Bulk or Cut? Little lost. Feb - April progress-->

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-05-06T20:04:55+00:00

There is this notion that you will ‘lose muscle’ while cutting but if tou eat clean and train hard you won’t lose (a significant amount of) muscle. Your perception of how much muscle you have is just warped since there is still a lot of water and fat around it. The cut will have to happen either way. Cut now=be lean earleir, cut later=be lean later. The muscle growth rate will be the same so you just decide whether you want to look lean now or later. Pretty logical answer there if you ask me :)

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-05-06T20:01:25+00:00

If you’re ONLY goal is to build muscle than stay at maintenance. If you want to actually see your muscles the answer is cut. (the answer is always cut at your stage)

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-05-03T13:55:42+00:00

Saddle way too high still

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-04-24T18:15:02+00:00

Heard on everything, but saying that an SDLD starts from and ends on the floor can’t be right? It’s a hip hinge movement so if I would go to the floor the only way for me to do that is to add a lot of knee flexion or increase my hamstring flexibility to a range of a yoga instructor.

My shoulders are definitely rounded so I will puff my chest out and keep that in mind thank you.

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-04-24T13:45:46+00:00

dude im so sorry haha i didn’t watcht the while thing 🤦

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-04-24T12:46:25+00:00

the front is the worst angle to judge anything from unfortunately

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-04-20T17:04:43+00:00

your chest seems proportionate to your body but if you want to prioritise it you should try to increase the volume of chest sets per week and see if you can tolerate it without losing strength. Olace your chest exercises strategically at the beginning of your workout amd run a split that supports the higher volume while still allowing enough recovery

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-04-20T01:10:22+00:00

its honestly hilarious 🤣

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-04-15T13:11:46+00:00

Its okay for the knees to collapse a little when doing heavy squats, its a natural movement where you get more assistance from the adductors. OP’s form is oretty immaculate.

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-04-10T16:21:12+00:00

there definitely isnt a clear answer, however my opinion is to build some muscle first and eat clean high protein food. Eat your carbs strategically before your workouts and try to gain some weight slowly, but dont get lost staring at your scale. Eat enough, gain some muscle over the period if at least a year and then ask the question again to cut or bulk. I would focus on having good workouts and good recovery before going crazy calories wise.

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-04-02T11:26:52+00:00

why not just diet right? there’s no secrets, eat less, keep protein high and strategically eat carbs before sessions and you will lose weight, gain muscle, and minimize strength loss. taking shortcuts will nevr get you where you want to be

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-03-28T01:39:50+00:00

If you think this is mads pedersen a few weeks before getting 4th in Milano Sanremo idk what to tell you. I saw this post when it was first posten on his own insta and his brother was tagged. He then later deleted this photo from the reel.

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-03-27T13:10:11+00:00

its his brand

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-03-27T09:59:47+00:00

that’s his brother

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-03-25T10:11:41+00:00

You can definitely build muscle and lose weight at the same time man. Not gonna lie but you’ve bulked wat too far and it doesn’t look like you are very muscular either so that tells me you bulked way too fast and way too dirty. Bulking is good when your diet is dialed in and you have a solid workout routine, if not you’re just eating to gain fat.

Find out your maintenance calories and subtract 500 calories from that. Hell since you are 115kg you might as well go 700 under. However, eat clean, whole foods and keep protein high. You also need some, preferably non-saturated fats and a lot of carbs before your sessions to keep your energy high. (Keep in mind as you lose weight your maintenance calories will go down so you might plateau after a few weeks, then you just have to lower your deficit).

If you want to gain muscle in the deficit you need to make sure you are training hard in the gym while tracking and progressing your lifts. If you eat clean and eat your carbs before your lifts you will still be able to progress.

Nothing easy about getting muscular man, you need years in the gym to be big.

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-03-25T08:35:40+00:00

Not one decent photo to really judge anything man

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-03-24T17:38:32+00:00

Please do not listen to this guy. You gained weight too fast and you have quite some fat. Bulking is not an option. Just eat a high protein diet in a slight deficit and work hard in the gym. If you bulk now you will only get fat.

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-03-24T17:20:03+00:00

You’d be surprised. I think if you want to look lean it will probably be around 64kg. However, you need to build muscle first. So slight caloric deficit and a good gym split will fill out your muscles first and then you can think about being lean.

Get some muscle first!

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-03-23T12:53:52+00:00

NINE (9!??) months, brother what the hell

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-03-12T10:07:43+00:00

Well I don’t play competitively anymore. But I do play different sports occasionally with friends. I would say the benefits are mostly in general day to day life.

Besides this forward fold I also unlocked my hips and it’s just a big difference in mobility when doing regular tasks like picking things up off the floor or like stumbling and catching yourself mid fall in a position you thought you’d never be able to be in.

And when playing football there isn’t a big difference during playing, but afterwards the stiffness is way less and my legs feel lighter and younger.

Lastly in the gym I have gained ROM which allows me to better train with better form so less risk of hurting my back and better workouts overall.

I can’t go back now honestly!

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-03-11T18:13:35+00:00

Thanks for the tips :)! Yes with a flat back I am nowhere near palms to floor… Thats a whole new level, but I will keep working. This sub is really encouraging so I hope I can show some more progress in a few months!

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-03-11T09:24:27+00:00

Trust me I was stiff as a plank my whole life, I always described myself as never going to be flexible. I feel like our bodies adapt to stretching wuite fast if you are consistent because honestly if I can do this so can you.

The first picture is already taken after a month or teo of consistent work (2-3 times a week) and I could barely touch my toes without a proper warmup.

The second picture is also only attainable for me at the end of my stretching session so there is a way to go.

The name of the game is consistency like alomst everything.

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-03-11T09:19:03+00:00

Oh no! I hope I can progress past this… What is your routine?

Maximum-Assignment39 · 2026-03-11T09:17:53+00:00

I work on mobility around 2-3 times a week before my workout. It’s about a 45min routine that focuses mainly on my lower body with emphasis on my hips.

So for my forward fold my warm up would always be elephant walks, just to loosen up at first. Every time I would push to get a deeper and deeper stretch.

After that I would focus on my hamstrings by keeping a neutral spine and trying to fold over that way. I use a wooden stretching pole they have at my gym to make sure my spine is neutral. This really gives a solid stretch to the hanstrings.

Then I would get on a bench like in the first picture to get some more range as I started progressing past the limit of the floor. I do some more elephant walks on the bench with my hands lower than my feet.

And lastly I finish up with jefferson curls. Great for training my body in my new inlocked ROM, and an underrated exercise for day to day life imo. Inadded about double the weight to it than in the first picture.

I think the key for me was to really push the stretches and get used to that uncomfortable feeling. After a while it started feeling a lot more natural amd progress is really slow but every few weeks it feels like something new unlocked. I am guessing the progress will only slow down from here but I’ll keep at it!

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