[quote]celtics2022 wrote:
lol’d at you justifying being at 20%+ bodyfat for over a decade.
Cutting is mad easy. ECA stack has anti-catabolic properties and the verdict is still out on if its even slightly anabolic. I just set 2 prs on bench and one on curls even when im 11 days into a hardcore cut. 7 weeks to go.
Lost 2 inches off my waist already.
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That was funny to you? I’ve doubled my body weight in the time I’ve been training and currently max out most machines in most gyms. I doubt my body fat has been much under 15% the entire time aside from brief periods where I dieted down to around 10%.
Now, that will likely change this year considering how I am eating and training right now, but I dare you to find someone else on this board who has gained the same amount of muscular body weight AFTER they quit growing in height. I seriously doubt that if there is ONE, that there are any more than that.
Therefore, yes, progress is the most important and if that guy with 20% has outdone you in terms of lean body mass built, he is doing better than you even if you did maintain “8% body fat” the entire time.
Building that size is what takes the most effort and the longest time, not dieting.
That also doesn’t mean dieting is super easy. It isn’t, however, the largest issue there is will power, not YEARS of forcing a change in muscle mass.