Is it necessary to do cardio to get lean muscle gains on deca only cycle?

[HanSolo]

Greetings,

I am currently on my first 10 week 300mg/week DECA only cycle (3rd week in). I heard that in order to get full benefit, I need to be eating 4000-5000 high quality calories a day with shit loads of protein. However, I obviously want to make mostly muscle gains on this cycle and would like to be leaner and don't want to see these xtra calories adding soft weight to my physique. Currently I'm 5'10", 185lbs, 16% BF with pretty crummy muscular genetics, and have been lifting pretty seriously for 6 years. It seemed that the three months of good eating and regular cardio before the juice didn't do jack - that's why i turned to the deca to increase lean muscle mass to get rid of some BF as well.

Should I be doing any cardio on this cycle!? Currently I'm getting in about 25min 3x/week on the treadmill in addition to hitting the weights 6x/week hard. But if I'm eating that many calories, am i going to see any "leaning out" benefits from the cardio, or am I just wasting my breath? I'm prone to being chubby in the love handles/lower back area, and I threw in the cardio so the couple extra thousand calories i eat a day wouldn't accumulate there.

Any input on this matter would be great.

 

[chanmanfoo]

i am not really sure if you are saying you are trying to cut or bulk. you can do either on deca although it would not be my first choice to cut with. if your trying to cut some body fat the cardio is very important. but even more important is the diet. when i cut i take six meals daily two of which are whey protein shakes vs six meals and two shakes while bulking. i also cut my cal. intake by about 35% so for me at 235lbs i would take in about 3700 cals. eat very clean lots of tuna, salmon, chic breast etc.. everyone reacts differently so you just have to research and give it a try. but dont expect to put on lots of mass without some added bodyfat. for most its just part of the game.
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[crsnavet]

IMO, it sounds like you want to bulk, but as much LBM as possible. I would recommend l-dex or something to reduce any water weight. I also feel that if you are trying to bulk and gain size, 6 days of training is too much.
Just my .02