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Originally Posted by Porky Pie  The problem is that you will only know what works for YOU, once you've tried.
Some people (including professional bodybuilders) have arrived at the conclusion that getting really heavy is what works best for them. It might be that your set up is best suited to this, it might be that its not - you'll never know unless you try! |
This is the thing: "different strokes for different folks", getting big in the offseason does give you the most anabolic environment to grow in (constant surplus of calories) which is the primary goal of a competitive bodybuilder or someone looking to put on as much mass as possible in the shortest length of time.
Unfortunately not everyone is looking to 'get big quick' or won't sacrifice their current leanness to get there, so it'll take much longer to put on muscle mass bulking slowly but you'll have less cutting to do come summertime
I've tried loads of methods for bulking, I must admit cycling (2-3 weeks in a surplus and 1-2 weeks in a deficit of calories) does work very well and I urge anyone who's currently plateauing in weight to give it a shot.
A lot of natural bodybuilders use this method: Layne Norton, Derek Charlebrois, Tommy Jeffers, those guys are not short of muscle by any stretch of the imagination!