Time to lean bulk? (Pics included)

[npm596]

Age: 23. Routine has been push, pull, legs, repeat 6 days a week. Have been cutting for roughly the past 6 months. Lost about 25 pounds. Pretty happy with my results, and looking to transition to a lean bulk; probably up to 1 pound per week. Just looking for a second opinion. Thanks!

[CommitmentRulz]

Very nice progress! Yes, time for a lean bulk.

[bayrider]

Congrats on the progress. I agree, time to add some bulk.

[Junsuiakai]

Majority of your weight loss was surely fat, that is awesome!

[Dorich]

Very nice.

Just bewlk now.

[cdjeffery]

Looking good man!

Just focus on that lean bulk.

[xsquid99]

Impressive... Most impressive.

[LactoseTolerant]

Looks like you didn't lose any muscle. GG

[wgpa]

Great job OP! Did you lose roughly a on a week or did you start more aggressively? I’m cutting at the moment and would be pleased with your results.

You may want to transition from cut to maintenance before heading towards a bulk.

[npm596]

Thanks all. @wgpa I was losing around 2 pounds a week at the start on about a 20% deficit. Only had to go lower once after that. And yea, I'm definitely gonna stick to maintenance for a bit before bulk. Thanks!

[ApolloChange]

First of all.. amazing f**king job OP! Your post is an inspiration to me. I’m finally around 18% and your posts helps keep me motivated to get to 10% BF.

This is a question for everyone else as. In OP’s before photo, he was 169 lbs and I would guess at about 16-17% body fat. In his after photo, I would say he is about 10% body fat at 142 lbs - a 24 lb loss. If his lean body mass stayed the same, it should have been only a loss of about 13 lbs to get there. OP looked like he kept all his muscle (and maybe even grew a little from the look of his chest and arms), so my question is.. where dis the remaining 11 lbs of weight loss come from? Water weight? Fat (doesn’t seem like he has that much fat? Muscle (doesn’t look like it?)

[CommitmentRulz]

npm, you might not want to gain a pound a week in your bulk, while that's not a WILD increase, you won't be adding muscle that fast, so at least half (probably more) will be fat. I'd aim for 2 pounds a month and not sweat it if evry couple of months I was a little higher...

Good luck. I look forward to seeing more progress pics.

[npm596]

npm, you might not want to gain a pound a week in your bulk, while that's not a WILD increase, you won't be adding muscle that fast, so at least half (probably more) will be fat. I'd aim for 2 pounds a month and not sweat it if evry couple of months I was a little higher...

Good luck. I look forward to seeing more progress pics.

Thanks man! That means a lot. I'll shoot for that as my goal

[Luclin999]

This is a question for everyone else as. In OP’s before photo, he was 169 lbs and I would guess at about 16-17% body fat. In his after photo, I would say he is about 10% body fat at 142 lbs - a 24 lb loss. If his lean body mass stayed the same, it should have been only a loss of about 13 lbs to get there. OP looked like he kept all his muscle (and maybe even grew a little from the look of his chest and arms), so my question is.. where dis the remaining 11 lbs of weight loss come from? Water weight? Fat (doesn’t seem like he has that much fat? Muscle (doesn’t look like it?)

He's more like 20% in the first picture so that is where the "missing" weight loss came from that you are looking for..

[Luclin999]

Thanks man! That means a lot. I'll shoot for that as my goal

If you have your maintenance calories figured out, just add 200/day to that amount for a "lean bulk" while lifting heavy 4-6 times per week (depending on the program you follow).

Look to having most of those "extra" calories come from good sources of protein; IE. meat, fish Etc. and if you have to use something like whey protein, them go with whey protein isolate as it is generally higher quality than the regular whey.