Okay, I've been around for a while doing bodybuilding now. When I say a while, I mean 7 or months solid, which isn't long to old timers but long enough to know quite a lot. I stumbled upon these forums last week (I know, God bless me) and found some interesting stuff, mainly the while "bulking" and "cutting" thing.
Now I get the whole, you eat eat eat lots of protein, carbs and fat with supplements of Creatine to put weight on for "bulking". You also work out during this time with weights, with limited cardiovascular (Well, burn less than you eat basically). So you go from a 170lbs to a 180lbs say in 6 weeks.
Then the crazy part. You begin to "cut" which is tone up, yeh? So you start to diet and do lots of cardiovascular in order to lose the fat. But imo (I'm probably wrong) most of that 10 pounds would be fat anyways, so you're going to be back to the begining?
Thanks for hopeful advice, I have had a look around, and starting these current two phases does interest me, I just want bit more knowledge and advice.
And well I'm here./ Egg whites. I see a lot of people here have them for protein. Firstly how do you split them from the yoke? And b, do you just drink the 6 eggs raw, I'm guessing it'd be minging.
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Thread: Bulking/cutting and egg whites!
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03-09-2005, 03:07 PM #1
Bulking/cutting and egg whites!
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03-09-2005, 04:27 PM #2Originally Posted by Eastwood
Do NOT eat eggs raw, it's pretty dangerous.
Also, you should eat the whole egg. When you take out the yolk, you are getting rid of the fat yes, but you also get rid of most of the protein. As it says in Arnold's Encyclopedia, if you need to lower the fat in your diet, do it somewhere else.
For your question about cutting: If you bulk clean, then most of your gains will not be fat, and you won't have to cut for a long time. Usually you don't bulk for one month then cut the next. Bulking is usually over an extended period of time.
You have to set a goal. For example say you want to bulk up to 200 lbs. Now you're going to gain 1-2 lbs a week, so you do the calculations, and it's going to take you 16 weeks. After you get to that goal, now you want to get rid of the excess fat that you've gained, and go on a cutting diet. If you bulked smart, you won't be back where you started when you're done cutting.
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03-09-2005, 04:32 PM #4
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Originally Posted by Eastwood
As far as "bulking" and "cutting" the idea is that when you're "bulking" you are also maxing out as far as your lifts go.. So that after the 8-12 weeks or however long you're bulking you have gained significant muscle mass (2-3 lbs of solid muscle is great) esp because you will likely have gained 10-12 total lbs.. At that pt you shed the excess fat and the muscle you've gained will show.. Remember.. It's near impossible to gain more than 10 lbs of solid muscle mass per yr without drugs.. Aim for 5-7 lbs of lean mass a yr and you'll be golden... Best of luck, hope to see you post often"Still though, I think if you're not self-obsessed, you're probably boring."
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03-09-2005, 04:42 PM #5Originally Posted by In My Eyes
Most of the people here are beginner bodybuilders, and there should be no problem for them gaining 20-30lbs of muscle during their first year or two.
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03-09-2005, 04:43 PM #6
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03-09-2005, 04:47 PM #8
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Originally Posted by wonsleinad"Still though, I think if you're not self-obsessed, you're probably boring."
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03-09-2005, 04:50 PM #9
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Originally Posted by wonsleinad"Still though, I think if you're not self-obsessed, you're probably boring."
"We have advantages. We have a cushion to fall back on. This is abundance. A luxury of place and time. Something rare and wonderful. It's almost historically unprecedented. We must do extraordinary things. We have to. It would be absurd not to."
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03-09-2005, 04:58 PM #10
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03-09-2005, 06:08 PM #11Originally Posted by In My Eyes
Thanks for the compliment, right back at you.
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03-09-2005, 06:17 PM #12
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