Quick Survey for Karma!

[JKurz1]

While on a clean bulking regimine................
- say you were sick for awhile and lost 5-10 pounds. Your goal has been to bulk up cleanly (staying under 10% bf).....up to this point, you do cardio every morning on an empty tank for 20-25 mintues. Now, do you stop the cardio for a week or two and just eat healthy? Or do you keep the cardio in the am and slam the calories?

2 - When clean bulking, do you still count cals or just worry about protein grams?

3 - You are stuck in a 3 hour traffice jam. Next exit is a subway and thats it. What do you do? What do you order? Remember clean bulking.

4 - How many days a week do you do completely NOTHING during clean bulking except rest, drink and eat? How do you feel and how does your diet chang?
LASTLY:
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[Sebastionv]

I never eat at subway.

 

[|D_J^B_J|]

I'm on a clean bulking regime now, so I'll try to answer the questions as best as I can:

1) Assuming the question relates to what you'd do AFTER you recovered from illness... Personally, I'd decrease the number of days doing cardio (I'd never drop cardio entirely) and maintain the same number of days for weight training as I had before the illness. However, I am an ectomorph, so it would most likely be different for someone who is an mesomorph or endomorph.

2) I have been trying to count calories as well as protein as best as I can.

3) I usually keep some snack food such as nuts in my car, but assuming they were finished, I'd probably order a chicken/turkey salad with olive oil dressing and an extra box of garden salad (no pickles or carrots) - something low in sodium, low in sugar and high in fibre.

4) My current program is weights three days a week, high intensity cardio three days a week, and one rest day a week... So that would be one day a week I devote to resting and eating. My diet stays the same and I feel that I really need this rest day after a good week of training. However, occassionally (if I am really happy with my training effort for the week) I will reward myself with a calorie-dense, low-med GI cheat meal on the rest day, such as a slice of cheesecake, bowl of frozen yoghurt, etc. I add egg whites to the meal to make up for the protein and the rest of my diet is 100% clean. If my muscles are sore, I'll stretch on this day too.

Hope that helps.

 

[hawaii50]

1) No Cardio for bulking. I personally see no need for it as i hit the weights really hard.

2) I kinda just estimate cals. Try to hit 4000 of good clean food, eating the 4 food groups. Make sure i get @ least 1.5g of protein per lb of bodyweight but no more than 2g per pound, as i know that my body won't use it all, and it will goto fat. Of course thats OFF cycle.

3) Been in this situation before: 6" Turkey breast sub on Wheat, Lettuce, tomato. No Cheese, dressing or sauce. But if you must, VERY LIGHT mayo. SHould be just about 300 cals. I try to keep a protein bar in the glove compartment for emergencies... at least something is better than nothing!

4) 5days On 2 Off training. Sat & Sun Off days. Just rest and eat. Cut the cals down to about 3000 but still hitting 1.5g protein per pound. So to hit my calories i sometimes have to take lots of fat whether it be flax, udos, whatever. Only real difference would be i don't eat as many carbs on days off.

5' 6", 175lbs. 10.3%, Age: 20. 8 years of training (school powerlifter & football )

 

[sawastea]

While on a clean bulking regimine................
- say you were sick for awhile and lost 5-10 pounds. Your goal has been to bulk up cleanly (staying under 10% bf).....up to this point, you do cardio every morning on an empty tank for 20-25 mintues. Now, do you stop the cardio for a week or two and just eat healthy? Or do you keep the cardio in the am and slam the calories? Everyone is different. There won't be any consensus here. IMO, cardiovascular health is paramount in any aspect of your life, not only to build a solid heart, but keeps your BP in check, helps you with your weight, improves your well-being, etc. That being said, depending on where I am in my cut, maintainance or bulk, will determine my cardio. I will continue to eat healthy.

2 - When clean bulking, do you still count cals or just worry about protein grams? I'm not as anal as I used to be about counting kcals, as I have a good grasp on what everything is before it enters the never ending pit. I will make sure may protein grams are accounted for when the day in done.

3 - You are stuck in a 3 hour traffice jam. Next exit is a subway and thats it. What do you do? What do you order? Remember clean bulking. Several choices. I always enjoy getting a 12" sub and splitting it in two meals. I will either order a salad with extra meats or get a chicken breast on WW with lettuce, tomato, oregano, black peppers and vinegar. I will also I drink plenty of H2O to offset my 100% of daily allowance of sodium from the sub

4 - How many days a week do you do completely NOTHING during clean bulking except rest, drink and eat? How do you feel and how does your diet chang? After a day or two I get a bit worried that my extra calories, without the presence of excersise, will amount to unwanted fat accumulation. I try to do some form of exercise (in the gym) 3-4 times a week, regardless of my goals.

LASTLY:
Post your stats, age, years of training.
26yrs old, 185lbs, 11%, 3-4 yrs (off and on)