I'll try to keep this short. I'm 5'11" and have weighed 195-200 lbs for the past 5 years or so, but in April I had gotten down to 172 lbs. I didn't have much muscle, so I decided to start lifting for the first time in my life. I fluctuated my calories and macros a lot over the past 7 months, but I'm currently at 3900 Cals/day (I was at 3400 then 3700 for most of the time). Now I am at 196 lbs and looking at pictures of myself and in the mirror, I feel like I've definitely gained muscle, but also a lot of fat. Now I think it's time to cut the fat down (then run another bulk), but wanted to hear opinions from you folks first. Attached are my before and after pics, 4 different 'poses'. One of my biggest goals during the bulk was to get some pecs... didn't work out. My chest lifts have been increasing, but doesn't look like I'm gaining much mass in my chest at all. So what do you guys think... cutting time?
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12-01-2013, 12:53 AM #1
I think I'm done bulking (for now) and ready to cut. Thoughts??
Last edited by GorillaX; 12-01-2013 at 01:59 AM.
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12-01-2013, 01:21 PM #9
Good job on sticking with it, not much arm improvement but definitely bigger chest. Need to bulk slower to minimize fat gains next time. Shredd down and if you bulk slowly at a small calorie surplus and you'll make the right gains. When they say you gain fat inevitably when you bulk it doesn't mean you actually raise your body fat percentage. If your 15 % bodyfat and bulk till you gain 15 lbs the right way and only gained 2 lbs of fat then less than 15 percent of your gains were from fat. This means even tho you gained weight your body fat percentage went down. Also need to research some bicep, tricep exercises not much growth there in you bulk. Good job tho, just trying to help you not make as many mistakes as a lot of us make in the beginning. Keep it up bro.
Bench: 255. Squat: 415. Dead lift: 365. .Rep me and I will rep back. A champion is not defined by how hard he can hit, but by how hard he can be hit and keep moving forward:~ Rocky
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12-01-2013, 10:29 PM #20
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12-02-2013, 12:32 AM #21
Some teens that is skinny get away with whatever when it comes to food.
And I think you should as well, but I have this idea that your diet is of balance and maybe your getting all your calories is from fat?
You need carbs, protein to build muscle and fat to keep hormones in check.
Lets say you are going wild and crazy on 200g fat a day that’s 1800 calories eating 400 carbs is 1600 cals.
I would pick carbs over fat any day! Since its my building block.
My point here is that try figure out the right macros for you! maybe 0.4g fat per lbs is wrong for you maybe you need 0.35g as I do myself.
And use more of the access for carbs. And then eat at TDEE/maintenance maybe slightly above. Or make it simple one ‘’cheat meal’’ a week on TDEE!
Some people are not a fan o cheat meal but I think it puts of a lot of stress of always having to fit **** in to your macro, and it kind of turns in to a controlled slow bulk and it acts like a reward.
I would have that meal on my leg day.
Also how is your program like? Maybe your following some **** bro program or you’re like 90% of the guys at my gym! That always have to make up their own pore program acting like they are pros.
There is a good reason why SL/SS 5x5 and barbell programs work! Stick to it and put on weight on that ****! Go HARDCORE every rep needs to be like your saving a child from a burning car!
And if you start losing weight doing that eat more! And if you stall on weight good! You can’t magical put on 50lbs muscle anyways.
WALL OF TEXT SORRY!
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