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[YoungAndWeak]

What's up everybody.Im currently bulking up but think Im getting too fat.I was thinking from now on I can bulk one week and then cut one week.Just think if you can lose a lb of fat a week and gain about a lb of muscle the next week.....your bf would drop tremendously.I dont know about you guys but bulking gets old after a while,with these methods your always shocking your body so results would be expected as your body adapts.What does everyone think?Has anyone ever tried anything like this?

 

[siceone]

Clean up your diet

 

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good luck gaining a pound a week like that. dont think it will work but good luck.

Wanna be a Pimp?

 

[nikolai_bolkov]

Better to gain slower but with less fat gain. Last time I bulked I gain quite a bit of fat and water...never again. Gonna try to stay lean with slow progressive gains.

Eat clean...watch your gains (muscle vs fat) closely, and vary the amount of carbs and protein you take in.

 

[YoungAndWeak]

Hey yall whats up,first off I eat clean but maybe I dont know how to bulk and gain less fat?For example Im still wondering,is it ok to eat carbs like after 7 while bulking? If so how many?Another one is I know we eat carbs with protein because insulin is released to carry protein to the muscle.....I eat about 75-100 carbs with each meal until pw shake.My total cals are about 4000,do I need that many carbs with each meal or is that the culperate (sp) thats making me fat?

 

[bmit]

Two weeks of bulking and I've had it. I hate looking fat and bloated even w/ femara. Depends on your goals. If you just want to get big, bulk away. but for me, from now on slow steady growth. I hate fat face.

 

[nikolai_bolkov]

YoundAndWeak, I am myself struggling with the same questions.

I'm gonna try cutting out heavy carbs after 6pm, and only have veggies and such trace carbs with the protein at this time.

If you're getting fat then your body doesn't need all that food, even for repairing muscle.

Trying to find the right balance between max muscle gain/min fat gain is probably different from person to person, and the holy grail of bodybuilding.

Trial and error I would say is the only way to find out.

 

[YoungAndWeak]

You know what nikolai,I totally agree with you.I guess I wont have to pound down so much food,today I had 3 huge bowls of chili....30 min later I almost threw them back up.But anyway I guess your right and Im gonna be switching around my diet to see what works.Now what do you guys think of say bulking for a month and cutting for a month? still too little?

 

[YoungAndWeak]

Ok no one has replied yet,no surprise.What do you guys think of bulking for 3 weeks outta every month then cutting for one week.Also what do you guys use to prvenet estrogen related fat gains while bulking? I have liquidex and nolvadex which one is th best to use?

 

[Riker29]

I think one of the problems here is the way in which many people "bulk".,

Many poeople see this as an opportunity to eat Dominos Pizza, Burger King, Ribs, Mexcican Food ... and just generally pig out.

Now are there guys who CAN do such things and not get totally fat and bloated. Yes.

But similar to the genetic anomalies which allow some guys to look like Mr Olympia contenders, only SOME, FEW guys can eat like total crap and stay lean (or at least leaner tha Fat Albert). And/or they are on a mountain of gear at the time.

Some of the "bulk" methods advocated here and by some members are ridiculoius. "Yeah I go to Burger King and eat 5 whoppers with cheese". Please - that's not bulking, thats just being a pig.


If you eat well, clean, with a good balnce of carbs (not all starchy, bread and sugar crap) which includes fruit and real veggies, along with a lot of protein and some good fat (meaning don't just eat beef all day with lot of fat, get some mix of protein and also get some good EFAs using like Udos's or Flaxseed oil least) then you will be able to probebly put on muscle (if training and RESTING properly) without too much fat.

BTW, the bulk one week and cut the next method ... LOL .... well if you "sorta try" to do 2 different things you end up doing neither very well at all.

I think, again, that the "bulk" mindset of eating TONs of ANYTHING in sight does more harm than good.