maintenence

[canaan4steds]

once i get to the weight and shape i want to be, if i keep a good diet and train light would i be able to just maintain that? any thoughts or advice please. thanks very much.

[Gator_Mclusky]

Depending on what compounds you use. Some compounds its just a fact that one will lose some of the gains.

[hanuri]

IMO you need to train at least moderate to keep if not all but something. By moderate I mean alternating heavy and light work. Not going after records but heavy enough to stress the muscles . keeping the muscles confused is another good way. use pre exhaustion , slo motion , stop and go reps etc kind of stuff....
If you go heavy on chemical side you must keep that part on or you ´ll lose some serious muscle. Vice versa ( natural way) you´ll keep more. Again IMO...

[StrappingYoungLad]

Originally Posted by canaan4steds

once i get to the weight and shape i want to be, if i keep a good diet and train light would i be able to just maintain that? any thoughts or advice please. thanks very much.

Fitness is a lifestyle, a way of life. It's not something you achieve and then display on the shelf. Why are you worried about what you will do "once" you have achieved your goals? The body becomes the function of whatever it is that you require it to do, be it deadlift 500 lbs, run marathons, crochet, or watch tv. It takes less work to maintain than to build perhaps, but an intent to do whatever it takes will serve you better. I don't do what I do to look a certain way. I look the way I do BECAUSE of WHAT I do. It's the journey, not the destination.

[NightWanderer]

I'd imagine just keep eating the same amount of calories with the same protein/fat/carb ratio as your diet has at the time when you think you're at that point, and doing no less than that same amount of exercise. I can say though, I just started working out a couple months ago and am seeing my first visible improvements.So, now that I have incentive to keep working on myself, I can't imagine ever just deciding enough is enough as long as there is still something more to gain, be it getting bigger, stronger, or more cut, or whatever balance of the three I want.