Lifting without bulking and cutting free#
With less free testosterone in your system, the quality of your gains begins to diminish. Fat cells act as receptors for estrogen which binds testosterone. In an incredible oversimplification of hormonal milieu, this is due to the fact that the fatter you are, the more estrogenic you become. Photo: The first reason is that this is approximately the level where P-Ratio begins to worsen. The more muscle you have, the bigger the visual difference between two given percentages. Likewise, when we diet, we want to do so quickly and efficiently (without losing muscle) so that we may return to overfeeding as soon as possible. The more muscle we can accumulate, as a proportion to each pound gained, the longer it will take to reach the limits of “competitive body fat”. That means we want to gain mostly muscle whenever we bulk so that we can extend the bulking period as long as possible. Why? Well, let’s remind ourselves of our goals: we need to remain at a competitive body fat percentage, we want to gain as much muscle as possible, and we want to spend as long as we can in a caloric surplus. Of course, our focus in the rest of this article is going to be on the nutrition aspect of P-Ratio. If you’re unsure, review the PowerliftingToWin Programming Series. In terms of training, well, at this point I’m just going to assume you have your programming in check. We’re not going to discuss drugs here, but suffice it to say that performance enhancers work and that is why athletes take them. P-Ratio can be influenced in three primary ways: training, nutrition, and “supplementation”. Most people though tend to gain mostly fat when overfeeding and lose mostly fat when underfeeding. Of course, the opposite set of genetics exists as well.
Some blessed souls are quite good at both. Some individuals are simply better at accumulating muscle when overfeeding (bulking) and some individuals are better at keeping muscle when underfeeding (cutting).
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