Yes, makes sense thanks. I'll go for option one then and let you know how I get on!

Hi Boss Man, following the aforementioned regime, I had gone from 70 to 74.8 kilos in about a month and a half. Each week I would see an improvement of about half a kilo. This last week, however, I haven't gained a single gram. Was on 74.8 last week, and am still on 74.8 this week. Do you think I ne...

Thanks! Really good advice. I'll stick to what I'm doing (with an extra rest day, as you suggested) and will let you know how I get on!

Thanks! Really good advice. I'll stick to what I'm doing (with an extra rest day, as you suggested) and will let you know how I get on!

As in, is it too early to start cutting? Would I just destroy the muscles I've gained?

Great thanks. Can I ask a couple more questions?

1. At what point should I start the cutting phase?
2. Is current plan ok for bulking? Some have told me to avoid HIIT because it interferes
With weight gain, but it's working for me.

Current stats (if they help)
20 years old
185 cm
75 kg

This is how I'm doing things at the moment: DIET: breakfast: 3 pieces of bread with peanut butter and tahini, 1 cup of muesli with soya milk, glass of orange juice lunch: two vegetable burgers with wholemeal bread + two fruits (apple and orange) dinner: wholemeal pasta with broccoli, spinach, carrot...

I'm part of a rowing club and that involves circuits twice a week and rowing another two times. I also go to the gym once a week because there's a free session to do an intense 30-minute row. However, I've very recently started doing some weights as well. Have bought a dumbbell kit and am fitting in...

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Thanks in advance, really appreciate your help. Don't want to get big and bulky, just more defined.

Ok, but will this kind of routine get me a six pack?

been following it for 2 weeks and to great surprise am already seeing a small improvement (comparing pictures), shall I stick to it or does it need improving?

Thanks

I'm a 20 year-old exercising 4-5 times a week, just over 6 feet in height, just over 160 pounds. 2428 kcal, 164.5 protein 300 carbs 36 of which sugars 55.3 fat 13.7 of which saturates 33.3 fibre 2.32 salt Don't want to gain much weight, just a little bit, I'm spreading it quite evenly across 6 meals...

Thanks again for the brilliant reply. The only thing I've got a question about is swapping breakfast and dinner: I've heard (and read) that 1.your breakfast should be your biggest meal, with dinner being the smallest 2. it's not a good idea to have carbs (and therefore pasta) at dinner (before going...

The idea was: breakfast -wholemeal pasta midmorning snack-cashew nuts lunch-wholemeal pasta w/spinach + tuna/chicken breast afternoon meal 1-potatoes afternoon meal 2-wholemeal bread (+cheese?) dinner-leeks, 2 boiled eggs, muesli what would you advise adding in order to increase protein? mozzarella?...

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Thanks for the quick reply! This is an example of what I might eat in a day: breakfast - muesli, bread+marmalade lunch - pasta with spinach, wholemeal bread, fruit dinner - pasta with leeks/pesto/tomato, fresh meat/fish, wholemeal bread, fruit although I do circuits and rowing, I don't do any weight...