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heavy lifting do in a deficit, maintenance, and surplus

Momwasix
Momwasix Posts: 609 Member
edited January 6 in Fitness and Exercise
I'm cutting right now and my goal is 170. I'm 5"6 34 192.5.I want to get to 170 and i know we don't bulk when weight training but if i ate at a surplus wouldn't you bulk you bulk up. I'm not looking to bulk up but once i get to my goal weight get tone and have shape. I'm doing weight training 30 min a day 3 week with low hiit on those days. The other 3 day high hit for 25 mins or any high intensity activity for no more than 60 mins. the other day rest or yoga.

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  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    I don't think I understand the question. Can you repeat it?
  • FSL010
    FSL010 Posts: 65 Member
    No you won't get big. Even some guys don't get big that fast so you don't have to worry about getting big.
  • Cranktastic
    Cranktastic Posts: 1,517 Member
    huh?
  • DopeItUp
    DopeItUp Posts: 18,771 Member
    I just read your post three times and I have no idea what you're asking for.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    If you do not want to bulk, then don't. But I am also confused as to what the question is.

    ETA: what is low HIIT?
  • FSL010
    FSL010 Posts: 65 Member
    She's saying if she weight trains with a calorie surplus, how would she not bulk up?
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    You don't have to eat at a surplus, if you don't want to gain. You can eat at maintenance. Maybe wait till you get to your goal to decide what to do next.
  • DeeVanderbles
    DeeVanderbles Posts: 589 Member
    I think she's asking what to eat at while lifting heavy weights to ensure that she doesn't bulk up.

    Eat at a calorie deficit, eat at maintenance, or eat at a surplus.

    I don't know much about lifting weights so I'm not much help here but I think I understood her question.

    I'd say eat at maintenance and make modifications if you feel like you're getting too bulky but from my understanding, you're not going to "bulk up".
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    I weight trained on a calorie surplus. I gained 10lbs in 4 months, not all of that was muscle, probably only 4lbs was. Still not bulky,
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    I'm cutting right now and my goal is 170. I'm 5"6 34 192.5.I want to get to 170

    Ok, so you're eating at a calorie deficit to lose weight
    and i know we don't bulk when weight training

    You don't bulk weight training while eating on a deficit, correct.
    but if i ate at a surplus wouldn't you bulk you bulk up.

    If you train hard and eat at a surplus, you will bulk up because you're giving the body what it needs to build muscle
    I'm not looking to bulk up but once i get to my goal weight get tone and have shape.

    Continue eating at a deficit and working out.
    I'm doing weight training 30 min a day 3 week with low hiit on those days. The other 3 day high hit for 25 mins or any high intensity activity for no more than 60 mins. the other day rest or yoga.

    :flowerforyou:
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    If you "bulk" (ie: eat in a surplus while lifting) you will get bigger. If you're training right, some will be muscle, some will be fat.

    I don't understand why you would be eating in a surplus though, if you didn't want to get any bigger. For the record, I've "bulked" twice now to purposefully add muscle - I'm still not "bulky". I've added muscle, but not so much that I look anywhere close to a man, or a female bodybuilder or anything like that that plenty of women seem to worry about.

    If you want to tone up a bit more after you've reached your goal weight, but don't really want to do the whole bulking/cutting thing, the best bet would be to eat at maintenence, lift heavy and slowly recomp IMO.
  • ishtar13
    ishtar13 Posts: 528 Member
    she says she's "on a cut"; Wouldn't that imply a deficit?

    the diet side of the equation doesn't change if you're lifting.

    to lose: deficit
    to stay the same: maintenance
    to gain: surplus

    what might change is how many calories your maintenance becomes, that will likely go up.
  • FSL010
    FSL010 Posts: 65 Member
    I'm cutting right now and my goal is 170. I'm 5"6 34 192.5.I want to get to 170

    Ok, so you're eating at a calorie deficit to lose weight
    and i know we don't bulk when weight training

    You don't bulk weight training while eating on a deficit, correct.
    but if i ate at a surplus wouldn't you bulk you bulk up.

    If you train hard and eat at a surplus, you will bulk up because you're giving the body what it needs to build muscle
    I'm not looking to bulk up but once i get to my goal weight get tone and have shape.

    Continue eating at a deficit and working out.
    I'm doing weight training 30 min a day 3 week with low hiit on those days. The other 3 day high hit for 25 mins or any high intensity activity for no more than 60 mins. the other day rest or yoga.

    :flowerforyou:

    This ^^^
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