One year anniversary! Keep bulking or cut?

[RedSox1990]

Been lifting for a year now. Should I keep bulking or cut? Leaning towards cutting since I'm feeling quite fat. BF Estimate?

Height: 6 feet
Weight: In these pics I'm about 226.
Arms: 17 inches
Waist: 33

Pics are unflexed, kinda bloated in them.
Any recommendation for chest also appreciated. I have a 1RM of 265 but chest sucks. Might drop the flat bench and just do incline/decline from now on.

[Wilonso]

You have good mass without being too fat, If i were in your shoes id be cutting now before getting too fat (if you continue to bulk)

[boo99]

You got some thick mass there, imo, your in a great spot to definitely cut.

As far as chest, I basically lowered my sets on flat bench when chest stalled and increased my incline/decline BB/DBs. Still do flat bench but concentrate more on incline/decline.

Good luck on cut if you go that direction!

[RedSox1990]

You have good mass without being too fat, If i were in your shoes id be cutting now before getting too fat (if you continue to bulk)

Seems like I will begin cutting then Thanks for the advice.

You got some thick mass there, imo, your in a great spot to definitely cut.

As far as chest, I basically lowered my sets on flat bench when chest stalled and increased my incline/decline BB/DBs. Still do flat bench but concentrate more on incline/decline.

Good luck on cut if you go that direction!

Cut it is then! Yeah I think I will reduce flat bench to once a week and add decline which I barely ever did. Possibly may also use dbs more often since I feel them working my chest better. Thanks man.




Anyone else??

[shortfield]

cut time for sure.

[Rapidshed]

Nice round bicep mate, what do you do arms wise, mine are lacking that, it used to be there but has gone with a dip in training, and although big its bulky and not defined lump like yours.

[Angelvoice]

too much water!!

[boo99]

Cut it is then! Yeah I think I will reduce flat bench to once a week and add decline which I barely ever did. Possibly may also use dbs more often since I feel them working my chest better. Thanks man.




Anyone else??

Welcome, keep us posted with your cut/pics. I think it will go great bro with all your mass!

[Rapidshed]

too much water!!

Is this in response to my question, is this the reason for poor bicep definition?

[RedSox1990]

too much water!!

Is that possible?? I probably drink close to a gallon per day but I've always had problems with bloat and stuff no matter what I eat.

Nice round bicep mate, what do you do arms wise, mine are lacking that, it used to be there but has gone with a dip in training, and although big its bulky and not defined lump like yours.

I would say that Pinwheel aka Crossbody hammer curls have been the most effective bicep exercise for me. All kinds of veins popping out when I do them and I go pretty heavy on them with 50s or 60s on a good day, 3 sets of 8 on each arm.

[Thepayne369]

I realy like ur biceps mate, no homo

That's some good soft ball action

[BenD4Me]

chit man good job, what did you weigh a year ago?

[JAMES140haha]

Looks too me like you have strong arms/shoulders and a weak chest.

If thats the case then You shouldn't really worry too much about flat BB.
You should pre exhaust your pecs if its hard to get a pump or feel the muscle firing all the way through the movement, Try doing partials to keep the muscle under tension longer then finish up the set with full ROM, I like too keep my chest above my shoulders regardless of the lift and I never touch my chest or go too low.

Super sets really helped me push alot of blood in there too so try it out and see what works for you, everyones different.


Looking good though, I would cut.

[RedSox1990]

I realy like ur biceps mate, no homo

That's some good soft ball action

Thanks bro!

chit man good job, what did you weigh a year ago?

Thanks man, I started at like 220 with a high BF% (18+) and not much muscle mass. Got down to like 12-13% BF this past summer and now I'm not sure what BF I'm at but I'd guess its at least 15+. On the cut I will aim for 10% or about 205lbs w.e comes first and then see how I feel/look at that weight.

[ahuseen420]

Lookin good bro no homo. But you need to work on chest more because it looks a bit disproportionate. But great progress man keep it up

+repped

[RedSox1990]

Lookin good bro no homo. But you need to work on chest more because it looks a bit disproportionate. But great progress man keep it up

+repped

Thanks! Yeah I have been working out chest as much as everything else, it just doesn't seem to cooperate. I'm going to try lowering the weight and focus on my mind muscle connection for chest. Also going to try out pre exhausting and see if that works for me.