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Too diet first, or not to diet first?

MotoXXX

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Tis the question?

Not proclaiming to be a guru or nothing. That's why I ask questions.

Anywhoo, All I've ever trained for is to condition muscles for endurance for motocross. But I want to dip back into bodybuilding.

2 years ago I was a fat ass at age 17 205 lbs. Got serious about riding and weighed 160 someodd pounds 3 months later.

That fall blew my knee and tore ligaments etc.. and that Jan 03 weighed a whopping 139lbs. after taking pain killers killing my appetite. Got scared and started lifting when I was able.

Started back my old highschool (got my ged in Jan 02) routines, basic. Couple months later I weighed 145lbs. at probably around 6-7% bodyfat. I could see my ribcage and all, and people said I needed to pack on fat. So I did while vacationing in summer 03 & took off lifting. Ever since I never really got back into it, and just this last year I gained weight to where I weigh 175lbs. now, barely see my abs in mirror.

So far, I thought I wanted to get back into endurance shape, so I started training endurance wise start of this past Nov. I weighed 185lbs, and come 3 weeks later I weighed 175lbs to where I am now.

But I burned myself out. Training like a gerbial animal doing aerobic shit burns me out fast if I ain't riding. So I thought I would take a stroll down bodybuilding lane. For the last week been doing 3day/wk 3x10 basic highschool routines like I said.

I've also been eating around 3000 calories which I've never done. 2.2g pro/lb, 2gcarb, and let the fat fall wherever it does. And I gotta tell ya, it's a refreshing relief to casually pump some iron and not have to eat rabbit food.

But I'm kinda complexed has to whether I should drop down to a nice looking 160lbs and then bulk, or if I should bulk now and not have to go back and forth. Another words should I bite the bullet and gain some decent mass now and worry about the fat later, or should I loose the fat, the gain some muscle and fat so I'm not a whale?

Just wandering if there is anybody that has been down this road before.

Thanks, kudos to whoever read all that!

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The leaner you are before bulking, the greater the percentage of muscle gained versus fat gained.

The fatter you are before bulking, the greater the percentage of fat gained versus muscle gained.



That being said, at a bw of 160 I would just bulk till March and cut for summer.
 
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