the "slack muscle" stuff made me lol. it just sounds funny.
Wondering how to be super strong without having too much slack muscle.....
40 inch standing vertical requires a lot of strength and muscle..... want to keep the slack muscle as low as possible because we know being too big is no good on the court/field.....
high frequency lifting + light eating did the trick for me.
i'm naturally very ecto though but still.. when i overeat too often, i do gain fat & "bulk up". i was 170's and jumping/dunking while lifting etc at one point, but knew I had to get lighter, back to my true "runner build" while packing on tons of strength: relative strength ratio was the key for me. increase strength while also *very slowly* decreasing body mass (mostly fat but also some upper muscle etc) was the plan.
eating light had me at like 145 lb @ ~8% body fat with peak vert. eating light to me means getting good at curbing hunger cravings and spacing out the meals more, while still getting in your daily "macros". doing that + lifting often seems to really shred you up. the lifting sessions just become a testosterone shot. they just can't be draining if they are frequent (1+x/day etc).
anyway that was one of my experiences with it.
for running, the trick is to get to 15 hours or so a week. once you get to that level, you can eat anything and your muscle + fat will shrink. do 15 hours a week and barely eat, and you become kenyan - one of the many reasons they are so damn strong. these dudes will have tea before their morning session, eat a piece of bread and drink some tea afterwards, then nap, do an afternoon/evening session, then eat a small dinner. circumstance helps to fuel that.
frequency is important for both. for lifting, at least 2x/day made me feel great. for running, 2x/day was the only way to really get in that kind of duration (mileage) safely.
shouldn't really be thinking of changing your "structure" tho. just making your natural structure (with 100% discipline) more "perfect".
basically.. just have to live it & eat according to your goal, mastering self discipline. IMHO.
pc!
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