Hawk

Just joined this site after a recommendation from a mate (richtries).

This is my weight training history:

Started training at 24yrs old for a 9 month period......put on a stone in weight and hit the creatine during the last 2 months of that period. Was benching 80kg.

Went travelling for 2 years and didnt bother training.

Returned in May this year and started training again in June. Now my physique once i returned home was abysmal.......complete muscle wipeout and a disgusting looking paunch.

Good thing that this muscle memory theory is true, because ive now packed on all the muscle i had b4 in 6 months and my paunch has decreased slightly.

Now what im really interested in is losing my gut and slight love-handles. Ive tried combining weight training and cardio for a month (in August) and the progress is so SLOW thats its not even worth it. Im convinced that the only way to build muscle and lose fat effectively is to do it in separate cycles.

I now plan to eat like Henry the 8th and lift weights like Arnold until 31st dec.

Then from 1st jan 2008 till 1st feb i plan to drop my calories to 1500 ........eat like kate moss and cardio like steve cram (whilst still weight training to maintain).

By then i'll be looking like a Greek God, FINGERS CROSSED!!