Aragon: Recomp, bulking, cutting & maintenance

[quark]

[MPhelps]

"Natty"

The ratio of bulk:cut bullet point is very telling here. This is why I take all bodybuilder/powerlifter programming and diet advice with a grain of salt.
Not so many full natty brahs out there.

[BenM]

Yeah I’m pretty sure Helms and a few others suggest more like 2:1.

Anyway Aragon is a pariah these days due to sexual misconduct.

[TheCheat]

You can lose fat far quicker than you can gain muscle. 3 or 4:1 seems about right.

[DCM]

Yeah I’m pretty sure Helms and a few others suggest more like 2:1.

Anyway Aragon is a pariah these days due to sexual misconduct.

I was totally unaware of the whole Aragon shitstorm. Sounds like he's now persona non grata in the fitness community, which seems like his just deserts by all accounts.

[DrHades]

How much should one increase calories from maintenance for slow bulking? Like 300-500? Does it make sense to have a larger caloric intake during the development training block with higher volume? I was thinking about this "gaintaining".

[TheCheat]

How much should one increase calories from maintenance for slow bulking? Like 300-500? Does it make sense to have a larger caloric intake during the development training block with higher volume? I was thinking about this "gaintaining".

That's pretty much exactly what I normally do, maintenance +500kcal/day, weight gain always paired with higher volume training. Works out about +0.5kg a week. Any faster than that, I don't really notice much difference, so I cap it there.