Bulking Questions..

Midlife Crashes

I'm going to be starting a bulk soon. I've been working out for about a year - a year and a half but have been cutting fat for most that with a short bulk in between making some n00b gains...
Are there any benefits of dirty bulking over clean bulking ??
How long should I bulk for before I start cutting ??
Is working a body part two times a week too much...
Day 1
Chest
Bench Press
Incline Press
Pullovers
Back
Chin-ups
Bent-Over Rows


Day 2
Shoulders
Barbell Clean and Press
Dumbbell Lateral Raise
Power Training
Heavy Upright Rows
Push Press
Upper Arms - Biceps and Triceps
Standing Barbell Curls
Seated Dumbbell Curls
Close-Grip Press
Standing Triceps Extensions with Barbell


Day 3

Wed - Day 3 - Legs and Lower Back

Legs
Squats
Lunges
Leg Curls
Calves
Standing Calve Raises
Lower Back
Straight Leg Dead-Lift
Good Mornings


Rinse and repeat with Sunday off


Cheers for any help

john_cappa

Midlife Crashes wrote: »

I'm going to be starting a bulk soon. I've been working out for about a year - a year and a half but have been cutting fat for most that with a short bulk in between making some n00b gains...
Are there any benefits of dirty bulking over clean bulking ??
How long should I bulk for before I start cutting ??
Is working a body part two times a week too much...
Day 1
Chest
Bench Press
Incline Press
Pullovers
Back
Chin-ups
Bent-Over Rows


Day 2
Shoulders
Barbell Clean and Press
Dumbbell Lateral Raise
Power Training
Heavy Upright Rows
Push Press
Upper Arms - Biceps and Triceps
Standing Barbell Curls
Seated Dumbbell Curls
Close-Grip Press
Standing Triceps Extensions with Barbell


Day 3

Wed - Day 3 - Legs and Lower Back

Legs
Squats
Lunges
Leg Curls
Calves
Standing Calve Raises
Lower Back
Straight Leg Dead-Lift
Good Mornings


Rinse and repeat with Sunday off


Cheers for any help

Minimum bulk IMO should be 6-9 months. It really depends though on progress and fat gain. If I were you I wouldn't pigeon hole yourself as on a bulk. Just eat well and fairly clean and grow! Don't dirty bulk.

6 days a week is a lot also. Couple of points. You have two back exercises on day 1. You have 4 arm exercises on day two. Look at the size of your arms in comparison to your back? Likewise you have an entire day for shoulders ands arms and an entire day for legs and lower back? Your legs are half your body!

Midlife Crashes

john_cappa wrote: »

Minimum bulk IMO should be 6-9 months. It really depends though on progress and fat gain. If I were you I wouldn't pigeon hole yourself as on a bulk. Just eat well and fairly clean and grow! Don't dirty bulk.

6 days a week is a lot also. Couple of points. You have two back exercises on day 1. You have 4 arm exercises on day two. Look at the size of your arms in comparison to your back? Likewise you have an entire day for shoulders ands arms and an entire day for legs and lower back? Your legs are half your body!

I was planning on bulking for 11 months...
The plan was taken from Schwarzenegger's book. Did it last week and liked it but figured would probably be overtraining after like 6 weeks...
Would 2 on one off be ideal on a bulk of 3-4 days ??

john_cappa

Midlife Crashes wrote: »

I was planning on bulking for 11 months...
The plan was taken from Schwarzenegger's book. Did it last week and liked it but figured would probably be overtraining after like 6 weeks...
Would 2 on one off be ideal on a bulk of 3-4 days ??

Really depends on how much volume and the intensity. With adequate nutrition 6 days is possible. Try it out. Arnie was a pro on copious amounts of assistance!

Don't understand your last sentence.

jive

Midlife Crashes wrote: »

1.Are there any benefits of dirty bulking over clean bulking ??
2.How long should I bulk for before I start cutting ??

1. No. 'Dirty bulking' is an excuse for morons to eat what they want while pretending to be healthy. Eat decent food and don't just gorge on everything, unless you're taking drugs then it's not going to be beneficial for you to just gorge like a fat bastard because, as one would expect, you'll just end up like a fat bastard.

2. Up to you. Bulk slowly, there's no point in trying to accelerate the process and adding copious amounts of fat in the process. If you get to a point where you think your body fat is too high then cut. If you bulk well you may not feel the need to cut.


2 days on 1 day off is fine regarding your last post.