Hi guys,
Bit of a quick run down of my current situation, im currently at a defence training establishment, and i am posted here until around August next year. The situation with nutrition here is a tough one, the food they serve here isnt exactly bodybuilding friendly, to get any decent amount of protein there is a lot of carbs and fat that goes along with it. Not being able to cook in my room means that im limited to supps or eating off base ( not the most affordable option ) or just settle for the fact that to gain lean mass here im going to have to take on a fair bit of fat with it and be forced to rely on supps. Before i joined i was living off chicken breasts/red meat, rice, oats, broccoli, nuts etc. all good food and i got to 84kg at 5`10 and overall was quite happy with what i had.
Currently im sitting on around 90kg BW at 5`10 but BF % is higher than i would like it to be. My lifts have all gone up though and i have definitely gained a fair bit of size all around.
Current training program is pretty standard sorta stuff, 4 day split with day 1 being back ( deadlifts, rows, WG chins, shrugs, hanging leg raises ) day 2 chest/tris ( bench, DB bench, push press, weighted dips, tricep extensions ) day 3 legs/arms ( squats, hyper extensions, lunges, WG chins, calf raises, BB curls ) day 4 shoulders/misc ( military press, power/hang cleans, rack press, DB shoulder press, plate raises, weighted dips ).
Current lifts bench around 100kg, squat 140kg, deadlift 190kg, overhead press 65-70kg, push press 75-80kg.
If you were in my situation would you settle for these lifts at this stage and cut right down BF% wise by eating a bit lighter and just training to maintain these lifts the best i can ( which would probably take me a few months ) Or just keep on training until i leave this place and can cook clean food again and cut then? Im still a fair way off my goals lifting and size wise but im a bit scared that if i continue to train heavy and eat heavy im going to get myself up to a point where its going to be a big job cutting. If i cut down on the calories ( which im trying to keep at around 3000-3500 a day ) i know my progression under the bar will stagnate so its either cut or bulk for my body it doesnt really respond to well to the clean bulk kinda deal if im clean bulking by relying on supplements rather than clean food.
We have PT on duty here twice a week which ranges from intense to just sports and quite soft; add to that my 4 days of weight training and it doesnt leave much room for extra cardio to try and cut some fat, recovery time is tough enough to get as it is.
Im leaning towards just keeping on training heavy and eating as good as i possibly can until i get out of here but i would be interested to hear any advice towards this kinda situation that could get more out of this situation without affecting recovery time or complicating things to much.
Bit of a quick run down of my current situation, im currently at a defence training establishment, and i am posted here until around August next year. The situation with nutrition here is a tough one, the food they serve here isnt exactly bodybuilding friendly, to get any decent amount of protein there is a lot of carbs and fat that goes along with it. Not being able to cook in my room means that im limited to supps or eating off base ( not the most affordable option ) or just settle for the fact that to gain lean mass here im going to have to take on a fair bit of fat with it and be forced to rely on supps. Before i joined i was living off chicken breasts/red meat, rice, oats, broccoli, nuts etc. all good food and i got to 84kg at 5`10 and overall was quite happy with what i had.
Currently im sitting on around 90kg BW at 5`10 but BF % is higher than i would like it to be. My lifts have all gone up though and i have definitely gained a fair bit of size all around.
Current training program is pretty standard sorta stuff, 4 day split with day 1 being back ( deadlifts, rows, WG chins, shrugs, hanging leg raises ) day 2 chest/tris ( bench, DB bench, push press, weighted dips, tricep extensions ) day 3 legs/arms ( squats, hyper extensions, lunges, WG chins, calf raises, BB curls ) day 4 shoulders/misc ( military press, power/hang cleans, rack press, DB shoulder press, plate raises, weighted dips ).
Current lifts bench around 100kg, squat 140kg, deadlift 190kg, overhead press 65-70kg, push press 75-80kg.
If you were in my situation would you settle for these lifts at this stage and cut right down BF% wise by eating a bit lighter and just training to maintain these lifts the best i can ( which would probably take me a few months ) Or just keep on training until i leave this place and can cook clean food again and cut then? Im still a fair way off my goals lifting and size wise but im a bit scared that if i continue to train heavy and eat heavy im going to get myself up to a point where its going to be a big job cutting. If i cut down on the calories ( which im trying to keep at around 3000-3500 a day ) i know my progression under the bar will stagnate so its either cut or bulk for my body it doesnt really respond to well to the clean bulk kinda deal if im clean bulking by relying on supplements rather than clean food.
We have PT on duty here twice a week which ranges from intense to just sports and quite soft; add to that my 4 days of weight training and it doesnt leave much room for extra cardio to try and cut some fat, recovery time is tough enough to get as it is.
Im leaning towards just keeping on training heavy and eating as good as i possibly can until i get out of here but i would be interested to hear any advice towards this kinda situation that could get more out of this situation without affecting recovery time or complicating things to much.
