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    Need advice, feeling like i'm regressing/losing direction

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    Record your exact macros. Like, 300 carbs a day, 150 protein, 70 fat, or wahtever it is....

    and yes clean up the diet, distribute the protein more evenly. there are two meals you get very little.

    minimize clif bars, crackers, and that bagel....

    you work out three times a day? extra sets dont sound that high quality, workout once a day make it high quality with the compounds and then let your muscles rest!

    Need advice, feeling like i'm regressing/losing direction

    in Bodybuilding/Strength Training

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    You are right about the alcohol, but i know how hard it can be to cut out. But honestly 2 bottles of wine a week isn't too terrible. You should plan on decreasing it though especially as you get older. IT will be harder on your body. also alcohol is a depressant and may be contributing to your lack of motivation. and lifting sucks the day after you drink and will surely hamper your feats at the gym.

    Make sure you are hydrated. One gallon of water day, key for muscle hydration growth and fat loss.

    You may be eating the wrong things and not enough. Please provide a detailed list of your foods, timing, and macro levels for an average day....

    I understand about your motivation. I suffer from the same thing...but at the same time I'm sticking to a really strict cutting diet and seeing great results. The fatigue and hunger limit me from doing really much else besides working out and work. I just turn on the netflix or hulu and night and zone out, which is not something I want to do for the rest of my life but for now its ok.

    the split my trainer gave me and gives everyone is:

    1. Back and hams.

    2. Chest and biceps

    3. Legs and abs

    4. shoulders and tris

    5. cardio and abs.

    6. rest

    start over.

    if you are going for size you could just do a four day split and not worry about the cardio, and take more days off.

    as far as volume is concerned, rotate it. one week for for high reps, the next week lower. you cant do the same thing over and over and expect your body to keep growing, it just adapts and gets easier and the results are less. it's the same idea with fat loss, that's why i have to keep increasing my cardio and making it harder, and decrease food...so again we are going for different goals but the same principles apply.

    i would highly recommend compound movements with free weights to start each of your workout days - so back would be deadlift and barbell rows, chest would be bench, legs squats, shoulders military press. then towards the end you could use machines to really fatigue the muscles. but the compounds are key and the only way to really gauge your strength.

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