I have a question and don't know where to post it.
I'm new to this and I have done a lot of reading. I've started a beginners routine that seems to be working for building muscle as I am beginning to see a difference, but I have a question about nutrition. I understand I need to have a calorie surplus to gain muscle and deficit to lose fat, so I have the basics of bulking and cutting figured out. I started out eating an additional 300 - 500 calories/day to start my bulking phase and my weight has been pretty steady at 161-163 lbs.
My question....My body fat remains at about 15%. Since my weight hasn't gone up or BF % decreased what am I doing wrong. Should I be bulking, maintaining, or cutting? I've read you should bulk until you get to 15% body fat, then cut to 10% body fat, and cycle back and forth. At 15% BF, if I start to cut, do I maintain my progressive resistance training to build muscle or switch to strength training to maintain the lean muscle mass? I don't want to get heavy and have to lose a lot fat, but I still want to gain lean muscle. My goal is to have a muscular model body type like a lot of the other members here have. I would appreciate any help that was offered.
I'm new to this and I have done a lot of reading. I've started a beginners routine that seems to be working for building muscle as I am beginning to see a difference, but I have a question about nutrition. I understand I need to have a calorie surplus to gain muscle and deficit to lose fat, so I have the basics of bulking and cutting figured out. I started out eating an additional 300 - 500 calories/day to start my bulking phase and my weight has been pretty steady at 161-163 lbs.
My question....My body fat remains at about 15%. Since my weight hasn't gone up or BF % decreased what am I doing wrong. Should I be bulking, maintaining, or cutting? I've read you should bulk until you get to 15% body fat, then cut to 10% body fat, and cycle back and forth. At 15% BF, if I start to cut, do I maintain my progressive resistance training to build muscle or switch to strength training to maintain the lean muscle mass? I don't want to get heavy and have to lose a lot fat, but I still want to gain lean muscle. My goal is to have a muscular model body type like a lot of the other members here have. I would appreciate any help that was offered.
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