Clean bulk with weekend cheat?

[666]

I’ve taken a ‘see food’ approach to bulking in the past, whereby, I’ve eaten massive calories with a significant amount coming from junk food such as; cakes, cookies, McD’s, KFC etc.

Although it was fun I had to spend many post-bulk months cutting and suffering for my bulking excesses and losing muscle.

For my winter bulk I’m thinking about a cyclical approach derived from cutting. I’m thinking about a clean bulk during weekdays where I’m only 200-300 cals above maintenance. These extra cals coming from clean protein sources.

On weekends I’m thinking about more of a ‘free for all’ approach. No cal counting and eating whatever junk I feel like. Cals could be as high as 6000 cals per day.

My motivation behind this idea is that if I don’t get a chance to indulge in some crappy foods during bulking when can I indulge? Certainly not during cutting.

BTW my bulk cycle is:

- 500mg Test Cyp weeks 1-8;
- 25mg D-Bol ED weeks 1-4; and
-75mg Tren Acetate EOD weeks 5-10.

Do you guys have any views/suggestions?

 

[juve]

only 200-300cals above maintenance...i don't think it is enough...why not just try to consume your bwX20 in clean calories just like Mr.X's sticky suggests...that way your fat gain will be minimum as long as you structure your micronutrient intake to promote anabolism (meaning carbs for hypertrophy and fats for passive energy carrying)...instead of anabolism+fat storage like 'eat-all-in-sight' diet suggests

 

[Deleted member 33117]

juve makes a good point, and I would like to add to that.

I'm a big fan of clean bulking, but honestly, if you are using gear, there is no reason to keep your calories that low when trying to add muscle mass. Your cycle looks reasonably potent, and if you don't have many cycles under your belt, it has the potential to add alot of muscle to your frame. Tren tends to be very forgiving on your caloric intake as well. Eat clean, and get at least 20X your bodyweight in calories daily. If you don't have alot of steroid experience you can go higher on that stack without much gain in bodyfat. I would start the tren right up front though, and cut it on week 8, so that you cycle off with test only. If you run tren right up to the end, it might take your htpa longer to recover. Go for the heavy gains right up front, while the d-bol is in your system, otherwise it will be a waste, because it will take at least 3 to 4 weeks to see gains from the cyp, so you will be using d-bol at 25 mg per day as your only active anabolic. The tren will enhance your early gains signifigantly.

 

[666]

Thanks for the advice guys,

i'll put all suggestions into effect.

BBF you are right this is my second AAS cycle. [The first being Test Prop 75mg EOD and EQ 400mg pw - for 8 weeks].

The reason i out the Tren at the end of the cycle was so that i could start PCT pretty much straight away rather than waiting 2 weeks for the Test Cyp to clear. But i'll go with your reasoning on this one.