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Originally Posted by kfisherx
What difference does it make how long someone has been studying something Julie? Give me a break here. You are old enough to know better. A person who has been doing careful study and surrounding themselves with other knowledgeable people can learn more in a half of a year than a person who has been doing the same thing the same way for 10 years. Your definition of an expert seems to be someone who has been practicing that art for a year or more. I think that is definition has all sorts of holes.
At 6 months of classical guitar study I landed and performed my first paid gig. I was invited back every year since then. Was I a "classical guitarist" at that time or not really because it wasn't a year? I was paid for it.... Hmmm...
If I say something incorrectly then go ahead and correct that thing for me so that I learn from it but let us not bring the conversation down to this level of silliness. If you are annoyed with the way I post but the content is okay then that is most probaby your problem.
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The problem is that you're giving out advice to newbies. Not the guys in here, but the newbies around the forum. They take what you say as gospel because you use a tone of authority that's not warranted at this point. You've made many statements that have been proven wrong. You're not lying, but misinterpreting what you're experiencing.
Some of the things you say are irresponsible. You've taken on an air of authority, then made statements like "women should all go on at least one good bulk so as to learn not be afraid of fat gain" (paraphrasing here). Even the long time trainers here don't make statements that are that clear cut. Not good.
Also, you're putting your preferences out there like they are the best way; a year long, clean bulk is best, for instance. That's your preference, it's not the best way. You like to work in a timeframe. That's fine. Others only want to get so fat, then put the kabosh on the bulk and cut some fat for a while. Not a time thing, a leanness thing. Also fine.
On one day a clean bulk is best, the next day you say you were too clean in your bulk. Changing your mind is fine, but how can you continue to be so definitive about all this when you can no longer support the things you were sure of just a month ago?
BTW, your clean bulk was fine, a dirty bulk (if that means more calories) with less cardio (as you also say you are planning for the next time) would have added more fat. Without drugs, we can only add so much muscle per month. For women who are relative newbies, it's about 1% per month. Extra calories go somewhere else. You might need to gain some fat to gain that 1% lean, but if you're hitting that 1%, you can almost be sure that the surplus is going to be fat. Of course, it's hard to tell when you're doing the bulk, as weight comes from water, swelling, and contents of the gut, but you saw how a 10lb or so gain was really just 2lbs of lean mass after 2 or 2.5 months. You probably couldn't have added more muscle in that time, but you certainly could have added more fat.