Hey guys. Ended cut in december and slowly began increasing calories in January. Weight went from 167-173 during this time. Routine-wise i ran a couple Mindpump strength programs and just recently finished Canditos 6week strength routine. Strength is maybe slightly up in a few lifts. Not sure if i gained any muscle at all i certainly cant tell. Definitely gained fat on my stomach which is surprising to me as i ended calories on my cut at 1900 and slowly increased to 2400-2500 which most calculators say should be about my maintenance. Moving to a more hypertrophy based program as this low volume strength stuff just didnt do much for me at all unless im just not seeing it. Question is would it be a good idea to do a mini cut at this time? Or keep in a surplus for a bit longer? Really down on myself lately as i feel ive been stuck at around this physique for like 5 years now. I was once 210 lbs. alot bigger and stronger but decided i wanted to “get leaner” and ended up losing alot of my strength and size
First pic is at end of cut
Rest of pics are recent
https://imgur.com/a/7Z0q8PL
https://imgur.com/a/5JJ4lL0
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05-22-2022, 07:01 AM #1
Should I mini cut? Keep bulking? Pics inside
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06-07-2022, 12:31 PM #2
You could go either way honestly. You have a lot of muscle so it really depends on what look you want. I've been everywhere from single digit bf in the low 160s to 20% in the low 200s. I really prefer the middle ground now in that 12-15% bf range. If you're going to put on muscle as an advanced lifter id suggest looking into specialization cycles.
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06-07-2022, 12:35 PM #3
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06-16-2022, 02:23 AM #4
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