I wanted to post an update with a few questions. I just finished the first bottle of Indigo today.
I upped the frequency to where I am hitting the entire body once in 6 days, there was a lag after the funeral where I let the diet go a little looser during the 6 hour period after taking Indigo for a few days. There was also a reunion and and Anniversary/Birthday party at the same time. Letting the diet go loose like that this far away from the competition doesn’t bother me, even though I have a fair amount of fat to lose, because I believe that my metabolism will be at a higher rate longer term.
Now to what has happened. On Tues I stepped on the scale for the first time in six days, I weighed 226.2 on the shoulder workout day. This was 2 days after a B leg day, where I hit abs roughly an A day and calves as well, as a C day, C days exist in my offseason training. Since I knew I had been eating a bit more I felt I could handle it.
Notes: All of my isolation exercises gained in strength from my previous bests, so Hamstrong Curls were up like 5 reps and I did 600 lbs on the calf raises for 25 reps, 2 better than my previous best. Recalling these numbers from memory so the Ham # might not be perfectly accurate. All of my Compound exercises were down significantly: My Squat is normally 465 for 7, tried 465 got nothing, dropped to 425 and got 4. In fact I did not even feel I was capable of being powerful like I prefer. This reinforces my belief that my CNS is the part the does not recover fast enough.
The next day my Legs were enormous, so were my calves and abs. I also note that my water retention and bloating were up significantly, I was really concerned I was getting fatter. This was the 226.2 day.
That day I went in for a B shoulders workout, and an A Biceps workout. Same result for my isolation numbers (personal bests), and with regards to my compound movements (crushing defeat!).
The next day my shoulders and biceps were huge and my legs were still very large, the leg thing is not a good thing really since my legs already dominate my physique. I also gained a full pound despite strictly following the diet (227.2). This day I did not workout, I played some hockey and did a little cardio (cut the grass!).
The following day (today) I weighed 225.6. I went in for Chest (B) and Rear Delts. Same story, personal bests on isolation moves, gaining about 4 reps and getting crushed on the compound moves.
I notice the water retention is still there, as well as the bloating. However some areas are more defined, such as the Sartorius especially, but also the quads and the Hammies. But less so in the abs.
Tomorrow is a day off, because I’m playing hockey again, and I’ll be doing Back on Saturday.
Questions: Is part of the reason my isolation moves, which are also higher reps. are up because those rep ranges tend to rely on more glycogen, and my body is using it more efficiently?
Is the water retention and bloating caused by the same issue? Or can that be more appropriately blamed on the increase in carbs?