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Re: Anyone cutting after a bulk?
You can retain muscle while cutting if you keep the intensity (=weight on the bar) at the same amount, even if you reduce volume (=total # of reps) and frequency (=# of times you do that lift per wee…3 -
Intermediate Volume Approach to Hypertrophy
I've just finished a bulking macrocycle of about 6 months or so and I want to share some lessons learned from it. I took a different approach to my nutrition and my lifting and achieved some good res…4 -
Re: Anyone cutting after a bulk?
It makes sense, if one takes Menno's approach, which is to keep building muscle while in a deficit. Then, of course, volume would be the main driver of building that muscle. I don't know enough physi…1 -
Re: Gaining muscle mass at 52 yrs old
3600 is plenty IMHO. Generally speaking your maintenance or TDEE will be in the range of 15-17 times your body weight. (source: Lyle McDonald at bodyrecomposition.com) Rounding up to 175, you top out…3 -
Re: I get a little help from my friends...please!
Yes, that is recomp. It sounds to me like you are looking for hypertrophy rather than strength; so choose a lifting program focused on hypertrophy that appeals to you. But, since you are wanting to l…2