sawastea
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During the next 32 days, I will start my cutting cycle which includes Avant Labs’ H.E.A.T. (“HEAT”). My goal here is to shed the winter girth that I normally go through due to the cold weather as well as holiday seasonal eating. Unfortunately, my winter bulk was cut short in late February as I had surgery and was unable to do any exercise until early last week, where I started off doing moderate intensity cardio (stair stepper, treadmill, elliptical, bike and rowing). I’m still not 100% but will try my best to do a very fair review. A very big plus of being on the DL (disabled list) is that I did not take any supplements, besides the normal everyday supps like whey, R-ALA, multi-vitamin, and EFA’s. The only supp I took during the past week was Legal Gear’s PowerTrain, which I finished.
What am I trying to accomplish?
Well, frankly, my goal here is to eat roughly 2200 (+/-) calories a day while dropping my BF% as much as possible, which is preeminent. Unfortunately, muscle loss will occur, though I will try to eat as much lean protein as possible (1.5-1.75g/lb body weight) and eat low GI carbs as well as healthy fats. I will not be following a macronutrient breakdown, per se, but I will be eating in accordance to my energy expenditure (carbs + protein around exercise). I’ve done some reading on the Avant Labs’ forum in regards to HEAT, so hopefully, I have a good understanding on how they are suppose to function.
Diet
I will eat cleanly throughout the week and aim for roughly one cheat meal/day (possible re-feed) a week. I will be eating a lot of chicken breasts, fish, lean steaks, oatmeal, sweet potatoes, yams, brown rice/basmati, beans and veggies. In terms of fats, I will be consuming 1-2tbsp of flax oil, 10g fish oil, as a bolus, at night and will take 100mg CoQ10 with it, daily. I will also randomly consume coconut oil (MCT’s) as well as natty PB.
What kind of HEAT dosing will I be doing?
With HEAT, I will start at one cap, three times daily for the first day, then two caps, three daily on day number two and full dosing thereafter. HEAT will be dosed prior to morning cardio, prior to lunch and prior to afternoon sports activity.
Exercise
I’m a big fan of outdoor activities and I play many recreational sports. I play a lot of softball and my season will be starting today. Because of the amount of time I play softball (3-4 times a week), it will be difficult for me to get in a real good workout (weight training). I will still *try* to weight train as frequently as possible (3 day split) but as previously mentioned, muscle loss will occur. Prior to any weight training I consume oatmeal with whey protein and immediately PWO, I will consume a whey shake (45g) with some high GI carbs (dextrose/maltodextrin) as well as oats in water. On cardio days, I will not eat pre-exercise and eat oatmeal and whey protein post exercise.
Stats
Currently, I’m 192lbs, 6’0”, ~13% BF (measured by my PCP). My goal is to lower my BF% as much as possible, safely. Note: This is my first cut of 2004. I normally do 2-3 cuts prior to my summer months, which are maintenance, and I try to stay around 9-11%.
Supplements I will be using
* HEAT (dosages were explained)
* Whey protein (will take one scoop at breakfast and one scoop prior to training and two scoops PWO)
* Protein blend (Great protein when I’m in a jam as well as prior to bedtime)
* Multi-vitamin (Currently taking Optimum Nutrition Opti-Men, twice daily)
* EFA’s (I will be consuming roughly 10g fish oil at night, flax oil with breakfast)
* R-ALA/ALA (100mg R+ (300mg ALA) with every 30-40g CHO. This will be ideal during my re-feeds)
* Nicotine (2mg dosages. I will be using this as an appetite suppressant)
I am trying to keep my supplements as low as possible without compromising the review.
Questions?
If anyone has any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. I will answer them to the best of my knowledge and if I cannot get you a straight answer, I will find someone who can.
Finally, I will post my log once a day, preferably at night after my final dosing and will number each day accordingly in the subject line.
You can read more about HEAT here
**I will be trying something new here. I want to make this an interactive log, meaning, I will be taking suggestions from YOU and possibly incorporate it into my daily diet/exercise. Please don’t post ridiculous questions/statements. Suggestions are HIGHLY recommended**
What am I trying to accomplish?
Well, frankly, my goal here is to eat roughly 2200 (+/-) calories a day while dropping my BF% as much as possible, which is preeminent. Unfortunately, muscle loss will occur, though I will try to eat as much lean protein as possible (1.5-1.75g/lb body weight) and eat low GI carbs as well as healthy fats. I will not be following a macronutrient breakdown, per se, but I will be eating in accordance to my energy expenditure (carbs + protein around exercise). I’ve done some reading on the Avant Labs’ forum in regards to HEAT, so hopefully, I have a good understanding on how they are suppose to function.
Diet
I will eat cleanly throughout the week and aim for roughly one cheat meal/day (possible re-feed) a week. I will be eating a lot of chicken breasts, fish, lean steaks, oatmeal, sweet potatoes, yams, brown rice/basmati, beans and veggies. In terms of fats, I will be consuming 1-2tbsp of flax oil, 10g fish oil, as a bolus, at night and will take 100mg CoQ10 with it, daily. I will also randomly consume coconut oil (MCT’s) as well as natty PB.
What kind of HEAT dosing will I be doing?
With HEAT, I will start at one cap, three times daily for the first day, then two caps, three daily on day number two and full dosing thereafter. HEAT will be dosed prior to morning cardio, prior to lunch and prior to afternoon sports activity.
Exercise
I’m a big fan of outdoor activities and I play many recreational sports. I play a lot of softball and my season will be starting today. Because of the amount of time I play softball (3-4 times a week), it will be difficult for me to get in a real good workout (weight training). I will still *try* to weight train as frequently as possible (3 day split) but as previously mentioned, muscle loss will occur. Prior to any weight training I consume oatmeal with whey protein and immediately PWO, I will consume a whey shake (45g) with some high GI carbs (dextrose/maltodextrin) as well as oats in water. On cardio days, I will not eat pre-exercise and eat oatmeal and whey protein post exercise.
Stats
Currently, I’m 192lbs, 6’0”, ~13% BF (measured by my PCP). My goal is to lower my BF% as much as possible, safely. Note: This is my first cut of 2004. I normally do 2-3 cuts prior to my summer months, which are maintenance, and I try to stay around 9-11%.
Supplements I will be using
* HEAT (dosages were explained)
* Whey protein (will take one scoop at breakfast and one scoop prior to training and two scoops PWO)
* Protein blend (Great protein when I’m in a jam as well as prior to bedtime)
* Multi-vitamin (Currently taking Optimum Nutrition Opti-Men, twice daily)
* EFA’s (I will be consuming roughly 10g fish oil at night, flax oil with breakfast)
* R-ALA/ALA (100mg R+ (300mg ALA) with every 30-40g CHO. This will be ideal during my re-feeds)
* Nicotine (2mg dosages. I will be using this as an appetite suppressant)
I am trying to keep my supplements as low as possible without compromising the review.
Questions?
If anyone has any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. I will answer them to the best of my knowledge and if I cannot get you a straight answer, I will find someone who can.
Finally, I will post my log once a day, preferably at night after my final dosing and will number each day accordingly in the subject line.
You can read more about HEAT here
**I will be trying something new here. I want to make this an interactive log, meaning, I will be taking suggestions from YOU and possibly incorporate it into my daily diet/exercise. Please don’t post ridiculous questions/statements. Suggestions are HIGHLY recommended**