my goal is to be a very lean 190lbs. I am currently 181lbs with about 15-17% body fat. I'm 30 years old but really unable to achieve the fitness goals I desire: I either end up surpassing 190lbs and am fat as frick or if I do watch my macros I'll remain a pretty ripped up 175lbs.

I've tried the keto diet and lost a ton of weight on it. I love how my body was chewing on fat but I really saw my strength gains depleting. Is it possible to bulk on the keto diet?

Is my best bet just doing a super clean bulk and rising to 200lbs and just slowly tapering off the 10 or so pounds of fat that I want to lose?

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Posted by goldennugget

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Posted on 6/2/17 at 12:28 pm to FrancisCostello

Lean gains is what I do. I think keto is fine for losing weight but not optimal for gaining muscle

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Posted by Hu_Flung_Pu

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Posted on 6/2/17 at 7:00 pm to FrancisCostello

what I'm going to do is get to the bf % I want then figure out maintenance and start adding 200-300 calories of about the same type of diet and slowly work that up. Then when I get to about the weight I want, I won't have the % I want but I'll eat the same and add cardio till I'm where i wanna be and find maintenance.

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Posted by LSUfan20005

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Posted on 6/3/17 at 7:01 am to FrancisCostello

You should get a complete hormone panel, seriously. It seems pretty general that bulking equals getting fatter if your hormones are out of whack, especially post 30.

Otherwise, I am a fan of bulking only if you are sub-12% BF. The conversion of T to E by body fat is too much of an issue at higher BF%.

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