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Robmeister's Fitness Goal
Robmeister:
Ok...I'm gonna cut back my official accountability report to once every two weeks to my bros....
But I must again voice my astonishment at this slow-carb, one-day-off eating program (website provided earlier in this thread).
Just weighed in to see another 2-lb drop immediately following my mad-scarf-day-off. Usually I eat anything I want on the day off. Well yesterday was my first day off where I ate MORE than I wanted.
Like Mr. Ferris outlines in his program, I went out of my way to be ridiculous in my calorie intake. I literally ate--not all in one sitting--an entire loaf of fresh French bread...each slice loaded down with real butter, brie cheese and cherry jam. On top of that I ate probably about 10 Reeses Peanut butter cups (5 packs) with 8 ounces of whole milk after each pack. And throughout the day I polished off an entire 2-liter jug of Coca Cola....the real, sugar-laden stuff.
Just got off the scale and was 2 lbs lighter for a total of 8 lbs lost in 25 days (2.2 lbs per week avg).
Life is good when stuff goes right :@`
Tyler:
That's awesome Rob! I gotta get back on that plan full time. I'm doing about 70% of my meals that way, but I will be getting more serious in the next couple of days.
Cameron:
Great thread. This was a fun read. Rob, do you think your day on/day off is preserving muscle very well? That weight loss is awesome, but I wonder how much of that is lean mass. If you're reasonably maintaining lean mass, I'm instantly adopting that for my next cutting phase! :)
I was reading through, and you mention doing 200 lb benches for really, really high reps (50, 100). How is that going for you?
A few months ago I was hoping for something similar, but I approached it differently. I started doing 135 x 20, then 150 x 20, etc. And I got pretty far, but what I noticed was that I was putting in massive effort while my max was really suffering. Where I once could throw down 300 for at least a few easy reps, after this process, I couldn't even do one. My observation is that I think muscles will adapt themselves to a narrow range of reps--meaning either low reps, high weight, or really high reps, low weight, but I couldn't really succeed at both.
But I would love to see you prove me wrong! O0
Robmeister:
Cameron, thanks for the dialogue....helps me sharpen up. Good points you bring up. O0
2 reasons I'm probably not losing muscle mass:
1 - I eat A LOT of protein
2 - I am doing resistance training (weights)
The "baby steps" / Super-high rep thing is actually an experiment. Believe me, I'm really tempted to throw on the plates and back off on the reps. But I'm gonna see this through for the next 4 months and see what the results are.
A couple things I'm noticing so far:
1 - I'm getting a bit of cardio added into the resistence training by doing so many reps
2 - I'm getting through the resistence training in far less time (I usually follow the Bill Phillips program of 6 sets per body part.)
A couple theories I have (since I'm not a knesiologist):
First: The idea of eventually benching 200lbs 75 times straight just simply SOUNDS RAD no matter how ya slice it. (I'm at 25 reps right now....1/3 the way there.)
Second: It seems like that would build muscle endurance.
I'm looking at getting back into martial arts (Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu). I know how it feels to be strong but burn out quickly when sparring. Yeah, a lot of that is cardio conditioning. But 16-oz. gloves get heavy way too quickly right now. So another experiment is if this approach might add the endurance (not to mention SPEED) component to simple power and strength.
Anyway....we'll see.
Bald_freak:
As long as you stay consistant the pounds should keep melting off. Eventually you'll plateau, then it's just a matter of maintenance and upkeep.
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