Hey Scott,
Love all the content you have on Youtube. It's been SO helpful for the wife and I... can't thank you enough! Here's my situation...
I'm 42 years old, 6'3" and was just under 250 lbs in July 2017 when I said enough is enough! Dieted for 4 months down to 228. Body weight routines at home 3 times a week for 2 more months down to 217. Started lifting weights the end of January. Since then my weeks have been:
Monday - Push
Tuesday - 1 hour spin class
Wednesday - Legs
Thursday - 1 hour spin classs
Friday - Pull
Saturday - 1 hour spin class
Sunday - REST
And I'm running a pretty manageable 500 cal deficit with one or two cheat meals a week. I'm down to 196 lbs now.
Here's my dilemma... I'm itching to lean bulk and put on muscle because I'm a "lightly muscled" individual... BUT i have some fat around my love handles and back that pisses me off and I really want to toast it off first before I start building up. I figure I'll have to go down to 180 or so to get rid of it all but that's going to take another 3 months or so. Really would like your advice... Keep dropping before the bulk or just say screw it at this point and start adding muscle???
Also I've recently switched my weights days to full body workouts so I'm hitting everything more often. Here's the routine I'm following
Monday - Full Body Strength focused
Wednesday - Full Body Hypertrophy focused
Friday - Full Body Endurance focused
and still doing spinning Tue/Thurs/Sat to help melt the fat off.
Thanks for listening!
Peace
Sean