Bulked and now read for 3 month cut

[X222Z4]

I have bulked over the last 5 months and now I am ready for my first cut ever.





Any advice? I find it hard to put on weight. I had to eat loads. I don't want my gains to waste away by not eating enough.

thanks.

Edit: more photos at bottom of this page now.

[jgreenhaus]

Looks like you ate too much on your bulk. You got pretty chubby. For your cut just go 500 cals below your maintenance and get 1g of protein/lb of body weight and lift heavy

[X222Z4]

Looks like you ate too much on your bulk. You got pretty chubby. For your cut just go 500 cals below your maintenance and get 1g of protein/lb of body weight and lift heavy

Yeh, maybe I did. It was the first time I did a proper bulk because I was too scared to put on fat before. I managed to put on quite a lot of muscle as well as fat.

Thanks for the advice. I'm not going to put any cardio into my routine yet because I don't think I need it. Would you say that is ok?

[jgreenhaus]

o yea, definately. Cardio is not a necessity on a cut. As long as u are in a caloric deficit from your diet then you will lose weight. I personally do cardio just so i burn some more cals ( = you get to eat a lil more food during cut) and for cardiovascular health. But not needed at all

[X222Z4]

o yea, definately. Cardio is not a necessity on a cut. As long as u are in a caloric deficit from your diet then you will lose weight. I personally do cardio just so i burn some more cals ( = you get to eat a lil more food during cut) and for cardiovascular health. But not needed at all

Cool, thanks. I've got to get used to my new eating now
I've been eating every two hours 7 times a day for the last 4 months!

[genius1265]

Big size difference, Nice. Your naturally skinny though so losing it will be easy as all that pie you obviously ate. I kid, I kid. Your gonna look goo when your done, being fat sucks so get to not eating so much. Make sure your lifting heavy.

[genius1265]

o yea, definately. Cardio is not a necessity on a cut. As long as u are in a caloric deficit from your diet then you will lose weight. I personally do cardio just so i burn some more cals ( = you get to eat a lil more food during cut) and for cardiovascular health. But not needed at all

This is very true, and well said. Most people swear by cardio, but it is hardly necessary.

[X222Z4]

Big size difference, Nice. Your naturally skinny though so losing it will be easy as all that pie you obviously ate. I kid, I kid. Your gonna look goo when your done, being fat sucks so get to not eating so much. Make sure your lifting heavy.

Thanks! It was a lot of work! I always ate clean, but in hindsight maybe too much.

[humzah]

how dirty was that bulk :P maybe its the lighting or something but it seems as if though youre more chubby than relatively muscular

[cdeff1985]

good job

[humzah]

oh i just saw the arms. yeah ok youve made good progress

[X222Z4]

oh i just saw the arms. yeah ok youve made good progress

It wasn't dirty at all. I always eat very clean. I probably still ate too much though.

[PaLftr]

Dreamer bulk.

You failed.

I have made the same mistakes. Use this to learn.

[dburgz]

What did you do wrong on your bulk? I'm bulking right now and don't want to get fat

[Big Slim DaDDy]

You definetely ate loads. You are too impatient with seeing numbers rise on the scale.

[bwoh]

Yea you probably dirty bulked. I see some muscle in the arms though so you did it right but gained a bit more fat. A good cut will get you back down tho.

[SchadO]

Good luck on your cut. You should drop it fast since you were so skinny to start with.

[Needsalt]

What did you do wrong on your bulk? I'm bulking right now and don't want to get fat

Ate too much, gained weight too fast. I did the same.

To OP you look like you've gained a fair bit of muscle as well as the fat though so good luck with the cut, take it slow.

[dburgz]

Ate too much, gained weight too fast. I did the same.

To OP you look like you've gained a fair bit of muscle as well as the fat though so good luck with the cut, take it slow.

How much is too much?

[imunninc]

get 1g of protein/lb of body weight

you don't need that much protein, if you don't believe me, ask anyone old wiseman from the forums.

but its better to have too much that too little.

[be.BUILT]

filthy bulk

[Swagson]

cut results should be good brah. looks like you got some good mass on your arms

[X222Z4]

Yea you probably dirty bulked. I see some muscle in the arms though so you did it right but gained a bit more fat. A good cut will get you back down tho.

I ate completely clean. Nothing bad at all. I read that you should aim to put on 1lb per week and that's what I did for 5 months.

[be.BUILT]

I ate completely clean. Nothing bad at all. I read that you should aim to put on 1lb per week and that's what I did for 5 months.

something doesn't add up tbh. If you would have clean bulked you wouldn't have put that much weight on around your waist.


edit: not like any damage is done though, if you cut you will def have gained a good amount of mass compared to before.

[BrownLightning]

This makes me afraid to bulk lol

[WackoJackoo]

It wasn't dirty at all. I always eat very clean. I probably still ate too much though.

Dirty doesnt mean what food you ate it means if you just ate without counting the cals. A cal is a cal so it doesnt matter if you bulk on maccy ds or on chicken breasts.

So a clean bulk is 300cals over maintinace and a dirty is just eat everything in site. Ya get me?

Anyway good job man, yes you put a lot of fat on but being ecto you should be able to shred it in no time!

[X222Z4]

Dirty doesnt mean what food you ate it means if you just ate without counting the cals. A cal is a cal so it doesnt matter if you bulk on maccy ds or on chicken breasts.

So a clean bulk is 300cals over maintinace and a dirty is just eat everything in site. Ya get me?

Anyway good job man, yes you put a lot of fat on but being ecto you should be able to shred it in no time!

I'm still not sure though cos I was only putting on 1 to 1.5 lbs per week, which is about right from what I read.

I tend to put a lot of weight on my lower body. You can still see my abs a bit after the bulk.

I will try and put another photo up with better light sometime. Maybe it is the light :P

[X222Z4]

I have taken some more photos in harder light.