Time for some numbers now that december 2009 has come to an end. Not just the month, but the year and decade as well have come to an end. In december again I have gained a lot of fat while I gained very little weight. The reason mainly is because I reduced the amount of calories to a more “maintain weight” level.
Body weight and fat gain for the month of December, 2009
- Weight: 126.00 lbs
- Fat %: 15.51%
- Lean mass: 106.46 lbs
- Weight gain: 1.46 lbs
- Fat % gain: 1.48%
- Lean mass gain: -0.61 lbs
It is indeed strange that I have lost muscle. Unfortunately since I am doing slow tempo reps I am using lower weights so I cannot be sure if I really lost muscle or it is just an error in the body fat analyzer. I have a theory that my body fat analyzer has a lag in noticing the fat% change. When I gain weight I usually don’t see a quick gain in fat. It comes after a few days of the weight increase. So I am assuming I will see the fat reduction will come a little later after the weight has remained constant for a while. Only time will tell.
Ever since I started using a slower tempo I am unable to lift a lot of weight for the same number of reps that I used to do. Here are the latest numbers.
Exercises
- Squats: 150 lbs, 9 reps
- Deadlift: 185 lbs, 8 reps
- Bench Press: 100 lbs, 7 reps
- Pull-ups: 120 lbs, 9 reps
- Overhead Press: 70 lbs, 6 reps
All the weights have gone down, but I am getting a better pump. I would like to continue this on for a few more weeks and then I will switch to strength training. That is it for this post. Not a lot of improvements but I am closer to my target than when I started three months ago.
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