Optimum Nutrition Pro Complex Gainer
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Looks pretty decent except that it only has 14 servings per container! That means at once per day, it will last only two weeks. Check out this site also
Congratulations on the 60lb loss!
What was your starting and your current stats?
Its funny, we work so hard to lose weight, only to try and put it back on.
Its funny, we work so hard to lose weight, only to try and put it back on.
Starting weight 215 bf 28%
Current weight 150 bf@11%
39 years old 5'10"
The cardio and the Bowflex have done a great job. I run 2.5 mile in 20 minutes 3 times a week. My arms have grown 1.5” to 13” and my chest is at 40. The goal when I first started was to tone up the flabby skin. Most of that is gone, a bit remains around my belt buckle. The question now is continuing cutting, until the last two abs show. Or, should I go into a bulk phase and gain muscle. Can you gain muscle without bulking to the point that I read about here? Or is it an all or nothing proposition. I’m not looking forward to gaining all that weight back. The big question is What's next???
Thanks for your replies
Current weight 150 bf@11%
39 years old 5'10"
The cardio and the Bowflex have done a great job. I run 2.5 mile in 20 minutes 3 times a week. My arms have grown 1.5” to 13” and my chest is at 40. The goal when I first started was to tone up the flabby skin. Most of that is gone, a bit remains around my belt buckle. The question now is continuing cutting, until the last two abs show. Or, should I go into a bulk phase and gain muscle. Can you gain muscle without bulking to the point that I read about here? Or is it an all or nothing proposition. I’m not looking forward to gaining all that weight back. The big question is What's next???
Thanks for your replies
huge congrats on the weight loss. 11% is a respectable bodyfat level IMO. I would think that a bulking phase might be in order.
if you do a clean bulk and don't go overboard on the calories, you can indeed gain lean muscle mass with very little fat gained. you can go sloppy on a bulk and gain fat at an equal rate as lean mass too. similarly you can go on a cutting diet so harsh that you lose lean muscle mass rapidly.
a clean bulk means eating the same foods you've been eating to lose fat, and simply eating a little more of it, especially protein and complex carbs, so you have around 500 extra calories per day to use to build lean mass.
if you do a clean bulk and don't go overboard on the calories, you can indeed gain lean muscle mass with very little fat gained. you can go sloppy on a bulk and gain fat at an equal rate as lean mass too. similarly you can go on a cutting diet so harsh that you lose lean muscle mass rapidly.
a clean bulk means eating the same foods you've been eating to lose fat, and simply eating a little more of it, especially protein and complex carbs, so you have around 500 extra calories per day to use to build lean mass.
You wanna try to add at least 500 calories to your current diet.