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I've been working out for around 5-6 months. 4 times a week with a split routine M/Thurs and Tues/F. I started at 125lbs, 5'10" and I'm now at 145lbs.

My question is this, when should I decide to start trimming off a bit of this fat that I've added since I started bulking up? My abs are definitely more noticeable but I've added a layer of fat on top as well along with my lower back which has a small but noticeable amount of fat now.

Should I add some HIIT/cardio for a month or two while lowering my diet or what? I don't really want to stop gaining but next month I'll be going back home from college (Illinois to Florida) and I'll want to go to the beach since this is perhaps my last summer totally free.

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>> Anonymous
Holy shit, you were 125? You must have been TINY. Anyhow, I am in a similar boat: I have been bulking, eating a ton, and it's going to be time to start cutting fat too.

It seems to be the case that you can't bulk and lose fat at the same time. You need to pick one direction and go, or you won't make progress toward either goal. If you cut your diet and eat plenty of protein, keep lifting, you will minimize muscle loss, but if you are serious about cutting fat, you will need to drop to a low calorie diet and do lots of high intensity cardio. You won't put on muscle, but hopefully, if you eat right and keep at the weights, you won't lose muscle.
>> Anonymous
>>123389
Yeah, I was like stick-thin before. Now at least I'm moderately thin. My goal is like 160-170 with no fat I guess; that should get me looking decent with some noticeable muscle but not all bulky (since I have a fairly small and narrow frame as you might have easily guessed). Still, I'm just wondering exactly what I should be doing about the fat that I'm adding. It doesn't seem to be "going away on its own" and I don't really want to hit my goals and then have to burn 10lbs off...
>> Anonymous
>>123391

That's what you're going to have to do, unfortuantley. Go to 170-180 or so, and cut down. If you're at your ideal weight but not ideal BF%, keep cutting, then bulk again, etc, and eventually you won't have to teeter-totter back and force and will reach equilibrium and the weight you want.

Sorry, but there's really no way to avoid cutting at some point. :(
It is really relatively easy to cut, though, especially if you have a lot of muscle, and with proper diet cutting 10 pounds only takes 5 weeks or so.
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>>123389
>>123398

Alright thanks. I'll just work up to 170ish and then cut, which means I've got probably a solid year ahead of me before I do any cutting.