Journey to 195

wallyr1
wallyr1 Posts: 20 Member
in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
Stats:
Male
6'0
170lbs
9%>body fat
Goal:
185lbs 8%> lean body mass

My plan is to bulk up from 170lb to 195lb then cut back down to 185lb. So far I've been gaining about 2lbs a month and making gains. My question is, should I continue this pace or speed it up? At this rate, I won't hit 195 for another 12 months... which is fine because I'm in no rush, but I don't want to waste time if I could be making faster gains. This is my first year really lifting btw.

Currently eating about 2900-3000 calories a day. (I usually eat 3000 calories per day, but if I feel that I'm gaining weight too fast, or I had a binge weekend, I'll bring it back down to 2900 for a week or so and that usually helps slow down the process)

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    Well it's definitely theoretically possible. Post bulk, if you maintain 50/50 fat/muscle ratio, you would get around 167 lbs of lean body mass at around 15% body fat. Cutting back down 10 lbs, if you don't lose any lbm, will put you around 185 @ 10%. The biggest questions comes down to; 1. can you maintain this for a year, 2. can you continue to train hard consistently for that period, and 3. are you ok with the way your body will look for that period.


    You are in a good pace, but if you want, you can break it up into chucks if you can't adhere or like the way your body looks. But pending you have a good training program, then you have a good plan.
  • wallyr1
    wallyr1 Posts: 20 Member
    You mean 197 not 167 right?
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,427 MFP Moderator
    waleedrashid90 wrote: »
    You mean 197 not 167 right?

    Based on your current numbers you would have around 154 lbs of lbm. If you gained 25 lbs at roughly 50% muscle you would have 167 lbs of lbm; give or take a few lbs for glycogen capacity changes and other non muscle lbm changes.
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    If you are happy with your progress and not in a rush then keep going. If you gain faster, you will add more fat and then have to diet longer at the end.

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