If you have any fitness questions for Anthony, please post them here rather than on your own thread. This makes it easier for him as he has only one place to look.
Here is the routine you gave me to get started with the other day. Probably swapping the Ski-Squat to a free squat, the wall I had to use for Ski-Squat wasn't very good.
I want my goal to be achieving a certain number of Free Squats, Chin Ups and Push Ups. I think something which is strength and bodyweight related is a good aim, seems useful and can be trained almost anywhere.
What would be a good aim for the first 7 weeks in terms of reps completed. I've been out of training for a while so I can do slightly more than zero atm.
Im making a push for putting on a extra stone and im gonna use the challenge to get on the path. i used your previous Daniel Craig workout and went from 11 and a hlaf to my current 14.
Basically im looking for a new version of that workout if possible to bring back the motivation to aid the final push. I enjoy makeing use of of bodyweight exercies like dips, pull ups etc if that helps.
hi Anthony i was just wondering what sort of results i can expect to see following your starter plan as closely as possible? the main problem is i go on holiday 7th sept but other than that if my motivation and will power co-operate i dont see any other problems.
to update
weight 14'4''
hight 5'11
waist 40-42''
i dont want to over estimate how i will do and loose interest because i dont see the progress i expect.
thanks mark.
ps i posted a Q on another board regarding the difference in strength between my right and left sides (upper bod only) and got some helpfull tips on sorting it out but would be interested in your thoughts.
Hi Ant! I was looking at the Drew Baye blog and, primarily, the fat loss section. There's some interesting stuff in there! I went on a few calculators and worked out my TDEE and optimum daily calorie intake for fat loss. It gave me a daily intake of 1286 calories for optimum fat loss (based on a daily deficit of 1779 calories [from the theory that each pound of fat can provide 30 cals of energy a day])!
Now, this would be pretty difficult to stick to, so I was wondering, if I was to increase my calorie intake but used low/ moderate intensity cardio to maintain this deficit, would the extra cardio hinder or aid my rate of fat loss?
This is all figuratively speaking as I'm not counting calories any more but it's something I still find interesting.
I was also interested to see that he advocates a low carb diet. He provides a study which seems to support this but, the data collected was self reported from the subjects so may not have been reliable. Also, I know he hit the genetic jackpot so could that be why he gets such great results from such a plan? Or do you believe it has some merits?
Cheers!
Proplus, all the calorie predictions are just estimates, best guesses. You're never going to know until you test it out, because they can't really take into account your activity levels, current fitness, your personal metabolism, sleeping habits, training methods etc.
1286 sounds like a seriously low daily intake for any adult male.
I realise that but they can still be used to give a decent estimate. Using a BMR calculator that takes into account your lean body mass and body fat will be more accurate than most.
As such, it can give an estimate as to how many calories your body needs. I think my question's a valid one, even if it is based on a calculator that gives an informed estimate, and I asked it out of interest rather than with any intention to put it into practical use.
