Firstly, thanks for dropping by the thread to give me some advice, I really do appreciate it. I know it was a little cheeky of me to ask, but if you don’t ask, you don’t get, right?
Plus I did win your competition. On to my plan…
[quote]Chris Colucci wrote:
unless I misread, you’ve already changed things a bit by continuing the fat loss plan instead of jumping to NNM like you planned.
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Yes you’re right, I have tweaked this a little since I fist posted this thread. My original plan though, has always been fat loss. I first scheduled to start NNM on July 6th, but what I did from my V-Diet until that point was up in the air.
I had given myself 2 choices, continued fat loss, or Starting Strength (which seemed a good idea after reading Oteps thread, and your interview with Mark).
The reason I chose continued Fat Loss was because of some advice from Thibs and Shelby Starnes, they both said it would be best to get as lean as possible before starting a route of building muscle.
[quote]Chris Colucci wrote:
- Thibaudeau is a phenom, without a doubt, but I’d really like to see you experiment with some other coaches training theories/philosophies along the way.
I know you’re looking for some bodypart specializations, so maybe look into Dr. Ellington Darden or Dr. Clay Hyght. Or try to work in something from Cosgrove, Waterbury (who designed the V-Diet workouts you’ve probably been doing), or maybe a run at a strength-based workout, Tate or Defranco-style. Who knows, maybe you’ll get hooked on strength work, say “Screw this low carb crap”, bulk back up all dirty-like, and start competing in PL contests. Could happen. 
I think that exposure to more methods will help to develop you in a more well-rounded manner. Different coaches do bring different techniques to the table, and the pretty much all work.[/quote]
You are very right on the above points as well. To be honest, I really want to do Starting Strength, I always recommend it to other people, but haven’t made time for it myself. And I really think I should add it in, sooner rather then later.
I know there’s a lot of Thibaudeau programs in my list, by no means have I done this because I think he’s better then anyone else, although your right, he is a phenom.
I just seem to understand his articles better (they talk to me), because I am a newbie, I feel that CT’s articles are very easy to understand and are laid out in an idiot proof way. Plus I’ve had great results from using his programs.
I was also very impressed by the V-Diet workouts by Waterbury, on paper, the V-Diet workouts don’t look like much, but they can be quiet challenging, I don’t know if it’s the restricted calories or the shortening rest periods, but they really did the job.
Thanks for the tips Chris, you’ve actually convinced me to change a couple of things. Because I’ve always had this personal demon of my BF%, I think it’s right that I tackle this first, so I will carry on with the scheduled fat loss until NNM.
But I think it’s a really good idea that I put in Starting Strength after NNM, I think NNM is very important and I feel I really should do it, along with anything prescribed by BBB when I go up to see him in a couple of weeks.
After I’ve tackled my structural balance issue I’ll do the Starting Strength workouts for the full 12 weeks (it may be 16, not sure), and the increased strength gains can only assist me when it comes to building muscle.
So that’s it in the way of changes, for now… Thanks again for dropping by Chris, and for your valuable insight.
LR
