Gaining weight (but not in all the right ways)
I'm about 3 weeks into my first cycle. I'm running Test E 600mg/week.
I started at 184 and as of this morning I'm at 203. I started on anastrozole this week. .25mg e3d to hopefully shed away some of the water weight.
I'm eating more because I want to give my body the macros it needs to grow, but still (mostly)the same clean diet.
It's only 3 weeks in and people are already starting to make comments. Manager at the gym today asked me if I was eating a lot more or if I was "using something else" and then gave me a look.
I've never been much of a cardio guy, and I know that is a big downfall of mine when it comes to fitness.
So what all do you recommend? Suck it up and start doing cardio 2-3 times/week, clean up my diet even more(eat less)...?
I'm still new to AAS I was hoping for some pointers on this issue.
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incline walking bro. I can burn ~500 cals in 40 mins. I go on nights there's basketball one and I can just zone into a game.
cardio one hour before aLL WEIGHTS!!!!!!
DONT BE SHY!
Elliptical machine changed my life bro
sounds like a little water weight. Drink water water water. Also lower your sodium. You don't have to eat less, just eat cleaner.
cardio mang! This is a full lifestyle...not a smorgasbord. You wanna play this game youd better get militant with this shit bro. Otherwise your just risking your health. What carbs you eating? What/how much garbage foods?
Sigh I know..I just need to kick my ass into gear. I do everything else, I need to start making cardio a priority as well.
As for the carbs I try and keep it to low GI foods. Oatmeal, beans, brown rice, sweet potatoes, whole wheat.
I keep my cheat meals to 1-2/week. I don't drink soda, eat candy, chip or any fast food. Almost everything I eat I cooked myself, and almost all of my sugar comes from fruit.
I've been trying to refine my macros and get them to the right ratio
Fats= .5g
Carbs= 1g
Protein = 1g - 1 1/2g
(grams per lb body weight)
Bump the proteins to 2g/lb. Cheat meals happen....gotta just payback the cheat. Cardio. I tok hate cardio but my work hours stop me from soccor. So its gotta be a trade bro. 30mins minimum after lifting HARD. On the bike keep hr in fat burn area for age/weight. Shouldnt be breathless at all. If your hr goes up your not burning fat. Macros around 60/40/10? Honestly ots awesome to count the macrod etc...srts up discipline but just gotta hit the hated cardio. Hows the lifting going?
WHen I have done cardio, I've always been more of a HIIT guy, you think doing slow and steady would be a better plan in this situation?
As for the rest of my workouts, I've been a beast! I have to find more motivation NOT to go to the gym , then to go. Seems like everyday I'm just counting down till I can get in and lift more and more weight. I'm already seeing small strength gains, and those gains are just motivating me to lift more and heavier weights.
The recovery is AMAZING! There will be days were I'll hit body parts extremely hard knowing that in normal circumstances those muscles would be crazy sore the next couple days, but because of the cycle I'm not sore at all.
There's many cardio options....but if you outside the fat burning zone your not hitting your target. I used to blast stairs....then treadmill to keep in proper heart rate. Stairs get you hot n sweaty fast!
Hey Fast can you elaborate on your comment above. "If your heart rate goes up you are not burning fat". I may have been hitting cardio all wrong. Seriously, teach me something here
http://www.eroids.com/forum/training-nutrition-diet/workout-exercise/met...
This article was well written. Heartrate has everything to to with fat loss. Weights first...because weight lifting Burns carbs. Then your system is primed. If your doing cardio right after your fires are burning. Having your heart rate at the proper level is key to hitting your goals. If your heartrate is at the proper level, you'll be hot/sweaty but breathing is easy. Your body will be burning fat as fuel. If you go balls out and breath hard your body switches back to burning carbs(which are gone) or being catabolic. Yes it is good to get your heart working now and again but your target is fat burning. Think about jogging or eady bike ride. The whole scientific basis is a much bigger story...hence clipping dossiers report. But "priming the system" is a long time success story. Now, if you did the cardio first...the human body is actually lazy. It prefers cheap fuel-carbs. So then you burnt your carbs...then try n luft weights and your wiped out. The fuel for power is gone. Also, the cardio burned carbs instead of fat. So you lost on both accounts. So lift your weights...burn the carbs. Then hit the treadmill or bike and burn the fat.
This is a totally new idea to me, I'm intrigued! A big part of the reason I hate cardio so much is that I have asthma and I start having breathing problems and get winded quick, but if I don't need to be panting and still achieve my goals, the world might just be a better place after all!
Old principle...prime the system. Weights Burns only carbs. Get in proper hr and force fat burn. Read the report...find your heart zone. Bah da bing! Im on bike right now even. Lol
GO GET HIM BROTHER!... LOL...LOL
If this was miracle juice id be back at the 205 & 8%. Lmao! Steroids only boost recovery. If you don't push your musvular bounds....whats to recover?