What happens in Bulk phase?

tomjanecourtney
tomjanecourtney Posts: 97 Member
in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
What should I expect in the following circumstances?

Clean bulk from 15% fat state ie.
• Training hard and heavy in the gym
• clean bulk with 250 to 500 cal excess

Muscle and fat increase pound for pound?
Muscle to fat 2:1 ish ratio ?
Fat to muscle 2:1 ish ratio ?

I know we’re all different but what’s your experience?

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  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    Don’t bulk when 15% or over. You’ll get fat (ter) and your body is not in an optimal state to gain muscle
  • tomjanecourtney
    tomjanecourtney Posts: 97 Member
    :(

    Your probably correct in that, especially at my age (62)

    At 180 lbs with 19.2% fat I will go on another cut after the festive season and aim to lose 7 1/2 lbs fat whilst hopefully continuing to maintain my muscle mass as I’ve done to date. This will bring me to the magic (for me) 15% figure.
    I will then go on maintenance for a month and push extra weights to see what happens.

    That’s the plan anyway :)

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