Need help I'm 208 got to get to 175

[ivan84navihawk]

Help me guys I'm 27 years old 208 and I don't know my body fat guessing like 15% and I do two hours of cardio in morning 3 hours at night it's all mix martial arts training diet is clean no high carbs starchy foods just mainly lean meals and supplements or anything I can take need your help I have every anabolic you can think of and I have hella and katana

 

[Zyglamail]

Your probably less than 15% BF based on your picture, maybe more like 12%. You really dont have a lot of fat to lose so for you to get down to 175, your going to have to lose a lot of muscle mass. Assuming your around 12% BF, losing 4% BF would only equate to around 8-9lbs which would take you down to just under 200.

Do you currently lift weights at all? Whats your rep/set scheme look like?

IF you do lift your going to have to cut way back on the reps so as to try and avoid mass gains and focus on strength/CNS. Gonna have to cut calories as well.

 

[ivan84navihawk]

Ok and by the way I meant to add that I am 5'9" and I lift once or twice a week, I also do a lot of cross fit training five days a week. Does anyone have any suggestions on supplements I can take that may help?

 

[Zyglamail]

Your in a tough spot because you dont have a lot of fat to lose. That means to get to your goal weight your going to have to sacrifice muscle. Taking PH's isnt going to help you lose muscle. If you want to lose muscle the only real way is to cut cals but its likely going to cut into your stamina and affect your workouts until your body gets used to its new weight etc.

 

[stevesmi]

i remember you posting a few months back. you have too much mass on your frame and at your height there is no way you will weight 170's unless you lose muscle as ziggie said. you aren't 15% body fat, you are in the low teens.

you want to get down to that weight for MMA i seem to recall. you need to work with a trainer to fine tune your plans and you need to consider fighting in a higher weight class.

 

[dylangemelli]

I agree here... you just don't have a lot of room to lose... i bet you could drop around 10 lbs. without too much strength loss but after that point your going to notice a big difference and its going to result in mass and strength loss... with the amount of cardio you say your doing, it makes me wonder what your diet is like? that would help if you could post that...

 

[Keith1]

as others said. your gonna run into problems if u wanna drop that much since you dont have much fat to loose in the first place. thats really just gonna be a personal choice man

 

[ivan84navihawk]

I'm going to eliminate bread pasta and rice lower my sugar and salt intake I live in Orlando and heat out here I train inside and outside all day so I need energy I'm just scared I'll look scrawny at 170 what do you guys think I can't fight in higher weight class the guys are too tall reach is outrageous I don't mind loosing 20 pounds of muscle mass I figure when I get down I'll through some anavar or primo or maybe halo into my diet get my strength back up I just maybe need a regiment this sucks I have till end off august

 

[Keith1]

idk how thing work but you will definitely preserve more muscle if you cut while on cycle

 

[Zyglamail]

I'm going to eliminate bread pasta and rice lower my sugar and salt intake I live in Orlando and heat out here I train inside and outside all day so I need energy I'm just scared I'll look scrawny at 170 what do you guys think I can't fight in higher weight class the guys are too tall reach is outrageous I don't mind loosing 20 pounds of muscle mass I figure when I get down I'll through some anavar or primo or maybe halo into my diet get my strength back up I just maybe need a regiment this sucks I have till end off august

The problem I see is your going to feel small and weak. Its going to be tough to maintain your conditioning while losing that much muscle due to the calorie restriction.

If you have been at your current mass for some time you may actually find it very difficult to get where you want. Your body seems to acclimate to a given weight so even if you drop the mass you may very well find that when you hit your target weight and start training hard again that the mass will come back.

Ever since I started training 25 years ago and left the 200lb mark way behind me I have only been under 200lbs one time and it was due to some serious life issues that kept me out of the gym, I also wasnt sleeping and would only eat once about every 3 days or so. Even with all that abuse I still only dropped to 195 and people who hadnt seen me for a while though I had cancer or something. Long story short, ive been over 220 for so long that the only way I can even get below 220 is to eat super clean, do lots of cardio and no lifting. Once I start lifting the mass just comes right back.