
tommyguns2
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- Dec 25, 2010
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Not sure I fully understand. If you're presently about 225 and you want to get down to 220 "lean", I'm assuming you're not presently as lean as you want to be, nor carrying the lean mass you want on your frame. So, if I'm understanding you correctly, you want to gain another 10 pounds of muscle, and lose another 10 pounds of fat. That's a "recomp" as I understand it.I understand going back to my approved foods list and eating the certain macros at certain times and days.
I'm 7-10 pounds of muscle short.
I was 213 in April.
this is the advice I need.
what do i change to make this a growth phase. not a recomp which is what's happening now.
One option is simply to stay on your present course. You are making progress. A second option is to cut your calories, cut the gear down, and keep your training/cardio in place. Do this for 2-3 months to get rid of the bodyfat. Then hold that condition for another couple months and "lock in" that conditioning level. Try to create a new set point for your conditioning, as you're likely like me and my body is always eager to add adipose tissue. Then, jack the gear back up, up your calories 500 calories/day, and shoot for 0.5-1 pounds of gain per week. 0.5 is more realistic, but with 3g of gear, 20 IUs of GH and insulin, you can do more.
In that case, don't follow the scale, you'll gain 10 pounds quickly just in glycogen stores, but that's not lean tissue. But it looks good in the mirror. Good luck with everything, no matter what you choose to do.
I'd be curious what the guys on PM would advise you to do, as they've got a lot of experience doing what you're trying to do.