Elivo
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Currently i am on the 5/3/1 program for my lifting, im sitting at 5'8 and about 235lbs currently. quite a good bit of that is still body fat, id say around the 25% mark but i couldnt honestly say for sure. My weight doesnt bother me, i could weigh that much or more, its cutting down the fat that i am most concerned with at the moment.
Not doing anything as far as a cycle, ill wait till im in a better place to get the full benefit from that.
I keep seeing that you need to focus on either losing the fat or building the muscle, and that doing both is not something to shoot for.
My current plan is 2 days upper body and 2 lower, bench, mil press, squats and deads for the big compound movements for those days.
Add in some back and arm work on the upper body and abd work with conditioning on the lower body days.
The 5/3/1 program ( as im sure most of you are very well aware) is a progressive routine that gets heavier each week/month youre on it.
Do i need to ditch this and just go balls out heavy and condition everyday?
Conditioning is KB complexes and on the off lifting day HIIT followed by about 15/20mins of stead state cardio.
I know this all probably sounds like very noobish questions, and while i have been lifting for a good part of my life, ive never lifted or worked out with a specific goal in mind other than to just get bigger. Now that i actually want to get my body looking as good as i can, im sort of at a loss as to the best approach to go about doing it.
Diet is much improved as i know that plays a huge part.
Thanks in advance for any advice!!!
Not doing anything as far as a cycle, ill wait till im in a better place to get the full benefit from that.
I keep seeing that you need to focus on either losing the fat or building the muscle, and that doing both is not something to shoot for.
My current plan is 2 days upper body and 2 lower, bench, mil press, squats and deads for the big compound movements for those days.
Add in some back and arm work on the upper body and abd work with conditioning on the lower body days.
The 5/3/1 program ( as im sure most of you are very well aware) is a progressive routine that gets heavier each week/month youre on it.
Do i need to ditch this and just go balls out heavy and condition everyday?
Conditioning is KB complexes and on the off lifting day HIIT followed by about 15/20mins of stead state cardio.
I know this all probably sounds like very noobish questions, and while i have been lifting for a good part of my life, ive never lifted or worked out with a specific goal in mind other than to just get bigger. Now that i actually want to get my body looking as good as i can, im sort of at a loss as to the best approach to go about doing it.
Diet is much improved as i know that plays a huge part.
Thanks in advance for any advice!!!