River_trey
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Im trying to get lean by summer but I dont want to lose any weight. Thats why im looking for a calculator that is very accurate because im looking to get my diet on point for these next few months.
Whats the best calorie calc for lean bulking?
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How can u get lean w/o losing weight? U have to lose weight. And u dont need a calculator for that. Most of em are garbage. Figure out what ur daily intake is and chop 500. If u are in a surplus chop 500 plus the surplus. Best calculator is u and a scale because everyone is different.
River_trey
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How do you find daily intake? Like I said some are very specific to each person and recommended because of that I just need a somewhat relative number to start at and can always adjust once I see the scale.
As far as getting lean goes I already lost weight since I haven't been in the gym consistently and only 159. I was going to straight cut but think its worth getting lower than that just for some abs. With stuff I read about lean bulking if you stay to a small calorie surplus and your young or have good genetics you can burn bf%. But maybe im going about this all wrong.
Im willing to listen to other ways going about this.
As far as getting lean goes I already lost weight since I haven't been in the gym consistently and only 159. I was going to straight cut but think its worth getting lower than that just for some abs. With stuff I read about lean bulking if you stay to a small calorie surplus and your young or have good genetics you can burn bf%. But maybe im going about this all wrong.
Im willing to listen to other ways going about this.Maybe I am biased, but I was lost in a lean bulking fog for about 2 yrs. Made zero gains and didn't get leaner. If u are at a place where u feel ur not lean enough and dont have enough mass, IMO it would be wise to go for the mass and cut later. Reason being if u get lean first u will just get fat again trying to put on size. So u might as well just cut once after u get to the size u want. And u can manage the bulk.... just use as few surplus calories as possible to get the gains u want.
River_trey
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Yea im in a place where I do want to go all in bulk mode I just dont want to lose that summer. but hey maybe once I get back in the gym consistently I wont get too fat.
How do you find daily intake? Like I said some are very specific to each person and recommended because of that I just need a somewhat relative number to start at and can always adjust once I see the scale.
As far as getting lean goes I already lost weight since I haven't been in the gym consistently and only 159. I was going to straight cut but think its worth getting lower than that just for some abs. With stuff I read about lean bulking if you stay to a small calorie surplus and your young or have good genetics you can burn bf%. But maybe im going about this all wrong.
Trial and error.
And leaning out w/o losing weight is SLOOOOOOOOOOOOW, if it's effective at all. It's basically a recomp.
Easier to bulk (while lifting hard), then cut.
U have time to get down to a 6 pack for the summer easy. If u want to have this summer just do that and then bulk once fall hits.