Thread: What am I doing wrong? HELP Me :(

Cutting for a year sounds too long to me - you've got to be cutting muscle by now. I'd read up on the diet and nutrition section of this site and make sure you're eating the right food groups in the right volumes. Just my opinion - good luck with it!

feed up for a bit, then go again.

as far as diet, there are some good stickies that will help you get the right diet to achieve your goals.

What about my training though what do guys think is it bad?

Low Carb=Low Intensity=your answer.

What does your daily food intake look like? How many meals do you eat and when? Post that up and that will give a little more insight into what could be a problem.

Your training could be spot on, but with the wrong diet you will never see the results your looking for. Fear not the answers are here.

Originally Posted by Copia

Hello all,

First of all I have been cutting for months now almost a year and I have tried several different diets. I was on the anabolic diet, then I switched to just having balanced diet with carbs, fats and proteins and now I am on a low carb diet.

My training consists of
Monday: Chest and triceps 4 sets with 8 - 12 reps and Cardio for 30 mins.
Tuesday : back and biceps 4 sets from 8 - 12 and 30 mins of cardio.
Wednesday: An hour of Cardio
Thursday: Shoulders and 30 mins of cardio
Friday: Legs 4 sets of 8 - 12 reps.
Saturday - Cardio
Sunday - Rest.

Although I have lost some body fat I feel as if I have lost more muscle than fat, recently one of the old gym guys told me to try a different approach he said to do 4 -5 sets and do as many reps as I could in each set if I wanted to get cut.

WTF am I doing wrong? I do enough cardio is it my diet is it my training this is seriously getting so frustrating and it pisses me off

Please help.

the only thing I can do Is give you an opinion.Keep up on the low carbs and up your protein intake. Increase you cardio.Cut on on your lifting regimen, and when doing weight training use light weight and high rep 20-25 reps and two sets per body part. try that for awhile and let me know how it's going.

Originally Posted by Dale Mabry

Low Carb=Low Intensity=your answer.

I am sorry but can you elaborate on that a bit please.

Originally Posted by Uthinkso

What does your daily food intake look like? How many meals do you eat and when? Post that up and that will give a little more insight into what could be a problem.

Your training could be spot on, but with the wrong diet you will never see the results your looking for. Fear not the answers are here.

Meal 1
6 egg whites
1 slice wheat bread

Meal 2
1 scoop whey shake

Meal 3
4-6 oz chicken breast
lettuce and some greens with fat free dressing
Some deli turkey


Meal 4
2 whey scoops

Meal 5
roasted chicken breast
cottage cheese
salad

lift heavier. 3 - 4 compound exercises per workout. Use supersets. 3 x 3. Reduce cardio to 1 or 2 x's a week.

You have been on a diet too long. Up your calories for a few weeks.

Originally Posted by WYLER98

lift heavier. 3 - 4 compound exercises per workout. Use supersets. 3 x 3. Reduce cardio to 1 or 2 x's a week.

You have been on a diet too long. Up your calories for a few weeks.

Don't get me wrong but this is what is bugging me, you said to lift heavier while the other user is saying to lift lighter and more reps....

As far as the diet maybe I need to tweak it to just protein and good fats?

Originally Posted by Copia

Don't get me wrong but this is what is bugging me, you said to lift heavier while the other user is saying to lift lighter and more reps....

As far as the diet maybe I need to tweak it to just protein and good fats?

There is no one way to do it. You need to be shocking your muscles all the time and you don't want them to adapt to your training. This means that low reps with heavy weights as well as high reps with lighter weights should be in your program. P/RR/S is a great program that is talked a lot about on this site. It is pretty much based on the concept I'm talking about. There is not one way to train.

this is what i say, i been in ur position and its not good

right now i am lifting 2 times a week and 3 times a week i do brazilian jiu jitsu and little kickboxing. also i do a little bit of body circuits 1 or 2 times a week.

honestly i train very hardcore at my mixed martial arts gym and also at the 24 hr fitness. but sometimes i run out of time at 24 and have to leave early which sucks.
i practically eat whatever i want and i look decent, i guarantee if i ate everything clean and ate smaller but more often, i would be where you are trying to be. so if looks is ur main goal, train only high intensity, do high intensity cardio , lifting, if u play sports go play it.

i give u one example of what i do every now and then

i think its 200 m or 300 m, but i will sprint one way, do 10 pushups (anyform) and sprint again the other way, and again do 10 push ups. I mix it up with pushups/jumping jacks/squats (if my legs arent sore) and all in 10 rep range, but the rep range is a random number. also try to get maximum of 2 sec rest. I do it until i feel like i know i will get injured because trying to sprint when very very tired is bad.

and when u lift, i say do full bodies because full body workouts consisst mostly of i forget the word but big movements isntead if isolation.

when i lift 2 times, one of them i do one bicep isolation and second time i do tri and bis. But barely any time put in them, like barely no rest n stuff u know.

also if u dont sweat a lot when u lift, ur obviosuly not working hard enough. I see guys all the time not sweating.

Originally Posted by Copia

Don't get me wrong but this is what is bugging me, you said to lift heavier while the other user is saying to lift lighter and more reps....

As far as the diet maybe I need to tweak it to just protein and good fats?

Apparantly your body has adapted to the stimulus you have put on it. I believe you should change each aspect of your routine, to put your body on its heals and force it to adapt.

Concentrate solely on Squats, Deadlifts, Presses and Rows (+ a little chins and abs). Train intense and heavy for 2 - 3 sets, 3 - 6 reps (+ warm up), increase weight or reps each workout (if possible), train 2 - 3 times per week, do little cardio (1 - 2 x's a week). Use full body workouts but rotate them each workout (4 - 6 work sets each workout).

Diet is not as important as you think. Stay semi-clean and NEVER allow yourself to feel hungry. Get at least 6 hours of sleep a day (the more the better).