Thanks everyone.. the biggest thing I'm enjoying is the thickness in my chest and back.. Pics don't really show it.. and it obviously takes a lot for tall guys like LG and I to really show differences, but My chest really got thicker and my back muscles and lats got thicker.. so my XL shirts pretty nice and snug around the chest but then down on my waist they're huge, heh.. I need those tapering shirts.
So who's up for some MATH? Last year I finished at 217 and had 17% BF according to bodpod, which put me at 180 LBM exactly. I had my top four abs showing pretty well. This year, not so much, they were very close to coming out.. shall we say another 5 pounds of fat to lose to see those?
So if weighed 235 @ the same 17% BF. That would put me at 195 LBM.. Essentially 15 pounds of muscle growth in the past year. Right now.. I'm about 18-19 percent.. let's say I'm 19% @ 240 puts me at 194.4 pounds of LBM.. so both are pretty darn close to the same LBM.. 18% would put me at 196LBM.. I was hoping to hit 200.. but to be 200 LBM @ 240 lbs that's <17% and I don't have my abs.. does bf% tend to be the same look at the same percentages through muscle growth? I would kind of assume so.. so I'm betting on the lower LBM.. 15 pounds in a year isn't bad... but I gotta control my fat growth now, I got up to almost 270 before the competition started, my strength was through the rough, but I was very very fat.. couldn't fit in much of my jeans..
So what shall my goal be? Drop fat until I'm 15% of lower? Then go for mass.. Go for 10% then go for mass? What would you think is good to hit before I go on a mass blast? I love eating food, lol, I want to get back to that.. and just be smarter about my mass adding.... hell summer is coming around.. I suppose I'll just keep dropping fat til I get that nice vivid 6 pack then go from there..
So who wants to help me do that? I really didn't do a good job these past 3 months. 1-2 months ahead I'd like to see sub 15% bf.