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I am still 160 lbs, so I may need to drop kcal further. My performance in the gym has been excellent and my strength maintained, and my energy outside the gym has been excellent. It doesn't even feel like dieting. That said, I believe if I do drop kcal lower I may incorporate a 1x/week high-carb refeed that puts me slightly above maintenance, just to help my metabolism out. I should have around 150lbs of LBM, but that must have dropped some which is why I am 160 currently. At the time of that extimate I was in a surplus and likely had saturated glycogen and water in the muscles. Now that I am dieting my body got rid of that extra stuff so my LBM is temporarily probably 147ish.
Also, not this week but next week (June 30th) I will be using my new workout schedule because of classes at Bastyr. Thus, my workout days will be Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. I plan to just move the workouts forward so that workout 1 is on Tuesday and workout 4 is on Sunday. If Sean wants to make modifications that is fine, and this layout may actually benefit me if I refeed because I can do it on Saturday and be strong for Sunday.
Somewhat annoyingly, my mind has been pondering DNP again. Should I bust it out and do 1 pill daily for a 20% metabolic boost? It would beat dropping kcal lower and I only have about 5 weeks left on this cycle. After that I'm not sure what I will be doing, but probably not dieting. I want to focus on form and postural corrections, perhaps while bulking back up in a generic mass-gain routine. It would simply have some extra unilateral work in place to cause the needed muscle imbalances for my pelvic corrections.
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