Comments/Questions After 2nd Blast of FT

[Scott Stevenson]

Thanks Scott. Yeah, the squat numbers blow me away too. And, yes, 14-15 weeks, no shit.

Not sure if you saw the second part to this, but I said that during this second blast I did switch to high protein/moderate carb/low fat. I wasn't eating a ton, but wasn't low enough to be really "dieting." To be honest usually was hitting 2-3 cheat meals per week, wasn't being strict at all. (As a natural fat boy for me to lose fat I have to really diet hard with absolutely no mess ups.)

Now for my 3rd phase I am going to try high protein/fat with carbs only intra and post workout meal. Then I will do a skip load day. Going to focus on being more strict on diet this blast.

So at this time I am eating clean and moderate amounts and just letting whatever happens happen. During this 2nd blast my weight kept going up. I was gaining a little fat for sure. But I'm talking my weight going up an average of 1 lb per week. One week it would stay the same, next week it would jump up 2 lbs. So apparently I have been taking on a good amount of water too because I was certainly not adding that much fat! It seems to have leveled off now that I added in the 20 minutes of cardio post workout.

I haven't squatted this much weight since early to mid 20s. And honestly, then I was doing lower reps and most certainly not hitting parallel (though at the time I thought I was). But at 39 I can look back and see how it REALLY was! Just trying to do stuff correctly now.

Somehow I missed the 2nd post on diet, but thinks for adding.

So over the two blasts it sounds like you gained about 8lb of FFM (fat-free meaning not fat) and no body fat, as far as you can tell.

I'm guessing to be squatting as much as you were in what seems like your prime (as far as squats go), your legs much have come up a lot(?)!!!

Glad to hear about this, my man.

Great work man and nice work on the squats! and I agree, the things you learn from one blast to the next really carry over. I always seem to discover one or two more peices to the overall puzzle every blast, and roll it over into the next one. Success breeds more success and I am a big fan of the flywheel model, in where your philosophies and methods build and loop into each other, which can be extremely powerful over time.

Glad you were able to push yourself further on the pump sets. They are certainly something as do them more and more, you get better at ignoring the voice in your head telling you to stop, and are able to take it to the next level. Which I think pays off in all aspects of training.

Scott. Thanks for the tidbits on back training! Always welcomed and useful

You are welcome, my man! You're so helpful on this board, it's the least I can do to toss out something now n' again that helps you.

-S