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I found an old front facing picture from January and this is what I looked like. I think I gained a bit of size on my chest and lats as I had no sort of V-shape before, but please correct me if I'm wrong.

I've been trying to do a clean bulk.

Admittedly, I didn't take a full set of pictures the 1st time (and I still haven't this time as I didn't take pics of my arms and legs for some reason) so you can't really see much improvement in what was shown originally (i.e. essentially just the abs and obliques) however my chest and back have grown quite a bit. I had a…

Thanks! I never really considered recomp before but I'll definitely take a look into it.

I just googled him and that's essentially the type of body I want as well. Some of the skin has seemed to have tighten quite a bit so far (either that or muscle has filled it out) especially in my arms. My reasoning was that, the skin might not be able to tighten efficiently if it is still constantly being weighed and…

As per the advice of you and others in this thread, I'll just throw the concept of BMI out the window, but what weight do you think would be appropriate then? BTW, part of the reason why I wanted to get so low is because when I was at 155 I still felt like I had significant fat on me (especially in the legs and lower…

Yes, that was from January, I've done about 6 months of bulking since then and gone from about 155 pounds to 175-180 pounds, so since half a year has passed I was wondering what I should do now. Also, I think it could be loose skin+fat. When I was 155 I could still feel deposits of fat in there but people were starting to…

Yes, I lost about 75-80 pounds last year.

Oh wow @Kman4evah that doesn't sound like a lot at all. Thanks. I don't know why I felt like that would require a weight loss of 15-20 lbs.

Thanks for the quick replies. @annette_15 Isn't it only inaccurate for really muscular men (like those who look like bodybuilders)? Also, does anyone know how much weight loss is essentially equivalent to a body fat percentage decrease of 1%? What I mean is, say I am at 16% BF, how many pounds would I need to lose to get…

To everyone else, thank you for your advice. I've taken everything you have said into consideration and decided to commit myself to bulking. Would a surplus of 250 calories per day be sufficient?

Okay then... I'm not even American but that's beside the point. Thanks, I honestly don't see how what I did could even considered "trolling". I even posted pictures of myself, so obviously I'm seeking legitimate advice and not conjuring up unrealistic scenarios for entertainment purposes. Anyway, I will ignore the…

My protein target is 152 g. Too much protein? lol That's a nice problem to have. What do you do to get so much in because chicken only has about 20g. So I'd have to eat like 8 pieces of chicken in a day to reach my goal. I've tried to offset this by drinking cow's milk but it's not the most pleasant thing to consume.

Right now I have a little over 1000 calories left and 80 grams of protein (and this is after taking a Whey shake). Thanks for the suggestion. I think I'll have to seriously reconstruct my diet to make more "space" for those kinds of foods.

Thank you. I'll call around to see if anyone does it though I highly doubt it since I don't live in the USA and I've never heard of such a procedure being performed here. Also, do you have any recommendations for calorie and protein rich foods? Like right now, I still feel full from lunch and am probably going to have to…

That sounds amazing, did you lift with a strength or hypertrophy oriented program? Also, approximately how much protein are you talking about, because at this point in time I don't even know how to get 150 g of protein in on a daily basis. Also, how big a deficit were you on (i.e. how many pounds were you expected to lose…

I'm sorry but I don't realize how I did anything wrong. Moreover, I am not a troll. I've been using this site religiously for over a year to lose weight (you can search for my previous posts which date back to 2013) and after hitting my original goal of weight loss and leaving the realm of obesity, I'm now ready to do the…

So, I've decided to start the All Pro program this week after testing my 10RM last week and everything. I'm going to just jump into it but I'm finding it hard to get enough protein in. Can anyone recommend some advice with regards to this please? I made that topic some time after this one. This post was made to ask if one…

Thanks for the link. I have a question however: It says that I should eat a slight deficit while still working out my abdominal area to tone the area. Wouldn't that be counterproductive? Don't you need a calorie surplus to build muscle (thereby making working out that area while on a deficit futile)?

Okay, can you clarify something for me please. Is it that your muscle gains (hypertrophy) will be better before or after your CNS has fully adapted? I'll try to put myself fully into this process, and I realize that I can't micromanage everything. I guess it's just that I really want to ensure that I do this properly and…

The major CNS programming will last the first three what? weeks? months? Does that mean that it is essentially a waste of time to run a hypertrophy oriented program (such as All Pro's) during this time period when the CNS is being reprogrammed, as opposed to running a strength oriented program (such as Starting Strength)?…

Thank you all. Based on the link zipa78 posted, I would have guessed it to be at around 20%. If I am at around 15% however, wouldn't it be better to cut down to about 10% before starting to bulk? My original plan was to get down to the lower end of the healthy spectrum on the BMI scale before beginning to bulk (as I'm…

Thanks everyone. So I should get my bf down by another 5% or so before I consider bulking? Also, was I right about that being a semi-outline of abs, or is it really just a pocket of fat/flab?

Thanks for the response! How long does the neuro-programming stage last (and how would I know when it is completed?), and is it thus a waste to eat in a surplus while in this phase (i.e would most of the calories go to fat gain)? I'll look into getting a fat caliper then, but from my pics do you think you could estimate my…

Edited To Add: Front Photo (N.B. I just ate so I don't even know if this is a proper reflection of my current state) These are some pics that I took. I hope this helps to better show what I was trying to describe earlier. Am I lean enough to start bulking? Or should I cut some more?

Thank you for this link. I'll get started on it right now. Would these "newbie" gains be both strength and hypertrophy or just mainly strength? What's a reliable method to estimate body fat% since I heard those fat calipers are horribly inaccurate? I am about 155-157 pounds (weight fluctuates due to water weight I assume),…

Thanks, I realized that they were close if you went for the 2g/kg but I think my issue was that I was calculating it more towards the 3g/kg side of things, but I see now that that would probably be overdoing it.

I actually don't know right now as I haven't counted calories in a long time. I've just been "winging it" maintaining my current weight for about a month or so after having been on a cut for approximately a year. I've just been to the gym about 3 days this week testing my 10RM's and so on and plan to officially start…

My bodyweight is about 155-157 pounds and last time I checked I was around 6 ft flat. Really all I need is .8g/lb? That's a relief, because I read somewhere that I should be getting about 2-3g of protein per kg of bodyweight, which would have been ridiculously high.

Thanks for the link. How would I know the potential difference in results between the AllPro and StrongLifts programs though (so that I can know which one better suits my needs/goals)? Surely something must differentiate all these programs that are out there, because a simple search for beginner programs has led me to…