PH 2014 Goals, Progress & Transformations Thread

[Hoofy]

Liar. They're plastic buckets attached to a chopped up broom handle.

[smiffy180]

Finally an update for me from doctors.
Turns out I have gallstones, explains a lot over the last few months. Waiting to hear from gp now as what to do next.

Also it's comp day for me!
Will be hitting some huge numbers tonight

[Hoofy]

That is a relief. I wondered if it was some kind of cancer or similar. They took their time to diagnose didn't they? So too much fat in your diet?

Good luck at the comp.

[smiffy180]

Will have been from when I was younger, my mum fed me a horrible diet which carried on until I was about 19......
All the wrong fats as opposed to too much fat I beleive.

Cheers

[Hoofy]

Sure, I didn't think you'd have eaten an excess of fish oils!

[Art0ir]

CT Fletcher: I COMMAND you to grow!

This has me wanting to hit the gym at 4AM like right now.

The monologue from 10 minutes on is fking superb.

[Halb]

smiffy180 said:

Will have been from when I was younger, my mum fed me a horrible diet which carried on until I was about 19......
All the wrong fats as opposed to too much fat I beleive.

Cheers

Like what?

[Hoofy]

Art0ir said:

CT Fletcher: I COMMAND you to grow!

This has me wanting to hit the gym at 4AM like right now.

The monologue from 10 minutes on is fking superb.

4am on a Sunday??

[smiffy180]

Well, I won by 5KG last night!
Very happy, just gutted I wasn't able to truly max out on my deadlift.
vid here:
http://youtu.be/3IMOBaUl_9w

[smiffy180]

Halb said:

Like what?

maccy d's

[Hoofy]

Well done!

[V8mate]

smiffy180 said:

Well, I won by 5KG last night!
Very happy, just gutted I wasn't able to truly max out on my deadlift.
vid here:
http://youtu.be/3IMOBaUl_9w

Nice one!

What were your best dead and press weights on the night?

[smiffy180]

Cheers
Should be on the vid unless I cocked up but 310 dead amd 125 log, locked 130 but didn't stay stable to get the lift. Was a horrible log!

[smiffy180]

Well some bad news for me...... only because it involves dieting

Had a chat with the Dr this morning on phone who told me my scan results were back and it appears as though I have a fatty deposit around my liver and spleen I think she said. She then waffled on about BMI so I zoned out at this point until she mentioned having bloods done for cholesterol to see how that is.

So it appears as though my cut will need bringing forward from next year to this year.

I want to ideally keep gaining strength and muscle size but understand this may not be possible.

Currently on 4.5k cals and everyone has said I'm looking leaner although I haven't noticed tbh - just less bloating as I have a low(er) carb diet now.

I was thinking having around 3.5k cals, staying on my strength program 4x a week and doing cardio on the other 3 days?

Never done a cut before so any suggestions?

[Hoofy]

Why not eat more on training days and less on rest days?

[smiffy180]

Hoofy said:

Why not eat more on training days and less on rest days?

I read that online but why wouldn't you want the same all the time? When you're not training you're recovering so why would you eat less?

Are we talking like 200 cals here or more?

[Hoofy]

smiffy180 said:

I read that online but why wouldn't you want the same all the time? When you're not training you're recovering so why would you eat less?

Are we talking like 200 cals here or more?

For you, 500 I'd have thought. So you have enough calories to be able to train but otherwise you're on a deficit.

[smiffy180]

Hoofy said:

For you, 500 I'd have thought. So you have enough calories to be able to train but otherwise you're on a deficit.

So what would you recommend calorie wise on a training day and non training day then?

[Hoofy]

smiffy180 said:

So what would you recommend calorie wise on a training day and non training day then?

4000 non-training, 4500 training. If you train 3 days a week, you're on a weekly deficit of 2000. Keeps things easy to deal with. Just lower the carb intake so you can keep your protein intake at the same level.

BTW cardio eg running will help lower cholesterol levels. http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Healthyhearts/Pages/Cho...

[smiffy180]

Hoofy said:

4000 non-training, 4500 training. If you train 3 days a week, you're on a weekly deficit of 2000. Keeps things easy to deal with. Just lower the carb intake so you can keep your protein intake at the same level.

BTW cardio eg running will help lower cholesterol levels. http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Healthyhearts/Pages/Cho...

I'm on 4500 cals now but my macros are like this:
230ish fat
200ish carbs
320ish protein

Fats from nuts, eggs, meat and a little milk+cheese