Sarahstrezo's bulking Log
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Thanks for posting updates! Looking forward to cut results.0
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Good progress! And that's great you haven't noticed any loss of strength0
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Good progress! And that's great you haven't noticed any loss of strength
That part was what I was most worried about. I not adding weight to my lifts at the rate I was. But I haven't gone back at all and even though the weight increases are slow...they are happening.0 -
My cut is officially over. It lasted about 10 weeks with about 2 weeks at maintenance to start. I was cutting at around 200-2100 calories.
I'm stopping now because I'm starting to notice my strength beginning to plateau and I'm not recovering like I should be. Those things are more important to me than being ultra lean. I took some measurements today and I'm in the high 18% body fat (according to my measurements). Before I bulked, I was 18.5% so I'm only very slightly higher than I was pre bulk.
I have seemed to retained about 4.5 lbs of lean mass and that is great as far as I'm concerned! My waist is now the same size as it was pre bulk, my belly button measurement is a tad smaller and my hips and thighs are a tad bigger….obviously most of my new mass went to my lower half (which is also great IMO)
My plan is to continue on with maintenance calories through the rest of summer and hopefully recomp a little more. Then, in September/October, I'll likely bulk again0 -
My cut is officially over. It lasted about 10 weeks with about 2 weeks at maintenance to start. I was cutting at around 200-2100 calories.
I'm stopping now because I'm starting to notice my strength beginning to plateau and I'm not recovering like I should be. Those things are more important to me than being ultra lean. I took some measurements today and I'm in the high 18% body fat (according to my measurements). Before I bulked, I was 18.5% so I'm only very slightly higher than I was pre bulk.
I have seemed to retained about 4.5 lbs of lean mass and that is great as far as I'm concerned! My waist is now the same size as it was pre bulk, my belly button measurement is a tad smaller and my hips and thighs are a tad bigger….obviously most of my new mass went to my lower half (which is also great IMO)
My plan is to continue on with maintenance calories through the rest of summer and hopefully recomp a little more. Then, in September/October, I'll likely bulk again
Just curious how you measured your body fat? I get different results with every method I've used so I've given up trying to figure it out.0 -
Can we get comparison photos?0
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My cut is officially over. It lasted about 10 weeks with about 2 weeks at maintenance to start. I was cutting at around 200-2100 calories.
I hope there was a zero missing from the end of that 200
Congratulations on finishing your cut, and also the successful bulk!0 -
I use circumferential measurements. It's not 100% accurate, but i've used the same method the entire time so it's a good way to gauge trends.
I will definitely take post cut pictures, but I have to wait until my period is over…because I'm hella bloated right now0