Hey guys. The last time I kept any kind of log was starting last April. It had been about a year after I started working out and I made the decision to bulk a little bit since I was sick of eating to lose weight, though I guess it worked well, since I dropped about 120 pounds.
Since then, I've gone from 162 pounds to 178 pounds, and increased my lifts a lot. I feel like it's a good time to trim out a little bit as it (hopefully) starts to get warmer. I always like to start things with a new week, so I'll be making this switch on Sunday.
First off, I'm changing my diet a bit. I've been eating about 3500 calories. I plan on decreasing that until I hit about 2800 calories or so. I'm decreasing carbs by a good amount and fats by a bit.
Second, I'm changing my training program up. I've been using a five day split program and have basically tried to just make it as brutal as possible (and to be honest, it's worked pretty well). I'm moving back to a four day split and adding one more day of heavy cardio. I'm also changing the type of cardio I'll be doing. I've been just doing long runs, for the most part. I've been focusing on endurance in that area. However, recent trouble with my right ankle have led me to abandon running/treadmill, so I'm going to attempt a mixture of stepmill, elliptical, and stationary bike. I don't know if I'll be burning as many calories as before, but the lower calorie intake should make up for that a bit.
Third, I'm switching some supplements. I have been taking a mixture of CL and Universal products, but for this, I'm moving to an all-CL line-up, aside from some of the more generic products. I've loved REDuction PM, so for this phase, I'll add the AM portion. Since I work out first thing in the morning, that will be enough stimulant pre-workout. I have some White Blood to use with it. Along with that, I'm giving Green Bulge a try for the first time, and I don't think I'll give up Blue Gene any time soon. A scoop each of Purple WrAAth and Purple InTrain will be the during-juice. Orange Triad will round out the CL party. Add in protein isolate, fish oil, and green tea extract, and that's all she wrote.
I'll update as much as I can!
Since then, I've gone from 162 pounds to 178 pounds, and increased my lifts a lot. I feel like it's a good time to trim out a little bit as it (hopefully) starts to get warmer. I always like to start things with a new week, so I'll be making this switch on Sunday.
First off, I'm changing my diet a bit. I've been eating about 3500 calories. I plan on decreasing that until I hit about 2800 calories or so. I'm decreasing carbs by a good amount and fats by a bit.
Second, I'm changing my training program up. I've been using a five day split program and have basically tried to just make it as brutal as possible (and to be honest, it's worked pretty well). I'm moving back to a four day split and adding one more day of heavy cardio. I'm also changing the type of cardio I'll be doing. I've been just doing long runs, for the most part. I've been focusing on endurance in that area. However, recent trouble with my right ankle have led me to abandon running/treadmill, so I'm going to attempt a mixture of stepmill, elliptical, and stationary bike. I don't know if I'll be burning as many calories as before, but the lower calorie intake should make up for that a bit.
Third, I'm switching some supplements. I have been taking a mixture of CL and Universal products, but for this, I'm moving to an all-CL line-up, aside from some of the more generic products. I've loved REDuction PM, so for this phase, I'll add the AM portion. Since I work out first thing in the morning, that will be enough stimulant pre-workout. I have some White Blood to use with it. Along with that, I'm giving Green Bulge a try for the first time, and I don't think I'll give up Blue Gene any time soon. A scoop each of Purple WrAAth and Purple InTrain will be the during-juice. Orange Triad will round out the CL party. Add in protein isolate, fish oil, and green tea extract, and that's all she wrote.
I'll update as much as I can!
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