Diet setup critique

[Scott Stevenson]

Altamir, so you're going through a similar approach to myself then.. up down up down. I also noticed myself getting a little flat due to the extended periods of "no carbs" (trace carbs) which is why I decided to experiment by adding a few carbs in on those days.. I followed up with a cheat meal (nothing too heavy) on the night of my first day back and it seemed to do the trick as I was flying throughout the upper body MR's.. looked nice and full.. like I'd slammed on some mass.
I may add that my sessions seem a lot more productive and really on fire having started to incorporate some carbs pre workout (50g approx). I have for the last year ran the trace carb healthy fat approach up until my peri-drink but seem to prefer this method now.

Scott, I believe it varied in all honesty.. I think the majority I would come back stronger but the size gains never came with it. Like mentioned above, this time round my first two sessions back I looked BIIIIG (obviously everything is relative) so I would say this has been one of the better cruises I have had (done over 10 now) as some size has come with it? Again, unsure if its muscle memory gains or what.

Glad you approve on the rate of gain throughout blasts!

I will take your suggestion on board and see how I run with this blast then possibly adopt that approach on the next cruise depending on the weight situation.

For now then can we agree that the approach of surplus one day / deficit the next, which results in my weight fluctuating throughout but by the end of the week resulted in a gain of weight across the board as an average isn't a detrimental approach ?

No, if you're progressing forward, then that's what matters.

Some math here to make this clearer:

IF you gain .5lb / week on average when blasting this is 2.5lb over 5 weeks.

If you lose 2.5 lb on each cruise, this completely negates 5 weeks of blasting.

-S