Thread: Post Contest lean bulk: Critique my new diet please!

Hi mate,
How are you getting on with your diet - I'm in a similar position - been dieting all year, cut up nicely and got pretty much competition ready but decided in my ase to defer for a year and add more mass - like you I want to capitlaise on my cutting and add lean mass only. How is your diet working so far? I've been cutting down to 2500cals, was going to go up to 3500-4000 and see how things go; just don't want to ruin my 6 pack! Kinda like it

Are you doing any cardio?

Well done on getting your black belt 2 weeks out from your contest this impresses me a lot!

Looks pretty damn good to me mate! Are you using anabolics for the rebound?

Just be sure to scale back a bit if you're gaining too much fat, though at this stage your body should be in a prime position to gain muscle above all else (apart from water obviously).

diet looks fine only thing i would change is add a scoop of 2 of whey to your oats first thing. 150g chicken is like 30g protein and i think at breakfast larger amounts especially for some1 of your size is required. i would just add some whey in with your oats.

more protein and they will taste awesome too.

Originally Posted by hungrybriton

Hi mate,
How are you getting on with your diet - I'm in a similar position - been dieting all year, cut up nicely and got pretty much competition ready but decided in my ase to defer for a year and add more mass - like you I want to capitlaise on my cutting and add lean mass only. How is your diet working so far? I've been cutting down to 2500cals, was going to go up to 3500-4000 and see how things go; just don't want to ruin my 6 pack! Kinda like it

Are you doing any cardio?

Everything going well mate!

Cycling carbs/cals at 400ish/4300 now on training days and 200/3500 on non weights days and holding at about 9% BF. I am going away again in 5 weeks so gonna hold cals back a bit to stay a little leaner (for beach posing ). Am into PCT now so just straining to hold on to as much as possible and keep BF down.

On cardio I do 9mins interval training on X trainer after EVERY weights session (1 min steady then 30 secs flat out), then on non-weights days do 15mins worth of intervals plus do abs and forearms to avoid boredom (I have my own commercial gym, so I do have an advantage here). People might think this is f*** all cardio but it works for me!!!

Cheers

Originally Posted by Con

Well done on getting your black belt 2 weeks out from your contest this impresses me a lot!

Cheers Con! It was hard work but the extra cardio did help until my hamstring blew out

Originally Posted by AlasTTTair

Looks pretty damn good to me mate! Are you using anabolics for the rebound?

Just be sure to scale back a bit if you're gaining too much fat, though at this stage your body should be in a prime position to gain muscle above all else (apart from water obviously).

Went straight into PCT prep after show so am NOW natural (apart from the HCG, Clomid, Tamoxifen, Proviron, T3, clen, XANAX [can't sleep], GH, slin...and Vit C)

Still gaining muscle due to rebound but just dropped carbs/cals as metabolism dropping now due to tail-end of T3 taper.

Cheers