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Well, I finally got there.
Just did a fat caliper test this morning: it took a 750 kcal/day deficit, 6 days a week of lifting, and 4 15-min HIIT cardio sessions per week, but I went from a revolting 21-22% BF @ 82 kg on 8 June to just shy of 8.3% BF @ 78 kg this morning.
Time to start a lean bulk!
Oh, and lesson learned: BIA scales are as useless as tits on a bull.
- Also, eat your fucking complex carbs.Continuity
- Lean mass from 65kg to 71,5kg, I did the math...drgs
- Yeah, which sounds a bit impossible in a three-month span.Continuity
- The other possibility is that I way over-estimated my starting BF%. Which is possible, I was using a combo of the mirror, reference photos and my stupid scales.Continuity
- Assuming you have been lifting before and have some muscle memory, perfectly doable. Professional bodybuilders gain 5kgs in a day when carbing updrgs
- I weighted 58 kgs at my lowest in 2003 (my problem was the opposite, I was too skinny). I gained 15 kg the first year, all lean. 82 kg nowdrgs
- 5 kg in a day? That's gear, my friend, not carbs.
But yeah, I've overall been lifting for about 1.5 yrs, constantly (except for lockdown).Continuity - They cut down on carbs for some weeks before a competition, the muscles become sensitive to insulin, then they carb up on the very last daydrgs
- Muscles are mostly glycogen and water... Density comes with years.drgs
- True.
Wait ... 58?! God damn, man. How tall are you?Continuity - Though I shouldn't be surprised ... I spent my teenaged years, my 20s, and part of my 30s looking like I only occupied 2D space, I was so skinny.Continuity
- I'm 181cm. That's BMI 18, underweight, well not anymoredrgs
- I'm 183, so standing next to you, I would still look rail thin.Continuity
- In any case, I want to try finishing the year out with 82-83 kg @ 10% BF. We'll see if I can make that happen, and then see where I go from there.Continuity