Almost back in the zone!

Well it’s almost the end of another week and I feel like I’m starting to get back in the zone! I had my usual work outs on Tuesday and Thursday this week and I’ve managed to get my numbers back up again. I’m not quite back to were I was before my break but I’m getting there.
My squat is just about back up to 100kg (even if I did nearly get stuck on the third rep last night!) Deadlifts are up to 90kg and my dumbbell bench is only two kg’s of my pb so I’m almost there.

I’ve had a bit of a funny eating week. I was tempted by the Velocity Diet to get rid of a bit of fat so this week I’ve half been following it by only drinking protein shakes and taking omega’s and flax oils during the day. Then in the evening I’ve been eating a solid meal. I was planning on going full out with the V-Diet next week but I changed my mind yesterday as I’m going away for a couple of weeks in early July so there’s no point cutting just yet. I think it would be wasting valuable bulking time!
So, my new plan is as follows. I’ve decided to stick with the normal six meals a day clean bulk for five weeks. I’m then planning on cutting using the V-Diet for three weeks so hopefully that should allow me to pack a few pounds of muscle back on then shred the fat. Anyway I’ll see what happens I guess.

To make sure I’m getting my kcals correct I’ve reworked out my BMR so I know roughly what I need to be hitting each day for my bulk.

BMR = 1686
x 1.65 (Moderately Active, Work out 3 times per week)
= 2782kcals per day

So to bulk I’m adding another 250kcal onto that to start with to see how I get on (I can always go to 500kcals if I need to).

So bulking = 3032kcals. I’ll be aiming for this daily with 1.5g protein per pound bodyweight which is 231g per day.

So that’s it for now. Another write up next week and I think I’ll try and take a pic or two early next week at the start of the bulk, then I can do one at the end of the five weeks and another at the end of the V-Diet cut. Might not see that much change as it’s a short period of time but you never know!