Extending cruise while dieting

[Bobby Light]

Awesome! (Just putting that in there as far as blast duration for others who might be reading. )

Let us know how it goes!

One last thought - all of this is built on the notion that you really need to (and do better with for whatever reasons) dieting with a more severe deficit taking a more slow n' steady, get the most from the least (deficit) approach, which I think works best probably in most situations. Sometime, though, some folks are more so all or nothing and just want to go after it with a more rapid fat loss.

This CAN be done, but seems to be most successful in folks (like yourself) who've been at it for a while and now how hard they can push. Many guys end up just spinning their wheels, with the quintessential example being the guy who pushes really hard to gain weight (get as large as possible throwing body comp. into the wind to some degree) and has to diet down so hard that any gained muscle is lost in the process.

-S

I definitely feel for me personally the quick and drastic approach works quite well for body recomp and fat loss in a short period of time. Now I know this first blast will be auto regulated but lets assume its 6 weeks :big grin: I will most likely cut calories pretty significantly in the intensive cruise period for a couple reasons. While a ton of fat won't be lost I will recomp some if only from mainly loss of water with a bit of fat, and it will also "prime" my body for another growth phase to come. For me, it's almost like tricking my body because in that two week period strength is not likely to drop very much as I've learned from experience.

Now I can accomplish a lot more in 4 weeks if I choose to do that in the future which I'm sure I will at some point in the summer, but at that 2-3 week mark on very low (for me) calories my strength will start to dip some, which I obviously don't want. I will play around with carbs peri workout to keep strength high and I believe training less will also benefit me in the strength maintenance department.

If you can't tell I'm a very "plan" oriented person lol but I know plans change in this game. Of course I have to go by how I feel and look during this first blast to determine if a little reduction in calories will benefit me or if I'd be better served keeping calories up and strength as high as possible rolling into the next blast. I'll have to play it by ear..I made a log so I will update for anyone that would care to see lol