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if i was still around the 12st mark i would consider a 10lb gain over 6 months (lets be optimistic 5lb muscle/5lb fat) not to unreasonable as far as bulking goes, but the recent 5lb is clearly just fat haha
 
i did reasonably well after a cbl prep phase last time, 7lb in a week, then took 4-5 months to add it back on.

I will do that on my next deload, maybe the week after next, which will be perfectly timed with a bro down first backload :)

If i can drop 7-10lb again that would be awesome, we shall see.
 
you mean gained or what i will lose?

I appeared to lose a decent amount of fat last prep phase, as you would expect water weight to come back quickly, and my weight gain was quiet steady from then till pre holiday.
 
haha, when i am aiming for the 74kg catergory, 6kg is a lot of extra to be carrying!

I am not moaning as such, more looking to keep it in check as best i can. It would be easier to drop 6kg now then 10kg later ;)

My aim is to hover around 2-3kg of the 74kg mark, whilst still making progress.
 
Skillmister said:
How can you honestly think that you lost a decent amount of fat by losing 7lb in a week :confused:
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Based on how slowly the weight was gained back again while being in a decent calorie surplus.

I was expecting at least half the lost weight to come back pretty much straight away but that didnt happen. I gained weight very steadily over the following 5 months.

So i either lost a good amount of fat in that week, or i continued to lose fat while adding back water weight and new mass.

How would you explain it?
 
That you drained a lot of water out and your new diet which focused entirely around carb cycling (remembering of course that water retention and carbs are very closely connected), you haven't regained that water, and continued to slowly add mass from there.
 
You would think that Monkee, but as Zefan says you are expected to get the water weight back on CBL. Carbs over the week work out to more then my pre CBL diet, and with them being regular enough to dis-count a big part of water weight loss from not having carbs in the system then it comes back to the question of where did the weight go?

By the scales and the mirror I dropped fat, just like I can tell now that by the scales and by the mirror I have put fat back on.
 
I don't know enough about it to say with certainty, but it's not the volume of carbs that affects your water retention, it's the cycling of them.

Honestly I can show you two pictures from last week, one the day before the other. In one, I have two top abs, in the other, I have four. The only difference being, I'd been out drinking and dropped a LOT of water through dehydration.
 
Back day

Deadlifts
Bar x15
70x5
100x5
130x5
145x5 - beltless PB
145x5
145x5 - Belt from this set onwards
145x5
145x4
So much fatigue, slightly less carbs in my backloads this week and my core/lowerback were just gone after the first 2 sets. I need to smash my PC mobility, as i am tightening up very quicly and i am not getting back to a flat back properly between reps :(

OHP
Bar x10
40x5
60x5
60x5
60x4+1(pp)
60x4+1(pp)
60x1+3(pp) - done lol

BOR's
65x8 - hmm still not feeling right, having a view in the mirror and my grip was wide, not really noticed this before.
Straps out (required due to grip being just to narrow for the knurling), grip narrowed
65x8 - felt much much better.
65x8

Chins (Wide neutral grip)
BWx5
BWx5

DB Rows
36x8
36x8

Ran out of time with the last 2 exercises so missed of a set or two. Overall feeling from today, need to work on my PC mobility, and most likely my anterior core strength.
 
nothing specific, just stop slacking with it. Planks, reverse crunches, pallof press, maybe some G-squats with pulse.

I have been slacking with my evening mobility and core work, so anything done will be better then what i am doing now
 
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