Finishing up cycle....wrecked HDL/LDL

[darkyvader]

...great advice, thanks

I will begin to do HIIT more frequently and maintain the current weight lifting regiment. I will get a quick read at the gym for body fat and repost because I know how to lose weight and diet but have not ever done it with the focus being on muscle retention. When I got on the scale at my doctor I had just hit up with 175mg of test cyp the day before. I do retain alot of water for a few days then taper off.

I am uping my fish oil to 4 capsules a day. I will begin 60 minutes of cardio 4 times per week. My diet like I mentioned is fairly clean so I am kinda confused. I was doing on 1 or 2 meals a day (tuna, chicken breast, lean beef, and veggies sometimes lean cuisine) and the rest was Optimum Health Protein shake (2 scoops 300 calories) 3 times a day and I was not losing weight but losing inches on waistline and fat was reducing.

I'm going to begin a log of food and workouts and blood work, all neatly organized.

This is quite a journey fellas, everything counts in large amounts...lol

 

[burnthiscorpse]

Lean quisine ...ugh...that shit is not good for you bro. And your getting too many shakes. You need 4 solid food meals and 2 shakes.
Keep your sodium low as possible.

 

[darkyvader]

Ok...
Just got started on the IF diet and it seems like a great choice. I'm gonna aim for I'm guessing 1800 calories per day. I'll research it more. I barely hit 1300 today but that was because my last meal 18 hours prior was a steak (my daughter graduated college and I was celebrating) and veggies.

Still gona check my 'caliper' fat tomorrow and I'll post. That IF diet seems very interesting.

 

[dylangemelli]

Lean quisine ...ugh...that shit is not good for you bro. And your getting too many shakes. You need 4 solid food meals and 2 shakes.
Keep your sodium low as possible.

yes i agree here... if you really look hard at lean cuisine and pretty much all the frozen meals, they try to trick you with their lower calorie content but A. the portion size won't satisfy a fly and B. they are normally stocked with sodium and carbs... they are not a good option at all...

 

[Power36]

5 8 and 240. this is the problem

no way you are 16% body fat. it is physically IMPOSSIBLE to be that height and weight and be 16%. you are more like 26% or more.

that is why your cholesterol is so bad.

Just curious, how is it physically impossible to be that height and weight?

Im 245 at 5'10 and have been since 16 years old, hover around 10-12% BF and have since my teenage years....about a year and half ago I was down to 7.5% via dunk tank measured multiple times.....

I know and have coached MANY athletes who are much bigger and leaner than me at similar heights and weights...

 

[RickRock13]

Just curious, how is it physically impossible to be that height and weight?

Im 245 at 5'10 and have been since 16 years old, hover around 10-12% BF and have since my teenage years....about a year and half ago I was down to 7.5% via dunk tank measured multiple times.....

I know and have coached MANY athletes who are much bigger and leaner than me at similar heights and weights...

I'm not saying I don't believe you here, but it is very hard to without a pic. You could be an IFBB pro with those stats

 

[Power36]

I'm not saying I don't believe you here, but it is very hard to without a pic. You could be an IFBB pro with those stats

You are kidding right? A pro BB at my size? Im not going to post or share my personal info but I have the dunk tank lab results somewhere, and I dont need to verify with a forum tests I do with labs and Im around elite athletes everyday...and I dont look abnormal or like a IFBB BB....and there are plenty of folks 5'10-6'2 230-260 at low BF% in Div One football programs and NFL all over the country, as well many D1 wrestlers, heavier MMA guys, hockey players, etc...hell Im not around track guys as much but they do look like IFBB BBs or better in my opinion, they might not be 245 but Im guessing many D1 sprinters and those olympic sprinters are 180-200lbs and learn as freaking a MFer....

Plus, myself and most of the athletes I know look totally different than BBs...I do zero isolation work and many athletes dont either(full body lifts primarily with power movements like cleans and snatches, push press, and structural movements like bench, rows, chins, deads, RDLs etc plus intervals and speed/agility drills or strongman conditioning)....and there is a different look say if you were at the beach and saw a few NFL LBs/FBs vs BBs who might be same height and weight. Different builds and different emphasis.

Dont get me wrong though, I think some BBs look amazing, like lots of pics on here I see of guys, and a friend jsut showed me pics of a 23 year old BB who was like 6' 220 I think, who sadly just passed away in a hot tub or sauna in thailand or something....but the dude looked freaking amazing, Id love to look like that!! But im scared of tren, and not going to do clen or T3....and honestly I have a hard time being as strict as a BB in diet over the long haul, I can go 3 or 4 months eating clean and healthy but when my job or life gets stressful I end up eating carbs and processed stuff etc....doesnt make me a blimp but Im not ripped abs and vascular all the time.

 

[insanityapproved]

Yeah, right. lol. Plenty of guys 5'10 @ 260 ? I know a few tho and they all compete in the superbody heavyweight bodybuilding categories

 

[Power36]

If any of you played Division One football, most LBs and FBs are easy 5'10' 6'2 anywhere in the 230-260 range. You guys need to go hang out in some division one weight rooms and you will see dozens of guys in that size range.....

 

[RADAR]

whatever