body fat %?

[Matt007]

Okay I have used calipers, body fat scales, measuring tape ect
Now I need your guy eyes and oponions on my current bodyfat % of where I stand right now, thanks a lot guys

[itsjayman02]

Okay I have used calipers, body fat scales, measuring tape ect
Now I need your guy eyes and oponions on my current bodyfat % of where I stand right now, thanks a lot guys

I would say approx 13% - 14% .....would need to see legs though!!

Nice guns too.

[luciuswillson]

I mentioned this in your other post. I would try to find a bodpod, dexa, or underwater weighing to get an accurate measurement. Most big universities have one or two of these. I have found a high performance fitness center (1.5hr drive) that I get two bodpod measurements for 60$. Hope this helps

[Matt007]

I store majorirty of my bf in my lower back, gets frustrating when u are getting lean everywhere else but my lower back fat stalls or is stubborn as hell lol, but even if I pinch the fat using the caliper around that area it measures at the most 9 to 10mm, everywhere else on my abdominal section measures 8-9mm giving me a reading of 12% bf, my tape measure method gives me a reading of 15% bf, so getting close to shaving off these last pounds of stubborn ass fat around the lower back area

[jdpeters]

Way to work! Keep it up, you will see single digits one day!

[Matt007]

I amnotreally that concerned of my body fat % as I still want to loose, but my goal was to get low enough while I am on my cruise till I blast tren again, my goal is to reach 10% before blasting, maybe another month or so I will reach my goal
Thouhts of blasting tren now running a cal deficit?

[Capebuffalo]

Let's see your back if that's where the fat is held

[Matt007]

As my goal was to add some lbm while bf was low enough, whats your thoughts on running tren still loosin bf and gaining lbm in the process, anybody had any luck with running tren gaining lbm, loosing bf while on a cut

[Matt007]

Lower back fat, my stored fat stubburn area, hate it lol

[Matt007]

Hopefully that is my last 10lbs to loose, leanong out everywhere except lower back fat

[Matt007]

Put on some excess bf during the winter months, hmmm bulking with a start out body fat weight of 15% to 21 to 22% bf lol, never again haha, 10th week on this cut and lost in close to 25lbs, so hopfully these last 10lbs will chop my stubburn stored fat area in the back region

[Matt007]

Anybody else have trouble in that area, last bit of fat to loose in the lower back?

[Bio-Active]

It's always the toughest area to loose. You just have to keep manipulating your nutrition and cardio it off

[Matt007]

Yeah its just frustrating lol, I look at my front pose and looks alright, then my back tapers then goes back out haha, like a pear, cant wait till that last bit of fatcomes off, this week I am noticing its starting now to hit the lower back region thank god

[Bio-Active]

Yeah its just frustrating lol, I look at my front pose and looks alright, then my back tapers then goes back out haha, like a pear, cant wait till that last bit of fatcomes off, this week I am noticing its starting now to hit the lower back region thank god

carb cycle brother... Have you tried that yet?

[Matt007]

Week 10 macros
Alittle change, switched the bread for rice
Meal 3 and 4 post wo
Tdee 2700 cals

[Matt007]

No I havent tried carb cycling yet, was doing research on it tho
Little confused on which route I shoukd take, if my tdee is 2700 cals right now, and curretly taking in 2000 cals, would I go up or down
So 2000 cals with 100g carbs for my high and 50g for mid, 0g for low, or should I do 200g carb high, 150 mid, 100g low, and cycle like that
So looking at my current dietplan, I would add in 50g of oats in the morning to my current diet plan, then eliminate 1 of each, each day, so somehing like 150/100/50, then back to 150 and so on

[Bio-Active]

It looks like your carbs are already pretty low. Have you thought about replacing those protein shakes with real food? It would help burn more calories as your body will have to work harder and longer to break the food down.

[Matt007]

Yeah I subsitute from time and time, instead of the shakes after post workout meal, I will have 2 cans of tuna instesd with my rice ect, same macros pretty much, or meal 1 I will have a cup of eggwhites and a shake

[Matt007]

If I stall this weeki will look into csrb cycling as it seems pretty interesting as I have never tried cycling my carbs before, I just make 1 refeed day being sunday and bump my carbs up to 400g that day keepig my fats low, and pro at 225g ,usually does the trick for energy wise through the week, usually by tues or wednesday is when I drop the water from the refeed and starts dropping and starts equaling out on the weight measurement on sunday then I start to drop bf from wednesday on

[Matt007]

But I started my cut around 22% bf after my bulk that got me up that high, like I said never again lmao, and down to 13 to 14%in 10 weeks, but hopefully these next few weeks itll start to shave my lower back fat
Just gonna keep grinding it out, thanks jim

[Bio-Active]

But I started my cut around 22% bf after my bulk that got me up that high, like I said never again lmao, and down to 13 to 14%in 10 weeks, but hopefully these next few weeks itll start to shave my lower back fat Just gonna keep grinding it out, thanks jim

pound down some more greens with your meals. Broccoli, asparagus, cauliflower etc you can't eat enough greens. Your body has to work real hard to digest them and you will burn more calories. I am a firm believer in greens 3 times Ed it really helps drop off some of the extra water weight too

[Matt007]

I agree bro, I eat greensmy last few meals of the day or something to snack on while I am watching the nhl playoffs

[Matt007]

How much longer u figure tilli hit 10% bf, rough guess jim?, should I or shouldnt I add some tren in the mix
Has anybody had any luck running tren chopping bf while adding lbm, just dont wanna go backwards, wanna keep loosing bf

[Black]

How much longer u figure tilli hit 10% bf, rough guess jim?, should I or shouldnt I add some tren in the mix
Has anybody had any luck running tren chopping bf while adding lbm, just dont wanna go backwards, wanna keep loosing bf

Your diet will dictate whether you go backwards and put on fat. The last thing you want to do is push yourself too hard to get to a certain body fat and then loose too much muscle.

[Matt007]

Okay here is my carb cycling plan I came up with
I read this from somewhere else but its suppose to work effective for weight loss
My tdee is 2700
Bmr 1850

Going to bump my protein to 300g per day from 275g

Now looking at my plan, I am goig to start mon
Monday 100g carbs
Tuesday 50g carbs
Wed 25g carbs

Then follow the cycle as proceeded, with sunday as my refeed day 400g carbs
On my low day (25g) carbs I will be at 1800 cals
So pretty much depleting a 1/2 cup of rice per day
Thoughts on this?

[Bio-Active]

Honestly I would like to see you get rid of the protein powder in the morning and replace it with egg whites. On your low carb days make those no training days or just cardio days. When I carb cycle I adjust my training so I am training 4 days with weights and those are the higher carb days and 3 rest days and those three days are low carb

[David LoPan]

egg whites taste like crap, just use the whole egg. IDK why people just like the egg white. Eating a little more dietary cholesterol does not lead to increases in your cholesterol levels. It also has more protein. I know it has a little more Kcal but I just get sick of the egg whites.

[Bio-Active]

egg whites taste like crap, just use the whole egg. IDK why people just like the egg white. Eating a little more dietary cholesterol does not lead to increases in your cholesterol levels. It also has more protein. I know it has a little more Kcal but I just get sick of the egg whites.

Yes i eat eggs too just mainly the whites. 8 whites and 1 or 2 yolks scrambled

[Black]

No problem with eggs, but when trying to stay within your macros, the fat from the egg can throw you off. For instance, if I were to eat whole eggs instead off egg whites, the extra fat would move me closer to my caloric total and take up needed calories for protein.

[Matt007]

Yeah will switch the powder up, already switched the powder post w/o to 2 cans of tuna mixed with my rice, same macros pretty much, more filling and satified after the meal
Yeah workout 5 to 6 days a week saying 6 days means the occasional saturday, but usually rest sat, sun, make my refeed the last 10 weeks on sunday, helps out a lot during the week energy and mind wise to keep strict as hell to my diet 6 days a week, thencome sunday I still track my macros bit I will throw in some cheat meals along side some simple carbs like gummy bears, jelly beans ect, kinda the iifym approach to refeeds lol, usually by tuesday the bloat is gone and start to equal out on my current weighti weighed in sunday morning before my refeed then start to shed from tuesday on anywhere from 2 to 3 pounds a week
Genetically I can put weight back on fast or loose weight fast I forget whatu call this but I am one of those guys lol

[Matt007]

In the last few years I have learned a lot about dieting, trial and error, crappy dieting approaches, to eating everything, not good, to bulking, then slight cutting, then bulk again ect ect, finally sat down and learned some stuff with a bb (friend) ifbb pro, and told me some things about dieting correctly to poor diet approaches, evenif u are cutting and bulking use the same theory, its a life changing thing not a 2 or 3 month thing then get back to your old approaches, once I get down to a low bf %, I am not going to go past 14 to 15% bf if that, gonna keep it lean and simple
My highiest weiht was 240lbs probable sittig in the high 20's % bf, yeah looked big with a shirt on but as soon as I ripped off my shirtI didnt like what I seen, why I came to realization nomatteryour weight u are going to look bigger at 180lbs with 10% bf, then somebody that is 220 at 20+% bf

[Matt007]

Now my plan was with this approach as well going low in cals on low days as low as 1850 cals with this carb cycle approach, its suppose to be a quick but effective 2 week plan, now with that being said I might run it for a month depending on how I feel if I sitat 13 to 14% bf I want to get to 10% bf, but my question is was planning on starting my blast of tren next week , run tren along side my cruise dose at 200mg/week and 150mg tren a eod and run it untili hit 10% bf then do a recomp (matainance) for the remander of the cycle to add some lbm and still chop bf, thoughts or suggestions, thanks

[Bio-Active]

I am not a fan of doing cheat meals in a day. Maybe one cheat meal in one day. If your going to do 2 cheats then I would separate them out during the week. As far as the refeed goes its fine but why not just eat clean calories to re feed? If you want to get leaner the cleaner the better in my opinion

[Matt007]

Gaining lbm and still choppin body fat on maintanence cals while running tren ? Anybody had anyluck doing so?

[Matt007]

Bump, thoughts on maintanence for cals and gaining abit of lbm and chopping bf stillw ith added tren , only ran tren on a cal surplus never on a deficit or at maintanence

[Black]

Bump, thoughts on maintanence for cals and gaining abit of lbm and chopping bf stillw ith added tren, only ran tren on a cal surplus never on a deficit or at maintanence

As I randomly check this thread, I see you keep asking this question. Tren will preserve muscle while you are cutting. Any steroid will. Its all about having your calories in the right spot.

[Matt007]

Yes I keep asking the question cause I wantto add in tren to this cut but will it help furthering my cut in less time, also running my cals so low cycling the carbs, will I benifit that with tren added?, was planning on running tren at 150mg eod and cycling my carbs to loose the last bit of fat to get me down to 10% hopefully in 4 weeks

[Black]

Unless you're competing, I wouldn't put a time frame on anything and try to rush it. The faster you try and cut, the more you'll risk loosing muscle.

Its impossible to give an answer to your question. So many factors come into play. Again, it will preserve muscle while on a caloric deficit. But after your run, I'd increase calories to prevent any muscle wasting and to support any new tissue you've created.

Tren kills my appetite, so I have to almost exclusively use it for recomposition. Its all a numbers game.

[< <Samson> >]

It's the journey and not the destination

I'm happy with what I look like now, but I will never really be done