I???ve decided to do a short cutting diet for the next 5 weeks before I switch over to a gain cycle. I am competing for the first time next May in a figure comp. I am very excited about it!!! I think a lot of people will say I should just try to gain as much as possible now and cut later but I thought it would be more
beneficial for me to try to get a little leaner first. From experience I know that if I eat over maintenance and lift that I can gain muscle (and fat) pretty fast. I have approx. 29 weeks in total so I thought I would cut for 5, gain for 12 then phase into my pre-contest diet.
Stats:
Female
26 y.o.
5???8???
133.5 lb
bf% =?
Waist = 29.25
Hips = 37.75
Biceps = 11???
Now, for my cutting diet. It???s based on the Beverly June diet of the month. I will be eating low carbs 5 days a week with a
bi-weekly carb-up meal added to the end of the day twice a week. I started yesterday so my carb-up days will be Thursdays and Sundays. My intake the other days will be roughly
1400 cal
carbs:30g
Pro: 170g
Fat:70g
The carb-up meal will be: 1 cp oats, 6 oz. Sweet potato,
4 oz. Banana, 1 cup broccoli and 1 TBL. Nat. PB.
Those days my cals will be apprx.
2100
c:165g
p:190g
f: 80g
(so the average is about 1600 kcal for the week).
Training:
Cardio = 5 X 30 minutes
Weights = I???m looking for a change of pace from my current routine so I will probably be mixing it up here, trying different things. I will hit each body part once a week and probably will train a total of 5-6 days a week.. One day will be just abs, calves, forearms and maybe catching up on a body part that I didn???t feel was hit hard enough during the week. My only concern is intensity and form. I won???t be too concerned if the weights don???t go up right now (but of course that will matter when I get to the gain phase!!)
Let???s get started!
beneficial for me to try to get a little leaner first. From experience I know that if I eat over maintenance and lift that I can gain muscle (and fat) pretty fast. I have approx. 29 weeks in total so I thought I would cut for 5, gain for 12 then phase into my pre-contest diet.
Stats:
Female
26 y.o.
5???8???
133.5 lb
bf% =?
Waist = 29.25
Hips = 37.75
Biceps = 11???
Now, for my cutting diet. It???s based on the Beverly June diet of the month. I will be eating low carbs 5 days a week with a
bi-weekly carb-up meal added to the end of the day twice a week. I started yesterday so my carb-up days will be Thursdays and Sundays. My intake the other days will be roughly
1400 cal
carbs:30g
Pro: 170g
Fat:70g
The carb-up meal will be: 1 cp oats, 6 oz. Sweet potato,
4 oz. Banana, 1 cup broccoli and 1 TBL. Nat. PB.
Those days my cals will be apprx.
2100
c:165g
p:190g
f: 80g
(so the average is about 1600 kcal for the week).
Training:
Cardio = 5 X 30 minutes
Weights = I???m looking for a change of pace from my current routine so I will probably be mixing it up here, trying different things. I will hit each body part once a week and probably will train a total of 5-6 days a week.. One day will be just abs, calves, forearms and maybe catching up on a body part that I didn???t feel was hit hard enough during the week. My only concern is intensity and form. I won???t be too concerned if the weights don???t go up right now (but of course that will matter when I get to the gain phase!!)
Let???s get started!
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