The Doberman
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How much fat gain is acceptable to you when bulking up?
Remember that when you're pounding down the cals when you're bulking!! I bulked up for like 3 years straight, and maxed out at 240lbs and about 18%BF. I was pretty strong, and I felt like absolute ****. Ive been cutting since March of this year, and now Im down nearly 20lbs and am at 11%BF. Trying to get down to 8% and stay there.I guess it also depends on how much you wanna cut later!
That's not really true - you can maintain your weight and make dramatic improvements in strength by training your CNS.The heavier you are the stronger you will be.
yes I should have phrased that differently. Anymore than 40 lbs. over contest weight for me is worthless weight. But I stayed pretty lean for years and my gains were good but not nearly as good as when I am 40 lbs. heavier. When I was 20 lbs. over contest weight.That's not really true - you can maintain your weight and make dramatic improvements in strength by training your CNS.
Depends on how much fat you are starting withHow much fat gain is acceptable to you when bulking up?
But on the plus side, you got a killer set of abs!ah it's a vicious seesaw of dysmorphia and anorexia nervosa...
Well, not really..
But I suppose the abs are a factor with me. And yes I completely agree with Jarhead.. if I didn't care, my bulks would be phenomenal.. but at least I know this.. that's the first step.
listen to vrunga!!!! i'm in the same boat now... total pain in the ass! i'm 5' 5" 180 and 17% BF at the moment... just started cutting in august... once i see my abs.... i'll be a very happy person...Remember that when you're pounding down the cals when you're bulking!! I bulked up for like 3 years straight, and maxed out at 240lbs and about 18%BF. I was pretty strong, and I felt like absolute ****. Ive been cutting since March of this year, and now Im down nearly 20lbs and am at 11%BF. Trying to get down to 8% and stay there.
Ill tell you this: dont get too fat, because cutting is a royal PITA
BV
I don't know if we types will EVER be truly happy with ourselves.listen to vrunga!!!! i'm in the same boat now... total pain in the ass! i'm 5' 5" 180 and 17% BF at the moment... just started cutting in august... once i see my abs.... i'll be a very happy person...
cheers,
darkpoet3113
Well 18% bf is close to "bulked" already. You might want to rethink this and drop some bf and maintain muscle first. If you add another 7% bf, a quarter of your body will be fat, which is not good. Keep your diet clean ( although 3700 isn't terribly high so shouldn't make for a huge amount of excess cals.) You could also continue and just keep an eye one bf and add cardio as needed. Think more in terms of adding true muscle and not bulk. As far as the bloating, yeah that's normal. The extra food will strectch the midsection, and I imagine there is water retention from the extra sodium in the extra food.I have just started bulking last week and this is my first bulking cycle. I am going to try it for two months and see where it takes me. I am 27 yo, 205 with 18% bf. I am very worried about my BF getting much higher. I am eating at a 44/42/14 ratio of protein/carbs/fat and about 3700 cals a day. I am using the ALRI Evolution Stack. What should I watch out for so I don't increase my BF % to much. After a week of eating all these calories I am feeling bloated and fatter around my midsection, is this normal? Also, should I have dieted down to a lower BF % before trying to bulk? I do have some trouble when I try to loose fat.
QFT. There is no point in gaining heaps of fat. Remember if you eat cleaner foods like Oats, Eggs, Chicken, Brown Rice, and etc. All the good rich complex carbed good protein foods. You should be fine, but also watch what time you eat the carbs and how much you eat it in one sitting. Try adding cardio 2-3 times a week that also helps to keep the fat gains down.Remember that when you're pounding down the cals when you're bulking!! I bulked up for like 3 years straight, and maxed out at 240lbs and about 18%BF. I was pretty strong, and I felt like absolute ****. Ive been cutting since March of this year, and now Im down nearly 20lbs and am at 11%BF. Trying to get down to 8% and stay there.
Ill tell you this: dont get too fat, because cutting is a royal PITA
BV
hell yeahi usually add 30lbs of fat. i like to cut so i dont care. this year i went from 205 and now i'm at 255. however i started a pheramax cylce 10 weeks ago and did a 4 weeker and went from 239 to 255 and kept it all. i'm mantaining 255 and gunna start my cut in 1 1/2 weeks probly down to 225.......i hope