Hey Genetic Freak
12yrs ago i was 62kg and in my 20's, i didn't like it, my arms were smaller than most girls. So made a conscious decision to eat better, start training and add side to become a man, an adult.
It started with swimming and eating more meats, my research started with diets, i read alot of lyle mcdonalds udl 2.0 based on the older dan duchane (spell?) of the previous era. Then i got into keto and CKD and a few other types. After that i adapted it to how i feel, i found out you don't need to hit ketogenic stage to burn fat and build muscle, you just have to vary your carbs to keep the body guessing, as it adapts you change your carbs again and its always adapting and changing and you dont platou.
For the last year or so i use mike dolce's advice, his general principle is;
- eat every 2 to 4hrs, depending what you just did and what your about to do (while awake)
- eat till your satisfied not until your full
- whole foods, nothing processed
- don't count calories, make caloires count BOOM!
Its extremely sustainable, and isn't super expensive. its the easiest to follow and it works. he's got a great podcast
http://themikedolceshow.com/
Right now my meat source is tuna steaks (bought raw and home cooked with sesame seed coating).
so its either an omelette with baby spinich, or tuna with vege or tuna and couscous, with fruits and raw non salted cashews/macadamia/almods between meals.
i don't drink milk or eat bread. i have some almond milk (hippie milk) if i need something like that. Pre prepare all my meals in bulk and its ready to go, my work is all 12hr night shifts, so over the last 10yrs this cooking/prepping has become a staple. i cook like 3x a week and every single meal is ready to go and fresh as fuck.
I started putting on size pretty quickly, before i knew it i was 72kg and because was from a skinny background the body was taking shape nicely.
i started gear about 5yrs after started training correctly. it was a bodybuilding 4 day split, all the majors (squat, bench, deadlifts) and then alot of isolation to finish up.
First cycle put on 10kg in 12 weeks. Alot of that was water. but it did train my body to grow. strength went insane and post cycle i got injured...
after a few test cycled i added some tren and trained for a bodybuilding comp (was turning 30 and "wanted to prove i still had it"). well it didn't go to plan, i was still very stupid and narrow minded, my diet was CKD at the time and i was eating a shitload of dairy in the way of cheese, way too much red meat and although i did make unreal gains and most of how i look today is a reflection of that cycle but i did it wrong... live and learn. have been as heavy as 94kg on cycle @ 5'9
Now 5yrs later i am only just becoming more informed, the diet has evolved in leaps and bounds, no gluten, no dairy, minimal wheat. cutting out caffeine and other stress triggers in my life has also helped.
I have some life long friends who took me under their wing and trained me. one is a very accomplished powerlifter who is natural, and his knowledge is light years ahead of mine! Tho i prefer to use the kiss method, keep it simple stupid. this is bodybuilding after all, its not rocket science.
sometimes the science journals are whats holding people back, over thinking everything. i am guilty of that indeed, i way over thought my approach to diet, when the answer was right infront of my face.
stop all that western processed foods. It started when i listened to Michael Pollan and watching the movie The Botany of Desire
http://video.pbs.org/video/1283872815/
It made me sit back and think, and listen to more of what he had to say, and it makes sense. Why do we have the obese population if we have better knowledge and better access to food? Simple, the knowledge passed on is gov regulated, it comes from schools, media and religion. Its wrong advice, its more about keeping the economy and profits going than it is about looking after our health and the earth we live on.
Who else influences me? Robb Wolf of the Paleo Solution. Im not paleo and i don't agree we need to be quite that drastic, but when it comes to autoimmune problems, stress, poor sleep... This podcast has general knowledge that everyone should pay attention to.
http://robbwolf.com/podcast/
So it comes down to sleep (we produce 80% of hgh and majority of testosterone during slow wave sleep, stage 3) and the food we eat. That will optimize the body, then later you can supercharge it with exogenous testosterone.
Currently on a re-body compoisition period, did a small bulk followed by cut and have lost 12kg in 13 weeks. I have about 3-5kg to go. currently off everything and have recovered and still full and losing bf. once i get to single digit, must be 12-15% atm, all abs showing but no lower ab veins (thats my trouble spot which will go once under 10%), obliques starting to show. Under 10 and i will add in test and perhaps do a show.
