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Lighter Weights = Lighter Calorie Intake?

  • 26-09-2006 8:41am
    #1
    Leon11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 578 ✭✭✭


    Ok so the past 15 days I've made good progress in terms of diet style, always was pretty good but I've cut down carbs considerably.

    Gym wise I've improved form more so than weight load but I'm happy to progress slowly if I'm keeping proper form.

    Anyways this has got me thinking currently my workout is

    Day 1

    Military Press 4x6 @30k
    Tricep Dip Assisted 26k
    BB Bench 1 W/U, 2x6 @55k 1x6 @60k
    Icline DB 1 W/U 3x6 @20k
    Shoulder DB Press 1 W/U 2x6 @17.5k 1x6 @20k
    Tricep Overhead 3x6 @25k

    Day 2

    Leg Extension 1 W/U 3x6 @35k (1 leg at a time)
    DB Lunges 1 W/U 3x6 @20k
    Deadlifts 1 W/U 3x6 @80k
    Hamstring Curls 1 W/U 3x6 @32k (1 leg at a time)
    Calf Press 1 W/U 3x6 @160k

    Day 3

    Seated Row 1 W/U 3x6 @70k
    Pull Ups Assisted 1 W/U 3x6 @54k
    Front Pull Down 1 W/U 3x6 @54k
    BB Curls 1 W/U 3x6 @30k
    T Bar 1 W/U 3x6 @40k

    Training Days I've noticed I only have 2 shakes one post w/o and one right before bed.

    Rest days I drink 3 shakes one as part of breakfast, one as afternoon snack and one as evening snack.

    So as you can see from schedule they're not really heavy weights that I'm doing yet I'm still finding it hard enough that the sessions leave me sweating alot!

    I'm hitting about 3550-3700 calories a day with the help of shakes.

    So question is should I reduce intake if I'm not doing as heavy weights or am I right in thinking that it doesn't matter what weight your doing as long as there is plenty of resistance?

    On a side note my snacks include tuna pasta salad with olives, peppers, s.c and olive oil (delicious), wraps with bolognese filling, carrots and baby dills with hummus (my fave), 1 3inch wholemeal roll with tablespoon peanut butter, chicken with salad mix.

    Have definitely found that keeping a food diary helps you to see what your doing right and wrong and also stops you from eating ****e as mentally you tell yourself to stop cheating.

    Cheers for any advice


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  • #2
    justsomebloke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,407 ✭✭✭✭justsomebloke


    Truthfully unless you are specifically counting calories I wouldn't bother trying to account for calorie difference between a heavy session and a lighter session, as the the difference could possibly be around 200 calories, so over 6 meals that is around 33calories a meal that you would have to drop so unless your diet is spot on I wouldn't be too worried about it. Just try and keep your diet as clean as possible and also if you find you are putting on a bit to much BF compared to muscle gain at that point reduce your food intake slightly


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