Cutting vs. Bulking

I, personally, don't really see that much of a difference between cutting and bulking. I have cut up while on many bulking cycles and put on a lot of mass while on cutting cycles. I believe it's all in the diet and training regimen. I do think there is a distinction in some substances on how vascular or dense they make you look when you are at a lower body fat percentage, but not so much in the view that they make you lose weight or gain weight. One of the biggest problems I have seen is people's ability to not eat enough, which boils down to not having enough determination and discipline.

The most common bulking steroids out there will always be your Testosterones, Dbol, Anadrol, Deca and Equipoise. These have been staples of bulking cycles for as long as I can remember. I have also put massive amounts of size on with Trenbolone as well, which is what makes Tren, by far, my most favored steroid out there. Not only does it have the amazing ability to accelerate the reduction of fat, but it makes you as strong as an ox and lean as hell, all while piling on tons of size for me. I combine that with some Test and some Drol and maybe a little Eq, and I have my dream cycle. I couldn't as for anymore.

I also like to keep my BF around 10% when bulking. No more. I see all these guys talking about their bulking cycles and how they are around 15% or 16% BF and consider that to be fine and this and that. Lets think about it here for a second. If you are 220 lbs and 15% BF, that means you are carrying around 33 lbs of fat. I can assure you at that BF% you will look like shit. You will have no definition at all, and won't look much like you workout as you want everyone to know when they first see you otherwise you wouldn't be on steroids. Get down to 10% and now you have some definition and separation between muscle groups. Maybe a little bit of your abs will pop through if you flex them, and you will still have more than enough BF to help maintain a calorie balance and be able to put on a considerable amount of mass. And at 10% you are only sporting 22 lbs of fat as apposed to 33 lbs, which may not sound like a lot, but it is.

As for cutting cycles, I would be willing to venture and say the majority of people you will meet will be doing bulking as apposed to cutting. No one wants to cut if they don't have any mass to show once they have shed all their fat. I think cutting cycles are geared more towards those who either have been in the steroid game for some time or those who compete. Most people would rather be bigger than denser. But nothing looks more put together than someone who is both. The more dense you look, the more solid and stronger you will look. Combine that with a decent amount of size, and you are now a tank. I think everyone goes through a phase of just wanting to be huge. But when you get a few good bulking cycles under your belt, you want the vascular look. And not just because you are a lot bigger than in the past, but after seeing people who bulk all the time out on the lake with you, you know that even if you aren't as big if comparing measurements, you will blow them away in appearance if you are dense and solid. And the women will notice as well.

All of this is relative to most recreational users. There is a point you reach if doing this correctly and for long enough, when you have gone overboard. And then a decision needs to be made. Do you want to just be a big guy in great shape with a somewhat normal looking physique, or do you want to take it to the next level? If you want to go to the next level, you might as well compete. Because you will be making a commitment to dieting and working out and supplementing anyways, why not take it one step further and try your hand at bodybuilding and put yourself up against other guys who have the same mindset as you.

On a side note, one of my biggest pet peeves is people who say they are bodybuilders, but in fact just like to workout. There is a HUGE distinction between these two kinds of people. Bodybuilders have exercise down to a science. They aren't in it just to look big in public. They are in it to compete and be the best. Just because you go to the gym 3 or 4 or even every day of the week doesn't mean you are a bodybuilder. It means you work out a lot. In now way does that mean you have any clue about bodybuilding. And any bodybuilder out there will call your bluff because you will mention the term and anyone who is anyone will automatically assume you have an advanced knowledge of all things bodybuilding. Then when you start talking about those things and you don't have a clue, you will look like an idiot. You don't have to be big to be a bodybuilder, you just have to have competed and plan on competing again or be an active competitor. Not someone who competed 2 years ago. That would make you a former bodybuilder. Save yourself the embarrassment and know the difference.