Pule's Journal Reborn

[PuLe]

Hey guys and girls, decided to restart a more generic journal, previously had one which in recent weeks dwindled to just my main lifts, so i thought id make one for my general training and diet not just phases.

Currently im in the last week of a 6 week attempt to increase my strength, its meant to end this week but ive decided that if im still increasing why stop.

Journal of a Bulking Vegetarian

thats the progress so far.

So my plan?

HIIT 3times a week - on rest days, or 10minutes at the end of workouts - 1hour total / week
IF midday to 8pm,
Carb cycling, high training days, low/'zero' on rest days
low impact morning fasted cardio on training days

i plan on sticking with the 5x5 style on the main lifts using it as a way to track any gains or loss' in strength

My lifts

PB 1rms -
Bench press 130kg
Deadlift - 215kg
Squat - 155kg
OHP - 82.5

most recent attempts -
bench - 120kg
deadlift - 205kg
squat - 145kg
OHP - 82.5kg

My Summer targets
Bench press - 140kg
Deadlift - 500lb (227kg)
Squat - 170kg
OHP - not to fussed ^_^
Be able to run 5km in under 20minutes

all of this with a bodyweight of 80kg (up to 83)

is this realistic? i really dont know but im gonna give it a good old crack!

Issues - Help?

im a lacto-vegetarian... low / zero carb diet does not agree with this lifestyle choice, i know for the most part what to eat but am always open to new meal suggestions!?

ive never been big with counting calories nor do i have an idea of how much i should be eating, i know the basics of +/- 500 of your maintenance for gaining/losing weight, but i have no idea what that should be

22, 5ft11, 81.2kg (12st 11lb)

using a calculator its given me 2519 maintenance which i think sounds about right :-/

macros
my daily protein intake is around 200-250g / day
carbs - no idea
fats - low

going to try track today and see what it says.



Any who, i shall update later with estimated macros / calories for today, and a brief workout summary. And any advice and suggestions is very welcome, at the end of this week ill also try get some pictures up, and get body fat tested (with calipers)

[PuLe]

gym - 67.5 5x5 clean and press

diet - around 3000 calories, breaking down to
87 fats
259 carbs
297 protein

out of interest does anyone have any ideas for my rest days, how to cut the carbs down low?

[PuLe]

Gym - 185 4x5 190 1x5 deadlifts

diet - around 2900 calories
86 fats
262 carbs
295 protein

tomorrows a rest day so shall try cut the carbs down, and hopefully net 2200-2300 cals

[rash797]

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out of interest does anyone have any ideas for my rest days, how to cut the carbs down low?

Yep- don't eat them
Replace them with fat, nuts peanut butter etc.. or just halve your portions of everything..

[PuLe]

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Replace them with fat, nuts peanut butter etc.. or just halve your portions of everything..

yeh that was what i was thinking but not really sure what is an acceptable level of fat... i have always tended to keep it relatively low :-/, ill post my diet up for the last couple of days seems i could just cut out the sweet potato etc bt then its jst finding something to replace it which is my issue

[rash797]

Well, I'm eating up to 100g on rest days at the moment through fish and cheese

[PuLe]

ah ok then, well currently im standing at 1900 cals, 84f, 97c and 198p, gonna be having another protein shake later and probably some cottage cheese with a few almonds later which will push me up to around 2400-2500... finding it extremely hard to get the carbs lower than 100g / day... may just end up using nuts as a replacement for soya as higher fat/protein

meh i dunno, im just rather happy with the lifts going up, but not so happy with the half an inch gained round the waist

[rash797]

Is that a training day or rest day?

[PuLe]

rest day, finished of with 50grams of almonds to come just under maintenance calories

113f
110c
255p
2440 total cals

[rash797]

Your calories seem really high for someone on a cut, which is what I'm assuming you are doing, given you want to get rid of the spare tyre.. Thats only slightly less than what I would eat on a training day.