Transition to bulking today! Who is with me?
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lilawolf
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I'm pretty much at my ideal weight, but my lifts have stopped progressing. I am excited for the aesthetic changes that will come with recomping, but hitting my strength goals without just gaining back the weight I've lost is the most important to me. Today, I am transitioning to maintenance, and next week I will transition to bulking around half a lb a week, which is pretty standard for a clean bulk for females.
Current stats: 5'9, 146 lbs, 23-24%
Cut: 1700 NET calories (~0.5lb loss per week. I know that this works for me)
Transition: 1950 NET calories (~ maintenance)
Bulk: 2200 NET calories (~0.5lb gain per week)
Macros: ~30p/35f/35c with at Least 110g protein a day or 1g/lb of lbm
Program: Strong Lifts 5x5, soon to transition to 5/3/1
Why now? Because the second bulk cycle will cover Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years when I would really LIKE to bulk :-p. I will of course continue lifting during the holidays so that I gain muscle and not just fat. Each 13 week cycle will hopefully give me a net gain of 1lb muscle and 0lbs fat.
Transition this week
Bulk: 8/26-10/6 (3lbs gained, almost half muscle)
Cut: 10/7-11/16 (3lbs lost, almost all fat)
Transition: 11/16-11/24
Bulk: 11/25-1/5/14.... etc
Any advice, pics of your results (from ladies or gents), FRs from those who want to join me, comments etc are welcome. Thanks!
Current stats: 5'9, 146 lbs, 23-24%
Cut: 1700 NET calories (~0.5lb loss per week. I know that this works for me)
Transition: 1950 NET calories (~ maintenance)
Bulk: 2200 NET calories (~0.5lb gain per week)
Macros: ~30p/35f/35c with at Least 110g protein a day or 1g/lb of lbm
Program: Strong Lifts 5x5, soon to transition to 5/3/1
Why now? Because the second bulk cycle will cover Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years when I would really LIKE to bulk :-p. I will of course continue lifting during the holidays so that I gain muscle and not just fat. Each 13 week cycle will hopefully give me a net gain of 1lb muscle and 0lbs fat.
Transition this week
Bulk: 8/26-10/6 (3lbs gained, almost half muscle)
Cut: 10/7-11/16 (3lbs lost, almost all fat)
Transition: 11/16-11/24
Bulk: 11/25-1/5/14.... etc
Any advice, pics of your results (from ladies or gents), FRs from those who want to join me, comments etc are welcome. Thanks!
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It sounds like you have things figured out, but in the event you are looking for input on your calorie and macronutrient intake, please give us your gross caloric intake and gross caloric needs and not net.0
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I look forward to following your progress
I'm also about 23-24% body fat and I've been trying to the slooow recomp route
. I can see definite stomach progress over the past 8 months at the same weight... but everything else looks the same.
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It sounds like you have things figured out, but in the event you are looking for input on your calorie and macronutrient intake, please give us your gross caloric intake and gross caloric needs and not net.
Thank you for the offer! I know that you and Sara really know what you are doing, so if I start spinning my wheels, I will definitely post pics, calories, macros, activity etc. Thanks again.0
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