Staying really lean year round... who does it?

[healother]

So does anyone here stay just completely ripped all 12 months of the year? We're talking abs and everything.

I know a lot of folks like to bulk in the winter time, so that they can gain muscle, but I wonder if thats the only reason they do it.

Honestly I think a good part of the reason why people arent lean year round is because they dont have the willpower to do it. They need their break where they can eat what they want for a few months.

I have a hard time finding people that have stayed real lean for many years, and who still have a decent amount of muscle on them.

 

[The Shadow]

I have the upper 4 abs year round.

 

[digimon7068]

not me dude. . .i'm 210 to 215 may thru september and right now i'm 235. . .love the fall, holidays, etc. . .of course it's pretty cold here this time of year (20-something outside right now). . .if i lived some place warmer, i suppose i might do things a little different. . .

 

[jh1]

I have the upper 4 abs year round.

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[caligirl]

I have to pound food and lift heavy to NOT look skeletonieish-how you like that word?
I stay pretty lean year round

 

[string_bean00]

I have the upper 4 abs year round.

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[gotmilk]

I hibernate

 

[healother]

I have the upper 4 abs year round.

4 is decent. I'm thinking like those who have a defined 6 or something year round.
Do you cut down in the summer at all? or do you just stay the same year round?

not me dude. . .i'm 210 to 215 may thru september and right now i'm 235. . .love the fall, holidays, etc. . .of course it's pretty cold here this time of year (20-something outside right now). . .if i lived some place warmer, i suppose i might do things a little different. . .

where do you live? I'm in MN right now and its about that temperature here as well. it sucks too cuz i live with my parents and they love to have the temp in the house turned real low (they also both have much more natural padding than i do) so im cold a lot of the time.

 

[digimon7068]

4 is decent. I'm thinking like those who have a defined 6 or something year round.
Do you cut down in the summer at all? or do you just stay the same year round?



where do you live? I'm in MN right now and its about that temperature here as well. it sucks too cuz i live with my parents and they love to have the temp in the house turned real low (they also both have much more natural padding than i do) so im cold a lot of the time.

i'm in northcentral pa. . .as soon as lawn mowing season/swimming pool season (with my kids) ends and the clothes go back on, i increase my carb intake and cut my cardio in half. . .i love bulking.

 

[krishna]

Highest I got this year was close to 12%bf. Now I'm flirting below 7%.