Progressive Bulk/Cutting

[HONGOGRIMES]

HOW MANY GRAMS OF BODYWEIGHT GOES UP IN BULK A WEEK AND HOW MANY GRAMS LOWER IN A CUTTING PERIOD? ( NATURAL WAY)

 

[USMuscle9403]

Instead of worrying about moving the scale, focus on adequate nutrition and watching your training weights move in the gym. If you're in a surplus and are steadily getting stronger, it's hard kinda hard to not put on quality size. How much you gain, natural or enhanced, is way too individual of a variable to say that you should see the scale move this much every week if you're trying to gain.

Same goes for cutting. I know it's often said 1-2lbs per week is a good goal to shoot for, but someone with a ton of body fat to lose can safely shed much more than that without sacrificing muscle. At the same time, a much leaner guy may only be able to safely cut a half pound to a pound of actual body fat, but that amount is going to make a tremendous difference, aesthetically. When you take into account cortisol levels, water retention due to your body wanting to remain the same weight, etc., relying on the scale for anything at all is pretty silly, in my opinion.

 

[Beti ona]

Use photos and the tape measure around your waist. Then, the scale, if you want to gain size, you will try to gain weight without increasing the waist, if you want to cut, you want to reduce the waist without losing much weight.