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Anyone had any experience / success with UD2 for mass?

Lean bulkers - anyone had any experience / success with Ultimate Diet 2.0?

Doing my first week of a changed set up:

OHP / Incline Bench 5x10
DL / Front Squat 5x10
Bench / Dips 5x10
Squat / Dl 5x10

Liking it so far. Except I'm more fatigued on Incline Bench after...

So deload week all over with... got to say I really like taking deload weeks. Anyway... C3 has kicked off and I've changed it up a little. I've read in places about people adopting the 3-month...

Haha yeah ok fair point... I hear that - Consider activity level upped.

But surely (and I'm not trying to argue with you guys here) if I'm inputting the calories I burn in a training session (be it cardio or weights) and eating enough to cover those burned cals,...

I understand 1RM calculators aren't too much to go by but this gives me a good indication as to the sort of progress being made:

Squat est 1RM:
C1 W1: 107.5kg
C2 W3: 120kg

Press est. 1RM: ...

Right got a little bit of updating to do...

First up... tweaking the diet again. No longer going to work with such low calories on rest days (2000ish) and much higher on training days (3200ish),...

That cut for Summer feeling eh?

For srs? Even if you count the calories burned for each training session?

Yeah agree with this - gonna balance it out a little more. I think I believed my body would use the extra calories on training days to build muscle, and then use the deficit on rest days to burn...

5/3/oners... what does your diet look like on deload weeks? Do you just eat at maintenance?

FUAAAARK... jumped on the scales this morning... lost 3lbs the past 2 weeks ARGGGGGGGGGH!!!

Gonna take some advice from y'all... up my intake on rest days. I estimate my maintenance at about 2400...

I tried the lat pulldown machine trick originally but the seat was so narrow the GHR killed my knees.

Can't take credit for being a genius though >> http://youtu.be/9xSDFVCg2DM

Fair enough - might give this a go myself next cycle... see how it feels. Hate those squats days of 5/3/1 squats followed by 5x10 squats!

I reckon my maintenance is around 2300 / 2400 cals. Totally sedentary job. So -20% on rest days is about 2000 and +30/+40% is around 3000 cals.

More of a 'recomp' than a straight bulk.

Got a smith machine? Load it up with weight and set the bar low, low enough to get your feet under. Then set up a bosu ball on the floor and dig your knees in... lower yourself down then back up......

If you do this aren't you supposed to only do prescribed reps on the final sets or something? I think I read that in the 3-month challenge Jim designed...

Lean bulkies.. when it comes to calorie cycling between rest days and training days - what are your thoughts? I see a lotta people on it but a wise man once said:

"A calorie deficit is a recovery...

Did a little bit of posing in front of the mirror yest, lighting plays a part I'm sure but starting to see some much better definition in chest area.
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