Hi again. I'll be getting my Body Beast set hopefully by the end of the week! I have a few questions I hope you could answer/shed some light on. First I'm an endo-meso body type and my goal right now is Fat Loss. I have a good muscle base from doing Cathe for many years, but honestly my diet has never really been consistently good so I just look "bulky" (hate that word) and no real definition. I want to use Body Beast not to bulk or build as the descriptions say but to preserve my muscle and hopefully gain some strength as well. I will be cutting back my cals a bit so I know my recovery won't be as quick and I'm also accepting that I may not be able to do all the BB reps, I just want to shoot for progressive overload/progress. I don't feel it will be necessary, and it may even be detrimental to my goal, to add in cardio. However, for stress relief I do find it helps after a long week at a high paced job. I have the Ruthless set which are 20 minute more cardio based workouts but have never done them yet. Would BB and Ruthless on alternate days be over zealous? Also Debbie I notice you are just walking now on the treadmill, is that just personal preference? Last summer I did my first STS rotation and was running about 2 miles twice a week on alternate days and on the 3rd cardio day I only walked. I actually gained weight and my shirts were too tight. I did get a stronger upper body but hated how I looked. I will blame most of that on bad diet and less on my body type and some hypertrophy. At 5'1" I am not looking to be a Hulk. I appreciate any words of wisdom you ladies have! Thanks!
