Makavelli's Contest Results!

[JKurz1]

what was your bulking and 6 weeks out diet like?

 

[Makavelli]

what was your bulking and 6 weeks out diet like?

I eat the same foods whether I'm bulking or dieting. The only thing that changes is the amount of carbs that I eat. I posted my diet philosphy in this thread on the second or third page. During pre contest diets my diet changes based on what's going on, so I don't have a cookie cutter outline of it. I can tell you that I eat high protein, mod fat, and cycle my carbs b/w low, very low, and high days.

So for bulking I'll eat steak, chicken, whey, casein, flax oil, natural peanut butter, old fashioned oatmeal, and yams. For dieting I'll eat the same, but a lot less carbs.

 

[Makavelli]

I'd also like to add that I don't let my bodyfat get too high off season. Before I started my pre contest diet I was about 12% and that was high for me. I'm normally b/w 8-10%. So I felt very fat at that BF%. I really feel that doing cardio year round and staying relatively lean is the key. You don't need to put on tons of fat to gain muscle. You really only need to eat slightly above maintenance.

 

[JKurz1]

 

[Makavelli]

LOL!

 

[Makavelli]

Bump for Polfa.

 

[silverbackn]

I'd also like to add that I don't let my bodyfat get too high off season. Before I started my pre contest diet I was about 12% and that was high for me. I'm normally b/w 8-10%. So I felt very fat at that BF%. I really feel that doing cardio year round and staying relatively lean is the key. You don't need to put on tons of fat to gain muscle. You really only need to eat slightly above maintenance.

I agree totally, it takes a lot more discipline to stay tight all year, but you feel and look better. I'll be starting my pre-contest diet with my BF under 10%. It will be so much easier than coming down from 250 +. Most people use the off-season thing as an excuse to get sloppy as hell.

 

[TheAssholeFomerlyKnownAsDBBT]

Maka,

How old are you?

 

[Makavelli]

Maka,

How old are you?

29. I tried the get fat and huge thing in the offseason and it didn't work for me. So now I just eat clean and enough to gain during bulking, but not getting sloppy. It's much easier and it's nice to look decent year round, instead of like a fat slob, then on one day like a BB.

 

[silverbackn]

29. I tried the get fat and huge thing in the offseason and it didn't work for me. So now I just eat clean and enough to gain during bulking, but not getting sloppy. It's much easier and it's nice to look decent year round, instead of like a fat slob, then on one day like a BB.

I did the same thing. I felt like hell. My blood sugar was all over the map, my blood pressure was high. I was winded all the time, I got light headed and hypoglycemic. I hated it. I won't do it again. The problem is that I have a fast metabolism, it's hard to put on weight. Better slow and steady with quality weight than just weight at any cost though.