Basketball Jones

[jhawkin1]

I am playing quite a bit of basketball throughout the week as well as the usually hitting the weight room every other day. Will I have some serious lean muscle loss as a result? I am seriously trying to cut, around 12% bf, weight around 155.

 

[GOtriSports]

I am playing quite a bit of basketball throughout the week as well as the usually hitting the weight room every other day. Will I have some serious lean muscle loss as a result? I am seriously trying to cut, around 12% bf, weight around 155.

Are you trying to cut 12% BF or get yourself down to 12% BF?

Also, you would need to tell us what you do in the weight room every other day. What kind of lifting do you do, for how long ect.

Also, what does your diet look like?

 

[jhawkin1]

did some chest and back today, try to stick with 5 sets 5 reps heavy weights, some functional lifts for shoulders (rotator pully exercises), love weighted pull ups/chin ups.

Diet: lean proteins (chicken breast/turkey breast, egg whites, whey protein)
Fats (nuts, almonds, egg yolks, cook w/ olive oil, fish oil at times)
Carbs (old fashioned oats, apples)
Veggies (spinach)

 

[Merkaba]

Ok well none of that matters if youre not keeping an eye on calories, fats,carbs, and protein.

So how much do you average daily?
Fitday.com

 

[jhawkin1]

Ok well none of that matters if youre not keeping an eye on calories, fats,carbs, and protein.

So how much do you average daily?
Fitday.com

I hate counting, I have a job, and making the right food choices is good enough mentally for me. Too overwhelming to count, and I usually forget to input all the information on fitday.

I figured at least four days of vigorous cardio for at least 30 minutes (basketball- uses more sprints instead of steady-state cardio) would not only be good for a caloric deficit, but also to increase my metabolism.

I'll always stick with weight training more often than basketball though- more lean muscle the better, right?

 

[Merkaba]

Lazy

At least you're not in denial.
If you're young you'll feel like you can do whatever and get away with it.
Lets see what other replies you get.

 

[jhawkin1]

Athletes do not watch their calories, matter of fact, the ones in college are just the opposite, and they are ripped to shreads. I figure I have an edge on them if I train just as hard, eat better, leaner foods, and get enough "good" fats in there, that I have an advantage.

I eat my 6 meals a day. They are small/medium portions. For example

For breakfast:
3 egg whites, 3 whole eggs, little sprinkle cheddar cheese and a little salt and pepper.

Snack: 40g whey protein shake with oats depending on if it's my pre workout shake

Lunch: Chicken breast mixed with a salsa and maybe cheese

Snack: Whey shake/almonds/nuts- lifting days I will take both or shake over nuts. Non work out day just go with almonds

Dinner: Turkey/chicken breast with a spinach salad. Maybe twice a week I will try for a piece of salmon.

Snack: non-lift days no snack, lifting days 3 egg whites, and 3 whole eggs.


Post workout: love whey with non-fat milk and a medium apple.

Cheese I can go wrong, but what's that really going to do when I'm burning 1,000's of calories playing ball?

 

[GOtriSports]

Athletes do not watch their calories, matter of fact, the ones in college are just the opposite, and they are ripped to shreads. I figure I have an edge on them if I train just as hard, eat better, leaner foods, and get enough "good" fats in there, that I have an advantage.

I eat my 6 meals a day. They are small/medium portions. For example

For breakfast:
3 egg whites, 3 whole eggs, little sprinkle cheddar cheese and a little salt and pepper.

Snack: 40g whey protein shake with oats depending on if it's my pre workout shake

Lunch: Chicken breast mixed with a salsa and maybe cheese

Snack: Whey shake/almonds/nuts- lifting days I will take both or shake over nuts. Non work out day just go with almonds

Dinner: Turkey/chicken breast with a spinach salad. Maybe twice a week I will try for a piece of salmon.

Snack: non-lift days no snack, lifting days 3 egg whites, and 3 whole eggs.


Post workout: love whey with non-fat milk and a medium apple.

Cheese I can go wrong, but what's that really going to do when I'm burning 1,000's of calories playing ball?

Just to clear a few things up really quick....

1. Many athletes are ripped but they are typically ahead of the rest of us on the genetic curve and have great genes.

2. At major colleges many athletes do NOT eat whatever they want. They have what are called Athletic Trainers and these trainers along with team coaches plan out the teams whole day often times including what time they eat and WHAT they eat. This is not true as small school but any major school this will be the case

 

[jhawkin1]

Not at the University I attended. University of Arizona, the athletic trainers will put players through extra conditioning and strength training, as well as plan out meals for players in need of bulking (putting on muscle mass) or trying to cut down on fat and to get into better shape, i.e. run down the floor faster in basketball.

In my 5 years, and 3 athletic trainers later, one, when food was provided for players after practice, actually had his food delivered according to what players were supposed to eat. Everything else, college athletes have to purchase on their own. Unfortunately at the U of A, the majority of food places on campus are fast food places. Our basketball athletes are too lazy to drive to a grocery store and purchase healthy foods, as opposed to go, going over to McDonalds or that fast food Chinese place they have also.

 

[P-funk]

lol.....so many college athletes are lazy as shit!

GOtri, you would think that is the case! Yes, usually at big universities there are nutritionists/dieticians, who plan out the means for the players and get the coaches and athletic trainers on board with educating the athletes on their dietary intake (and they have the big role of screening out athletes with eating disorders and helping them get the proper treatment they need). But in reality, most college athletes' are so lazy that they don't follow the meal plans and they eat whatever they want. It can be tough to get them to be smart about their diet.

patrick

 

[CowPimp]

lol.....so many college athletes are lazy as shit!

GOtri, you would think that is the case! Yes, usually at big universities there are nutritionists/dieticians, who plan out the means for the players and get the coaches and athletic trainers on board with educating the athletes on their dietary intake (and they have the big role of screening out athletes with eating disorders and helping them get the proper treatment they need). But in reality, most college athletes' are so lazy that they don't follow the meal plans and they eat whatever they want. It can be tough to get them to be smart about their diet.

patrick

Of any college athlete I know, none of them follow any kind of meal plan with consistency.

 

[Double D]

I train 3 kids who play ball at a junior college, getting them to eat well is like pulling teeth. I hear about their late night Jack in the Box......but they perform well and they have kick ass workouts. I try to pain a picture for them...."imagine where you would be if you ate this.....". Just doesn't work.

 

[P-funk]

lol....even pro athletes! I have to fight with one of mine every time!!