How long should i go on a mass building cycle?

Question

How long should i go on a mass building cycle....like the one bodybuilders do.......the 12 to 15 reps kind.....i wanna gain a bit of mass and is 4 weeks good enough or should i go for about 8 weeks.....or how but 12

Answer 1

I do 6-7 weeks on a mass buliding cycle.At this time I take in a huge surplus of calories and work within the mass,strength building range.I don't do ANY cardio at all in this phase.My dietary crieria of protein consumption stays aroung 1.5 grams per pound of body weight.
I"ll taper my diet slowly toward the end of this phase slowly cutting back on carbohydrate consumption toward the end.At the same time I'll increase the amount of finishing and isolation in my sessions.
By the time I reach the end of this phase I"ve cut my carb intake by more than half.I'll actually consume slightly more protein at this time to ward off catabolism.
This starts the cutting phase.Low carbs,even more protein and the same fat intake.I will do cardio during this period but no more than 20 minutes at a time.I stagger the end of this cycle as well because I won't go from limited carb intake to a massive carb intake.This seems to cause too much fat deposition if you immediately start loading carbs too much.I virtually eliminate simple sugars and short chain carbs during the cutting phase.This at least seems to fill my muscles with glycogen giving me more volume and much better pumps.
The true fact of the matter is that everyones body will behave differently to all of this stimulus.My body seems to respond very well to cycle training,probably because of the shock to the system when the routines and diet change.So honestly,it will be trial and error.I'm merely giving you the guidelines that I use and the logic behind them

Answer 2

6 weeks of of muscle gain, 1 week of rest, 6 weeks of fat loss, 1 week of rest. Repeat as needed.