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April 28, 2013 at 4:02 pm #8060
Will_MTLMemberHello, This is my first post. I just finished reading the book and I started implementing the protocol in the last week. I did the prep phase although I realized while reading the book that it might not have been necessary. About me :Age : 34Weight : 152 pounds (69 kg)Height : 5'10'' (178cm)Current estimated bodyfat : I think I'm below 10%, I usually have it taken by my personnal trainer, but I'm not seeing him anymore, but I know I'm leaner then ever and I use to hang between 10 to 11 %Nutrition in the last 6 months : low-carb, paleo-ish and organic-ish. Kinda like carb nite, meat, vegetables and nuts and a bit of fermented dairy (yogurt, Kefir) with one big carb meal per week.Lifting experience : 10+ with some year long break here and there for traveling and disco lust. My latest break was last year because I went traveling the world on a motorcycle so was not working out a lot but still a little bit with rings and pistol squats. Got back from traveling in august 2012 and resumed training. Had a recent problem with my personal trainer giving me an overly hard work out, 8x8 vince's Gironda's method. I did not implement wisely (went too hard) and burned my CNS and was on my ass for a month with digestive problem and serious muscle spasm that would keep me awake at night. After a month and a half of break I decided to take things in my own hand and bought the CBL book and 5/3/1 book. I'm already in love with these two protocols.Training protocol : 5/3/1 Boring but bigNutrition protocol : CBLTraining goal : gain mass and strength while maintaining bodyfat level, hence leaning toward a density bulking protocol.So I guess beside introducing myself I wanted to verify if my plan was good as I am a little bit confused because of my training schedule (I work evenings during the week, so I have 2 workouts in the afternoon on the week-ends and 2 workouts fasted in the morning during the week). So from reading the book and various posts and articles on DH.com, from what I understand this is how I will plan my schedule
- Saturday - workout 5 pm, full backload (200gr carbs)
- Sunday - workout 5 pm, light (100gr carbs) backload because not working out monday
- Monday - no workout, light backload (100gr carbs) because training fasted the next morning
- Tuesday - workout 9am, medium backload (150gr carbs) because training fasted in the morning and trained that day
- Wednesday - workout 9am, light backload (100gr carbs) because not training the next day
- Thursday - no workout but maybe hill sprints, no backload because not training the next day and have not trained that day
- Friday - no workout but maybe hill sprints, light (100gr carbs) back load because training thte next day (in the PM) and second consecutive off day.
I know my carbs figure might seems a little low, but I'm leaning on the safe side for now because :
- eating carbs is new to me, I have been ultra low carbs for a long time
- I'm light weight, 152 pounds
- I'm using a 5/3/1 protocol, which is medium/low volume
Also, I backloaded yesterday with 200gr carbs from cookies and rice pudding and I felt super full all night but did not wake up bloated and skin still felt tight. Should I up my carb intake ? the charts in the book are confusing to me, as I was already eating low carbs, the chart with weight lost during prep phase doesn't really make sense to me and the second chart, the target weight one, recommends 560 gr of carbs which kinda scares the ultra low carbists in me.Thanks to all who have read my post and a special thanks to those who will comment on my plan and answer my questions.Cheers ! 🙂
April 29, 2013 at 3:57 am #180568
Will_MTLMemberrevised my plan, I have done another full back load tonite (I did my deadlift day of my 531 BBB protocol, PM session) and I will skip the light backload tommorow. My glycogen stores should be still full enough for tuesday fasted morning session…I have to say I can't see myself eating more then 200gr of carbs, I'm stuffed...Can't wait to see how I will feel tommorow.
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