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Colbycheez
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Well its been a while since I last posted yall but I need some guidance. I have been lifting for about a year and a half now. I am 18 years old 5'11 at 190 lbs with 19% bf 
For the past 8 weeks I have been cutting on 2500 cals (300p, 150c, 69f) and have lost about 2% bf (Stomach virus set me back a week and a half). Pretty soon after I get down to about 12% bf, I am going to start bulking again. This is the routine that I have been using on my cut.....
Sunday- Chest, Tri, Core
Tuesday- Legs, Shoulders,traps, core, calves
This seems to work fairly well for me in that it allows me to lift my heaviest weight at my strongest. This is especially great on a calorie deficient.
Anyways, my bulk is around the corner and I need to get everything laid out now. I will be eating around 3500-4000 calories (50/30/20 c/p/f). I want to try to go for the most size I can put on. Should I train like a power lifter, ex. 5x5 or more like a bodybuilder in the 6-10 rep range? Should I pyramid like I do in my cutting routine, ex. instead of dropping weight, increase the weight and decrease the reps? I have heard so many mixed opinions on the set/rep ranges for mass/size that I am not sure anymore. Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks yall.
For the past 8 weeks I have been cutting on 2500 cals (300p, 150c, 69f) and have lost about 2% bf (Stomach virus set me back a week and a half). Pretty soon after I get down to about 12% bf, I am going to start bulking again. This is the routine that I have been using on my cut.....Sunday- Chest, Tri, Core
- Bench- 2xwarmup. 3x6,7,8 (dropping weight after each set and trying for one more rep)
- Dumbbell fly/Incline fly 3x8
- Dumbbell Kickbacks 3x8
- Pushdowns 3x8
- Crunches/leg raises (till the point of unbearable pain
Tuesday- Legs, Shoulders,traps, core, calves
- Squat- same format as bench sets/reps
- Leg Extensions 3x8
- Leg Curl machine (hams) 3x8
- Seated Dumbbell presses -same format as squat
- Dumbbell/Barbell shrugs 4x8
- Dips 1-4x8 (Usually about out of steam at this point because of being calorie deficient)
- Weighted ab machine 4xwhatever
- Oblique cable twists 3xwhatever
- Seated/standing Calve Raises 3xwhatver
- Dead lifts - same format as bench sets/reps
- Bent over rows- same format as deads (these are done at 90 degrees parallel to the floor)
- Lat pull down/Row machine 2x8 (really just a good stretch)
- Straight Barbell curl- same format as dead lifts
- Dumbbell curls 3x8 heaviest weight possible
- Wrist curls 3xfailure
- Reverse Curls 3xfailure
- Weighted ab machine 4xwhatever
- Oblique cable twists 3xwhatever
This seems to work fairly well for me in that it allows me to lift my heaviest weight at my strongest. This is especially great on a calorie deficient.
Anyways, my bulk is around the corner and I need to get everything laid out now. I will be eating around 3500-4000 calories (50/30/20 c/p/f). I want to try to go for the most size I can put on. Should I train like a power lifter, ex. 5x5 or more like a bodybuilder in the 6-10 rep range? Should I pyramid like I do in my cutting routine, ex. instead of dropping weight, increase the weight and decrease the reps? I have heard so many mixed opinions on the set/rep ranges for mass/size that I am not sure anymore. Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks yall.
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