this is the first time I heard that I needed to increase calories. I've been hundreds of pounds over weight all my life. Do you know how much time I spent eating under 2000 calories? No wonder my metabolism is wrecked. I have so much to learn still.
As someone that lost a lot of weight I’d recommended that he just increases his calories to around 2800 and go from there, I put on ALOT of muscle over the course of a year on a deficit,
What's your secret to putting on the muscle while on a deficit, I'm in the middle of my own body transformation and as more and more weight comes off, I am getting different challenges.... Any more insight would be greatly appreciated....
Wow this hit home! Ive lost 50lbs crash dieting... 🤦 But now I know better an I'm actually resistant training. Im at 165 with 20% body fat. Im terrified of eating more than 2300cals. Sucks because Im still losing wait but I know im also losing muscle... This gets very overwhelming sometimes! 😔
Thank you for this! I'm not exactly obese but I did start out from 220LBs on a crash diet at 1200 calories and now I'm around 184LBs and slowly increasing my calories to maintainence. Right now I'm at 2075 Calories and I've lost body fat over the past few months but there's still an ugly gut hanging out which I'd like to remove as well. I'm hoping over the next 6-8 weeks of strength training and increasing my Calories, I'll eventually be in a better shape
As an obese person, formerly grossly obese (465 pounds), I'd say this is the most difficult. mental hurdle of all - I cannot imagine eating over 2,600 to 3,000 calories and it not be matched with an high intensity workout day or some planned cheat/holiday perhaps.... Argh.... :-(
Im frustrated by this advice… it feels like the mind pump advice to everything weight loss related is “actually u need to eat more”. Would it not be best to keep with a consistent resistance training program while at a deficit to maximize fat loss and minimize muscle loss? Especially someone who’s 350 I would think the priority would be to see fat come off first… maybe I’m just projecting here but the mixed messages about fat loss amongst fitness professionals is driving me crazy, im motivated and want to make the changes but everyone says the right way is something different it’s frustrating
I'm 20% BF with 180lbs about 5.7ft tall. I'm eating 1800 calories. If I eat more than that I gain body fat. Been doing the big 5 compound 3x a week for 3 months, before that a split and bands for a long time, hitting PRs and all on the compounds but I feel like I should be eating more.
I am right there with you. I am 5’8, 175lbs and 21% body fat. I started at almost 200lbs and 27% body fat 4 months ago. Trying to consume between 1700-1900 calories and about 180g of protein. Recently I’ve noticed that if I don’t eat carbs with my last meal of the day and doing just 15-20 minutes of cardio after lifting the weight suddenly started to fly off.
Same approach for women. They have many female clients and have spoken about using this same approach. Women can still build muscle without looking muscular.
how do you know if you have a slow metabilism ? im 5.7 i know overweight lost 2 stone recently im on 2000 cals i can eat that and not be hungry 4 meals split evenly wuth cals throughout the day, i walk at least 10000 steps a say and do a 3 week full bidy split at the gym
The scale messed with me plenty times ...I'm 225 and would lift weights and over 3-4 months I would go to about 237 ...I felt stronger and doing more reps ECT but gave me up plenty of times because I let the scale determine me working out when should have stuck with lifting
I'm at 21% BF. 5"8 at 172 lbs. Waist 36.7 inches. Maintenance at 2400 cal. Currently on a deficit eating 1900 cal daily. 6 workout days per week. 18 total sets per body part per week. Should I continue the cut or go above maintenance?
Bad advice IMHO. He should keep the focus on losing the weight. This whole idea of not being skinny fat is ridiculous when you're obese. Keep dieting and do more cardio, which also speeds up your metabolism and give you more stamina and endurance while burning more calories. Add weight training as well, but steadily increase it as you get closer and closer to your weight goal. It's extremely hard to be obese and want to build muscle while losing fat. Why not just lose the weight first? Then progressively increase weight training.
going from 2000 to 2300 is considered bulking but for someone over 300lbs that’s still below maintenance. I don’t think is terrible advice. I’m no expert just giving my 2 cents from my point of view
This is the advice I was looking for ..even though I’ve watched Mind Pump for awhile now ..I needed this exact question answered 🙌🏾
It’s good to see Kevin Smith getting motivated to get lean and fit!
this is the first time I heard that I needed to increase calories. I've been hundreds of pounds over weight all my life. Do you know how much time I spent eating under 2000 calories? No wonder my metabolism is wrecked. I have so much to learn still.
I think that’s alot of people! That goes for me as well.
Yes, this is what I've been trying to find for so long through different QUAH's
As someone that lost a lot of weight I’d recommended that he just increases his calories to around 2800 and go from there, I put on ALOT of muscle over the course of a year on a deficit,
What's your secret to putting on the muscle while on a deficit, I'm in the middle of my own body transformation and as more and more weight comes off, I am getting different challenges.... Any more insight would be greatly appreciated....
@@alejandrolanda-rodriguez5813 high protein is the key
Legit best advice!! Love how the old days of low calories is on the out. Not sustainable .
Wow this hit home! Ive lost 50lbs crash dieting... 🤦 But now I know better an I'm actually resistant training. Im at 165 with 20% body fat. Im terrified of eating more than 2300cals. Sucks because Im still losing wait but I know im also losing muscle... This gets very overwhelming sometimes! 😔
This podcast is Gold
Thank you for this! I'm not exactly obese but I did start out from 220LBs on a crash diet at 1200 calories and now I'm around 184LBs and slowly increasing my calories to maintainence. Right now I'm at 2075 Calories and I've lost body fat over the past few months but there's still an ugly gut hanging out which I'd like to remove as well. I'm hoping over the next 6-8 weeks of strength training and increasing my Calories, I'll eventually be in a better shape
how did it turn out for you brotha?
I wish I could afford y'all program. Living paycheck to paycheck and trying to be healthy is hard 🥺
I want to thank you so much for this channel. It has helped me so much.
As an obese person, formerly grossly obese (465 pounds), I'd say this is the most difficult. mental hurdle of all - I cannot imagine eating over 2,600 to 3,000 calories and it not be matched with an high intensity workout day or some planned cheat/holiday perhaps.... Argh.... :-(
Im frustrated by this advice… it feels like the mind pump advice to everything weight loss related is “actually u need to eat more”. Would it not be best to keep with a consistent resistance training program while at a deficit to maximize fat loss and minimize muscle loss? Especially someone who’s 350 I would think the priority would be to see fat come off first… maybe I’m just projecting here but the mixed messages about fat loss amongst fitness professionals is driving me crazy, im motivated and want to make the changes but everyone says the right way is something different it’s frustrating
Great question!!
I'm 20% BF with 180lbs about 5.7ft tall. I'm eating 1800 calories.
If I eat more than that I gain body fat.
Been doing the big 5 compound 3x a week for 3 months, before that a split and bands for a long time, hitting PRs and all on the compounds but I feel like I should be eating more.
I am right there with you. I am 5’8, 175lbs and 21% body fat. I started at almost 200lbs and 27% body fat 4 months ago. Trying to consume between 1700-1900 calories and about 180g of protein. Recently I’ve noticed that if I don’t eat carbs with my last meal of the day and doing just 15-20 minutes of cardio after lifting the weight suddenly started to fly off.
What advice would you give to a woman because we done build as much muscle? Is the process the same?
Same approach for women. They have many female clients and have spoken about using this same approach. Women can still build muscle without looking muscular.
@@NSAKEY yup
how do you know if you have a slow metabilism ? im 5.7 i know overweight lost 2 stone recently im on 2000 cals i can eat that and not be hungry 4 meals split evenly wuth cals throughout the day, i walk at least 10000 steps a say and do a 3 week full bidy split at the gym
The scale messed with me plenty times ...I'm 225 and would lift weights and over 3-4 months I would go to about 237 ...I felt stronger and doing more reps ECT but gave me up plenty of times because I let the scale determine me working out when should have stuck with lifting
Question how do you find the workouts from Mind Pump. ?
I'm at 21% BF.
5"8 at 172 lbs.
Waist 36.7 inches.
Maintenance at 2400 cal.
Currently on a deficit eating 1900 cal daily.
6 workout days per week.
18 total sets per body part per week.
Should I continue the cut or go above maintenance?
They never answered the question lmao
Do you need to eat the same cal on restdays?
Same process for women?
Yes. Many of their clients are women and they have spoken about using this same approach.
Yup
Bad advice IMHO. He should keep the focus on losing the weight. This whole idea of not being skinny fat is ridiculous when you're obese. Keep dieting and do more cardio, which also speeds up your metabolism and give you more stamina and endurance while burning more calories. Add weight training as well, but steadily increase it as you get closer and closer to your weight goal. It's extremely hard to be obese and want to build muscle while losing fat. Why not just lose the weight first? Then progressively increase weight training.
people burn out
Going into a bulk at 300 pounds is terrible advice lol
going from 2000 to 2300 is considered bulking but for someone over 300lbs that’s still below maintenance. I don’t think is terrible advice. I’m no expert just giving my 2 cents from my point of view
Agree, these guys look at it from a trainers point of view, and its just not feasible for people that don't have time to live in the gym