Stats
41 years old
Male
15 years training
TRT 11 years
Multiple cycles ran over the years
Current cycle
150 Test p /wk
525 Tren a /wk
600 Masteron /wk
50 Winny ED
75 T3 ED
Letro 2.5 EOD
Caber .25 EOD
So on to the diet.
I cannot seem to get my head around the idea that gear allows us to eat more calories. Is this wrong?
For years I have dieted down for shows based on pretty simple formulas, that have seem to work decently well, though I don't seem to make the same progress as my friends and gym partners.
I usually start my calories around body weight x 12, and slowly reduce as my fat loss stalls. By the time I am a week out from a show I am usually down around BW x 8 or so
My coach has me eating more calories than I am used to and though I am staying full, I am not seeing the progress I am used to. (the slower than everyone else progress at that!).
Coach says that I have been dieting like a natty but since I am taking gear, I can afford more wiggle room with my diet. More food/calories and the gear will help partition the nutrients better and I will still make progress.
My thought is that the gear will help preserve muscle while in a caloric deficit and thus, I can go hard on my deficit due to increased nutrient partitioning.
It does kind of make sense that eating more food than I am used to would aid in recovery, strength, size and metabolism health, which in turn could lead to improved fat loss with less of a deficit, but I still am hesitant to increase calories 7 weeks out from a show..
So, does gear allow you to eat more calories than you would be able to without it and still make steady fat loss progress?
41 years old
Male
15 years training
TRT 11 years
Multiple cycles ran over the years
Current cycle
150 Test p /wk
525 Tren a /wk
600 Masteron /wk
50 Winny ED
75 T3 ED
Letro 2.5 EOD
Caber .25 EOD
So on to the diet.
I cannot seem to get my head around the idea that gear allows us to eat more calories. Is this wrong?
For years I have dieted down for shows based on pretty simple formulas, that have seem to work decently well, though I don't seem to make the same progress as my friends and gym partners.
I usually start my calories around body weight x 12, and slowly reduce as my fat loss stalls. By the time I am a week out from a show I am usually down around BW x 8 or so
My coach has me eating more calories than I am used to and though I am staying full, I am not seeing the progress I am used to. (the slower than everyone else progress at that!).
Coach says that I have been dieting like a natty but since I am taking gear, I can afford more wiggle room with my diet. More food/calories and the gear will help partition the nutrients better and I will still make progress.
My thought is that the gear will help preserve muscle while in a caloric deficit and thus, I can go hard on my deficit due to increased nutrient partitioning.
It does kind of make sense that eating more food than I am used to would aid in recovery, strength, size and metabolism health, which in turn could lead to improved fat loss with less of a deficit, but I still am hesitant to increase calories 7 weeks out from a show..
So, does gear allow you to eat more calories than you would be able to without it and still make steady fat loss progress?
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