ironhardempress
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I posted this on another forum but no response yet so I thought I would try here.....Ok, so I'm starting week 6 of my Primo cycle. I have been tracking my calories/macros MOST of the time. I'm not in prep so I am not stressed about it every day (like, I was in Dallas this weekend and Sat. was a cheat day). I am up to 153 lbs on the scale this a.m. That is the most i have ever weighed in my life (remember, i was a distance runner for years and hovered between 130-135) I am 5' 10". I know i gained muscle--i see it, and i feel it, but i also know I have gained some fat. Now, i realize that is normal but I am really ready to get lean without sacrificing muscle. How is that achieved? I have avoided doing cardio just because i burn off muscle so easily. I eat clean all the time, and when i say clean i mean no bread, no pasta, no fast food (I never ate that crap anyway), no junk food (ditto for that), no sugar (double ditto). When I use IIFYM to calculate caloric needs that my bmr is 1367, my TDEE is 1974 and if i want to gain muscle i need 2171. I had used another calculator that told me I needed 2400 which I think is too much and that's why i gained so fast. My other concern is that experience with my first Primo cycle is that if I dont gain enough weight I will lose the muscle gains I made pretty quickly and i really want to preserve everything I can, naturally. I am working hard in the gym, 6 days a week. Some days heavy, some days light. If I dial my cals back to around 2100-2200 will I continue to gain muscle but lose fat? My macros are set at 40:30:30. I have 6 weeks to go in this cycle. Sorry for the long post, but I really need advice because I am trying to do this right. I plan to compete in May 2017. Thanks in advance.
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