thanks for the replies fellas, stu thanks for your input…happy birthday to me 37!!! christ time flies!!!
As said i’ve been doing this for several years now 5+, i started later in life, in my 30’s, throughout my twenties i was a skinny bastard, the only thing i lifted was a scotch here and there, a stripper off my lap, a Marlboro, and maybe a slice or two of pizza a day…
I consider myself fairly knowledgeable, as per my lady’s contest prep, I by and large, w/ the input from others, do all of her carb manipulation, training protocol, splits - plyo and hitt added to the weights, plus other cardio S&M bullshit to suck the fat off of her.
the truth is i don’t always follow my own advices when it comes to designing a training and nutrition program, it’s been easy to sit back and go…oh…oh…i’m getting close to 40, not much gaining left. oh…oh…close to 40 i can’t get that lean, i can’t eat like that, bla,blabla.
going from 140 to nearly 230, and now back down to about 210lb…it’sbeen easy to say lookie lookie what i did!!!
BIG FUCKING SHIT ASSHOLE. i’m still gaining-refining-learning but I WANT MORE NOW.
I want to be bigger - but have been eating kinda like a pussy lately.
I want to be leaner but i’m not committed to the nutrition, i eat well but I should carb cycle and be more strict, adding more cardio (JUST AS I DO FOR THE LADY).
I NEED A CHANGE, i’ve skated by on a 5 day split forever peppering in added sessions for traps, back thickness, calves and abs (hardly abs) for a while now.
i asked for others splits just to look around a bit, today is my 37th birthday, i did great getting to where i am…but if i want more I sure as fuck need to follow my own, and others, advices.
MR. Miagi said it best, left side ok, right side ok…down the middle sooner or later CRRUUKKK.
The dicotomy of feeling like i need to attack the muscle more frequently mixed w/ my knowing that sometimes i’m tired as fuck and that rest helps me to grow. this is where i am at.
See…although smart, i justify my own status quo all the time. I have bumped up my cals around workout time pre/peri/post and i’m growing a bit truthfully, that said…i just want to create the most effective split i can if i’m adding the cals right now.
perspective - my lifts are equal or better than they ever were at this lower bw and bf% except for my squat which is down but i’m really doing more front squats and volume for quads currently anyways.
I just want to be bigger and leaner, 235lbs @ 5-6% bf - only feel great and thrive at that very low bf percentage -it’s my birthday wish pipe dream. i want to eat ben and jerry’s at the weight/size too and stay wicked lean. (please note that i’m aware of the bullshit i just said.)