Hello, everyone! This is the first time I'm posting here because I wanted to look for quality advice regarding my eating lifestyle.
For the past 1.5 years, I've been training a mix of calisthenics and weight-lifting to attain skills using my own body weight. Specifically speaking, I've been training to achieve the planche, muscle-ups, front lever, free handstand push-ups, etc. Pretty much everything that allows me to control my body completely. I've made very good progress. Comparing the videos of my performance in the tucked planche, tucked front lever, weighted pull-ups, negative straddle, etc. 6 months ago and now, I'm quite happy with the way things worked out, although there's still much left to train for.
Now, with all of that context taken out of the way, I wanted to focus on the role of diet, since it is an important factor in body weight training. 2 years ago, I used to weight 94kg (207lbs) and my BF% was at around ~30%. Currently, I weight 78kg (172lbs) and my BF% is hovering around ~12%. Obviously, that allowed me to make huge progress when I began exercising. The problem, however, is that I believe I'm starting to hit a plateau in my progress towards the skills, and I wanted to know if it's just a matter of patience (keep exercising and not expecting too much progress, as it gets harder and harder) or if I should change my diet to further improve my performance.
Regarding details of my diet, I've been trying to maintain a caloric deficit with a high amount of protein to cut all the unnecessary fat and keep/gain muscle at the same time. I'm not entirely sure how many calories I need for maintenance, but I try to consume ~1800-2000 calories per day with at least 150g-170g of protein. I don't consume too many carbs (bananas are one of the few sources I consume, as an example). Surprisingly, I've noticed that I haven't lost weight in the past couple of months, so I think that either I'm not calculating my calorie consumption correctly or those ~1800-2000 calories are my new maintenance. It doesn't really bother me, since I've already lost a lot of weight and gained muscle, but that got me thinking whether it's impacting my performance or not.
So, it all boils down to the question, once again, of what I should do regarding my diet with the only objective of achieving said skills. Will maintaining the "caloric deficit" help me achieve the body weight skills? Should I go for a caloric surplus instead? Should I cut my caloric intake a little bit more to lose more fat?
Thank you very much!
P.S: It felt like the way I wrote my post and phrased the sentences was horrible, so I apologize if it was a boring read.
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