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Long time lurker, first time poster. Finally took the plunge and bought the book (well it has yet to arrive in my inbox) :). Very excited to get started properly with CBL. In the last 6 months I have started working out with Kettlebells and managed to shed about 5% bf, but along with it I also lost muscle mass and damaged my metabolism quite a bit with a 1200 kcal low carb diet. I am quite lean, but can't eat bugger all without putting fat back on. So I guess my quest is to be able to increase my intake to build muscle without putting fat back on. From all I have read so far, the CBL concept seems to be very promising so I want to give it a proper shot in the hope to repair the damage I have done. Any advice will be much appreciated!
Check out http://www.eattoperform.com he talks about slowly ramping up calories and carbs to fix broken metabolisms and using CBL to do it.
Ah yes, that's where I am coming from 🙂 Have done a lot of reading there too, but I am not a cross fitter, so will need to figure out how to apply it to my scenario. I do my Kettlebells workouts 3x per week and play golf (walking and pulling clubs) 2x per week. A decent amount of exercise, but no where near the amount a cross fitter would do. Btw I have paid for the book but still not received it - how long does it usually take to get it?
Ah yes, that's where I am coming from 🙂 Have done a lot of reading there too, but I am not a cross fitter, so will need to figure out how to apply it to my scenario. I do my Kettlebells workouts 3x per week and play golf (walking and pulling clubs) 2x per week. A decent amount of exercise, but no where near the amount a cross fitter would do. Btw I have paid for the book but still not received it - how long does it usually take to get it?
If you have issues get on FB on contact them through the DH page, it seems to be the easiest way.
Long time lurker, first time poster. Finally took the plunge and bought the book (well it has yet to arrive in my inbox) :). Very excited to get started properly with CBL. In the last 6 months I have started working out with Kettlebells and managed to shed about 5% bf, but along with it I also lost muscle mass and damaged my metabolism quite a bit with a 1200 kcal low carb diet. I am quite lean, but can't eat bugger all without putting fat back on. So I guess my quest is to be able to increase my intake to build muscle without putting fat back on. From all I have read so far, the CBL concept seems to be very promising so I want to give it a proper shot in the hope to repair the damage I have done. Any advice will be much appreciated!
if you gain a pound of muscle and a pound of fat, then you're body fat percentage hasn't changed. Fat drives your sex drive, hormonal production, cellular repair, controls your metabolism and heats your body. Don't be afraid of fat. Being afraid of fat makes you super skinny and weak. Muscular and strong is the way to be. Its more than just manly, only men who are afraid of girls being more awesome and independent than they are are afraid of strong women.
Ah yes, that's where I am coming from 🙂 Have done a lot of reading there too, but I am not a cross fitter, so will need to figure out how to apply it to my scenario. I do my Kettlebells workouts 3x per week and play golf (walking and pulling clubs) 2x per week. A decent amount of exercise, but no where near the amount a cross fitter would do. Btw I have paid for the book but still not received it - how long does it usually take to get it?
Use the moderate activity level modifier on the calculator. Start slowly working toward that goal, adding 200 calories a week until you get there. Wait, follow it for a month once you reach the maintenance calories, bust your ass in the gym, be consistent, and re-measure at the end of the month and see where you are at.
Thanks for your advice! Sounds like a good plan to add cals slowly. According to the TDEE calculator I should be eating 1972 kcals, eek. Having said that, I don't mind if the scale weight goes up, as long as I can still wear the same clothes during my recomp attempt I am happy. Off to bust my ass now!
I don't mind if the scale weight goes up, as long as I can still wear the same clothes during my recomp attempt I am happy.
Sounds like you have the right mentality. Muscular and fit is sexier than skin and bones, and calorie deprivation will get you skin and bones. Yes, you have to create a deficit still to lose weight, however, by eating the calories like Beanie points out you allow your body to compensate and recover from your workouts AND build NEW muscle that it didn't have before, thus increasing your BMR and your performance, while simultaneously burning fat. If you had zero interest in building new muscle and power than this program would not be suited for you.
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