Absolutely! Congrats on the hard work payong off, kjkitzman !Thank you, that smile in my after pictures says it all!!!
Wow I havnt seen recent pics compared to old. Some of the best progress I've seen. More change in these than we see in alot of the guys even. Great job.
I know I asked in a different thread but when I start going above maintenance calories should I be supplementing creatine?
I like creatine. Just plain old creatine monohydrate. Cheap and effective. 5g daily.
People who respond well to it can gain a few lbs and some strength. Pretty good stuff overall.
Dont buy into all the fancy creatines out there. Monohydrate works perfectly well and is cheap.
ok so who wants to get into the science stuff and explain what it does for me? Better during a lean bulk VS cut?
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I use it year round. Bulk/ Recomp/Cut. Doesn't matter. It's not magic but it is cheap and has been tested like crazy.
Thanks, where do you buy from? I could just add it to my powerade zero in the mornings?
In this bad boy and just skimmed through a lot of it. Can you do me a favor? Just for my own curiosity can you post up a side by side pic from after your last cut next to these last cut pics? I am curious to see the differences made in a lean state from the last bulk you did.
These days I buy bulk from China but you can find domestic sources as well. Google bulk supplements and find the best price for a kilo. Will last 200 days.
Can be taken in the morning with your Gatorade yes.
Interesting stuff.
Lots of research proving efficacy.
Ok drinking this stuff fasted? 5g per day?
Yep. You can drink it anytime. I just drink it early am to get it over with. If you dive into the research there isn’t an honest consensus on when’s better ie. PWO, Post workout, intra, morning, night.
5g per day and once your at saturation it’s gna be great!
Creatine is a no go,for my body chemistry.
Creatine builds up over time, i find after 1 week of 5 grams per day it works better and provides increased muscle fullness through an increase in intramuscular water and a slight strength boost. I have used the standard monohydrate which seems to work well and the more refined creapure version which i feel is slightly better overall.
I will not go back to using ethyl ester, tri creatine malate or creatine hcl as i do not feel they work as well as the oldest and best basic creatine monohydrate, creapure is just a more purified version of creatine monohydrate produced by AlzChem AG in Germany
whats creapure? and the difference? How will I know if I am buying that?
why do you say?
"Low carb" depends on your maintenance carb intake. I can get 500 carbs or more on a day where I just eat what I want or don't have access like on vacation.Macro thoughts people? And MrKleen73 I haven't forgotten about you to get some side by sides
Week 1 of my reverse diet my macros were:
1700 calories =Rest days
106 carbs
130 protein
85 fats
1700 calories =Active days
170 carbs
128 protein
57 fat
I want to go slow. The first week of my reverse I went from 1625kcal --> 1700kcal
This week I was going to add 10g carbs and 2g fats.
How do I do this on my rest days? I kind of want to keep carbs lower. Is 116g of carbs consider low? Should I add more fats in on REST days then instead?
What I was going to do for Week 2:
1760 calories =Rest Days
116g carbs
130g protein
87g fat
1760 calories =Active Days
180g carbs
130g protein
58g fat
Pretty common Im afraid. Because creating pulls in water it can really bloat you.Water retention and stomach bloating.
Pretty common Im afraid. Because creating pulls in water it can really bloat you.
Try interval dosing with food.
So say you eat 4 meals. Instead of 5g creatine dose do 1.25g at the end of each meal.
Has worked for clients when I trained people
Well almost the end of the 2nd week of this reverse. Still doing 3 caps of FD2 a day, knocked down Radiate to once a day.
Macros this week:
1760 calories =Rest Days
116g carbs
130g protein
87g fat
1760 calories =Active Days
180g carbs
130g protein
58g fat
I hit my macros so far within 5-10g of each. Stayed within the calorie range of 1750-1760.
I weighed in at 119lbs 4 times this week which is like a record LOLTGIF friends!
Looking Good, and I Love the biceps!
Looking good, love the way your body is putting the calories to use too. You look better than the end of your cut for sure!!!
Thanks all!
yup still using FD2. 3 caps a day.
Now I only take Radiate for my pre-workout 1/2 scoop and on rest days 1/2 scoop in the morning until I reach maintenance calories just to help with some of that appetite. Even though I am at higher calories I am super hungry lately! I can tell my body is wanting the calories but trying to still not binge.
With the results of the last cheat meal I would say you are probably okay to bump calories another notch... I think you are only bumping 60cals at a time anyway so not very much at all. Remember part of the idea of slowing the radiate was to make eating more a more comfortable thing to do. Now it is more comfortable and your body is definitely making use of the calories so you could bump again and it will probably improve your composition a bit again.
I agree I think I am going to bump before this week ends - currently around 1825 calories a day and weighed in at 118.8lbs this morning.
When you bump calories do you do mostly to carbs then?
My current macros are:
190g carbs
130g protein
60g fat
I think when reverse dieting if your fat is already at an acceptable level and getting adequate protein for growth then all other calories should come from carbohydrates, and you should always increase in your peri workout window first! I would do something like adding in 15-25g of carbs to your intra, or post workout nutrition, and then keep adding there until it becomes uncomfortable in some way, or composition shows you are gaining fat too quickly. Once you become uncomfortable with filling in that timeframe with carbs move the the next meal after your post workout and add carbs there. Gradually working your way out from the periworkout nutrition to the meals following then finally to the meals before.
thanks! I kind of figured that, I train fasted![]()
When taking L-Glutamine and Creatine does anyone notice pain relief?