I’ve seen a lot of posts about cutting and a lot of posts about bulking, and I have seen a few about attempting to cut while still gaining mass. How practical is this? I mean, in a natural state I can verify that this is virtually impossible for me. I can cut, slowly, with LOTS of NYC and reduced calories and a very clean diet. I can bulk, or used to be able to, but tend to gain fat almost as fast as muscle/strength.
From what I gather a cutting cycle amounts to using gear to retain muscle mass while ramping up the metabolism. The result, I’m assuming, is very little gain in lean mass and lots of lost fat. How practical is it to gain a moderate amount of muscle and loose a bit of fat at the same time? Specifically, how hard is it to go from say 11% down to 8% bf while putting on 15lbs of muscle assuming the person is in the 210# range? If it's possible how do you do it?
From what I gather a cutting cycle amounts to using gear to retain muscle mass while ramping up the metabolism. The result, I’m assuming, is very little gain in lean mass and lots of lost fat. How practical is it to gain a moderate amount of muscle and loose a bit of fat at the same time? Specifically, how hard is it to go from say 11% down to 8% bf while putting on 15lbs of muscle assuming the person is in the 210# range? If it's possible how do you do it?