So heres an update on the cutting phase I started a few weeks ago. Its going decent.
I might delete this photo tomorrow morning. Wife told me not to post it because this is what men looking for men post online. 😂
Some stats:
- Height 196cm (6ft5)
- Weight 128.5kg (282lbs)
- i seem to be around 23-24% bodyfat
- goal 15%. About 10 kg (24lbs) to lose.
- the FFMI thingy at 26. Which is apparently decent.
- About 6 months of dedicated training so far with watching what i eat.
So… some observations.
Creatine gud. Creatine actually insane. If I didnt see @khaleelkazi posting about it on Twitter id probably miss out big. Besides it adding water weight its getting my max bench press closer to 160kg that i want to try one day. Never actually attempted it yet but i did do 140kg for 3 reps. Im sure i can do more. Massive jump i did not expect. Creatine lets me do more reps, cleaner, with better pump.
havent had any alcohol in 3 months. Sleep better. Less snoring.
loading up on carbs a day before big lifts makes a huge difference so i do that once a week before chest day. A special mix salad with 1kg of beans, 500g of fresh cheese. I try and be 500-800 calories under maintain. Too much under and i feel deflated and weaker visibly.
LIDL cottage cheese is a god given. 23g of protein per serving. My fridge full of them all day. Still have a problem hitting daily protein intake of 250g. No human being was made to eat this much protein so obviously im not optimal in intake. Thats like 40 eggs a day. 😂 But i always try to be above 120-150g.
influencer advice online is dogshit. I actually got the best rear delt, dumbell excercize for me from some random obese dude on tiktok. A dumbell face pull type thing. Wonderful. Influencers are almost all on steroids and almost nothing they say applies to me. I do push pull 3-4 times a week, beyond that I get massive fatigue. Early on I would try 5-6 days a week and i would regularly get sick. Full body excercises dont work for me, theyre murder and non optimal. Cant push as hard.
Mike Mentzer rocks. The only newer guy I found worth listening to was Mike Israetel and thats mostly from an educational/entertainment standpoint as I found that for actual training the most important part is showing up and doing hard work over focusing specifically on science based lifts or whatnot.
Iwould recomend getting into the gym culture though a bit as it can be motivational even though most fitness influencers are more walking pharmacies that I wouldnt even go as far as calling fit.
And my knees work again, I can jump with no pain, after quite a bit of early painful squats. I had an operation on one knee and the other one I should have but didnt want to stupidly. Hehe.
So yeah. Thats about it. Ill do one more at 15% bodyfat and then im off to OnlyFans to look for guys.
