Great advice Eric. I hate when people post two seperate journals.. One says, "the great cut", the other says, "time to pig out"..
I think people need to find what's acceptable and run with it. Anything less than 8% IMO isn't gonna be healthy, but that's just my opinion. The guys in the magazine's shredded to the bone look like that the day of the shoot, then within a week or two get back to normal.
I'm a bigtime advocate for a recomp lifestyle, especially for naturals or even guys like 90% of us here who aren't gonna be doing a show any time soon! People think bulking means to "pig out" drinking down gallons of whole milk and busting out sets of 10 per day of peanut butter and jelly's.
This topic equals OCD for bodybuilders. My question to anyone is why would they change their training program that's WORKING for another completely different one just because they want to lose some fat? Instead, why not start increasing a few extra days of cardio and start dropping a meal or two of carbs for veggies... Next thing you know, you continue gaining strength while
slowly losing some lbs.. Oh oh, you're stuck again? Okay, now lets start easing back on your calories some more.. Now what? You start getting your ass kicked in the gym? Okay, use your brain. -> Lower the volume, or try having a refeed day..
What's the main idea? Well, if you want to retain your muscle and increase your strength, it isn't by chopping your cals in half, or move from a powerbuilding program to doing circuit training and sprints every other day lol. I'd be willing to bet most people probably don't keep very good track of their daily totals. How the hell are you gonna do anything if you aren't consistant with what and WHEN you eat?
