How long do you bulk for
BonyCastro
Posts: 110 Member
I know it depends on individual goals... But I'm just looking as an average.. How many weeks or pounds ? Just curious
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Until my pants get too tight.2
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Hard to say without knowing certain things mate0
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I bulked until I got to about 26% body fat. It took a few years.3
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I bulked for 4.5 months and gained 10lbs. It was a fairly modest bulk (since it was my first)4
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Most people come of their bulk now and start cutting for summer. Leave you bulk until September, for when you can do it properly from September-may. If you haven't bulked before I suggest you work your core and gradually begin to add more foods to your diet, and I recommend going for the clean route, better in the long run. Work your way into the bulk by gradually increasing the quantity you eat, and workout the amount of calories your body needs, take your body weight in lbs and multiply by 17. Add 500 and hit that amount of calories every day to add weight and be hyper caloric. That's the basics really.2
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If you don't have a set timeframe then bulk to a certain BF%. Don't restrict yourself to weeks or months because you may be forced into doing ridiculous things like "take your body weight in lbs and multiply by 17 Add 500" which will cause you to gain WAY more fat than is necessary.4
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About 3 to 5 months for me.0
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I am curious about why you are curious?1
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joncooper1980 wrote: »If you don't have a set timeframe then bulk to a certain BF%. Don't restrict yourself to weeks or months because you may be forced into doing ridiculous things like "take your body weight in lbs and multiply by 17 Add 500" which will cause you to gain WAY more fat than is necessary.
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Until I decide I need to lean up1
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xHarrySims wrote: »Most people come of their bulk now and start cutting for summer. Leave you bulk until September, for when you can do it properly from September-may. If you haven't bulked before I suggest you work your core and gradually begin to add more foods to your diet, and I recommend going for the clean route, better in the long run. Work your way into the bulk by gradually increasing the quantity you eat, and workout the amount of calories your body needs, take your body weight in lbs and multiply by 17. Add 500 and hit that amount of calories every day to add weight and be hyper caloric. That's the basics really.
That's is excessive for the majority of people. A 17 multiplier is inappropriate for most women and men who are not fairly active. There are lots of calculators out there that can give an estimate for bulking that is closer to accurate than a one size fits all type equation.1 -
Personally, I'm a fan of 500 over TDEE. It's a nice slow bulk that doesn't encourage too much fat gains for me. For me, this equates to about .75 to 1 lb a week.
As for how long to bulk, well, in my opinion the joke holds true... "Bulk till you hate yourself, and then cut until you can't stand it." I mean that jokingly, obviously, as I would never encourage self hatred, but personally, I bulk until I can't stand gaining any longer and feel enough ego push to cut. It's highly subjective as most likely it will take several cycles to reach your goals... or at least, it does for me.2 -
Comes down to personal preference and how long you can keep it up.
For me, my bulks don't always go the way I want....
At the end of summer 2015 I was ~172 lbs....and thought I would do a bulk till February 2016, with a target weight of around 190
By end of November I was sitting at 184 so I thought my goal would be no problem...maybe even hit 195
But my appetite crashed in December and by end of December I was down to ~176
So come end of summer this time, not sure if I will bulk to a certain weight...
Or just come at it from the view of trying to just make sure I just eat more food than what I do when I am getting ready for summer....
See if I have better luck this time around....0 -
start bulking when you are as thin as you'd like, but weaker than you'd like to be.
cut when you are as strong as you'd like but fatter than you'd like to be.0 -
As long as I can take it which is about 6 months.
I bulked until I was bursting my largest size pants and the seam. From a US size 2 to a super tight size 6.
20lb gain in 6 months.
This was a dirty bulk. I ate what I liked and enjoyed it. I feel I needed to dirty bulk after 2 years of deficit and maintenance. I needed to not track and just enjoy eating without knowing the exact amount of what I felt was damage I was doing to all my hard work. My lifts increased exponentially.
I'm cutting now and seeing the fruits of my labor
My lifts have not suffered and the fat is disappearing.
After Labor Day this year I will bulk again but this time it will be a clean bulk. I want minimal fat gains.
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Till it gets close to summer lol0
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Forever bulk mode4
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Permabulk all the way, I'm on about 5-5500 cals a day at the moment1
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I bulk until I hate my self (not literally) than do the same with cutting jk I don't cut0
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I bulked for a little under 5 months because it was all I could take (first bulk). I gained about 15 lbs and I ended up pretty damn thick. I think I would have benefitted from another month or two. Regardless, I tried to cut and my life went to crap so I'm only like 7 lbs down from my highest weigh in.0
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I've been on a long slow bulk since September 2015, gaining around 1.7lb per month.
I've decided to stop, I'm now not happy with my waist. After a quick month cut, I'll start another long lean bulk0 -
I notice that 4 weeks into a bulk I begin to hate all the food I have to cram into my face. 4 weeks into a cut I begin to hate the lack of food that I am able to cram into my face.
#TheStruggleIsReal
Having said that, on balance, bulking is much more fun that cutting.0 -
Been bulking for around 7 months now. Im trying to bulk for the next couple months0
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what are your goals OP? Hard to give an answer without knowing. I would say that you need to set a goal weight and then stop when you get to that number....0
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xHarrySims wrote: »Most people come of their bulk now and start cutting for summer. Leave you bulk until September, for when you can do it properly from September-may. If you haven't bulked before I suggest you work your core and gradually begin to add more foods to your diet, and I recommend going for the clean route, better in the long run. Work your way into the bulk by gradually increasing the quantity you eat, and workout the amount of calories your body needs, take your body weight in lbs and multiply by 17. Add 500 and hit that amount of calories every day to add weight and be hyper caloric. That's the basics really.
ignore most of this OP ....
clean has nothing to do with bulking..or anything else for that matter...0 -
xHarrySims wrote: »Most people come of their bulk now and start cutting for summer. Leave you bulk until September, for when you can do it properly from September-may. If you haven't bulked before I suggest you work your core and gradually begin to add more foods to your diet, and I recommend going for the clean route, better in the long run. Work your way into the bulk by gradually increasing the quantity you eat, and workout the amount of calories your body needs, take your body weight in lbs and multiply by 17. Add 500 and hit that amount of calories every day to add weight and be hyper caloric. That's the basics really.
ignore most of this OP ....
clean has nothing to do with bulking..or anything else for that matter...
I don't think he's talking about clean eating, but clean/dirty bulking, which is a function of how big a calorie surplus you have when bulking.0 -
richardgavel wrote: »xHarrySims wrote: »Most people come of their bulk now and start cutting for summer. Leave you bulk until September, for when you can do it properly from September-may. If you haven't bulked before I suggest you work your core and gradually begin to add more foods to your diet, and I recommend going for the clean route, better in the long run. Work your way into the bulk by gradually increasing the quantity you eat, and workout the amount of calories your body needs, take your body weight in lbs and multiply by 17. Add 500 and hit that amount of calories every day to add weight and be hyper caloric. That's the basics really.
ignore most of this OP ....
clean has nothing to do with bulking..or anything else for that matter...
I don't think he's talking about clean eating, but clean/dirty bulking, which is a function of how big a calorie surplus you have when bulking.
Yep this is totally what he meant.. Clean Bulk or Dirty Bulk depends on amount of the surplus.. 500 calories being Dirty!0 -
richardgavel wrote: »xHarrySims wrote: »Most people come of their bulk now and start cutting for summer. Leave you bulk until September, for when you can do it properly from September-may. If you haven't bulked before I suggest you work your core and gradually begin to add more foods to your diet, and I recommend going for the clean route, better in the long run. Work your way into the bulk by gradually increasing the quantity you eat, and workout the amount of calories your body needs, take your body weight in lbs and multiply by 17. Add 500 and hit that amount of calories every day to add weight and be hyper caloric. That's the basics really.
ignore most of this OP ....
clean has nothing to do with bulking..or anything else for that matter...
I don't think he's talking about clean eating, but clean/dirty bulking, which is a function of how big a calorie surplus you have when bulking.
Yep this is totally what he meant.. Clean Bulk or Dirty Bulk depends on amount of the surplus.. 500 calories being Dirty!
Wouldn't call a 500 cal surplus/day "dirty" really.1 -
richardgavel wrote: »xHarrySims wrote: »Most people come of their bulk now and start cutting for summer. Leave you bulk until September, for when you can do it properly from September-may. If you haven't bulked before I suggest you work your core and gradually begin to add more foods to your diet, and I recommend going for the clean route, better in the long run. Work your way into the bulk by gradually increasing the quantity you eat, and workout the amount of calories your body needs, take your body weight in lbs and multiply by 17. Add 500 and hit that amount of calories every day to add weight and be hyper caloric. That's the basics really.
ignore most of this OP ....
clean has nothing to do with bulking..or anything else for that matter...
I don't think he's talking about clean eating, but clean/dirty bulking, which is a function of how big a calorie surplus you have when bulking.
where did he say clean bulk in any of that statement?0 -
LolBroScience wrote: »richardgavel wrote: »xHarrySims wrote: »Most people come of their bulk now and start cutting for summer. Leave you bulk until September, for when you can do it properly from September-may. If you haven't bulked before I suggest you work your core and gradually begin to add more foods to your diet, and I recommend going for the clean route, better in the long run. Work your way into the bulk by gradually increasing the quantity you eat, and workout the amount of calories your body needs, take your body weight in lbs and multiply by 17. Add 500 and hit that amount of calories every day to add weight and be hyper caloric. That's the basics really.
ignore most of this OP ....
clean has nothing to do with bulking..or anything else for that matter...
I don't think he's talking about clean eating, but clean/dirty bulking, which is a function of how big a calorie surplus you have when bulking.
Yep this is totally what he meant.. Clean Bulk or Dirty Bulk depends on amount of the surplus.. 500 calories being Dirty!
Wouldn't call a 500 cal surplus/day "dirty" really.
i would not either...0
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