So I used to be a very skinny guy. However these last two months I have had a change of circumstances that has made my life much less stressful and busy. As a result for 12 weeks I have been able to eat my bodyweight in protein, get on creatine, eat ~3000 calories daily, and get to the gym for over an hour every weekday. I am on week 9 and it has been wonderful. Made a lot of progress and have gained somewhere in the realm of 8-15 pounds of presumably muscle (although it will be hard to tell until I properly measure later in the course and have moved back to a regular diet).
Unfortunately this is going to have to end as I am going back to school. Eating this much just isnt going to be realistic and I will be able to hit the gym a maximum of 3 times a week. Most likely an average week will be around ~1.4 visits. Some weeks I might not make it there at all. With me working out less I am also figuring I should cut my diet down to 2000 calories as I wont be training as hard and I dont want to still kill my liver with the extra protein or gain a bunch of non-muscle fat.
I am also going to use one of my workouts to do more yoga/stretching type exercises as flexibility and control are two things I want to get better at and I know will set me up for better conditioning in the future.
It is worth noting that it is very possible I will be able to return back to a similar workout schedule in about 12 more weeks. Essentially making is so I have 12 weeks of "off" time with less workouts etc.
My worry is that in this lifestyle change I will loose some of my hard earned progress so I am hoping for some advice from y'all about how much of a worry this actually is. Does muscle tend to stay on? Do I need to continue eating an elevated diet? Any tips for how to make this transition optimally?
If I loose muscle will it easily come back?
Should I stay on a maintenance dose of creatine?
BTW is gaining 8-15 pounds of muscle over a 12 week period considered good for a beginner? Or can I do better? What is sort of usual here?
Unfortunately this is going to have to end as I am going back to school. Eating this much just isnt going to be realistic and I will be able to hit the gym a maximum of 3 times a week. Most likely an average week will be around ~1.4 visits. Some weeks I might not make it there at all. With me working out less I am also figuring I should cut my diet down to 2000 calories as I wont be training as hard and I dont want to still kill my liver with the extra protein or gain a bunch of non-muscle fat.
I am also going to use one of my workouts to do more yoga/stretching type exercises as flexibility and control are two things I want to get better at and I know will set me up for better conditioning in the future.
It is worth noting that it is very possible I will be able to return back to a similar workout schedule in about 12 more weeks. Essentially making is so I have 12 weeks of "off" time with less workouts etc.
My worry is that in this lifestyle change I will loose some of my hard earned progress so I am hoping for some advice from y'all about how much of a worry this actually is. Does muscle tend to stay on? Do I need to continue eating an elevated diet? Any tips for how to make this transition optimally?
If I loose muscle will it easily come back?
Should I stay on a maintenance dose of creatine?
BTW is gaining 8-15 pounds of muscle over a 12 week period considered good for a beginner? Or can I do better? What is sort of usual here?
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