3 weeks of workouts

[RussianBull]

I start a new job in 3 weeks and resigned from my current job today. So, I basically have time to do anything I want over the next 3 weeks.

Anyone have advice on how to really get some great results over the next few weeks?

I plan on doing cardio first thing in the morning and weight training in the afternoons. I also plan on doing at least 3 martial arts classes a week. (kickboxing & jiu-jitsu).

 

[Assertive Guy]

I start a new job in 3 weeks and resigned from my current job today. So, I basically have time to do anything I want over the next 3 weeks.

Anyone have advice on how to really get some great results over the next few weeks?

I plan on doing cardio first thing in the morning and weight training in the afternoons. I also plan on doing at least 3 martial arts classes a week. (kickboxing & jiu-jitsu).

If your not used to this amount of excercise, be carefull of overtraining and injury. If you give some info on your goals, you'll get some great help here. Are you aiming to get bigger (bulking)?, or get leaner (cutting)? Is strength more important than appearance?

At the end of the day, you need to be realistic with yourself about what you can achieve in 3 weeks. All the diet, excercise, supplements, drugs and accurate rest still took arnie years to peak.

Assertive Guy

 

[RussianBull]

I'm 5'9", 190 lbs. I'm about 14% BF right now. I want to stay around 190 lbs but get my bodyfat down into single digits.

I'm climbing Mt Washington in New Hampshire the first weekend of June. So, I'm going to be doing alot of cardio, squats, & lunges to prepare for that.

 

[xblitz44x]

I doubt you'll be able to stay at 190 and lose 5% bodyfat all at one shot. When you burn fat your body weight will decrease. To keep the bodyfat the same would mean you'd have to gain muscle. You can't gain muscle without an excess amount of calories and you can't cut fat without a defecit in calories.

So you can either choose to cut now and expect to go down to about 180-185 or you can bulk to 195-200 then cut back down to 190 later.

 

[Wills]

For a new-ish lifter I think it's more than possible to both lose fat and gain muscle in moderation. Fair enough - neither process will be optimised, but I have had noticeable muscle/strength gains during short (few days -> few weeks) periods of calorie deficit.

For an experienced lifter who is well above their 'normal' (i.e. untrained) muscle mass/strength, perhaps this is not the case.

Mark

 

[al420]

What is your diet plan w/ all this lifting and cardio? How many cals and what are you going to eat?