Has /fit/ started cutting yet?

>>40541066
Nah, tight budget for the past 6 months means I've only been able to lean bulk. Managed to sdlowly gain about 1.5kg a month and hovered around 13% bf according to calipers. Still DYEL mode but steady progress is better than nothing and I've not bankrupted myself. No complaints, just keep on keeping on.

yeah, started IF yesterday. This is going to be my first summer actually low bf with decent muscle mass. Can't wait.

>>40541066
yeah, started my first cut yesterday

So far so good. Kinda hungry but water has been helping. If this goes well I'm gonna cry.

I hope I make it

Nah dude permabulk 2017

>>>40541093
>tight budget
>can't cut
u eat less on a cut retard

>>40541066
Been on an extreme cut for two weeks. Have lost 8lbs. Drinking 3 - 5 gallons of water, walking 4 miles daily, going to the gym 6 times a week. Have had nothing but turkey for the past few days. I just hate that I put myself in this position physically.

>>40541157
I haven't been heavily bulking so a cut is pointless at 13% bf

It's basic reading comprehension

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>>40541120
Same, IF is the shit. Going to be working a physical job all day, 16-18 hour fast during the day, also running clen. Bulked up all winter, made massive strength and muscle gains, now time to stop being a fatty.

Something like 3-4 weeks in. Intermittent fasting has been great so far, already looking a bit more vascular

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>>40541066

Yes it fucking sucks. Doing a hard cut as read some study on marines or some other miltards who they barely gave food to and forced to march around. Niggas didn't lose any muscle mass until getting into single digit bodyfat. Since am way above 15% bodyfat and should come down a weight class anyway for powerlifting, figure will risk it a hard cut.

>>40541195
>>40541210

You, retarded, be

>>40541066
Been cutting for the last three weeks or so
Actually had to slow it the fuck down because I lost 10lbs in the first week I have since lost another 5 lbs.
Was 200lbs at the start I'm aiming for 170 and 15% bf

>>40541250
I'm 13% bf. What the fuck would I cut for?

>>40541120
What is IF?

>>40541342
intermittent fasting

>>40541066
Bulk/cut is a meme. Yo-yoing with your weight is unhealthy. When will you people learn this?

You're supposed to steadily put on lean mass. Not become fat.

>>40541353
How long do you fast for at a time?

>>40541363
Most people who bulk and cut successfully don't bulk past 15 - 18% body fat. Bulking to say 30% then cutting is obviously bad. You'll gain a lot of fat and then lose too much muscle on your cut, because you'll either have to cut fast to lose that fat in a short time or cut for so long that you're wasting time.

However in my own anecdotal experience and from what I've seen my friends and acquaintances do, bulking and cutting correctly and "intelligently" nets faster gains than lean bulking.

>>40541066
Yeah. I live in Los Angeles... Cutting season starts like Feb around.

Also, going to Vegas for Memorial Day weekend.. I've got like 12 weeks. I'm an ectomorph too... it sucks to keep weight on.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8lY7AFuqIEA

Stop bitching /fit/ and just cut weight

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3 months in, dropped 12 lbs, from 194 to 182.
Kept mostly all of my strength, Bench dropped from 320 to 310, OHP from 195 to 190, etc.
But Christ I've been miserable, hungry, tired, no energy, etc.

All for no visual progress. Ugh.

>>40541501
My BF is at 7.1% though... I really just need to get better definition, any tips?

I'm 6ft - 152

>>40541066
That gif really synched up with the song I'm listening to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib9995uY0Kg

>>40541066
Yeah. Slow cut and down about 7 lbs now.

>>40541503
Man you look fucked up.

>>40541503
The one thing I hate about natty shredding is how skinny it can make you look. Honestly, I think you looked better in the first pic. Carb up, you still have time.

>>40541144

Pro-tip for combating hunger, go brush your teeth. It destroys cravings and everything would taste like shit if you try to eat.

>>40541503
Pls eat more you're gross and have mental problems

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>>40541566
Thanks for the critique

>>40541593
Yeah man, I look super deflated, it takes me a week or so to fill back up with carbs after I finish cutting, and I then I look like a superhero. But for now, Yeah. It sucks, a lot, the sluggishness alone makes me want to hop on my first cycle. Altho, when I can get a real angle, the difference vascularity is awesome. Just hard to get a good photo =/.

>>40541893
:(

>>40541066
Yep, almost 6 weeks in.
Start weight: 107kg (25%bf)
Now: 98-99kg (around 20% bf i guess)

6'5 tall

>>40541066

Unfortunately. Wanted to wait until April or May but the bulking weight crept up on me.

>>40542105
Absolutely. Also, I wouldn't say you don't have visual progress. I just wouldn't want to get that shredded unless competing for something. There really is no point and like you said, there are no mood or energy benefits.

I go through cutting/bulking phases every couple of months with the goal of putting on 3-5lbs of muscle per year, ending up at 10% body fat. You can lose so much muscle shredding and your lifts definitely drop.

how long is one supposed to cut for, firsts time I did it was for two months

>>40542159
Are you a fat fuck? Anyway you are really big anon.

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Should I cut or keep bulking?

>>40542452
March 1 is tomorrow. You do plan on going to the beach, right?

>>40542481
What do you mean? Summer only starts in July for me

>>40542452
Bulk for Summer 2018 noob

>cutting before April
What the fuck? It doesn't even start to get nice out until July. Starting in April gives you like 12 weeks to cut which is around 12lbs or so. And you can keep cutting through summer.

>>40542538
this

>>40541066
Nope, lent starts tomorrow, and my cut does too. 45 days.
Tonight is for something yummy and forbidden!

How do you guys decide when to cut?

>>40542538
thanks bro i think ill bulk until april and than cut

Gonna start cutting May 1st and probably stop 2 weeks in

>>40542516
I'll get fat in that case.

Anyway, my current stats are

1RMs:
Squat 225 lbs
Deadlift 330 lbs
Bench 210 lbs

>>40541066
I've been cutting for 2 years.

This summer will be the first time in my life that I'll be under 20%

Heaviest I weighed was 350 at 6'4. Now at 235 hoping to be around 200 by June or July.

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>>40541066
Starting my cut tomorrow.
6'2, 235 lbs right now.
Should look pretty good if I can get down to 215ish.
Haven't *actually* cut in about 4 years, so pretty excited about it.

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>>40542435
Kinda.

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>>40542435

>>40542452

>2017
>not permabulking

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Cut started last week.

>>40542845
Pls rotate

>>40542845
You on meth or something bro? Fix that autistic face

>>40542862
Yeah it's derp face

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>>40542874

1.4k caloric deficit and still getting 210gs of protein a day.
I think so? Lol

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6ft 170. Keep bulking or cut for summer?

>>40542914
Keep bulking brah. Work those lats and legs

>>40542914
bulk

>>40541385
5 minutes

>>40541147
This.

>>40543046
>>40543047
Thanks i was leaning towards continuing bulking until im at least 180.

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Gonna try to cut around mid-march. I wish I could easily count cals like I could before military.

Might just hop on the Test and Var train tbqh

I've been cutting since late January, starting next week I'm just going to maintain until fall. Right now I keep my macros at 35% protein, 40% fat, and 25% carbs. Should I raise up my carbs when I switch to maintainence?

>>40541503
You're abs were showing before, breh. What exactly were you expecting?

>>40543182

More Ab Veinz. I think my expectations are so warped from seeing all the people on Juice all the time. I keep rotating between having my chest at the size I want, but my abs not defined, and my Abs shredded but chest deflated.

The only thing that I see progress on is my self-hated and disappointment in my results. It's like I keep going backward, I get less and less content with what I am now, no matter how perfect my diet and disciplined my training. I'm nearly as strong as I've ever been, while also being practically as lean as ever, but I feel worse than even before I started lifting.

>>40542452

>shitty abs
>tummy hair
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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>>40541385
It varies.

The large majority of people do a 16/8 schedule, so they fast for 16 hours and have an 8 hour eating window.

This helps a lot to control hunger and overall makes you a little bit more alert.

I personally run a 22/2 IF with keto and could honestly fast for days without feeling hungry.

>>40544111
What do you even eat in those two hours?