You're doing great, aim for 1.2-1.7grams of protein per kilogram of body weight and continue bulking, the guys are right, you need to create first. Great progress so far!

I'm 5 10. Gained this since September.



One thing, though. Are any of you supporters of doing a bulk with small cuts along the way. I thought this would be more efficient than suffering through 5 straight months of it?

Keep bulking man, you are on the road now dont stop.

I don't think anyone should cut until they've put on enough muscle to make the cut look impressive.

I have a friend who does this and never makes progress. As soon as his abs start to disappear, he freaks out and starts going into cutting. In the last 3 years, he's made very little progress. He wonders why the chicks don't dig him with his ripped abs. The girls tell him he looks skinny.

Everyone here is right. I am likely being to paranoid. How far is acceptable for a bulk? The average everyone here says to bulk is another year. At this rate, thats 220lbs!

You won't continue putting on weight as quickly as you have been. After a while you'll be lucky to see 1-2 lbs every few weeks... You should definitely take the words "cut", "calorie deficit", and "six pack" out of your vocab for a while. I would suggest bulking until you're at least 185-190, maintain for a few weeks then do a short (4-6 weeks) cut. This way you can get a visual of your progress and decide where you want to go from there.

I'm still having a hard time seeing you at 170lbs at 5'10. Do you have monsterous legs or something??

And what's wrong with that?

Nothing at all. That would just be a lot of cutting to get down to 10 or 8% BF. About 5 months. According to most replies here, it's not efficient to cut 5lbs of fat here and there, no?

It's probably the long way of doing things. It is possible to bulk and not gain much fat at all though if that's important to you, you just need to be very careful with your diet and be prepared for muscle gains to be a bit slower

So, does that mean keeping a smaller surplus (aka under 500c) or doing small cuts? I'm prepared to gain slowly and steadily.

Thanks for all the help

I'll try and dig out some articles tonight about gaining slower and keeping bodyfat down. It might be worth trying to get closer to your target of 200lbs first though.

Thanks! I would appreciate that. Either way, I'll get to at least 190 or 200 before a cut.

Thanks everybody!

Yeah, you're right. Like I said 190 at least.

Oh, and yeah my legs are where I have made humongous gains. My calves and quads have doubled in size from where they started. (Thank you squats )

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Thanks, CCR. I looked through that and actually found I was doing quite well with eating clean and all. If I bulk to say, 190 and eat clean, would you imagine me having any serious problems with fat gains? (aka another inch on the waist and such). I think it jumped an inch before because of one "cheat week" I had previously with some serious overeating. I gained 5 lbs of fat lol.

Anyhow, hopefully I will be okay.

Thanks again