When to cut after cycle

[beezil]

Glad to hear that I'm not the only one with dual passions for bodybuilding + cycling!

I enjoy doing both. And now that I have a solid bodybuilding base, I'm not so worried about excessive endurance training destroying my size. Actually, it's much harder to lose size than I thought it would be. I wonder how much better a cyclist I could be if I lost 30 lbs. For now, I'm happy to be the funny-looking cyclist!

A machine!! Everything gets easier.

 

[beezil]

Beezil I know some guys who do Iron man and Ultra-Marathons. They are tiny, and their sport might have more bad health effects then bodybuilding. A lot of these guys develp heart conditions like A-Fib, or so they tell me.

Honestly,

I don't know whether its from endurance training or AAS…

I have an athletes heart (enlarged left ventricle) and a valve that back flows.
Cant think of the term off the top of my head… I would have to pull my cardiologist's report.

My hip sockets are wore out from miles of running… my shoulders from swimming… my knees from grappling… and I just turned 40!

The hips and knees also got a lot of abuse from parachuting and fast roping…
Hearing loss from ordnance and gun fire. and worst of all Memory loss from getting old!! [)]

So….

Really it doesn't matter whats worse…

I wouldn't change any of it for the world!!

 

[Mr. Joe]

The fact that you're close to your size goal is good. Given that, I'm wondering why you're doing a bulk cycle. Wouldn't it be better to cycle specifically to preserve (and possibly modestly increase) LBM while increasing endurance training?

You'll probably compromise a lot more LBM with your current plan especially if you haven't recovered 100% from PCT. I'm not sure that increasing ET during this period will help with recovery.

What is the point of the half-marathon? Since the goal of ET is fat loss, I'm assuming you're not really concerned about your running performance. Is it simply motivation for your fat loss/ET?

Motivation for the most part. I have friends that are big into endurance sports so a part of it is social as well; I can always get on the treadmill or stationary bike by myself, but it's nice to have someone to train with.

From my experience, ET with modest weightlifting is the best way for me to cut. Higher intensity cardio coupled with weightlifting just makes me hungrier and makes diet harder to keep in check.

I plan to gradually increase cardio week to week, I'll keep my calories up for the first few weeks after PCT and check my weight/LBM to make sure im not becoming too catabolic too quickly.