Trying to make this as brief as possible:
Never missed a day in the gym for 13 years. I was decently strong at 5ft9 180 : 455×3 Squat / 365×5 Bench / 600×1 Dead
When Covid hit , I started doing Covid response with BCFS/FEMA. Other than gyms being closed , I wasn’t allowed to workout by employment contract. Shitty motels on the border of Mexico , literal tents by the border in del rio etc etc – 16 hour days after travel time accounted for . I fell off.. hard. Subsisted on junk food. Haven’t lifted in 2 years. Put on at least 45lbs and look like 10lbs of shit stuffed in a 5lb bag.
My plan is : increase calories to at least maintenance or above with TDEE estimates and be consistent with it for about two weeks or so while starting one of your PPL programs then start cutting from those elevated calories at the third week mark with a weekly goal of 1.5-2lbs of fat loss weekly.
Questions:
What program , if this were you , would you start with if not the PPL.
Am I making a mistake going right into a cut at week three ? I need to get this weight off for health if nothing else but I also don’t want to sabotage myself either.
Basically, what would you do differently? If it makes a difference I am on “hrt”
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