[quote]Null wrote:
[quote]RSDavis wrote:
[quote]Null wrote:
If you are on the floor more then AN hour with the about workout above, you have come close to the perfect way to way to maximize catabolism (muscle wasting)… add some steady state cardio and you’re there…[/quote]
I drink a protein shake right after my workout. About 25g whey, 25g casein. With the milk I mix it with, that equals 62g protein, 30g of carbs. Shouldn’t that help to counteract the catabolic state? I used to do all Whey, but I read an article that said a Baylor University study indicated mixing the two had shown some pretty good results.
I’m asking, not preaching. Just trying to learn.
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Ok,
First: you self report that given your workload your barely at survival level calories day over day… I presume that includes pre/post workout intake. Even if you’re under reporting calories by 10%, there’s still an intake problem… YOU’RE STARVING YOURSELF!
Second: I wasn’t speaking about nutrition at all, but biochemical / hormonal response.[/quote]
Maybe I don’t understand catabolism. What I had read was that for several hours after a workout, ones body produces a lot of cortisol, which leads the body to cannibalize muscle rather than burning fat. What I read is that to counteract that effect, one should ingest shortly after the workout at least 50g of protein and 30g of carbs, all fast absorbing. Is this not true?
[quote][quote]RSDavis wrote:
I’ve been kind of thinking that, too. Although I may wait until the end of summer. One of my short-term goals was to be ripped up by Summer so I won’t be embarrassed when I take my kids to the pool.
So, maybe I’ll keep cutting until pool season is over and then try to bulk up over the winter. With that in mind, any advice?[/quote]
Over 35, gaining muscle gets harder and harder…
IF you were 25% then you did an amazing job of preserving lean body mass…
weight Bf % body fat lean body mass
170 0.25 42.5 127.5
147 0.13 19.11 127.89
IF 20% then you lost 8 lbs of muscle… a bit more then 25% of total loss, an excellent achievement…
weight Bf % body fat lean body mass
170 0.2 34 136
147 0.13 19.11 127.89
If can continue these ratios down to 10% bf, you’d weigh in around 140…[/quote]
To be sure, 25% was an estimate. I’ve been working out for about seven months. At the 3rd month, I had my % checked, and it was at 19%. That was also around the time that my weight plateaued at around 150lbs. So, for the last four months, my weight has not changed really, but my percentage dropped 6%. So, I just did some rough estimating.