How much should you eat on cycle?

[yeahbuddy289]

I have dieted down my body fat and I am happy with where im at right now. I am going to start a cycle soon to put on as much lean tissue as I possibly can. I want to take full advantage of the time spent on cycle as I do not cycle very often so I want to make it count. But at the same time I dont want my body fat to get too high. How far above TDEE do you guys recommend I eat in order to gain as much muscle mass as possible but hopefully keep my body fat in check? Obviously I will be keeping all my calories clean.. I will just be eating more. Cycle will run 12 weeks and consist of test E and dbol... just keeping it simple.

[Bodacious]

I have dieted down my body fat and I am happy with where im at right now. I am going to start a cycle soon to put on as much lean tissue as I possibly can. I want to take full advantage of the time spent on cycle as I do not cycle very often so I want to make it count. But at the same time I dont want my body fat to get too high. How far above TDEE do you guys recommend I eat in order to gain as much muscle mass as possible but hopefully keep my body fat in check? Obviously I will be keeping all my calories clean.. I will just be eating more. Cycle will run 12 weeks and consist of test E and dbol... just keeping it simple.

Eat above your TDEE 500 cals and see how its going adjust after that. Just make sure your food is clean. Personally when I ran my first cycle I ate as much clean food as possible and once in while through in a big cheat meal. I could''t eat enough to where I think I spent more money on food than I did my cycle. GL

[davidtheman100]

TDEE doesn't just change when you start your cycle so to speak. You wanna eat the same amount of surplus than you would if you were regularly bulking. Don't magically change up your training either just change the weight with the strength you're gaining. Don't overthink things. Do what worked naturally and you'll see that it will work in a more "enhanced" way now

[tarmyg]

500 over maintenance will do nothing except make you fat. Start low, like 200 over and adjust from there IMHO.

[yeahbuddy289]

So I guess the whole "eat big to get big" theory shouldnt be followed lol. Just slightly increase calories and see how it goes?

[davidtheman100]

So I guess the whole "eat big to get big" theory shouldnt be followed lol. Just slightly increase calories and see how it goes?

Yes.. as you build more lean mass it's gonna take more food to maintain your size... i guess that's where that term comes from...