Howdy...
Pertinent stats:
Male, 5'6", 28 years old, currently at 170 lbs (and perhaps? 17.5% BF)
Early May I decided to try to seriously gain some weight, and to that end have been training and eating (and eating and eating) like a Monster.
Having put almost 15 lbs of weight on... hopefully half that muscle... I'm getting uncomfortable with the level of fat I;ve hit (more than I've ever had before...and a gut. yuck.)
So the question is: how long do I go? How do I decide it's time to start cutting?
I suspect it's up to me, but what factors should I use to decide this?
Side note: I tried getting BF% test, but got unreliable values... the second value indicating I'ld put on 9 pounds of fat, but lost 2 lbs of muscle... unlikely.
Anyway, just looking for ideas, opinions, whatever. It's been an uphill stuggle for me to gain ANY weight in my life, ever, so I'm not used to it, or sure how to react.
Blech.
--Zent
Pertinent stats:
Male, 5'6", 28 years old, currently at 170 lbs (and perhaps? 17.5% BF)
Early May I decided to try to seriously gain some weight, and to that end have been training and eating (and eating and eating) like a Monster.
Having put almost 15 lbs of weight on... hopefully half that muscle... I'm getting uncomfortable with the level of fat I;ve hit (more than I've ever had before...and a gut. yuck.)
So the question is: how long do I go? How do I decide it's time to start cutting?
I suspect it's up to me, but what factors should I use to decide this?
Side note: I tried getting BF% test, but got unreliable values... the second value indicating I'ld put on 9 pounds of fat, but lost 2 lbs of muscle... unlikely.
Anyway, just looking for ideas, opinions, whatever. It's been an uphill stuggle for me to gain ANY weight in my life, ever, so I'm not used to it, or sure how to react.
Blech.
--Zent
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