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[slfmade]

depends on your calorie deficit for the cross fit versus weight training. Cross-fits are clearly going to burn more calories, therefore burning more fat. But if you are already at a 500 calorie deficit or so doing cross-fits could lead you down the catabolic path and burn muscle while you are cutting fat, therefore at a calorie deficit i would recommend weight training to keep your muscle mass. But if you are eating maintenance calories, then i would highly recommend cross fits due to the fat burning properties of the high intensity workout.

Be sure to check an online calculator for you calories, and adjust them accordingly, some of the nicer ones will even give you the macros you need. 40lbs overweight is really not as much as you think, especially with the amount of muscle mass you have on your body, your going to burn fat at a fast rate. Aim for about 1/2lbs a week and that will allow you to keep your muscle mass, anymore then that and it's probably just muscle that your burning off.

Doing a cycle will make you look bigger, get leaner, and get more cut. But cycling is generally not recommended as i have read for people that are overweight, get your BF into a reasonable range naturally then look back to steroids.

I've seen people burn 2lbs a week and not lose LBM. Some have probably done more. IMO 1/2lb a week loss is not much of a goal.

[zxo00zxoo0zx]

I've seen people burn 2lbs a week and not lose LBM. Some have probably done more. IMO 1/2lb a week loss is not much of a goal.

for someone that is clearly inexperienced with nutrition, pushing it anymore than 2lbs a week could really backfire. Its one thing if he knew all the macros he needed such as protein intake. But as you stated in your previous post. He doesn't. Therefore i was just trying to keep him going down the safe road.

[slfmade]

for someone that is clearly inexperienced with nutrition, pushing it anymore than 2lbs a week could really backfire. Its one thing if he knew all the macros he needed such as protein intake. But as you stated in your previous post. He doesn't. Therefore i was just trying to keep him going down the safe road.

I see where you're trying to go with that; however, stating to somebody that losing anymore than 1/2lb a week will probably cause them to lose LBM is rubbish. What happens when he does well and loses 2lbs a week, but now he's scared he's losing muscle mass so he increases calories.

This isn't rocket science. It's pretty easy to advise someone to post their diet and tell them to spend 20 buck on some BF calipers and keep us updated so we can make adjustments.

Truth is at his current state, he could probably lose quite a bit of fat without dropping any LBM. If somebody told me to diet my ass off, train my ass off and I could lose 2lbs a month...I would want to do aas too.

To the OP: You stated that you had a good base. Concentrate on losing the weight. It won't really even matter if you lose a bit of muscle b/c as you start leaning out you'll look better and feel better than ever before.

[zxo00zxoo0zx]

I see where you're trying to go with that; however, stating to somebody that losing anymore than 1/2lb a week will probably cause them to lose LBM is rubbish. What happens when he does well and loses 2lbs a week, but now he's scared he's losing muscle mass so he increases calories.

This isn't rocket science. It's pretty easy to advise someone to post their diet and tell them to spend 20 buck on some BF calipers and keep us updated so we can make adjustments.

Truth is at his current state, he could probably lose quite a bit of fat without dropping any LBM. If somebody told me to diet my ass off, train my ass off and I could lose 2lbs a month...I would want to do aas too.

To the OP: You stated that you had a good base. Concentrate on losing the weight. It won't really even matter if you lose a bit of muscle b/c as you start leaning out you'll look better and feel better than ever before.

my mistake my mistake i didnt mean .5lbs a week when i said 1/2 lbs i meant 1 to 2 lbs a week. Completely my mistake