How long was your first bulk?

[lightsarefallin]

Nice. When my wife cuts she's down around 1000-1100 and people are like "why are you starving yourself!?"....I've got other buddies who do kind of the same thing but fast for 2 days then do carnivore for the rest of the week and they look great but get the same reaction from normies who just don't understand how they #1 fast for "that long" and #2 eat less than 2000 calories a day and not pass out or have no energy....and #3 like when we go out to dinner with people and it's a cheat day....they eat a burger and fries and drink 2 beers and still have a 6 pack.

When I calculated my TDEE I used my weight minus my estimated body fat.....basically use your lean body mass to calculate your needed Calories. I think that's somewhere else people get confused and do it wrong...they use their total body weight. Your fat doesn't need fuel......it is fuel.

The amount of misconception and ignorance with non-lifting folks is truly astounding.

And yeah, my wife once cut down at like 1200 or so. It makes sense given that her BMR at her size was like 1250 or something. She worked with a female bodybuilder who knew what she was doing. But fuk I felt bad for her. 1200 is less than a child lol. Myself at 1800 is quite brutal.

[naich]

Nice. When my wife cuts she's down around 1000-1100 and people are like "why are you starving yourself!?"....I've got other buddies who do kind of the same thing but fast for 2 days then do carnivore for the rest of the week and they look great but get the same reaction from normies who just don't understand how they #1 fast for "that long" and #2 eat less than 2000 calories a day and not pass out or have no energy....and #3 like when we go out to dinner with people and it's a cheat day....they eat a burger and fries and drink 2 beers and still have a 6 pack.

When I calculated my TDEE I used my weight minus my estimated body fat.....basically use your lean body mass to calculate your needed Calories. I think that's somewhere else people get confused and do it wrong...they use their total body weight. Your fat doesn't need fuel......it is fuel.

Hunger is progress.

[Retoaded]

Lets see it took me from college to age 33 to become a fat ass so about 10 years. Thankfully never going to repeat that lol.

[bsmit107]

Seems like a good place to post these..........



Senior year HS........6'6" 175-180. Look at them gunz!











Peak Bulk....Bouncer in College....275-277. Halloween night. We were Spartans....you can guess the year.












At 28 towards the end of 1st real cut. 242-245

[lightsarefallin]

Seems like a good place to post these..........



Senior year HS........6'6" 175-180. Look at them gunz!











Peak Bulk....Bouncer in College....275-277. Halloween night. We were Spartans....you can guess the year.












At 28 towards the end of 1st real cut. 242-245

I recognize that last image as your old avi now lol. Must look like a real mogmaxxer at that height/weight IRL.

[bsmit107]

I recognize that last image as your old avi now lol. Must look like a real mogmaxxer at that height/weight IRL.

It was my last AVI......and that pic is 10 years old now, lol

I continue to try to get back there....and honestly I'm not too far off, but life is just holding me down. haha

[lightsarefallin]

It was my last AVI......and that pic is 10 years old now, lol

I continue to try to get back there....and honestly I'm not too far off, but life is just holding me down. haha

Not sure if this has been your experience, but for myself personally, my yearly cuts have become more and more challenging to engage in, with logistics becoming more complex as time goes on. I did it successfully in the past 4 years or so and hit a new peak last year, but for the first time I have serious doubts for this year's cut. I'm going to kick myself in the ass and push as hard as I possibly can, but it's definitely going to be my biggest challenge to willingly be in a deficit for nearly 100 days given current lifestyle and pressures. I might have to create a plan B this year.

[x-trainer ben]

This will sound crazy but we learned about weights in 7th grade GYM class, so i enjoyed it and just continued FOREVER.
There was no phase, just lifting and trying out various gnc products and then VS over time.
Diet and cardio to lean out a bit; just 1 endless lifetime lifting sesion.

[userCMNWN6Z4V3S]

About five years… thought I was “big” but was actually carrying lots of fat. Seen pool pic and was like wtf!! Made adjustments and now apparently I’m big and lean according to comments I receive daily. Took creatinine to make it happen but fuk it

[Gibson222]

My prs After 4 months of Gym @167 are
-165 bench
-210 squat
-215 deadlift

It Is what It is

[Gibson222]

Im now 170-71 already. my next bulk i wont go overboard this way, my god.. ill stop bulking in 24 days, pretty excited to test my prs, post working sets progress, switch program and stop being fat

[Gibson222]

I will switch to reddit ppl and then fierce 5 u/l and fierce 5 5 days

[Gibson222]

This will be my log btw. BB results but also flexibility stuff and one day pliometrics, bodyweight things, endurance, dancing. but for now just bb and flexibility. i guess ill update it about once a month with pics, prs, weight in working sets, pictures

[userCMNWN6Z4V3S]

Ain’t no way I’m reading all that. Anyways I bulked for five years. Got big but my stomach got big too. Too old to loose it without special sauce. Fkn worked and Cruze most of year with two blasts a year. Best shape of my life at 52

[Gibson222]

Ain’t no way I’m reading all that. Anyways I bulked for five years. Got big but my stomach got big too. Too old to loose it without special sauce. Fkn worked and Cruze most of year with two blasts a year. Best shape of my life at 52

hell yeah

[Gibson222]

I'm already like 174 wtf., 2 weeks to go. i tought about it today and realistically i should have gotten to 160-165 max and that's it, but it is what is, who cares. theres something nice about eating a lot and getting bigger and stronger. won't make the next mistake in my next bulk tho

[Ripper908]

lean bulking is the way to go for natties. get lean than take your time to put on mass at a slow steady rate and avoid excess bodyfat

enhanced people can go heavy on the bulks and use other stuff to maintain size on cuts

[Gibson222]

stopped bulking 10 days before i was supposed to cause i'm hating my looks, this was the big mistake of my first bulk, just too fast, realistically i shouldnt have gone above 160-165. lets see how the cut goes

[Gibson222]

im now 170. i decided to get to 150 in 3 months. havent gone to the gym in a week tbh, ill come back today.