Best diet for natural athletes.

Yh pretty much, recomp I think it's called.

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>>40581648
cutting and bulking exactly optimal for natties, just not at the extreme surpluses/deficits that bodybuilders on sterons use

>eating at maintenance and going slowly up in weight
this is contradictory, if you eat at maintenance you will not gain weight

comprehensive guide:
1. get lean, down to 10-12% bodyfat (better nutrient partitioning, favorable hormonal milieu if you are lean)
2. bulk at a moderate surplus (500-750, much below this is really easy to erase by taking a few flights of stairs or something and much above this is just additional fat gain without much muscle gaining benefit)
3. when you get above 15-16%, you should probably stop and cut back to 10-12% before repeating the process

additionally, bulking or cutting for more than ~3 months at a time tends to produce a lot of diminishing returns, you should probably break up long cuts or long bulks with periods at maintenance (not as important if total DYEL or fat fuck)

on recomping (which is what you're suggesting): it works really well for people who haven't been training long, are detrained, are starting steroids, changing their steroid dosages/stacks, etc. - if you have been training hard for a couple years, recomping does next to nothing and will leave you spinning your wheels

>>40581720
please ignore everything this fucking moron said

>>40581728
:^)

>>40581720
some sources
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/calorie-partitioning-part-1.html/
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/adding-muscle-while-losing-fat-qa.html/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pkbrTpKaj4

top guns in this area Israetel/Aragon/Lyle all pretty much in agreement on this one

>>40581738
>telling natties to 'just' cut to 10% bf, telling natties that 15-16% is the point where they need to 'cut'
>unironically regurgitating this garbage: "better nutrient partitioning, favorable hormonal milieu if you are lean"

>>40581720
kys por favor

Never do a 500-750 surplus
Cutting/bulking for only 3 months is shite
You can leanbulk for ages on a 100-250 surplus