Hello T-Mag Readers,
I?ve been lifting on and off for the past year and prior to that I was lifting continuous for a few years straight. So a few friends and me decided to have a small contest to spur our lifting habits and to continue with them. The deal is a 2 month long contest that starts on Nov 1 and end in the first weekend of January. It involves the most improved in physical appearance and in strength. The winner gets 50 bucks from each contestant (5 or 6 people). The loser or who is decided to have the worst performance is required to wear a Speedo of the winner?s choosing at a beach in the summer. So as you can see I have no interest in loosing to these guys in anyway. I don?t want to wear a Speedo at a beach but I would love to pass that priviledge to them.
So I have 2 months to get into ?better? shape. I?m 6? tall and weigh 215 lbs with around 18% body fat. My opponents are all shorter than me and lighter then me by about 50+ lbs. If one other person joins this rat race, then I will have some closer to my height and weight range but pretty much everyone else is lighter than me. So there strategy most likely will be to gain weight and size more than to cut.
I don?t know what would be my best plan, so that?s why I came to you guys for advice. I hope you could critique my overall plan and maybe provide me some tips. My plan since I have 2 months to get into ?better? shape so I figure 1 month of bulking and then 1 month of cutting. For the cutting phase I will try the velocity diet during the bulking phase will just keep it to clean eating and keep my calorie count between 2250 to 2750 calories a day. For training, I will stick to compound exercises so 3x3 program or Westside. Cardio will be everyday during the bulking and cutting phase. But during the bulking phase it will be under 30 minutes (jumping rope and rowing). During the cutting phase, cardio would increase to 1 hour and include mostly treadmill and rowing. I would also include GGP but not to sure if that?s for the bulking phase (in place of some cardio) or during the cutting phase.
What do you guys think? Does that sound like a sensible plan or not? Should I even try a bulking phase or go straight to a cutting phase? Thanks again for any advice.