How long do you bulk for

Until my pants get too tight.

I bulked until I got to about 26% body fat. It took a few years.

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.

About 3 to 5 months for me.

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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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.

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....

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.

Forever bulk mode

I bulk until I hate my self (not literally) than do the same with cutting jk I don't cut