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Thanks Anuj...that means alot bro (even if you are joking
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Ok, as far as what I keep track of are carbs, calories, water and protein. My protein is usually around 170-190 carbs are 350-510, calories are around 3200.
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Protein seems about right, carbs seem a bit high, but overall it looks good. What about your fat intake? It is important too. What is your metabolism like? If you find yourself gaining mass and not much muscle then scale down your carbs. Your daily breakdown should be 40%/20%/40% for protein fat and carbs for a typical bulk. so 1280cals proteins, 640 cals of fat and 1280 cals of carbs. Fitday.com will help you with alot of foods and their breakdown. You could alwasy increase it by about 250-500 cals per day and see how your results change. Diet takes a while to zone in on.
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They don't give an eating diet with the mag so im kinda in the dark about that.
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Because they are bullshit. They rely on misconceptions and the hope of instant muscle, which is why they appeal to most people entering the gym.
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Someone said because of my small frame if I lift heavy and try to gain mass the muscle will burn off the fat. Another person said you will never see the 6 pack no matter how many abs exercises you do if there is just the smallest layer of fat over them.
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If you have a high metabolism then lifting will help burn the fat. Muscle burning off fat doesn't make any sense. You burn off fat by expending energy, not by having muscle.
The 6 pack thing isn't entirely true. I have a 6 pack, not ripped like the pros or anything, but you can see a definite sixpack and I'm at 18% bf.
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Any other insight is appriciated. Thanks, Trey
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Is there anyway you could post the routine? The days, exercises/day and sets/reps?
The way you described it sounds alot like doing HST starting at the 4-6RM and ending at the 12-15RM (HST in reverse lol). Which is kind of retarded because there is no way you can bench as much weight doing a 4x10 as you can for a 2x5. So you're actually not progressing. See where I'm going with this, you'll be going from benching, say, 185lbs for 2x5 and then 9 weeks later doing 95lbs for a 4x10. I just caught that now and it set off some red flags. You wanna be going the other way, benching 95 for a 4x10 and then 9 weeks later going for a 2x5 with 185lbs. It just doesnt make sense to do it that way. Any strength gains you got from weeks 1-3 will be gone by the end of the program and you'll be back to benching week 1's weight for a 2x5.
Look at Mark Rippetoe's Starting Strength or Single Factor 5x5 because they will provide results 50x better than the muscle mag. Personally I wouldn't wipe my rear-end with the routines they have in those magazines.