Thanks everyone!! So today was arms. Vascularity popped back out thank you EQ! Let's just see how it is in a week...
The reference to only needing 1500 calories took me a long time to accept / believe as well. But after eating like I used to post accident I swelled up and was a fat MF'er!!
So once I actually starting exercising and decreased my calories to my dietitians recommended 1500 calories I began to transform but was still bulky.
So I stayed at 1500 calories since I truthfully had a really hard time eating that little I increased my cardio and added a ECA stack up to 3x a day for 4 weeks on / off / repeat and actually began to loose weight.
So believe it or not I'm carrying almost 19" arms and still making gains at only 3k calories!!
Although my body seems to grow different muscle groups at a time, really weird. In fact any input I would be interested in some perspective! For example my arms always grow 1st than back than chest / shoulders than it starts all over. Always in small increments..
Keep in mind due to stability I REALLY have a hard time getting dumbbells up off the ground so I focus extensively on form and slow / negative reps with intense "squeezing".
Otherwise I think I'd be wasting my time. For example I can't get dumbbells off the floor heavier than 50lbs or I'll fall off the bench and that's with a home made seat belt, lol. I can't tell you how many times I've tried getting heavier weights up and flipping over, but it's kind of funny now. My wife / kids are so used to it now they don't even flinch but it's funny to see friends reactions, lol.
I'm moving in 3 weeks and will have an extra bedroom the wife gave me permission to turn it into a gym and buy a smith machine so this is gonna really make a difference and allow me to get some heavier weight and incorporate various bench press and my f-ing favorite military press!!
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The reference to only needing 1500 calories took me a long time to accept / believe as well. But after eating like I used to post accident I swelled up and was a fat MF'er!!
So once I actually starting exercising and decreased my calories to my dietitians recommended 1500 calories I began to transform but was still bulky.
So I stayed at 1500 calories since I truthfully had a really hard time eating that little I increased my cardio and added a ECA stack up to 3x a day for 4 weeks on / off / repeat and actually began to loose weight.
So believe it or not I'm carrying almost 19" arms and still making gains at only 3k calories!!
Although my body seems to grow different muscle groups at a time, really weird. In fact any input I would be interested in some perspective! For example my arms always grow 1st than back than chest / shoulders than it starts all over. Always in small increments..
Keep in mind due to stability I REALLY have a hard time getting dumbbells up off the ground so I focus extensively on form and slow / negative reps with intense "squeezing".
Otherwise I think I'd be wasting my time. For example I can't get dumbbells off the floor heavier than 50lbs or I'll fall off the bench and that's with a home made seat belt, lol. I can't tell you how many times I've tried getting heavier weights up and flipping over, but it's kind of funny now. My wife / kids are so used to it now they don't even flinch but it's funny to see friends reactions, lol.
I'm moving in 3 weeks and will have an extra bedroom the wife gave me permission to turn it into a gym and buy a smith machine so this is gonna really make a difference and allow me to get some heavier weight and incorporate various bench press and my f-ing favorite military press!!
E