Diet basics
Breakfast 3 egg whites, coffee with milk and sugar
Mid Morn snack bananna
Lunch 5 oz chicken breast, 1 slice of multigrain bread
Pre workout whey protien shake
Dinner Steak, chicken or porkchop, small portion of rice and beans or potato.
Workout basics
Running 5 days a week alternate 3 and 5 miles.
Workout upper body Mon and Thurs
Legs Tues and Friday
Moderate weight 10 - 12 rep range
Now begining a bulking Phase.
Use cadio to warm up 5 min prior to lift.
3 day a week program
Mon: Chest Tri’s
Wed: Legs
Fri: Back and Bi’s
Now the big question…What the Heck do I eat? How much should I increase my caloric intake? Is the diet I was working to cut down a good base to increase each meal for bulking?
I would not consider myself a hard gainer, I could probably Gain all that fat back in a 6 week period.
I say yes. Your cutting diet worked for you and will be a god base to start from. As opposed to the approach some take of just upping k/cals HUGE I find it works much better to slowly up them 2-300 at a time. Going bi-weekly and upping as you quit gaining. Letting that metabolism reboot.
This thwarts of a Major fat gain at the start causing you to cut sooner.
I say go for 500 above your cutting level of k/cals, then progress form there as you stop gaining.
Just progress slowly. Find how many carbs and such you can handle well and go for a LONG slower approach to bulking instead of the fast yo yo cut bulk approach that leaves you spinninjg your wheels.