Bulking/Cutting Cycles - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

invisiblekid · 25-07-2006, 04:59 PM

Guys,

When bulking and cutting, what determines then length of your cycle?

Do you set it by goal (i.e weight/BF ) or by time (i.e 10 week / 2 months)?

I'd have thought it made sense to do it by goal. What would people here see as a resonable target for someone bulking (without gear) before going back to a maintenance diet or cutting? And how long would you see the bulk running for?

I know its very difficult to say, but I'm looking for generalisations if thats at all possible.

**hackskii** · 25-07-2006, 05:37 PM

Well, I can answer the cutting one.
I had a target weight in my mind on what weight I wanted to get down to, once I hit that I went to maintenance.

As far as bulking, I gain weight way to easy, if I am a higher % of bodyfat then I tend to gain a little muscle and the rest fat.
When I am leaner and bulk I think the weight is cleaner with less fat.

Shoot for something like a half pound a week and eat clean.
This would be responsible eating.

lift eat sleep · 28-07-2006, 08:42 PM

you want to bulk for around atleast 3 months, to be able to add great mass, but once youre bodyfat starts to increase, it's time to look into what youre doingwrong

**Pscarb** · 28-07-2006, 10:22 PM

why 3 months??

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28-07-2006, 08:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
lift eat sleep Newbie Trainer Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2	you want to bulk for around atleast 3 months, to be able to add great mass, but once youre bodyfat starts to increase, it's time to look into what youre doingwrong