Weekly Bulk/Cut cycling...anyone have experience with this?

[Steve]

Steve,

I'll try to answer your questions later, as I've run into crunch time at work, where I will be expected to work long hours for about 3 weeks.

Appreciate it.

I did spend about 40 minutes reading some stuff as I'm mainly here to learn, and later to compare this and weigh it with previous exerience and knowledge for my own use.

I'm quite certain that's what the vast majority of members are here for.

I certainly don't feel any obligation to share any of my knowledge, if I think my words will be distorted, and the reception is an unfairly hostile one. In other words, my main interest is my self improvement, I DON'T CARE ABOUT SHOWING MY UNDERSTANDING, THAT'S A FACT --

How people can't separate a factual discussion from a personal attack is beyond me. It's really a shame.

I'm not at all sure why you felt the need to state your Personal Agenda here, but be that as it may I'll refrain from discussing the nuances of this field with you again as it is blatantly obvious that I'll have to wade through your personal rhetoric in the process and that's of no interested to me.

For your future reference relative to this forum... I highly suggest you get yourself accustomed to answering questions about the 'facts' you state on this public forum. When you do so, knowledgeable members as well as interested members are going to ask you to further explain and/or verify your information. If you don't have solid evidence at the very least some more history/personal experience is warranted in such a case if you wish to be taken seriously. An appeal to emotion is definitely the LAST thing you want to do.

It's what maintains the integrity of sound advice across this fine community. It's what has and always will work so you're either with it or you're not.

I'm just confident in my understanding for my own use. It will work for me, and when it don't, I'll find ways to alter it to further my understanding and go further in my pursuits, it's that simple.

See above.

In addition, this is completely and utterly fine. However, when you are applying said knowledge/experience in the form of advice to others on a public forum such as this, you have to take it a step further. Being personally confident isn't enough to warrant something valid in the eyes of the masses. Especially when the masses deal on a daily basis with 'gurus' who talk at them opposed to with them.

I have no issue with you but did feel the need to explain this forum a bit since you obviously felt the need to explain your personal agenda.

 

[Darth Pooh]

Sigh... I was really looking forward to some explaination of nutrient timing...

Why is it when someone is asked "WHY?", they tend to think we are questioning their knowledge?

I find the internet to be a fickle place sometimes.

Not to hate on tuberman at all, but you came into this thread with advanced words like recomp and lean bulk... is it so bad to ask "Why?".

 

[BigMOFO]

That's actually one of the tougher diet plans in terms of set up and training b/c there are so many moving parts. Personally I would have started with one of the others but you will certainly learn a bunch reading it! Let me know what you think.

Steve,

You weren't kindding. This diet is a bit extreme for the average dieter. I understand it when he says you should have atleast 3-6 months of weight training under your belt, why can't someone who is not at 15% do this diet if they want to lose fat AND gain muscle?

I just finished school, and I have a lot of time on my hand, so I'm willing to give it try. I like the challenge.

Anyway, I ordered the Omron handheld BF analyzer, to get a rough estimate of my BF. My Taylor bathroom scale says 18-19%, but somehow I think it overestimating it.
Or I'm just being optimistic

Will you be able to look at my photo and tell me if I'm lean enough, or is that something that can't be eyeballed? I really don't know what 15% is suppose to look like.

 

[Steve]

I have a descent eye for it but some photos really throw me off relative to reality. So yea, it's tough.

For people carrying more fat than what is recommended in the book, other diet strategies would work better considering you are in a surplus each week in this diet.

 

[BigMOFO]

After reading some comments about the diet on body building forums, it seems that both the fat loss and the muscle gains are really small on this diet. I was expecting more from it. So yeah, probably not worth it for the avergage joe. Great book though, even if you don't follow its diet plan. Besides the fun sciencey stuff, one thing that everyone can take away from this book is I think the importance of breaks.

 

[Steve]

Every one of his books is worth every penny.