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how much do you weigh and how much have you lost?
I toyed with fasting on the weekend. 18 hours was enough for me, only drinking water but did have some effect. i think. dont know if that was psychological or not though.
i went from 70kg to 62kg, now im up to 68kg (6kg of muscle gain)
i dont follow this eating plan for weight loss to be honest, more a way of keeping bodyfat low while being able to eat what i want (post-training of course).I realise this wont go down well at all, but does anyone else have trouble keeping weight on?
Unless I conciously make an effort to eat three solid meals a day I get stupidly skinny, even if I cut back on gym / cycling. I find eating takes too long and requires too much effort, especially when you're busy - is this the beginning of an eating disorder or do I just need to eat more cake and drink less espresso?
edit: I'm 6', 70kg and when last checked 3 months ago 11% bodyfat. The physician told me to gain weight back then and I was 4kg heavier.
nutella, peanut butter, dohnuts. they are all your friends for weight gain.
What do people reckon to leangains and intermittent fasting? The strictness of leangains seems a little mind boggling and unworkable - especially with regards to timing and dietary constraints on training and rest days.
IF is great, i tried the keto diet as well actually, fucking hard! i lasted 4 weeks, admittedly it does lean you out a lot, but i turned into a moody motherfucker after about 10 days. not sustainable for me.
i love carbs too much.the alternating diet is pretty good, i eat 0.8x maintainance calories on rest days (high fat/protein, low carb as possible), and 1.2x maintainance on training days (high carb/protein, low fat.)
you're dead right though, training for aesthetics and training for performance are very different.
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Also I can haz tyre levers if that qualifies as £10 spent on tools? Not sure if lights count.
yeah no problem :) PM me though regarding payment, cheers :)
I would take the lube off you but with 2.20 postage it's as expensive as Wiggle.
i know right! bloody royal mail, hoping someone will combine it with something else, instantly saves massively on postage you see....
Apologies, i meant to ask also, does the adjustable spanner fit 32mm headsets?
yeah it does!
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the last bike related bits.....
postage is £2.20 for small items, £5 for big things.** i will combine postage on orders :)**
FIRST UP - TOOLS
Joe Blow track pump with psi gauge and all additional nozzles, barely used - £SOLD
SKS - Xtra Dry clip on mudguard - £7
micro rocket pump (capable of really high psi) with clip on mount - £SOLD
cat eye LED front light with mount - £SOLD
Knog skink rear light - £SOLD
park tool deluxe chain tool - £15 - dibs by john stone
park tool crank puller - £7 - dibs by john stone
park tool triple spoke key/wrench - £5 - dibs by john stone
ice tools BB wrench - £5 - dibs by john stone
2 rolls of hockey tape, black (great for finishing bar tape off/ polo mallets) - £4
set of allen keys - 10mm to 2.5mm (3mm and 2mm missing from set) - £5
15mm wrench/ pedal spanner - £SOLD
shimano BB tool - £5
professional wire cutters (good for use with brake cable) - £SOLDgiant adjustable spanner (mainly for use with bb tool) - £5
dry lube, brand new - £3
any purchase on tools £10 or over gets choice of a free water bottle, free park tool tyre levers, or free ceramic grease!
any purchase of £20 gets the roll of blue cloth thrown in as well :)
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after a nice street track frame, not bothered about anything fancy.
ideally would love an fbm sword, did i see that one of the polo crowd was thinking of selling theirs?
ideally anything from a 49cm to a 52cm
will consider 1" or 1 1/8"
after some cheap wheels as well, nothing too garish please!
anyone got anything good?
thanks in advance :)
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Did 3 weeks of experimenting with carb timing. I still ate plenty of calories, just avoided carbs in the daytime and only had them between training and bedtime.
I dropped from 77.5kg to 72.5kg - loss of 5kg. A Dexa scan verfied that this was ALL fat loss. I actually managed a tiny muscle increase.
The strange thing is, I could not visually see a change at all. I took before and after pictures and to my eyes I looked exactly the same. I ran a few times during the period, and in a submaximal cycle based fitness test I made an improvement.
The process was horrible though, I hated going without carbs all day.
have you read john kiefer's carb nite?
good read.
im following a protocol very similiar to this ^^^
no carbs until post workout, then bring on the tortilla wraps, dohnuts, ice cream, biscuits etc.
i eat pretty much whatever i want at night, but always fast until lunchtime, and only have green veg and protein for lunch.
drinking plenty of water is also really important.
ive consistantly lost fat, while gaining strength - for the last 3 months, simply by doing this.
i also go to the best gym ever. its called the functional strength institute.
tyre flipping, prowlers, sleds, monkey bars, ropes, sledgehammers.more of a playground than a gym. loving it.
best advice for fast weight loss - cut the carbs in the morning!
intermitant fasting is super effective, but alternate day fasting isent great if you have muscle building goals. apparently a 14 hour fast is optimal. personally i wouldnt want to go without food for a day. too extreme.
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pretty sure thats my actual bag in picture. tad more scuffed now mind....