I just finished a 3 month (clean) bulk. I made major strength gains, but I went from 187 lbs to 202 lbs (I'm 5 foot 10 inches).
Now, I've successfully cut before, but I want to do it in a way that minimizes strength loss. Here's my plan so far:
> Get TDEE - 500 (instead of TDEE + 500) > Continue lifting heavy weight. I'm currently doing a PHUL, should I keep doing that on a cut? > Up my cardio to every day / every other day. > 1.5 gs of protein for every lb of desired weight > Possibly do intermittent fasting.
Do you guys think this makes sense? Any criticisms or other advice? I just worked really hard to get this strong and I don't want to totally lose everything.
My bodyfat is below 18%. I just had my blood drawn and my resting heart rate / pulse is athlete status. My LDL is within normal ranges. In the 3 months I bulked, I literally doubled all of my lifts because my diet was very clean and calculated all of my macros and calories.
Go back to eating crayons while the adults are trying to have a conversation.
Bentley King
lmao 18% is fat af dude haha who are you kidding?
>my resting heart rate / pulse is athlete status
and your mile PR is 8:57
>I literally doubled all of my lifts
oh you're one of those """bearmode""" epic powerlifters who got his bench from 80 lb to 160. Very nice dude! But for some reason I don't think packing on 15 pounds of fat was needed for that 365 deadlift, bro!
Elijah Martin
If you managed to double your lifts in 3 months then you are for sure mostly fat. It's alright fatty, bodyposi and all of that.
Camden Phillips
I don't even know if I should dignify the trolling with a response but, in the off chance you really are this poorly informed, maybe this will help you out.
>lmao 18% is fat af dude haha who are you kidding?
15% - 20% is normal for males, and being and your mile PR is 8:57 Actually it's 2 miles in 13:30, which means the first one was probably around 6.5 minutes.
>oh you're one of those """bearmode""" epic powerlifters who got his bench from 80 lb to 160. Very nice dude! But for some reason I don't think packing on 15 pounds of fat was needed for that 365 deadlift, bro!
Yeah,you don't understand bulking and obviously never did it before.
Samefag / you don't understand how bulking works.
Thomas Clark
Post body fatty
Juan Nguyen
>15% - 20% is normal for males Spotted the American
Brayden Jones
Why don't you post yours since you clearly know better than everybody else who has ever bulked?
Hudson Sanders
>be me not OP but 5'10 200lb fatty >mile pr is literally 8:30
Grayson Rogers
Instead of 500 deficit remove 200ckals. Then when you stall on that remove another 100ckals and keep doing that.
Connor Wright
dont cut just up your work load senpai
Gavin Lopez
Stay on your goal op i believe in you
Connor Wilson
>shitposting a thread asking for legit Jow Forums advice Kill yourself
>nuking your own thread by feeding trolls
Everyone involved is retarded, myself included for bumping this thread
Lucas Scott
Honestly, that's how it is nearly everywhere. People underestimate their bodyfat all the time because calculators are always an easy 4% off.
If you're going to up the amount of cardio you do, change your calories accordingly. You don't want to go super low if you're going for a conventional cut If you have the will power, time, and patience, I'd recommend PSMF with an EC stack. Dropped at least 2% bodyfat (15-13 probably) in 2 weeks based off of visuals (6 pack hardly/slightly visible flexed to clearly visible 6 pack when flexed) as a category 1. It was hard as shit, but progress was quick and 2 weeks after my refeed I'm the same weight as when I started but clearly leaner. Although to be fair, I was already 3 weeks deep into a hard cut (~1800 calories daily with a 2700 calorie maintenance) so glycogen levels were pretty low at the start. Didn't lose any strength in the 2 weeks, may have lost a tiny bit of muscle off my legs but they were pretty small to begin with Thanks for reading my blogpost
Can't see abs: fat IF is useful during a cut. Going very low carb, in my experience, was translated in strength loss, I'd recommend to balance protein/fat in favor of carbs if your main lifts suffer. If you're hungry, add more cardio to eat more, if not, as long as you're losing the target weight on average, no need to do much more than, maybe 2 sessions/week, but up to you. No need to rush to -500, try a smaller deficit and see how it works for you, at the beginning, mid cut or towards the end. Try to complete 6-8week cycles, refeed, then adjust and resume for weight loss stalling
Easton Bennett
its beef shank stew. it has cabbage, carrots, green squash thingies. I'm not sure if the oil from the beef would fuck me over. rhat oil you see on the top of soups.
Easton Foster
eat only one meal a day
Eli Sullivan
post body
Colton Adams
what are you cutting?
Samuel Reyes
>3 month clean bulk >15 lbs
You did a semi-dirty bulk. Lean bulking calls for gaining no more than 1 to 2 lbs a month.
Sebastian Young
> Lean bulking, what the fuck are you talking about And you can eat 1000 over tdee with clean foods and gain more than 1 or 2 a month
Nicholas Murphy
August 26th - September 10th - September 11th after refeed All 3 are in the morning and unflexed >inb4 obviously unflexed, dyel f-fuck off. I'd understand if I'm overshooting the fat loss % estimate, but the 2 weeks definitely cut down on the fat
