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I've been pretty fit and active for several years.
Decided to play footy this year. The fitness plan was insane.
Essentially for the past 5 months I've been doing gym 3 times a week, plus footy training twice a week. It's all cardio intensive, although the gym is weights obviously.
My dimensions prior to training were:
173cm 75.5kg
My dimensions 5 months after footy training are:
173cm 70kg
I've dropped 5kgs due to football!
The pluses:
- lost all fat, more defined body, six-pack returning after 10 years, can run faster, never been fitter in my life (got 14.5 on the beep test last week)
The downsides:
- lost my mass, can't fill a shirt, dropped belt size
I calculated that at the current rate of exercise I need to eat 3,500 calories to put weight on. I already eat about 3,000 calories a day, the only extra I can think of is buying a mass gain shake and drinking that every day.
The coach doesn't want me to put weight on as he wants me to be a runner.
But not sure I want to be this lean (and thin).
What would you do if you were in my shoes? Put weight on at the risk of reducing speed/athleticism, or stick to the lean build?
I've been pretty fit and active for several years.
Decided to play footy this year. The fitness plan was insane.
Essentially for the past 5 months I've been doing gym 3 times a week, plus footy training twice a week. It's all cardio intensive, although the gym is weights obviously.
My dimensions prior to training were:
173cm 75.5kg
My dimensions 5 months after footy training are:
173cm 70kg
I've dropped 5kgs due to football!
The pluses:
- lost all fat, more defined body, six-pack returning after 10 years, can run faster, never been fitter in my life (got 14.5 on the beep test last week)
The downsides:
- lost my mass, can't fill a shirt, dropped belt size
I calculated that at the current rate of exercise I need to eat 3,500 calories to put weight on. I already eat about 3,000 calories a day, the only extra I can think of is buying a mass gain shake and drinking that every day.
The coach doesn't want me to put weight on as he wants me to be a runner.
But not sure I want to be this lean (and thin).
What would you do if you were in my shoes? Put weight on at the risk of reducing speed/athleticism, or stick to the lean build?
