appology accepted... yes, i was referring to steroids. i guess steroids are out of the question since it elevates blood pressure. are there any after market products that are good lean muscle mass that doesnt raise blood pressure? i noticed when i worked out last time that creatine adds a little water weight. my goals are to get strong, add muscle mass, and get rid of this gut
without knowing what your diet looks like its hard to stay but this is how i approach cutting whilst maintaing/gaining muscle mass
This plan is for slow fat loss whilst gaining muscle, lower the carbs if u want more dramatic weight loss but you will limit ur lean muscle and strenghth gains.
I use this diet after a bulk for exactly the above reason
The increased carbs timed around your WO should give you all the energy you require.
Eat 6/7 meals a day
go with a macro of 40p 40c 20f
Eat clean, all whole foods and make sure your eat good carbs brown rice pasta bread etc + lots of green veggies. Protein fish and chicken, fatty fish for your fat. Your gonna have to supp the wholw foods with shakes unless you work in a kitchen so gonna need, high quality whey protein powder fishoil/flaxseedoil and a good multi vit.
Timing of your meals is going to be critical too. Take a target weight and aim for 1.5g of protein per lb of your target weight and follow the 40 40 20 macro.
Try and eat every 2 hours where possible after 3 hours ur metabolism starts to slow down. Pre WO you should load up on some high GCI carbs to fuel your WO and post WO you need some simple carbs to deliver protein to your muscles. This will mean you are taking large proportion of ur carbs around your WO so u will have to adjust carbs down for other meals.
for you pre WO meal/shake 0.33 g carbs per lb of target weight halve that for the protein no fat
Cycle ur carbs on non WO days lower ur carbs to .75 -1g per lb of target weight
Cardio
For best fat loss and retention of muscle mass choose HIIT cardio best on an empty stomach first thing in the morn or alternatively after training