Rapid weight gain during bulk.

[goatofthunder]

Hi guys.

1 september I started to bulk after last summers cut. I was down to about 10% bf and weighing 178 lbs at 6 feet. I was pretty happy with that cut in general which i used 300 mg test for.
So far i´ve gained decent strength during the 2 month bulk, but i´ve added 22 lbs and some of it´s definitely fat.
I´m eating around 3500 kcal per day and consuming 250-300 gr protein. I train hard, 4-5 days a week with "standard" spilts.

I´m just a litle conserned if i´m gaining too much fat. I know the mind can scrue you up and maybe there is nothing to worry about, after all I´ve always had better luck with cutting than bulking. The plan was to start the cut in january-february. Considering i´m using 650 mg test e for the bulk, I just have a hard time believing 3500 kcal is too much. Is this a reasonable amount of weight gain or should i cut my kcal lower?

[AlphaMike]

Sounds like a combination of fat and water weight, highly doubt that you threw on even 10lbs of lean muscle in only 2 months at that dose. Both require a simple adjustment in diet.

[Bert]

Most of it's just water.

[goatofthunder]

Sounds like a combination of fat and water weight, highly doubt that you threw on even 10lbs of lean muscle in only 2 months at that dose. Both require a simple adjustment in diet.

Well the dose is actually 800 but here in Iceland most of the gear is not as potent as it says on the bottle, so i estimated at least 650 mg.
When you say adjustment in diet, you mean lowering carbs and kcal? I´m currently consuming 200-250 gr carbs per day, but i´m carb sensitive.
I have no real problem with water weight, I know I can reduce that pretty fast. Should I maybe try a week or two of low carbs?

I was also thinking about adding some D bol of 30 mg per day, I know I will retain water with it, but as i said, I have no real problem with that, I´ts only the fat gain I want to minimize. Cutting fat has always been easier to me in the past, so I know I can do that pretty effectivly with low dose of test and keto diet.

[redz]

Are you taking an ai?

[goatofthunder]

Are you taking an ai?

I'm taking 0.25 mg end arimedex