Group: Experienced Exercise

Experienced Exercise
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Dilan
Dilan
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Joined: 2002/06/03
Canada
2002/06/07, 10:25 AM
I am 23, I am about 6 foot 1", and I weight about 205 pounds. Now my thing is that I don't know weither to shed some bodyfat or just add more mass. What do you think? I mean I don't have alot of fat, but then again I want to lose what I have, but I don't want to lose what i have gained. Any tips, advice would be greatly appreciated.
rpacheco
rpacheco
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Joined: 2001/12/13
United States
2002/06/07, 10:41 AM
It is always a good idea to gain mass first, then begin to lose the fat.

Hope this helps...

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Dilan
Dilan
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Joined: 2002/06/03
Canada
2002/06/07, 11:27 AM
rpacheco,

How did you gain so much muscle and drop bodyfat??
rpacheco
rpacheco
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United States
2002/06/07, 11:44 AM
Gain muscle: Eat big, high protein, lots of water, weight training (5-day training split), low to moderate cardio (3x per week) and plenty of rest

Drop bodyfat: Lower calories, high protein, tons of water, weight training, high intensity cardio and plenty of rest

The key to losing bodyfat is really diet driven! After that, the rest comes easy...

Good luck Dilan!

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**_Robert_**
Pain is temporary; glory is forever!
Dilan
Dilan
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Joined: 2002/06/03
Canada
2002/06/07, 12:59 PM
Thanks!!

I got one more though. So did you like put on mass in the winter. how long do you mass diet/train for? how long did you fat shred diet/train for??


Dilan "so many questions"
rpacheco
rpacheco
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2002/06/07, 01:15 PM
Good question. I usually go in cycles (3 for mass, 1 for diet). I train for 8 (or 12) weeks for each mass cycle and 6 (or 8) weeks for diet.

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**_Robert_**
Pain is temporary; glory is forever!
Dilan
Dilan
Posts: 69
Joined: 2002/06/03
Canada
2002/06/07, 02:06 PM
Thanks for all the tips. I am just going through my stuff to see what I am going to change. I have been experimenting with tons of stuff. Some gave me the idea of depleting carbs. So i have been eating about 20g carbs in the morning and then 60 for meals after my workout. haven't really seen any change. I think I will just boost my carbs and protein and make sure that they are all good clean worth while calories.
I work out 5 days a week, cardio in there too. I just need to work out my diet.

thanks