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Part 1
Bulking or Cutting?
I would like to start this blog off by first describing what Cutting and Bulking is, why you do it, and how you do it correctly. edit :I know I didn't state this in my blog but you MUST lift weights both while cutting and bulking
Bulking - What is bulking?
Simply put, bulking is eating above your maintenance in calories, as to add on muscle mass. For most people, 500 calories above maintenance are enough to grow muscle, and gaining fat is guaranteed whenever you eat above your maintenance. You need to have 1 gram of protein per pound of muscle on your body to add muscle, but I suggest going with your original weight.
Example : Someone weights 200 pounds and has 20 pounds of that is fat, so he needs 180 grams of protein to maintain that muscle. Taking the full 200 is just a better, easier idea.
Cutting - What is cutting?
Cutting is eating below your maintenance in calories, to lose body fat, but trying to maintain as much muscle as possible. You want to cut at a fairly slow rate, enough for you to be able to lost 1-2 pounds a week so you don't get stretch marks. As you eat under maintenance you will also lose muscle, so you need to take in as much protein as you did in your bulk to maintain the most muscle mass.
What shall I do then? Bulk or cut?
Well, most people think they should just lose all that fat asap and they will have this amazing body with a sixpak absz!!!!111
No, that's the wrong thing to do for most people. First off, you will look like a piece of skin and bones if you cut first without a lot of muscle mass. You need to bulk first, get a good amount of muscle, then cut, and look like fucking Thor.
Now, say you already have a decent amount of muscle but fat covering it, cutting is your priority. Really I can't tell you what you should do, its your choice, but I'm going off experience.
So, I'm about to get on my plane flight to Dallas,TX again, I will continue this blog when I get home. This is only part 1, in the next few parts I will get more in dept about things and cover common myths.
  
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What about the people who are fat with little muscle?
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On August 12 2010 02:32 Dance. wrote:
What about the people who are fat with little muscle?
You bulk.
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Hmm... I feel like this whole "bulk" and "cut" cycling is unnecessary for a lot of more casual people. I'm pretty happy with my ridiculously ripped 6-pack abs, rock hard triceps, and generally defined upper body which I gained on a Shanghai-greasy-food diet over like 2-3 weeks with a little but of lifting and swimming, but mostly a lot of eating unhealthy food.
Then again, my standards are much lower than a body builder's, since I'm mostly just looking to impress some high school friends with some flashy poses before going back to college.
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On August 12 2010 02:41 love1another wrote:
Hmm... I feel like this whole "bulk" and "cut" cycling is unnecessary for a lot of more casual people. I'm pretty happy with my ridiculously ripped 6-pack abs, rock hard triceps, and generally defined upper body which I gained on a Shanghai-greasy-food diet over like 2-3 weeks with a little but of lifting and swimming, but mostly a lot of eating unhealthy food.
Then again, my standards are much lower than a body builder's, since I'm mostly just looking to impress some high school friends with some flashy poses before going back to college.
I'm not a body builder, and I can link you to something that you probably don't want to see, you may have body fat squeezing your liver (or was it kidneys?) if you're eating that much and not noticing it on your outer body.
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I hope you talk about nutrition and demystify the use of creatine, most people think of it as a some kind of steroid, but it's really just something your muscle produce and increases your muscle water retention capacity.
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On August 12 2010 02:47 Martinni wrote:
I hope you talk about nutrition and demystify the use of creatine, most people think of it as a some kind of steroid, but it's really just something your muscle produce and increases your muscle water retention capacity.
I will.
I don't use creatine, I don't have problems with anyone using it. It definitely not a steroid.
That is true.
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On August 12 2010 02:41 love1another wrote:
Hmm... I feel like this whole "bulk" and "cut" cycling is unnecessary for a lot of more casual people. I'm pretty happy with my ridiculously ripped 6-pack abs, rock hard triceps, and generally defined upper body which I gained on a Shanghai-greasy-food diet over like 2-3 weeks with a little but of lifting and swimming, but mostly a lot of eating unhealthy food.
Then again, my standards are much lower than a body builder's, since I'm mostly just looking to impress some high school friends with some flashy poses before going back to college.
people who weight sub 130 pounds dont count.><
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Most people's reasons to look big and buff is totally unmanly despite their appearances.
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On August 12 2010 02:55 Sfydjklm wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2010 02:41 love1another wrote:
Hmm... I feel like this whole "bulk" and "cut" cycling is unnecessary for a lot of more casual people. I'm pretty happy with my ridiculously ripped 6-pack abs, rock hard triceps, and generally defined upper body which I gained on a Shanghai-greasy-food diet over like 2-3 weeks with a little but of lifting and swimming, but mostly a lot of eating unhealthy food.
Then again, my standards are much lower than a body builder's, since I'm mostly just looking to impress some high school friends with some flashy poses before going back to college. people who weight sub 130 pounds dont count.><
Oh. I'm like 140 pounds, so I think I count 
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On August 12 2010 03:19 love1another wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2010 02:55 Sfydjklm wrote:On August 12 2010 02:41 love1another wrote:
Hmm... I feel like this whole "bulk" and "cut" cycling is unnecessary for a lot of more casual people. I'm pretty happy with my ridiculously ripped 6-pack abs, rock hard triceps, and generally defined upper body which I gained on a Shanghai-greasy-food diet over like 2-3 weeks with a little but of lifting and swimming, but mostly a lot of eating unhealthy food.
Then again, my standards are much lower than a body builder's, since I'm mostly just looking to impress some high school friends with some flashy poses before going back to college. people who weight sub 130 pounds dont count.>< Oh. I'm like 140 pounds, so I think I count
not if youre 6'2!
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What should someone my size do? I'm 320 lbs, and 6'9''. :|
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On August 12 2010 03:33 Sfydjklm wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2010 03:19 love1another wrote:On August 12 2010 02:55 Sfydjklm wrote:On August 12 2010 02:41 love1another wrote:
Hmm... I feel like this whole "bulk" and "cut" cycling is unnecessary for a lot of more casual people. I'm pretty happy with my ridiculously ripped 6-pack abs, rock hard triceps, and generally defined upper body which I gained on a Shanghai-greasy-food diet over like 2-3 weeks with a little but of lifting and swimming, but mostly a lot of eating unhealthy food.
Then again, my standards are much lower than a body builder's, since I'm mostly just looking to impress some high school friends with some flashy poses before going back to college. people who weight sub 130 pounds dont count.>< Oh. I'm like 140 pounds, so I think I count not if youre 6'2!
I'm like 5'8. T_T
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You got any good suggestions/recipe for any easy to make cutting meals?
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I'm like 130 and 6'0, oh the funzies.
My metabolic system seems to work on overdrive, I lived almost a whole year just eating chips and coke and going to McDonalds numerous times a week, and I didn't seem to gain any weight.
Anyways, for muscles or ''ripped'' look, what would you suggest for me to do? Obviously I won't be getting any massive bodybuilder muscles, nor do I want that, I just wanna look good. ;O And if you wonder, I do eat normally, I don't starve myself or anything like that, it's just how I've always been.
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On August 12 2010 03:48 NonFactor wrote:
I'm like 130 and 6'0, oh the funzies.
My metabolic system seems to work on overdrive, I lived almost a whole year just eating chips and coke and going to McDonalds numerous times a week, and I didn't seem to gain any weight.
Anyways, for muscles or ''ripped'' look, what would you suggest for me to do? Obviously I won't be getting any massive bodybuilder muscles, nor do I want that, I just wanna look good. ;O And if you wonder, I do eat normally, I don't starve myself or anything like that, it's just how I've always been.
Eat more lift more.
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On August 12 2010 03:34 ZZangDreamjOy wrote:
What should someone my size do? I'm 320 lbs, and 6'9''. :|
Just cut.
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On August 12 2010 03:02 YPang wrote:
Most people's reasons to look big and buff is totally unmanly despite their appearances.
The title of this thread is about getting a body girls love. Wanting to be loved by girls is manly by definition. We're all biologically programmed to try our whole lives to find the best mate we can and reproduce. Everything else (other than survival) is secondary, or serves this priority in some way. So as a man, what you want to do is find a girl. Looking good is part of that, and is manly is fuck. Get out of here.
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On August 12 2010 02:33 Diuqil wrote:Show nested quote +On August 12 2010 02:32 Dance. wrote:
What about the people who are fat with little muscle? You bulk.
uhhhh i dont agree with this at all, it really depends on what you define as fat. If you're like 30% BF you probably shouldnt bulk, you should cut to like 15-18% BF then bulk and then repeat cut/bulk and each time go a little lower. This is so opinionated though, i know guys that never bulk because its too hard for them to lose weight and these guys are by no means small.
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