Hey folks,
Today I started my first day back after a 13 day SD, but the thing is for a week I've been on the PSMF diet which is basically 800-1200 calories of protein and essentially trace carbs and fat.. so needless to say my energy levels are LOW.. I find it easier to diet hardcore like this than even introduce the temptation of more carbs into my diet - carbs are a slippery slope! ... and it seems to be the absolute fastest way to lose fat and maintain muscle if you have the willpower to stay on it
So tonight I started up on HST, skipping the 15's which didnt really do squat for me last time, and I went straight for the 12s (I do a 12,10,10,8,5,5 weekly breakdown) and although I started out preety strong.. my energy levels quickly went to almost nothing.. even the warmup sets I did really sapped my energy. In fact I could't complete my whole body (Since I need more upper body work I start with that then finish with lower)
So what's the ebst way to handle this situation.. I realize that I wont be getting much stronger or bigger on such a limited diet.. but hell I can't even finish the dang thing unless I cranked back the weights a huge amount.. At least once the dieting is done I can go back to growing and eating again..
So my question is this.. whats the next best step?
A) reduce the weight a whole lot and try to finish the whole body anyway.. I get the feeling that keeping my gains would be best served by finding a way to NOT have to do that - I'd like to at least maintain my weights from the last HST cycle. After the last HST my strength went through the roof - no more room for plates on the hammer chest and row machine, have to pile on freeweights for peck-deck, pushdowns, lat pulls etc. I want to keep that stength if I can, even if it's just a dumb ego thing.
B) Since I cant train 2 times per day due to work issues, what about a upper/lower/rest and repeat routine? I know it's not the ideal whole-body every other day set up, but wouldnt it be better than nothing? I could do upper/lower/upper/lower etc. but then the CNS would never get any rest..
Thoughts in this please.. and since I'm firm on doing the PSMF, please dont suggest "Increase your carbs dude" becuase that's not an option..
Thanks for the help,
- TJ
Today I started my first day back after a 13 day SD, but the thing is for a week I've been on the PSMF diet which is basically 800-1200 calories of protein and essentially trace carbs and fat.. so needless to say my energy levels are LOW.. I find it easier to diet hardcore like this than even introduce the temptation of more carbs into my diet - carbs are a slippery slope! ... and it seems to be the absolute fastest way to lose fat and maintain muscle if you have the willpower to stay on it
So tonight I started up on HST, skipping the 15's which didnt really do squat for me last time, and I went straight for the 12s (I do a 12,10,10,8,5,5 weekly breakdown) and although I started out preety strong.. my energy levels quickly went to almost nothing.. even the warmup sets I did really sapped my energy. In fact I could't complete my whole body (Since I need more upper body work I start with that then finish with lower)
So what's the ebst way to handle this situation.. I realize that I wont be getting much stronger or bigger on such a limited diet.. but hell I can't even finish the dang thing unless I cranked back the weights a huge amount.. At least once the dieting is done I can go back to growing and eating again..
So my question is this.. whats the next best step?
A) reduce the weight a whole lot and try to finish the whole body anyway.. I get the feeling that keeping my gains would be best served by finding a way to NOT have to do that - I'd like to at least maintain my weights from the last HST cycle. After the last HST my strength went through the roof - no more room for plates on the hammer chest and row machine, have to pile on freeweights for peck-deck, pushdowns, lat pulls etc. I want to keep that stength if I can, even if it's just a dumb ego thing.
B) Since I cant train 2 times per day due to work issues, what about a upper/lower/rest and repeat routine? I know it's not the ideal whole-body every other day set up, but wouldnt it be better than nothing? I could do upper/lower/upper/lower etc. but then the CNS would never get any rest..
Thoughts in this please.. and since I'm firm on doing the PSMF, please dont suggest "Increase your carbs dude" becuase that's not an option..
Thanks for the help,
- TJ