Help Needed..Losing Weight Rapidly After N During BMT

borntolive SG

Hi m back from 2 mths BMT, P.O.P liao..

I realised over the past 2 mths i lost ALOT OF weight. Before BMT my weight was 64kg now its around 56-57. Wads wrong? Even ppl in gym that i go to commented i became thinner.

For past 2 mths when i m undergoing bmt, i only go gym during Saturday (the only time i m free. I do dips, flat bench, incline bench, flyes, rows, lat pull down, skull crushers... thats more or less about it..I avoid squats n deadlifts as these are too exhausting for me especially when i myself is already tired before i step into gym. I take protein powder to camp also.

ANy here got any suggestions for a good 1 day workout in weekend that isnt too taxing n at same time able to regain my muscle mass back or at least maintain my weight Crying or Very sad

Aveme SG

You are way overtraining.......

Army training is already pretty taxing esp during bmt which focus alot on PT.Plus that with your weekend training hardly give your muscle any rest and for them to grow properly again after they are worn down from the stimulation of taxing training,so after this 2 months,more and more of your muscle mass is eaten away.This is especially so that during the BMT phase,the rest period is also very little,average would be 6 hours i think,so overtraining with too little rest time,it is no wonder you lose so much mass.

borntolive SG

In yr opinion i should take a break from gym ? Cause from now onwards i guess i only have weekend Sat to workout.

Aveme SG

yup,i would suggest so.Until you get posted to a proper unit where you will have abit more freedom and esp the much needed longer rest you should be getting.Rest is the important part that is really too little in the bmt phase for your muscle to recover.

Btw you take protein powder but do you take weight gainer?this is esp so since the calories expenditure can be rather high in the army and you may just not have the luxury to eat enough from the amost standard army fare esp so if you do not have much freedom to eat at canteen during bmt i would think.

borntolive SG

i m considering weight gainer.. but if i take weight gainer n i seldom or even never work out in gym like wad u suggest , dosent it mean wad i gain from weight gainer will be fats only?

Aveme SG

well,i am thinking that there will actually be enough physical exercise during your army training to ensure the weight gainer is put into good use.However i am not sure how army training is now since my bmt is like over 10 years ago.Do you guys still have those 5 bx stuff,doing pull up b4 each meal etc physical training?if so mostly muscle mass can still be gained esp from pull up since it is a compound exercise if your training does not involves too much long distance running (7km and more) but only medium cardio workout to burn away excess fats.

borntolive SG

ya there is 5bx n pull up regime but all this are not constant.. For e.g after ippt test, all these are stopped.

I feel that muscle mass cant be build in army cause there is little emphasis on strength training but alot of emphasis on cardio training. Alot of route marches, runs, jogs

Aveme SG

well then,i can't agree with that from my personal experience.I bulk up quite a bit during my full army term,gained about 8 kg from bmt to ORD (that is from just eating normally at cookhouse,did not take any supplements.Now the food is way way better,so you should have it better than me.

It is likely only during BMT that more emphasis is on cardio.During the rest of my army stint,i remembered that runs of long distance basis (over 7 km are like only at best 2 times per month,mostly just once per month for events like CO run.

And anyway most of the runs are at most middle distance only,consisting of mostly 2.4 km - 5 km,such runs still does not eat much into the muscle cos around this distance,body glycogen level is still enough to be used as body fuel,thus protein usage is like at most 5%.Also after your bmt,SOC will only be conducted once per year,maybe 1 month+.So apart from these,there are not much heavy intensity cardio.

As for strenght training,that may have to depend on your future vocation too,i was a GPGM gunner,this gun weight 14 to 16 kg,so i had pretty much constant weight training even during outfield exercises.But if you think yours will not be enough,you can find your free time to add them in since you will have much more free time after bmt,eg go do dips and pull up yourself.The only thing maybe is that if you get into a vocation that does not require you to carry to many heavy equipments around,your leg training which is an important part may not be that good since i do not know of any good body weight compound exercise you can do easily incamp,maybe when you find you have more time for adequate rest,you can then pick up training in the gym doing squats and deadlift mainly on Sat/Sun since upper body compound exercises can be more easily found during your normal army training.