12-05-2017, 06:56 PM
(12-05-2017, 02:45 AM)nordan Wrote: Strength based upon & over the last two sessions hasn't diminished buddy from what I recall and has improved.
In regards to losing weight then possibly.. but like mentioned it then shoots back up and I gain a lb to 1.5lb's after a training day so daily it fluctuates, one day I lose, the next I gain which is obviously down to the huge surplus one day and then deficit the next.. Weight come the end of the week seems to increase by .5lb approx as an average which is spot on I think as a natural If the goal is to increase as much FFM as possible.
This is the reason for my OG post.. would I be better continuing this up and down approach even though I have gained weight come the end of the week or adopt the approach I suggested (bringing rest day kcals up to maintenance and reducing the training day surplus down slightly to compensate the increase up to maintenance) which would presumably keep the weight stable across the week.
The goal is to gain in as little amount of surplus as possible so this is the reasoning of reducing the kcals on training days to compensate that change rather than just adding 400 kcals a day to rest days. That increase would equate to 1200 kcals more across the week which would technically make me gain .3lb more a week and approx .8lb a week which to me I think is too much from past experience.
Realistically I highly doubt any additional gains via muscle would be made and any weight gain would either be additional water or fat.
So for myself, with the way I have my diet set up, my weight flucates throughout the week. Up after training days, down over non training days. For myself, I have fouind this to be a nice little sweet spot, as long as the swings aren't too wild. Only downside I've seen from this is after the tail end of a cruise I usually roll into my first training session depleted and a little flat, and usually my strength is sort of "meh". This has been solved, while in a gain phase, but having a pretty good carb meal (nothing crazy or a cheat meal) the night before.