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Originally Posted by banderbe  And again I'll ask, how much muscle can you build in a caloric deficit?
My goal over the past year has been to burn fat, and preserve muscle (what little muscle I have).
I did that! The methods I advocate worked perfectly for my goal. My goal was NOT to build muscle, only to keep from losing muscle, which I did.
In March I stopped dieting (and I admit I think now I dieted too long), and then I slowly brought my calories up to maintenance.
I have been "bulking" for about a month. So, my current goal is to build muscle while keeping fat gains minimal.
Your criticisms will apply if I look the way I do now in another year.
As it stands, your criticism only exposes your total ignorance of my stated goals and progress towards those goals.
In summary, LOTS of people who want to lose fat will listen to me. People seeking to bulk up should probably go elsewhere. My blog has been a FAT LOSS blog.
So now that you understand what my goal has been for the past year, tell me what I've been doing wrong? I'm always interested in learning and improving so please enlighten me.
Again: The goal of fat loss is 1) fat loss and 2) muscle preservation.
I succeeded on both counts.
P.S. - If you'd like me to post a scan of the Hydrostatic report I'd be happy to do so.
Oh, and by the way I see that you followed the link for the Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle book. Thanks! I get paid for every click through.  |
But the thing is your were burning more than just fat, you lost what little muscle you had at the begining - thus why even though you can see your ribs through your skin you still have a belly..
Thus the diet was not optimal sure you droped weight but then so would anyone on a callorie deficit its unaviodable the trick is to burn fat and not lean muscle/bone minerals.
Im still confused how your use of compounds benifited you? theres no core development that I can see, no back, no legs, no traps the halmarks of a good compound routine even if you were loseing weight you would still have developed these tell tell signs. Maby you beleve the preacher curl to be a compound? I ask again what are your numbers in the compound lifts that you say are the cornerstone of your aproach?
Dont worry about the click throug, I give money to the poor and needy all the time (im not religious but I try and do some good you undrestand.) Im glad I helped you scrape togeather some money for some cell tech.
If you could post the scan of the report that would be great.
My advice to you on your bulk is eat some food, drink your callories if nessary add some weight to the bar in a program of progressive resistance. Maby GVT would be good for you or the 20 rep squat program.