Sean's Powerlifting Journey

I would say depends u don't want to lose so much your leverages change and u step on the platform and everything feels off could screw up your chances for another great total

Edit: if we're only talking a little over 20lbs then I say go for it
 
Duramaxhd said:
I would say depends u don't want to lose so much your leverages change and u step on the platform and everything feels off could screw up your chances for another great total Edit: if we're only talking a little over 20lbs then I say go for it
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I'm not really looking at it for weight loss specifically. More so for a better body composition. I'll never eat below maintenance.
 
You shouldn't have any issues Sean especially if you keep cals at maintenance. I've never had any strength issues with keto. I'd seriously look into epharm's new supp though. It will make things much easier.
 
Duramaxhd said:
Herder, When u did carb nites did u shoot for a specific caloric amount? Or did u follow how it's setup in the book where u eat when your hungry and enough to satisfy u?
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For my Carb Nite, I gave myself one meal, post lower body session. Chinese buffet with Mountain Dew and ice cream, Waffle House, whatever I felt like. Just one meal, and I ate as much as I humanly could.

I took carb nites every five days or so, though. Just didn't always plan ahead and sometimes was stuck with eating carbs. I didn't worry about it, I just went back to no carbs the next day.
 
I don't think Carb night is going to change your body composition without a calorie deficit.

And ketosis is awful, feelsbadman.
 
When I was doing CBL in the Fall, I dropped weight almost too quickly while eating junk almost each night. I didn't track calories stringently, but there couldn't have been much of a deficit considering the amount of Thai food and candy I was eating.
 
NomZ said:
I don't think Carb night is going to change your body composition without a calorie deficit. And ketosis is awful, feelsbadman.
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I'm talking Carb Backloading, so I'll be eating carbs every night, whatever meets my macros, dirty as fuk if wanted too, after the first 10 days.

What's Carb Nite then?
 
Rodja said:
When I was doing CBL in the Fall, I dropped weight almost too quickly while eating junk almost each night. I didn't track calories stringently, but there couldn't have been much of a deficit considering the amount of Thai food and candy I was eating.
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I'll be tracking so hopefully I can avoid a deficit.
 
Sean1332 said:
I'm talking Carb Backloading, so I'll be eating carbs every night, whatever meets my macros, after the first 10 days. What's Carb Nite then?
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Wasn't carb night the second book? Pretty similar, I think I have both though...

My buddy ran carb night, lost 12lbs unintentionally eating a tub of ice cream and pizza every night bc his calories weren't there. Got weak, lol.
 
NomZ said:
Wasn't carb night the second book? Pretty similar, I think I have both though... My buddy ran carb night, lost 12lbs unintentionally eating a tub of ice cream and pizza every night bc his calories weren't there. Got weak, lol.
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Well ****. This seemed easy to me. Eat your carbs every day still, just at night. Fat and protein during the day.

Now I gotta read carb nite so I know what everyone is talking about lol
 
Rodja said:
The closest I've ever done to something like this was strict Paleo and it was a rough transition period.
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So excluding the details in the book, is my basic understanding of CBL accurate? Is it even worth it? The book and forums makes it sound amazing. "Delivers significant increases in strength, moderate to low mass gain, and massive fat loss"

Sean1332 said:
This seemed easy to me. Eat your carbs every day still, just at night. Fat and protein during the day.
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Sean1332 said:
So excluding the details in the book, is my basic understanding of CBL accurate? Is it even worth it? The book and forums makes it sound amazing. "Delivers significant increases in strength, moderate to low mass gain, and massive fat loss"
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I'm back on CBL right now. I find it to be extremely enjoyable as I'm a fat kid at heart and love to eat junk. Breakfast is bacon and eggs, then a protein shake with almonds, followed by chicken thighs and broccoli. While I'm geared, I'll sip on BCAAs while training.

My post training starts with BCAA and Karbolyn followed by a protein shake and Pop Tarts. Dinner varies and I always include dessert. It usually ends up around 300-350g of carbs at the end of the day.
 
Rodja said:
I'm back on CBL right now. I find it to be extremely enjoyable as I'm a fat kid at heart and love to eat junk. Breakfast is bacon and eggs, then a protein shake with almonds, followed by chicken thighs and broccoli. While I'm geared, I'll sip on BCAAs while training. My post training starts with BCAA and Karbolyn followed by a protein shake and Pop Tarts. Dinner varies and I always include dessert. It usually ends up around 300-350g of carbs at the end of the day.
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I like this.

The food I'm served at work is high fat anyways, and always a protein source, and a salad bar. Bacon and sausages in the mornings. I'll just skip out on whatever carb source they have and eat it at night and anything else I can get my hands on. I'll make use of coconut oil/leucine/BCAA/EAA's ect

I'm just not looking forward to these first 10 days.
 
Ketosis doesn't feel bad. Getting into ketosis is rough. Once the metabolic switch has been made though, it's not bad at all.
 
Sean1332 said:
I like this. The food I'm served at work is high fat anyways, and always a protein source, and a salad bar. Bacon and sausages in the mornings. I'll just skip out on whatever carb source they have and eat it at night and anything else I can get my hands on. I'll make use of coconut oil/leucine/BCAA/EAA's ect I'm just not looking forward to these first 10 days.
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CBL doesn't have that transition period. Well, I think it technically does, but I didn't bother with it.
 
NomZ said:
And ketosis is awful, feelsbadman.
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Disagree. Trying to enter into ketosis is bad, but being there is great.
 
Rodja said:
CBL doesn't have that transition period. Well, I think it technically does, but I didn't bother with it.
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It says if you're following the Density Bulk protocol or already sub 10% BF, you don't need to.

I'm neither.

I guess I don't understand why I would need to reach ketosis if I'm just going to end up eating carbs every day. I'll avoid it if I can lol

supermanjow said:
Ketosis doesn't feel bad. Getting into ketosis is rough. Once the metabolic switch has been made though, it's not bad at all.
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Maybe I'll skip that now lol
 
Sean1332 said:
It says if you're following the Density Bulk protocol or already sub 10% BF, you don't need to. I'm neither. I guess I don't understand why I would need to reach ketosis if I'm just going to end up eating carbs every day. I'll avoid it if I can lol Maybe I'll skip that now lol
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I think it's more of a kick start for insulin sensitivity and to store glycogen more efficiently.
 
Sean1332 said:
Sounds good to me. I've got some GDAs I can dabble with too.
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I forgot to mention that I used 200mg of NaRALA prior to bed to make sure to bring blood glucose levels down while sleeping. My last carb meal is generally 2-3 hours prior to bed.
 
Rodja said:
I forgot to mention that I used 200mg of NaRALA prior to bed to make sure to bring blood glucose levels down while sleeping. My last carb meal is generally 2-3 hours prior to bed.
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EBF on here recommended just a 2-3 day low carb then a body opus carb depletion session and begin carb intake that night, which seems doable for me.

I have a half bottle of Recompadrol and full bottle of Slintensity. After that I'll just go with bulk NaRala as per your rec and I have a few Agmatine bottles.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow's bacon.
 
Torobestia said:
Disagree. Trying to enter into ketosis is bad, but being there is great.
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I felt like ass in ketosis, **** workouts, brain fog, zero energy. And before you ask, I was in ketosis confirmed by the keto strips.
 
supermanjow said:
How long did you remain in ketosis? What were your calories like?
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Was a while ago, like 3000k cals, for 3 weeks. 15-25g carbs per day I think.
 
So on my off days (from work) I normally begin training around 11-12. I'll maintain the protocol, having only whey pre/post-wo and begin carb consumption around 5-6pm.

When I'm at work, I normally train around 630. Dinner is served at 5. I'll have a carb meal around 5-530 and then continue consuming carbs post workout.

Still Tring to figure out off days.

Calories will be shy above maitenance.
 
supermanjow said:
Didn't go long enough. Another week or two and you would have totally stabilized and felt normal again.
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Didn't count the week getting into keto, but don't think it would matter anyways.

Meh, research doesn't really support it either way. Just wanted to try it.
 
Sean1332 said:
Well, getting calories without carbs is harder than I thought. I guess I'll eat a couple rotisserie chickens.
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Ribeyes. When I'm doing keto or low carb, I eat fatty steak like ribeye. Also cheese & summer sausage are good ones too.
 
Swanson52 said:
Ribeyes. When I'm doing keto or low carb, I eat fatty steak like ribeye. Also cheese & summer sausage are good ones too.
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Good idea on the ribeyes.

I don't eat cheese.

I was going to say "I like sausage, though" but I'm 99% sure that would have been taken in the wrong context.
 
It's not wrong if you enjoy it, Sean.
 
K good. I had peanut butter. I love nuts.

Meal 1: Bacon, breakfast sausage, Quest bar
Meal 2: Protein blend + 2 tbsp peanut butter

About to hit the gym with my intra blend.
 
Sean1332 said:
K good. I had peanut butter. I love nuts.

Meal 1: Bacon, breakfast sausage, Quest bar
Meal 2: Protein blend + 2 tbsp peanut butter

About to hit the gym with my intra blend.
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I might have some bad news...

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