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I am not able to place where I am in this. No one looks like me. There are parts of me that match every picture >15%.
I am not satisfied with how I look. I can see some muscle definition but not as much as I want.
Generally speaking if you want more muscle you will need to bulk. You could add 10lbs (gently) and then cut back down?
Bulking would put me in obese category again. I don’t want that
Hypothetical situation, you take my advice:
You bulk for 20 weeks gaining 5kg. Half muscle, half fat. You then cut for 2.5 weeks and drop the fat. Net gain 2.5kg muscle
You do that again. In just about a year you are sitting at +5kg of muscle.
So what? A few side effects. That extra 5kg of muscle burns calories just existing, which will help you burn fat in the future. It will make you more muscular. And your bodyweight has gone up, but you're not more obese, you actually dropped your body fat percentage by (not quite but close) 5% by adding more muscle. All without the soul draining constant cutting. Anyway just a different way to look at it
It makes sense. I feel tempted to do it. I have been overweight all my life so bulking would be a first for me.