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One thing I’ve thought about is what about bulk/cut cycles where you bulk longer than previously stated.
Let’s say 6-8 months, then you cut for 2-3 months while preserving as much muscle as possible. Again, in theory sounds like a decent idea.
You gain let’s say 30 lbs with say maybe 5 being fat. Then you cut for 2 months losing the fat you gained plus a little more and then get back into gaining. You’ll be leaner and ready for the next bulk while having the best of both worlds.
Seems like it would also give your body a break from the constant bombardment of nutrients.
Again, in theory sounds decent, thoughts?
If you can gain 5-1 muscle to fat, why would you stop bulking?
Just to take a break from force feeding yourself and a change of pace. Not saying I’m going to do it, but I have contemplated it.
It’s always nice to have less body fat assuming you won’t look like a rail afterwards.
Your body will adapt to greater food intake over time and that current amount will no longer be “force feeding”. Stopping that process to diet down could very well keep you from adjusting to a greater food intake.
It helps to avoid thinking only short term. If my goal is to be bigger, allowing my body to adapt to a greater food intake would be desirable, not something to avoid.
Changes like that DO NOT happen in one month or less. If I had quit force-feeding after one month, I’d still be 150 and wonder what the hell was up.
I also get tired of these yo-yo bulking/cuts I see, and the phrase like “gives your body a break”. Do you seriously think your body will slow down or something after months of bulking? If this is the case, I’m a FREAK. Also, this shit isn’t linear.
Why the hell would you only spend only 10 months a year or less bulking? What’s the point in wasting the precious time you have? It’s not like you’ll be able to gain weight as you get older compared to your 20s.
WHY WASTE TIME?
How are you guys not turning into complete fatasses? What if your trying to bang fine girls for instance if your in college. In that case I think bulking/cutting cycles would be ok as long as your lifting bigger numbers each time. Just to maintain a decent bodyfat percentage like 7-10%?
It’s obvious when people have no idea what real bodyfat percentages are. 7-10% is VERY lean for the average person walking around. You probably do not even know anyone who walks around at less than 7%
I was thinking the same thing. Also, it’s pretty sad that you think that 7-10% bf is “decent”. 7% bf would be ripped. Heck, some BB’ers are 6% bf ON STAGE!
As far as fine girls, just go for the ones who like big muscles, or prefer the “full house” look. Don’t buy into the nonsense that women require that you be ripped to be attractive.
No one is holding a gun to your head and telling you that you have to bulk for long periods of time though. Maybe staying lean is a bigger priority for you than building muscle. There is nothing wrong with different goals. We’re just being honest about what will actually put on large amounts of muscle. If you aren’t willing to do what is required because it interferes with your primary goal(s), then that’s your choice.[/quote]
First of all I am talking about being ripped up with some abs.
Again I was just throwing 7-10% out there, It could be 15-20% or 10-25% or whatever, my point is that I dont think its necessary to carry an extra 10-20lbs of fat for the sake of adding mass when you can do without it.
If your fine with 10-20lbs of extra flab on your stomach thats fine. Were talking about people who are trying to stay relatively lean. This could be for any reason like sports, bodybuilding, weightlifting classes, girls, whatever.