bulked enough

Take Your Pants Off

I finished my bulking phase now I have noticed that my stomach is gone big. But you cannot notice if I am fat or not because of the amount of working out I do.
But at time to time my stomachs big but not in a sense of fatness as my arms legs etc are not flappy rather musculer and not even that fat bulky type of muscles but proper definitions and such.
So I am trying to grt lean now as I have bulken enough.
So how do I go by doing this.
Do I eat less food then my daily recommended calorie intake.
Do I stop my weights workout and give cardio much needed time or what.
How do I get this lean definition and flat stomach, not in a sense of 6 pack but not like a baloon which it kind a looks like.
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MightyMandarin

Take Your Pants Off wrote: »

I finished my bulking phase now I have noticed that my stomach is gone big. But you cannot notice if I am fat or not because of the amount of working out I do.
But at time to time my stomachs big but not in a sense of fatness as my arms legs etc are not flappy rather musculer and not even that fat bulky type of muscles but proper definitions and such.
So I am trying to grt lean now as I have bulken enough.
So how do I go by doing this.
Do I eat less food then my daily recommended calorie intake.
Do I stop my weights workout and give cardio much needed time or what.
How do I get this lean definition and flat stomach, not in a sense of 6 pack but not like a baloon which it kind a looks like.
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Your 'balloon stomach' sounds like bloating to me, wouldn't worry too much about that, unless you have a really high bf%, which I doubt. If you feel you wanna cut then start with a slight caloric deficit, ~500 calories a day is fine. Keep protein intake high aswell. See how you get on at first without cardio whilst keeping up with the weights. If you find weight loss is slowing after a few weeks then start adding some cardio, hiit training is probably the best. Try to keep the weight loss to ~1lb a week, anymore is too much, the slower the cut, the more muscle is preserved.

RidleyRider

Calorie deficit.
Keep lifting.
Conditioning work e.g heavy prowler push, EMOM, crossfitty stuff.

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Take Your Pants Off

MightyMandarin wrote: »

Your 'balloon stomach' sounds like bloating to me, wouldn't worry too much about that, unless you have a really high bf%, which I doubt. If you feel you wanna cut then start with a slight caloric deficit, ~500 calories a day is fine. Keep protein intake high aswell. See how you get on at first without cardio whilst keeping up with the weights. If you find weight loss is slowing after a few weeks then start adding some cardio, hiit training is probably the best. Try to keep the weight loss to ~1lb a week, anymore is too much, the slower the cut, the more muscle is preserved.

Good advice.
So what you are trying to say:
Lower calorie intake but not too much and train as usual ?

LuckyLloyd

Take Your Pants Off wrote: »

Good advice.
So what you are trying to say:
Lower calorie intake but not too much and train as usual ?

Yep, and as your weightloss progress slows after a few weeks, either lower the caloric intake a little more or add in additional conditioning workouts. Best of luck with it.

Alf Veedersane

What I would say is it might be helpful to have a bit more of a plan of action for the bulk and subsequent cut next time. Just makes it easier for you.

From what I've heard from anyone that does it.