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New Day Dawning
After a brief stay in the hospital, I am back and ready to tackle this bbing thing from a new angle. I'm a long-time, old-school bber who, at one time was a 135lb bean pole, and who built himself, naturally, up to 240 (at a max, bulking bf% of 15, and a usual % of about 10). The thing is, that in all of my years at this game, I've hardly EVER done cardio. I just kept adding slabs of muscle to my ectomorph frame and never let myself get fat. I never wanted to get below 10% bad enough to do the sucky cardio.
Before my hospital episode, I was starting to cut and breaking out my abs for the summer so I was doing a 25/50/25 (c/p/f) and about a 300 cal below maintenance but again, no cardio. Abs were looking nice although I was finding that I was losing a bit of size in my shoulders and traps despite the nearly 350+g of protein (remember, 240x1.5=360). Anyway, the hospital BS put a squash to that, and now I am embarking on a new era.
My game plan now is to eat TONS of veggies and fruits, complex carbs a few times a day, about 1-1.25g of protein per lb of bw, and keep my fats lower than usual, around 15% (this is a necessity now due to my recent illness). I will also jack my cals back up to about 200-300 OVER maintenance, and incorporate cardio (running/jogging) into my day. I will monitor the changes, and add more complex carbs if need be to encourage lean gains. I feel that the daily (4-5x a week) cardio will allow me to be able to eat more, especially carbs, while keeping my gains lean.
I don't know if I will ever be satisfied with myself, but isn't that the mark of a real bber? If I was satisfied, I'd become complacent. When I was 190, I just wanted to get to 200, then I thought that I'd be happy. Then I said, "if I could just add 10 more lbs of size, I'd be happy". Then I thought that I'd be happy at 225. Then 230. Then 240. I don't know where I'll end up but I'll know it when I see it.
I'm not really sure what the point of this thread is but maybe someone has gone down a similar road. Remember, I am about to use cardio as a tool for THE VERY FIRST TIME. Any words of encouragement will be appreciated.
In the immortal words of Rocky Balboa "It ain't about how hard you can hit, it's about how hard you can GET hit, and keep going". That's me. The hospital episode has changed me but it hasn't stopped me. I will be even better now.
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