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My routine- opinions please

d22 Posts: 50 Joined: 2003/12/28	2004/01/15, 10:19 AM Hi, I've been trying really hard over the last 6-8 months to figure out exactly what i should do to reach my goals, and i think that i may have found what's right, but I'm definately no expert, so i was hoiping to get some opinions. I'm 21 years old, 6'2 and i weigh about 175, with about 20% body fat. My ultimate goal is to get my body fat under 10% but hopefully gain muscle mass through the process, so if anything my weight increases. How long this will take I'm really not sure, but I'm going to stick with it until i reach my goals. My routine now, is that I'm eating about 2200 calories, 180g protein, 275g carbs daily, while also consuming about 3 litres of water. As for supplements, I'm taking a multi-vitamin in the morning, i take whey protein a couple times a day, and i take 5g of creatine on days i work out (2.5g before, 2.5g after workout) I lift weights 4 times a week (mon,tues,thurs,fri) and i do cardio for 30 minutes, 3 times a week. Either in the morning of days i work out, or on an off day. That's basically my routine, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, it's been really hard to figure out exactly what i should be doing, but i gotta say that everyone at this site has been amazing help. Thanks a lot.
	2004/01/15, 10:58 AM If you are lifting as heavy as you can, your routine looks great. Stay the course. -------------- Living well is the best revenge. Charlie
d22 Posts: 50 Joined: 2003/12/28	2004/01/15, 05:11 PM Ya, pretty much all my exercises consist of 4 sets of 6-8 reps with a couple exceptions that are 10-12 reps. And, I usually do my last set to failure.
shavondec Posts: 340 Joined: 2003/11/26	2004/01/15, 05:19 PM How much fat are you eating?? -------------- It's not what we eat or drink occasionally, but what we consume on a daily basis that determines our ongoing level o health. formerfatguy.com Not sure of author
d22 Posts: 50 Joined: 2003/12/28	2004/01/15, 05:29 PM I consume around 13g of fat in a day. My diet consists mainly of chicken breast brown rice oatmeal green vegetables whole wheat bread fat free turkey baked potatoes cottage cheese mixed vegetables (peas&carrots) whey protein steak fish whole wheat pasta
shavondec Posts: 340 Joined: 2003/11/26	2004/01/15, 05:43 PM Sounds like everything is good. Just remeber that things take time. Stay motivated and you will get to where you want to be. Good Luck. By the way, please fill out your profile. -------------- It's not what we eat or drink occasionally, but what we consume on a daily basis that determines our ongoing level o health. formerfatguy.com Not sure of author
d22 Posts: 50 Joined: 2003/12/28	2004/01/16, 09:02 PM oops, sorry, I didn't even realize i didn't fill it out, I think it is there now
hombre_guapo Posts: 12 Joined: 2004/01/14	2004/01/17, 11:57 AM Out of curiosity... how long have you been on this particular program? -------------- What the MIND can imagine, the BODY can achieve.
d22 Posts: 50 Joined: 2003/12/28	2004/01/17, 01:16 PM The specific routine i posted, I've only been doing for a week now, and i love it. I actually got the routine, and diet plan from Flex magazine. It's a 12 week program.
lordxena Posts: 58 Joined: 2003/01/26	2004/01/18, 04:50 AM If your goal is 2200 calories and you're eating 180p, 275c, then you have to up your fat to 42 grams a day.
d22 Posts: 50 Joined: 2003/12/28	2004/01/18, 09:52 AM oh ya? I was trying to stay under 2200 calories. Is it important for me too get consume a certain amount of calories?
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2004/01/18, 10:02 AM It is important to consume an amount of calories that suffice to meet your goals. You cannot guess at it, your gains/losses will be much less than optimal. Your profile says you are trying to get under 10% bodyfat. You will need to have a caloric deficit to tap into your fat stores. It will be impossible to do so without this. At 2200 calories you should be well below your maintenance level. I would stay with this and let the losses run their course, then when this stops, make another adjustment by either upping your exercises or changing your diet or a combo of both to keep the deficit going until you are satisfied. With your creatine, I would change your dose to 5gr. before and 5gr. after. 2.5 is shortchanging your saturation point and will reduce the effectiveness of it. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything....