After bulking phase, when do you start cutting?

[ecwholic]

I was wondering, once I reach my target weight, when would I start cutting? Do most of you start cutting once you reach that weight or do you go above it and then start cutting?

 

[Jodi]

Go to maintenance for 2-4 weeks before you start cutting. Automatically your body will shed some ponds because your food intake is less. Then slowly work yourself into a caloric deficit.

 

[ecwholic]

Go to maintenance for 2-4 weeks before you start cutting. Automatically your body will shed some ponds because your food intake is less. Then slowly work yourself into a caloric deficit.

So would I make my target weight a little more than what I really want, so that when I cut and lose weight, it'll be closer to my ideal goal?

 

[Skin n Bonez]

"Go to maintenance for 2-4 weeks before you start cutting. Automatically your body will shed some ponds because your food intake is less. Then slowly work yourself into a caloric deficit."
What if someone skips that and goes straight into the cutting stage?

 

[vortrit]

I will bulk until after the holidays. Maintenance for about a month, then cut. It's going to be hell this year. On my cutting phases I don't cheat much. No beer, no fast food. It sucks. But this year I'm considering eliminating alchohol altogether.

 

[ecwholic]

Just wondering, if my goal is 175 lbs at 12% bodyfat, what should my goal be on this bulk? Somewhere around 185 lbs?

 

[KentDog]

Your question is pretty subjective. It all depends how your bodyfat is during your bulk.