Yo Nation,

 

I'll try to make this less about me, and more 'general' - so it serves to help others who may find themselves in a similar situation... but that may be hard.

 

I wanted to ask for your advice, experience or tips on something that I find rather difficult: Achieving lean gains when your job is low activity - i.e. working in an office that has you sitting for 6-7 out of 8 hours a day.

 

Quick background of my day, typically (mon-fri):

 

6:30am, wake up. Eat Breakfast, out the door for 7:20am.

8:30am, I'm at work. (Commuting + 1.5km walk to get there).

10:30am, I typically have a snack and some green tea. Handfull of almonds or a protein bar / jerky.

12pm/12:30pm, Lunch.

3/4pm or, same-ish snacks as 10:30am.

5:30-6pm finish work.

6:30-6:45pm, home.

6:45/7:00, eat dinner. Wait around 30, have my Pre-Workout..i.e. C4/No.Xplode.. hit the gym as hard as I can.

 

Get home, usually follow up with a protein shake / some greek yoghurt or fruit. Go to bed to get 8 hours, repeat.

 

Basically, I have to consume the majority of my calories throughout my working day to try and hit my macros for lean gains.

 

I'm concerned with eating so many calories at work, whilst I'm sitting and doing nothing physically strenuous, as I feel that I'm just putting on fat. I mean, the worst part is that by the time I hit the gym that night, despite not really doing anything physically demanding, my energy levels aren't great. Even with pre-workout. There's also the fact that in order to actually get anything near 8 hours sleep, I have to go to the gym nearly immediately after eating, likely not giving my body adequate time to convert food into energy. (The energy levels bit is probably more from being mentally drained, but I guess that's something I need to work on myself)

 

Anyway, whether it's advice on what to snack on at work, whether I should be eating more post gym? Etc.

 

Cheers guys,

Dan

 

Additional background:

 

24

Male

177cm

Weight: 74.5kg

Bodyfat: Unsure, but I'd say I'm around 15-18%...

Yo Nation,

 

I'll try to make this less about me, and more 'general' - so it serves to help others who may find themselves in a similar situation... but that may be hard.

 

I wanted to ask for your advice, experience or tips on something that I find rather difficult: Achieving lean gains when your job is low activity - i.e. working in an office that has you sitting for 6-7 out of 8 hours a day.

 

Quick background of my day, typically (mon-fri):

 

6:30am, wake up. Eat Breakfast, out the door for 7:20am.

8:30am, I'm at work. (Commuting + 1.5km walk to get there).

10:30am, I typically have a snack and some green tea. Handfull of almonds or a protein bar / jerky.

12pm/12:30pm, Lunch.

3/4pm or, same-ish snacks as 10:30am.

5:30-6pm finish work.

6:30-6:45pm, home.

6:45/7:00, eat dinner. Wait around 30, have my Pre-Workout..i.e. C4/No.Xplode.. hit the gym as hard as I can.

 

Get home, usually follow up with a protein shake / some greek yoghurt or fruit. Go to bed to get 8 hours, repeat.

 

Basically, I have to consume the majority of my calories throughout my working day to try and hit my macros for lean gains.

 

I'm concerned with eating so many calories at work, whilst I'm sitting and doing nothing physically strenuous, as I feel that I'm just putting on fat. I mean, the worst part is that by the time I hit the gym that night, despite not really doing anything physically demanding, my energy levels aren't great. Even with pre-workout. There's also the fact that in order to actually get anything near 8 hours sleep, I have to go to the gym nearly immediately after eating, likely not giving my body adequate time to convert food into energy. (The energy levels bit is probably more from being mentally drained, but I guess that's something I need to work on myself)

 

Anyway, whether it's advice on what to snack on at work, whether I should be eating more post gym? Etc.

 

Cheers guys,

Dan

 

Additional background:

 

24

Male

177cm

Weight: 74.5kg

Bodyfat: Unsure, but I'd say I'm around 15-18%...

Thanks for the replies lads,

 

I'll keep doing what I'm doing and find what works best for me in terms of energy.

 

Cheers,

Dan