Current workout/diet. Any adjustments I should make?

[tman666]

Cool, I think I'll check it out. There's just TOO much info online that it's hard to package it in a custom workout plan haha.

 

That's the truth. There is a ton of information out there. Some is good, some is bad, and much of it conflicts each other even if it is good.

 

I think the most important thing for anyone to do (fitness wise) is to establish what exactly their goals are. Do they want to be stronger/bigger/leaner/better conditioned, etc.? There are certainly ways that these goals can overlap, but it's almost impossible to be the very best at all things simultaneously. A powerlifter trains to squat, deadlift, and bench press maximal numbers. They couldn't care less about how fast they can run 400m. Likewise, someone training for a triathlon probably doesn't care about maximizing their size, or being able to deadlift 700 lbs.

 

My point is that a common pitfall is wanting to be everything simultaneously. It's better to pick goals that correlate with each other and then train/diet in that direction. It's ok to have your goals change over time, but don't waffle so much on them that you never end up accomplishing anything.

[Sivok]

Yeah, right now I'm focusing primarily on size. I'm not focusing on numbers weight wise or on the track, I just want to look and feel good.

 

My current plan is to continue lifting as I have been up until March or so of next year, and then switching to a cutting workout (adding maybe 45-60 minutes of medium intensity cardio a day and lowering the diet a bit, ontop of usual workout) until I reach a <20% body fat level; preferably 15 or so.

[ropiana]

"Sculpt a Better Body with Proper Post-Workout Nutrition". I read this article and it said that it is important to have your meal after workout to replenish muscle glycogen as well as quickly digestible protein to provide the amino acids needed to jump start muscular repair. Read further on this article, hope it can help you too. http://tinyurl.com/2czukzx

[lolapalooza]

Wow, you've gotten some fantastic advice here! I need to hang on this board more often.

 

One thing I would add... When you go from a calorie dense diet to a nutritionally dense diet, often the calorie count will go down. For example, a calorie intense snack of a candy bar may have 200 calories or more, but a nutritionally dense snack such as an apple has 80. An apple is probably not the best example, but you get my drift.

So you may feel like you are eating too much on a nutritionally dense diet, but you may actually be eating as many or even less than starving yourself on a calorie dense diet.

 

On a nutritionally dense diet, a whole plateful of broccoli can have the same amout of calories as a half cup of mac n cheese.

Just be sure you are giving your body enough fuel.

 

You probably already know this by now, but thought I'd post it for others that are following your thread.

Edited June 19, 2010 by lolapalooza