My Mainteance Plan

[JohnnnyBlazzze]

My weight was up 4lbs this morning from Saturday!!! But then, I've had 4 dumps since then (sorry). Still not fully recovered from my food poisoning but feeling almost 100%.

Struggling recently with my higher rep week in terms of chins, they aren't progressing at all although my heavy week chins are.
Also today I struggled a bit with my decline bench but my incline was up a little.

May just need to change the workout around, may need a week off lifting or at least just do a high rep 'deload' type week.

Diet to be awesome this week!

Geeez dude what did you eat lol. Hope you're feeling better.

[Back In Black]

Geeez dude what did you eat lol. Hope you're feeling better.

Clearly I had too much but today I am back down to where my calorie intake should have me - 166lbs. Which is way too light even at my bf.

So I have a slightly revised plan

1. Continue running maintenance cals next week too and just have some light weights workouts so my body cn kind of have a rest.

2. Start an increased carb diet the following week

3. Start a new workout program the same week I increase my carbs.

So, I'm gonna try and hit up a very well respected member on here to see if he will formulate me a workout programme. It's the firs bulk I've done in about 2 years and I want to make it as perfect as I can. Fingers crossed!

[RaginCajun]

Clearly I had too much but today I am back down to where my calorie intake should have me - 166lbs. Which is way too light even at my bf.

So I have a slightly revised plan

1. Continue running maintenance cals next week too and just have some light weights workouts so my body cn kind of have a rest.

2. Start an increased carb diet the following week

3. Start a new workout program the same week I increase my carbs.

So, I'm gonna try and hit up a very well respected member on here to see if he will formulate me a workout programme. It's the firs bulk I've done in about 2 years and I want to make it as perfect as I can. Fingers crossed!

i understand the wanting/needing for a new workout program but my question is to you, do you use different workout programs to get diff results (cutting vs bulking workouts?)

[Back In Black]

i understand the wanting/needing for a new workout program but my question is to you, do you use different workout programs to get diff results (cutting vs bulking workouts?)

Not really. This last cut is the first one where I've got stronger almost every session even through to my 8-9% bf. if I was designing my own bulking workout (and I may still do that), it would probably be the same still.

The workout itself evolves as I go on. When one exercise either reaches it's limit strength wise I sub in another and build that up. So it's in a constant state of flux and is never a 'standard' 12 week progression.

My basics stay the same regardless but may be moved around in order eg recently I moved shoulder press from 1st to after my medial delt work. I alternate incline press first one week to decline press the next.

All I can say is that it's worked through my cut and maintenance. I haven't used this method on a bulk yet and maybe I need to do so before I go somewhere else for a workout.

Also I alternate reps in one week it's 4-6(12-15 for legs) the next it's 8-10(15-20 for legs).