12-04-2017, 04:42 AM
(12-02-2017, 08:52 AM)Scott Stevenson Wrote: If the progress during the Blasts is good (as it sounds) and you're regressing only during the Cruises, I would simply eat more during the cruises. You could increase kcal during the non-training days (same foods, etc. just more) or have a day or two during the latter part of the IC (when not training) that's a "re-feed" of sorts.
I would bet you'll come back felling really good and quite strong doing this.
How much weight are you losing during the Cruises?... (And how much strength, if any?... Or do you rebound strength-wise despite the weight loss?...)
-S
Altamir, Scott.. thanks for the responses again.
Scott this is what I’ve been tinkering with, as I noticed my weight dropping on a daily albeit small e.g .25lbs -.5lbs, I think I dropped 2.5lbs across the week at which point I brought started to eat more and brought kcals up to maintenance for the second part of the cruise (non training period) using the 15x kcal per lb method as a guide stated in the book and using a mixed macro approach again just to have a little normality (I will be reverting back to the standard trace carb approach on rest days most likely)
Altamir is right in that the weight drop could of been due to the extended trace carb days which is why I opted for the mixed macro approach so to speak in meal 1 and 3.
I chose these meals as I wanted to experiment how my body responded, I seem to recall in the past really flagging a little both concentration wise and with brain fog post meal 3 and in the afternoon which could again be down to having trace carbs for an extended period of time (the symptoms would occur approx 18 hours after consuming carbohydrates which was from the night prior as again I only have one all out post workout meal. So again I wanted to see if the symptoms would alleviate as such if I reduced that time frame by consuming some on the non training day.
It seemed to kind of help if I recall correctly. Difficult to tell as it was only a short period of time..
I am back training now (today was my second day) as my cruise has finished. In regards to strength these last two sessions (Day 3&4, as that’s how my end of cruise landed) I haven’t lost any strength and have gained some albeit incremental which is positive. I have also started to notice some more size in terms of a proper rebound effect which I haven’t really in my previous cruises.. again not sure if this is because of what I’ve done throughout the cruise, bringing my kcals to maintenance on rest days, consuming additional carbs on those rest days or it’s due to muscle memory kicking in as like mentioned I lost some muscle due to not being able to train properly.
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