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@peipei In my experience, I gained a pound a week at 3000

@aymgoa Great response with your experience measuring your waistline. And thank you for that advice about comparing cut to cut or bulk to bulk! I think in the past, I've compared myself at the end of my bulk to myself at the end of a cut, and you're probably right about water and glycogen being...

@aymgoa See this is my biggest fear right here: putting myself through a long bulk and cut, only to come out the same or with less muscle mass. Do you have any idea why you ended up at the same amount of lean mass on a dexa after your 2nd bulk and cut cycle? Did you get stronger at all, and did...

@masonmatt1000 Damn, yea I get it, it makes sense. Just the idea of getting up to 20% bf is kinda scary, because that would be a long road back down to 10%

@jcp1988 I love Jeff. Got it, I will maintain my 200 surplus on lean bulks and a 300-400 deficit on cuts moving forward

@jcp1988 What deficit would you recommend?

@jcp1988 you're definitely right, I shouldn't be scared to bulk. I guess I'm just worried about losing strength on a cut, because I remember how much of a hit energy levels can take on a calorie deficit. But I guess I'll just have to keep the deficit not too big, and just trust I will be better...

@masonmatt1000 That would probably put me somewhere around 20% bf tho

@johnc101 That calculator is helpful, thank you!

@johnc101 Thanks I appreciate it. I guess I will just keep pushing ahead on this lean bulk. Do you have a weight or body fat percentage you would recommend aiming for, before I reassess whether I should keep going or cut a little?

@johnc101 Bulking for 1.5 years from 145 to 162 is exactly 1% bodyweight gain... Got it, I guess I will further commit to this building phase. I've been getting stronger, but am just not building a ton of muscle.

@johnc101 is there anything wrong with lean bulking for 2-3 years? I've heard things about fat partitioning, but if you're relatively lean, is there anything wrong with going straight through without stopping for mini cuts? I've been lean bulking for about 1.5 years now, and I'm not sure if my...

@avalonforhim That actually sounds really promising, it sounds like I would be able to have longer bulk periods and only have to go through short cutting phases. My biggest fear with bulking too fast has been having to back into a long period of cutting, because my last cut of 40 lbs was a long...

@avalonforhim And if I stop at 15%, what bf% would you cut down to before bulking again?

@avalonforhim I guess I will start by increasing my surplus to where I'm gaining 2-3 lbs per month. Does this definitely mean that some of that 2-3 lb gain will be muscle, if I'm training to failure and adding weight/reps over time?

@avalonforhim it's definitely been consistent, I weigh myself every week. 1 pound a week sounds very fast, but increasing my calories a little at this point is something I'm strongly considering. Thanks for your response

@avalonforhim I'll correct the post but I started at 145 lbs in January 2022 actually, and gained about a pound a month since then, bringing me to 162 lbs today.

Pics from top to bottom are from November 2019, March 2021, December 2022: I’ve been doing everything right for about 2-3 years now. Did a long cut from 185 lbs to 145 lbs in 2019, maintained from 2020-2021, and have been bulking for a year now starting in January 2022 (the first two pics were...