reasons why cutting sucks!

[storm shadow]

1. You can't eat you're favorite foods.
2. Cardio is a bitch
3. HIIT Cardio is more of a bitch
4. Seeing results really takes time
5. Always hungry
6. Lack of energy
7. Counting calories sucks
8. Muscles don't grow while cutting

If you think of more post them up

[kliplemet]

you get fat

[ironstrife]

i actually think cutting is more enjoyable than bulking...
1. Not eating is easier than forcing yourself to eat.
2. Cutting is when you see the muscles, bulking diminishes any presence of abs!
3. Still have to count calorie while bulking
4. Bathroom trips

[Nostalgia]

I love eating and I naturaly have no body fat. I actually love to run but I like lifting better. It makes me feel better and I would rater get bigger right now.

[edavid813]

blahaha nice kliplemet hahaha.. i like cutting better. you get to see what all your hard work has gotton you.

[EatProtein]

i think bulking then cutting then bulking then cutting then bulking then cutting is a really big waste of time

i do dc

and we first diet down to where we feel comfortable, then make gains while curbing fat gain

[kliplemet]

then make gains while curbing fat gain

how?

[storm shadow]

yeah i learned that clean bulking is the way to go the hard way. I bulked (not clean) for 4 months and saw good gains but also a gut, now I'm going for a six pack then will start clean bulking. Getting that six pack is a pain though cus I didnt realize how much fat I gained.

[storm shadow]

I also figure once I get a six pack I will clean bulk for about a year before I have to cut again, (will try to avoid it as long as possible).

[-=Rosco=-]

Obviously body building is one of the most physically demanding sports around... but many people don't realize the mental dedication and strain your body undergoes. This becomes a huge factor when I cut. I step on that scale and see my weight going down, and I feel small... instantly. 5'11, 230... and feeling small. I'm no Mr. O, not even close... but I am far from a twig that stands around in the gym. But your head plays games with you. When I bulk, even at 12% or 13% bf I feel fat and bloated. I just don't listen to my head anymore. I use the "small" feeling to motivate me, like when I started oh so long ago.

Saying no to a triple cheeseburger is the easy part... believing"I'm not small" is the really hard part of dieting.

[kliplemet]

I step on that scale and see my weight going down, and I feel small... instantly. 5'11, 230... and feeling small.

that's quite natural when dieting, fat people feel the same way when trying to lose weight

[-=Rosco=-]

that's quite natural when dieting, fat people feel the same way when trying to lose weight

Haha, I would like to NOT consider myself a fat person. But yes, the small feeling is what gets you. Any bodybuilder will tell you it's the worst feeling in the world. Especially when getting ready for a show. I always get so paranoid thinking I am too small, even when I dial in around 225.

[StrengthMaker]

1. Abs
2. I can finally see gains in detail
3. I can wear a swimsuit without being embarrassed

[leo_koach]

1. You can't eat you're favorite foods.
2. Cardio is a bitch
3. HIIT Cardio is more of a bitch
4. Seeing results really takes time
5. Always hungry
6. Lack of energy
7. Counting calories sucks
8. Muscles don't grow while cutting

If you think of more post them up

1-taste
2-taste
3-taste

90% of the food you eat during cutting are tasteless... you end-up eating dry or wet hay (feels like).

the tastiest things such as sugar, salt and fat... forget about it...

Besides cardio, which is not a big deal, diet is the biggest reason most people can't loose weight... forget cutting, which needs more discipline.

:P

[-E-]

Im currently doing my first proper cut, and i like it man, seeing the man boobs slowly turning into pecs, but i always do sumfin like lose control and eat a whole dominos pizza which always holds me back, pisses me off man, but cutting takes a while to see results.

[SemiShred]

bulking owns all! strength are through the roof, eating rocks, you digest faster...
alltho sometimes you have to eat at non-apropriate times which is weird, but still rocks.

[k_townsfinest]

how?

You've been a member since 2004 and you still think you have to get fat if you're bulking?

Maybe you should do a bit more research on the aspects of dieting .

[storm shadow]

Yeah cutting has its pro's like being able to see your'e abs and seeing the muscle that you worked hard to attain, and obviously it's worth doing because I'm doing it, but overall its a bitch. Also I too sometimes feel like I might be loosing too much muscle which I worked so hard to achieve last bulk cycle. But what keeps me going is knowing as soon as I'm done cutting bulking is next!! which means

Never being hungry
Getting bigger
Protein shakes!
Getting stronger
etc.

[Big B]

Neither. I just eat a certain amount all the time, keep my calories high, and before competition then I start to diet down. Otherwise I think bulking and cutting is a big waste of time.

[kliplemet]

You've been a member since 2004 and you still think you have to get fat if you're bulking?

Maybe you should do a bit more research on the aspects of dieting .

let me rephrase that: you gain fat

i follow the anabolic diet

[HEADSH0T]

let me rephrase that: you gain fat

i follow the anabolic diet

coming from a guy who makes a thread asking "why do people say I look like a 14 year old" and posts pics of his behemoth 140 lb physique.
no, you dont have to gain fat. you gain a little, but it shouldnt be enough to make one think bulking sucks because of it.
learn to do a clean bulk.

[kliplemet]

well i have progressed a bit since then, now about 169 lbs bw, 176 lb snatch, 231 lbs c&j

[high_standards]

1. You can't eat you're favorite foods.
2. Cardio is a bitch
3. HIIT Cardio is more of a bitch
4. Seeing results really takes time
5. Always hungry
6. Lack of energy
7. Counting calories sucks
8. Muscles don't grow while cutting

If you think of more post them up

#3 - i find HIIT cardio fun and use it while gulking becasue my body stores fat too easily.
#1 - you can eat alot of your favorite foods, just in much smaller proportions.
#6 caffeine 200mg twice a day will keep you awake and energetic for at least 12 hours.
#8 may or may not be true, my biceps are stronger now at 174 pounds than they were when i was 195 pounds, and my calves have gotten close to half an inch larger.

[DR@GO]

i personaly don't like cuting or bulking, i gain pure mass, yea it is slower than bulking but, you don't look like a fatass, and you don't waste your time cutting

[majicninja21]

ah...march is here. 3 months or so before summer, doesn't that suck. Can't wait to get down to 7 or 8% bodyfat again tho. Bulking and cutting both have their pro's and con's, but i think bulking might be a bit more fun. As for cutting, thats the hardest part of bodybuilding. Keeping the muscle mass while loosing the fat. It's not just losing weight, it's losing bad weight and keeping goodweight..the delicate balance.