So Confused, Can't Decide

Lago

I injured my shoulder a few months back and had to really limit working out for several weeks because of it. I lost a good bit of muscle mass, especially in my chest. Then, after going to Oxegen, I put on a lot of fat and since, because of nights out and a lack of nutritional disipline, have kept gaining it. I'm not fat, my body fat percentage is just a little higher than I wished.

I did get back into it and my legs and back feel bigger and strong than ever. I was in the middle of the football season so I was going a leg workout nearly every second day. But now that's the season is over I want to go back to the workout I want and I want to get my upper body back to the way it was before the injury while this still keeping my lower body progressing at a slower rate

My shoulders are going well, probably better than before. And my triceps are decent but my chest is being a stubborn little bastard. I'm benching nearly 10kg less than what I was before and for some reason any progress I make in a chest workout, disappears in a few days. The body fat is also making any gaining look smaller.

So what I'm confused about is, should I try to gain back the mass and than lose the fat? I was planning to do a workout today, but I'm not sure if I should do a full mass building workout or do some lighter weight circuits

Sorry for the long post, it's a habit. Thanks for anyone who reads it

Hanley

Lago wrote: »

I injured my shoulder a few months back and had to really limit working out for several weeks because of it. I lost a good bit of muscle mass, especially in my chest. Then, after going to Oxegen, I put on a lot of fat and since, because of nights out and a lack of nutritional disipline, have kept gaining it. I'm not fat, my body fat percentage is just a little higher than I wished.

I did get back into it and my legs and back feel bigger and strong than ever. I was in the middle of the football season so I was going a leg workout nearly every second day. But now that's the season is over I want to go back to the workout I want and I want to get my upper body back to the way it was before the injury while this still keeping my lower body progressing at a slower rate

My shoulders are going well, probably better than before. And my triceps are decent but my chest is being a stubborn little bastard. I'm benching nearly 10kg less than what I was before and for some reason any progress I make in a chest workout, disappears in a few days. The body fat is also making any gaining look smaller.

So what I'm confused about is, should I try to gain back the mass and than lose the fat? I was planning to do a workout today, but I'm not sure if I should do a full mass building workout or do some lighter weight circuits

Sorry for the long post, it's a habit. Thanks for anyone who reads it

I honestly think your biggest problem is self image. Your appearance doesn't change over the course of a week or a few days. It sounds like you THINK you look different after training, and then a few days later once the soreness and stiffness goes away then you're back to "normal".

Re: what to do, if you're unhappy with your fat levels, the most obvious
option us to diet - bodyweight in lbs x14, 40% of that to be protein, 30% carbs, 30% fat. A nice simple starting point.

Lago

Hanley wrote: »

I honestly think your biggest problem is self image. Your appearance doesn't change over the course of a week or a few days. It sounds like you THINK you look different after training, and then a few days later once the soreness and stiffness goes away then you're back to "normal".

Yeah, I was thinking that might be the case myself. It's just hard to know yourself and decide it's just your head that tricking you

Re: what to do, if you're unhappy with your fat levels, the most obvious
option us to diet - bodyweight in lbs x14, 40% of that to be protein, 30% carbs, 30% fat. A nice simple starting point.

So is that the calories you use per day while resting?