Patrick
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Registered: 25th Apr 02
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Does this look about right to you?
January-March: Bulking
April-June: Cutting
July-September: Maintenance
October-December: Bulking
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radicalry00
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Registered: 16th Mar 07
Location: West Yorks Rides: Suzuki SV650
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I've come to the conclusion that cutting's for girls.
Seriously though, I cut in the summer months this year and I've never felt so weak. I'm just on a permanant bulk from now on. Fuck a six-pack. 
Regarding what you've posted. Do you really need that maintainance period? Looks OK though.
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Patrick
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Registered: 25th Apr 02
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When I say maintenance, just in between bulking and cutting. Don't want to cut any longer than 3 months, and don't really want to spend 9 months of the year bulking up. So I will just eat enough.
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radicalry00
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Registered: 16th Mar 07
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Oh OK. All depends on your goals really. Personally, I always seem to be bulking as I want to get bigger but cut when the vanity kicks in and I think I'm gaining a bit of flab. I don't really see the point in a maintainance period. But depending on your aims, I suppose it suits some people.
Go fot it mate, sounds good.
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SetH
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Your first bulking period is to short.
with a spot on training plan and diet I would expect someone to put on 2lbs of lean tissue max a month, and even that is a hard target to achieve.
I am assuming you are not doing this for a contest and that its for asethetic reasons, ie you want to look good in the summer in vests/top off etc?
I would bulk Jan through till may.
What are you training plans for each period and diet plans?
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csweatherston
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Registered: 16th Jan 06
Location: Devon
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bulk all year round..
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Craig W
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Don't go for the bulk/cut/bulk/cut thing myself.
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Carl
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quote:
Originally posted by Craig W
Don't go for the bulk/cut/bulk/cut thing myself.
I think you do it best, just clean building . Surely if your diet is spot on, and your training plan is good, varied and has the right amounts of rest etc for what you are doing (easier said for both) you shouldn't need the different periods?
If not please explain the theory, its all good to know. 
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A1EX
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Registered: 29th Mar 00
Location: Turku, Finland
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just eat well and keep training hard, i personally dont see a need to keep chopping and changing if one thing works well for you
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Craig W
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Registered: 31st Oct 00
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Yeah that's right Carl, ive tried all ways and i find just eating big and clean year round works best for me.
Without being chemically enhanced, you'll ALWAYS lose muscle and strength on a serious cut.
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