Hey all,
after a year that brought a lot of change in my life, I kind of put the gym as a second priority. New gf, a new job that has me driving 3+ hours a day, new apartment became priorities. I never stopped lifting, I just didn't focus on eating healthy like I usually do, nor did I go intense in the gym either. Squatting and deadlifting were not done as much as they had been.
Recently though, I found my drive again. Lifting early before work or even late at night, focusing on getting stronger, new gym clothing and equipment all got back in the mindset. The problem I have now is, I'm too fat to bulk or focus solely on strength, but I'm too weak to do a long term cut. While I've gotten some of my strength back in the last month, I've decided to do a mini-cut for about 6 weeks to at least get my abs somewhat more visible(I live in San Diego where it's optimal to stay lean year round for beach reasons), all while keeping what strength I have and hopefully increasing it. Also, it might just be good to cut a few pounds off for insulin purposes anyways.
Ironically, as much as I dread the coming New Years people flooding the gym, I myself will start this on January 2nd myself. They will all be gone after a few days anyways, so it isn't that bad I guess.
Macros and training will be posted of course.
As the title says, I will be running Stimukal and Thermokal from Metabolic Nutrition. Thermokal has Berberine in there, which I find to be a great ingredient, and Stimukal looks like a nice blend as well.
Looking forward to my first log on this site.
after a year that brought a lot of change in my life, I kind of put the gym as a second priority. New gf, a new job that has me driving 3+ hours a day, new apartment became priorities. I never stopped lifting, I just didn't focus on eating healthy like I usually do, nor did I go intense in the gym either. Squatting and deadlifting were not done as much as they had been.
Recently though, I found my drive again. Lifting early before work or even late at night, focusing on getting stronger, new gym clothing and equipment all got back in the mindset. The problem I have now is, I'm too fat to bulk or focus solely on strength, but I'm too weak to do a long term cut. While I've gotten some of my strength back in the last month, I've decided to do a mini-cut for about 6 weeks to at least get my abs somewhat more visible(I live in San Diego where it's optimal to stay lean year round for beach reasons), all while keeping what strength I have and hopefully increasing it. Also, it might just be good to cut a few pounds off for insulin purposes anyways.
Ironically, as much as I dread the coming New Years people flooding the gym, I myself will start this on January 2nd myself. They will all be gone after a few days anyways, so it isn't that bad I guess.
Macros and training will be posted of course.
As the title says, I will be running Stimukal and Thermokal from Metabolic Nutrition. Thermokal has Berberine in there, which I find to be a great ingredient, and Stimukal looks like a nice blend as well.
Looking forward to my first log on this site.