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So, to the best of my ability I'm going to start inputting my weight a more often or at least the average so I can keep track of my "gains".
A little thing to note - there hasn't been a change to my diet other than the times I've been sick and couldn't eat or couldn't eat enough. As usual, your girl is still in the "hole" in terms of calorie consumption (about 2840 cals in deficit).
I do still continue to keep up my protein intake on strength training days to the tune of about 125-135 grams. However, I don't worry about protein intake on cycling/cardio days anymore. I do couch in protein when I carb up for those rides because it helps to lower the glycemic index of my carbs and the fuel burns steadier, which is a recommendation and current trend among endurance athletes these days. But, if it falls below my grams/pound in bodyweight I don't worry about it.
p.s. If I was running, I WOULD DEFINITELY and have made sure to keep protein intake equivalent to strength training days because it's high impact. But, cycling is low impact and since it's an indoor trainer I'm not as concerned with getting in a high amount of protein. Carbs still reign supreme when you're hitting the 24-26 mph mark.
Also, I was curious to know when muscle mass increases, how much of it is actually H2O vs. new muscle fiber. And, it turns out....
drumroll...it's around 76%, which is not much of a surprise. Most of our body is composed of water, but something to bear in mind when increasing muscle mass.
Oh, also increase in muscle mass does leave more room for glycogen to be stored for later use and that can show up on the scale as well as any good carb-loader knows. This is something I remember reading when I was training and doing research for 70.3 training last year.
So, yeah out of this 2 lb gain - only .5 or possibly less stands to be new muscle fiber. But, I'm excited about tracking this because moving forward I have weight increases set to happen on lower body sessions and still in the midst of increasing reps for 15lb-25lb dumbbells on upper body workouts.
And, last but not least I don't want to get any lower that 15% bf right now. I seem to go back and forth between 15%-16% according to my calipers and I feel comfortable with that level of leaness.
We'll see what happens...Have a beautiful, blessed Saturday my friends :-)
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