]

I'm starting my prep for pretty by summer. What do you guys have planned and what are the goals?

I plan on stripping some fat and hardening up a bit over the next couple of months.

 

[Cadelles10]

BBJ holding at 4% is pretty tough. Does anyone agree? I stay at about 7-8% or so, thats damn good enough for the beach!

I agree 4% sounds low, especially to stay there for an extended period of time. Don't most people go on stage at around 3%?

 

[BigBoyJ]

BBJ holding at 4% is pretty tough. Does anyone agree? I stay at about 7-8% or so, thats damn good enough for the beach!

Oh, I know it's low, but that was my natural state until I was about 15. That also happens to be the same time I started bodybuilding. Unlike most, when I started lifting weights, I got fatter. I was so desperate to get bigger, I ate candy, chips, pounds of fatty beef, a gallon of whole milk a day, etc. In other words, I didn't care if what I gained was quality, I just wanted to gain. And I've been working ever since to figure out how to get that damned fat off again. If I could spend the first fifteen years of my life at 4-5% bodyfat, I think I can hold it over Summer...now that I'm finally figuring out how to get there again.

 

[UMD73]

I'm currently doing the trimming down thing, my main reason is for Ju-jitsu/submission fighting. I've always played football, so the extra mass was a good thing, but I've started training grappling about 4 months ago and am planning on going competative, on the amateur level of course. I started at 325-330 w/ 19.5% b/f. I am currently down to 300 and 15.7% b/f, my goal is to compete at 285-290 so weight-wise I don't have far to go, but ideally I want my b/f to be down around 10% or less.

Currently I've only been using clen (using the benadryl method to prevent receptors being all bound up) and some fat-burners. Diet wise I am eating clean, keeping protein high, and cutting out simple carbs.

I currently lift 4 days a week doing 30-45mins of cardio on 2 of my lifting days, alternating w/ ab workouts. Additionally I train 3 days a week for the grappling.

I have done several cycles in the past ranging from simple to very high dose multi-compound cycles, as of now I've been off for just under 2 years. I'm thinking that a Prop/suspension and EQ stack would be benficial to aid in dropping weight while maintaining lean mass and gaining strength. I've had great success cutting in the past w/ prop/susp and masteron stacks, but cannot get masteron in injectable form any more.

What are your opinions on this idea?