Hey Raynor, As I get closer to the end of my cut (about another 20 pounds ish) I need to start thinking about the future. I am awfully nervous to think about "bulking" To be blunt, I have always been a fatass. This is hands down the best shape I have ever been by a 10-fold. My problem is I can stick to something 100% perfectly but if I don't have something set and stone and I allow myself to have a little wiggle room I screw it all up. So if I say, ok I can eat whatever today it just needs to be clean and below x calories. I never make it. but if I have a meal plan set out for myself then I do just fine.
So, by the time I sit around 180-185 what kind of calories should I be taking in if I plan on doing a lean bulk? By the time I plan on bulking I will be 6' 180-185. Secondly, I plan on growing a ton of the winter. Never in my life have I seen results like I have when I eat properly (no duh right? haha) but I have always gained strength faster than anyone I know and that was with an awful diet :rofl
So this fall I would like to have some sort of strength/size routine. I don't know how well they can be combined or if I have to do them seperately each month to optimize results?
So, do I need to do a strength routine one month and a size routine the next month? or can they be combined fluently? I plan on hiring burns to help me out with this. The guy I used for my last routine at my local gym is a huge dude. He is a PT etc but he refuses to take the fact that people have different body types into account. He makes his routines and things as if they were for himself. He is a monster no doubt, but I felt like being narrow minded in the aspect of training/dieting is a bad thing to be when you are a PT.
He told me I was going to lose all my muscle mass from keto and convinced me to try a calorie deficient only diet but told me to take in 1700 calories! I thought this was an awful idea but I tried it anyways being the tard I was at the time. Lost 3 pounds in an entire month. Awful results. Strength went down by a 10-fold vs keto.
So far keto has worked awesome with keeping strength. With no carbs in me, I put up 225x8 the other day. Before, with carbs, I could get that 10-12 times so I figure this is really good
Anyways, done ranting. MY questions are bolded