Quote Originally Posted by AlphaMindz View Post
I'm surprised there aren't more people with strong view points for either approach.

The body building world seems pretty divided on this topic so I was hoping to get advocates for both sides and their reasoning behind it!
It's really a chore to eat enough "clean" food to do a proper bulk cycle. If you eat pizza 6 times a day, you will DEFINITELY get bigger but not for bodybuilding. You have to watch your macros when you're bulking. If you see too much fat gains you have to adjust your carbs. Your body has a natural rythem in the way it processes food. You have to "dial" in your diet to maximize your gains. I'm naturally at about 200lbs so I can maintain my build at this weight. If I try to gain 20 lbs I'll go from 9%bf to 15%bf because my body is not used to the amount of calories with the amount of gear I'm taking.

All in all, you have to do a few bulk cycles to tune in your diet to your body. The simple formula is to eat eat eat and then cut. It's not ideal but it does work. I've been cycling long enough to know how my body will react to different compounds so I can eat accordingly. My .02