Gonna preface this by saying that i've never bulked before and I'm finally starting to cut properly after spending a year+ at the same weight +/- 5 lbs. Looking forward to a bulk, how do you manage a day that you've eaten way too much? do you cut for a few days to offset it? or soak the loss and get back to the daily 300-500 cals over maintenance? With cutting its a little different cause its a step backwards, but this feels more like progressing too quickly in terms of weight. Any tips would be helpful
coulda used this in November...coming out of a winter bulk that feels sorta successful (i think i'm bigger and know i'm stronger) but a tad fluffier than ideal, lovehandles are back and abs are gone.
one corollary to the "take advantage and do more": don't keep bulking if your frequency can't keep up.
part of why i'm a little frustrated with last four months is my daughter (i have four kids...under five years old...oops) was in hospital a TON so some weeks i was only able to get two or even one session a week in. i "maintained" my strength/even added some to my lifts those weeks, but also was still eating in surplus and definitely not moving much and kinda doubt those calories were going anywhere too productive...
Gonna preface this by saying that i've never bulked before and I'm finally starting to cut properly after spending a year+ at the same weight +/- 5 lbs. Looking forward to a bulk, how do you manage a day that you've eaten way too much? do you cut for a few days to offset it? or soak the loss and get back to the daily 300-500 cals over maintenance? With cutting its a little different cause its a step backwards, but this feels more like progressing too quickly in terms of weight. Any tips would be helpful
coulda used this in November...coming out of a winter bulk that feels sorta successful (i think i'm bigger and know i'm stronger) but a tad fluffier than ideal, lovehandles are back and abs are gone.
one corollary to the "take advantage and do more": don't keep bulking if your frequency can't keep up.
part of why i'm a little frustrated with last four months is my daughter (i have four kids...under five years old...oops) was in hospital a TON so some weeks i was only able to get two or even one session a week in. i "maintained" my strength/even added some to my lifts those weeks, but also was still eating in surplus and definitely not moving much and kinda doubt those calories were going anywhere too productive...
God this was a banger. Ok time to try & summarize