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Bulking & Cutting

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cakeisnotaproperbreakfast · 30/09/2018 00:26

I’m hoping to build some muscle so I think I understand that I need to be in a TDEE calorie excess of 15-20% for this. Then I need to cut to reveal the muscle growth by cutting my calories to 5-10% less than TDEE.

But...how long are these cycles normally? And should I be going heavier for less reps?

As an idea of what I’m lifting (I’m fairly new to this and I really have the bug now):
For my main compound moves I’m squatting 55kgs at the mo & deadlifting 65kgs for 3 x 10.

Thanks :)