Strength had diminished

[VanillaGorilla]

I went from being happy 6 months ago to almost crossing to that 315lbs with my bench… had a solid 275lbs x 8 switched to keto dropped 50+lbs and now im struggling benching 225lbs. Muscle mass still seems to be the same… body fat lower. The only current bonus is im not feeling pain where my humorous was fractured. Fingers crossed when i get to my goal weight of 250 i can start getting my strength back.

 

[PHD]

You will your body is adjusting to the changes in nutrtion. Not sure what your diet was before keto but I’m willing to bet was high carbs along with higher fat. That’s why you “felt” stronger. Now you are changing drastically in nutrtion your body just needs to adjust. Keep pushing and crushing goals bro

 

[SemperFi]

It is common to see strength loses and stamina increases with a keto diet. To be blunt I am stronger in max strength on a given exercise on a carb diet and stronger in total weight lifted on keto.

My total calorie intake will play a role as well. In a keto calorie deficit I can struggle maintaining my strength levels and in a surplus I tend to make gains in max strength.

 

[Fitraver]

I thought I read somewhere that keto you’re usually good with heavy rep ranges but it is the carbs that help once you get past like 6-8… maybe I read wrong and reversed it? Lol

Edit: I think that was also just when switching to keto until your body was adapted then you’d be back to normal for higher reps.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Im obviously in deficit lol… less than 30lbs to go

 

[Bigmurph6]

30lbs sounds like alot. Atleast to me but in reality it’s not you don’t have far to go at all brother. You got this just keep pushing.

We all want to see you hit that goal

Did you happen to see the dnp build up chart that was posted?

@SemperFi was that posted publicly

 

[SemperFi]

Kill it VG!

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Yeah i seen it… seen how it all comes together mathematically far as MG and days… didnt really understand the jump from day 1 to 2 though

 

[Bigmurph6]

Half life and build up is all a mathematical formula. I don’t even know how exact it is but I believe that it looked correct but im no expert lol
Hows everything going brother?
Besides the strength change.
I was curious about the dnp?

 

[VanillaGorilla]

Currently waiting on new batch to arrive so i can do a reset at day 1 again… and make another attempt… keep all who are interested updated every few days or so.

 

[Bigmurph6]

Sorry I forgot I apologize stupid question on my part