KLZQ
01-22-11, 9:17 am
Long time browser, part-time poster ladies and djents. I find the majority of the information on this site extremely useful and the fact that we're all brothers here inspires me.
I've got quite a long story to share but I'll break it down into the most important aspects.
I'm currently 22, Honors B.Sc in Kinesiology, working 2 jobs + going for a masters + gym after work.
Between the ages of 16-18 I caught the bug like most of you. I was a casual lifter until about 18 until I had a football coach who was a 300 metabolic machine and pushed me in the right direction. I went from a mesomorphic 170 to a pretty ripped and shredded 205 in about a year and a half. That brings me to 19.5 years of age.
Now the downward spiral, tack on travelling too and from school, an ex girl of 4 years, and a shift in focus... I ballooned into a cool 260 tub-o-lard. Luckily I had a few years training beneath me belt so I wasn't of an overwhelming SIZE... just weight haha,
LONG story short, graduated this past June, started getting back into the gym early June as well. and I cut a cool 40 lbs in about 4 months. That brings me to where I am today.
I've been hovering between 215-225 because again fell off the wagon due to the acquisition of a new job, tons of training across the country for it, no routine, bang.
NOW FINALLY some homeostasis has been achieved. A routine is set, I've been to the gym hard for about a month now with a strict diet but now I'm confused... scared... sad... :P haha.
The reason is, in those 4 months I cut the weight, I did nothing but cardio + and extremely strict yet high calorie diet. No lifting whatsoever. Leaned out a bit but not nearly enough.
So herein lays my question to you boys. I'm 220, starting my lifts, majority of my strength and form is there, yet I'm still much larger than I'd like to be. Quite the belly, chubby in the face, waist isn't where it should be so I'm not exactly sure how I should approach this.
Do I start a cut, do I get back into a bulking routine, do I start a 5x5 or do you have any recommendations?
Currently I've been using the Max-OT routine with my brother (who is 16 and a monster as well haha) and I can already feel the strength come back but I know my body and weight isn't being cut. I also know it's not conducive to loosing weight as well.
It's odd because we all know so much about the craft, dieting, etc, yet at this point I'm lost as to how I should approach it, I really want to cut the weight first but how do I implement lifting into as well.
Lastly, I've got my animal supps ready and the diet can be modified to suit the kind of plan I'm going to implement.
Any opinions? Thanks for taking the time as well!
I've got quite a long story to share but I'll break it down into the most important aspects.
I'm currently 22, Honors B.Sc in Kinesiology, working 2 jobs + going for a masters + gym after work.
Between the ages of 16-18 I caught the bug like most of you. I was a casual lifter until about 18 until I had a football coach who was a 300 metabolic machine and pushed me in the right direction. I went from a mesomorphic 170 to a pretty ripped and shredded 205 in about a year and a half. That brings me to 19.5 years of age.
Now the downward spiral, tack on travelling too and from school, an ex girl of 4 years, and a shift in focus... I ballooned into a cool 260 tub-o-lard. Luckily I had a few years training beneath me belt so I wasn't of an overwhelming SIZE... just weight haha,
LONG story short, graduated this past June, started getting back into the gym early June as well. and I cut a cool 40 lbs in about 4 months. That brings me to where I am today.
I've been hovering between 215-225 because again fell off the wagon due to the acquisition of a new job, tons of training across the country for it, no routine, bang.
NOW FINALLY some homeostasis has been achieved. A routine is set, I've been to the gym hard for about a month now with a strict diet but now I'm confused... scared... sad... :P haha.
The reason is, in those 4 months I cut the weight, I did nothing but cardio + and extremely strict yet high calorie diet. No lifting whatsoever. Leaned out a bit but not nearly enough.
So herein lays my question to you boys. I'm 220, starting my lifts, majority of my strength and form is there, yet I'm still much larger than I'd like to be. Quite the belly, chubby in the face, waist isn't where it should be so I'm not exactly sure how I should approach this.
Do I start a cut, do I get back into a bulking routine, do I start a 5x5 or do you have any recommendations?
Currently I've been using the Max-OT routine with my brother (who is 16 and a monster as well haha) and I can already feel the strength come back but I know my body and weight isn't being cut. I also know it's not conducive to loosing weight as well.
It's odd because we all know so much about the craft, dieting, etc, yet at this point I'm lost as to how I should approach it, I really want to cut the weight first but how do I implement lifting into as well.
Lastly, I've got my animal supps ready and the diet can be modified to suit the kind of plan I'm going to implement.
Any opinions? Thanks for taking the time as well!