April 2014 Update Video - Gained 16 Pounds - Time to Lose the Fat
Monday, March 31, 2014 at 9:08PM ;)
Back in early January I made a video where I talked about my 2014 New Years goal to gain some more muscle. I even did some "before" posing photos so I would have something to compare to once I had put the muscle on.
Up until now I have never tried to see how much muscle I could put on, I have been more into keeping leaner and not so worried about being bulky, not that I want to be bulky now but a bit more muscle would be kind of nice. In the past I have been keeping my calories low and mixing together cardio with some weight training which is a great way to maintain weight and even build some strength over time, but it is a very slow and round about way to actually gaining serious muscle.
My new approach for the "muscle bulk" was to eat a bit more than I needed, but not too much as I didn't want to get fat! I also cut down my cardio by limiting my CrossFit workouts to 2-3 days per week and I increased my weight training days to 3-4 days per week. My weight training was geared towards very intense workouts with a lot of workload to really trigger muscle growth.
So here we are now, about three month later and so I thought it was time to show you the results of all this very hard work and I have to say I am very pleased. I started out at 182 pounds (8% body fat) and I am currently right around 198 pounds (10.5% body fat), I was even up to 204 pounds at one point but cut the food back just a bit as I was feeling a bit too fat at that weight.
Now it's time to get back down to a leaner body weight but not lose all the muscle I worked so hard to gain, I plan to do this by limiting my calories to around 2500 per day. I currently burn anywhere from 3000-3500 calories per day so I should lose at least 1 pound per week if not a bit more. I will add in one Intermittent Fast day per week that should balance off a planned cheat day I will allow myself each week so I can limit my food cravings.
This weight cut of around 8-10 pounds should take me around 2 months and if all goes well I may even put on a pound or two of additional muscle.
So stay posted for my update in early June when I should be the leanest and most muscular I have even been :)
Enjoy the rest of my Before and After photos followed by my YouTube Video...
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