Fall Bulk Week 6 Review

My weight is up exactly 1 pound over last week’s average. Will it be enough to get back on track and reach my goal?

Fall Bulk Week 6 Weight

Week 6 was the most stable I’ve had since before Thanksgiving. That means I had more success hitting my calorie and macro targets each day, translating to gains in the gym and on the scale.

I added an extra set to many exercises this week to increase the total workout volume. Also, I could get an extra rep or go up in weight on many of my lifts. Strength gains typically precede size gains, so I was happy with that result.

On the scale, my weekly average weight increased from 175.8 to 176.8, or a whole pound in 7 days. This pound-per-week weight gain is precisely on par with my goal of gaining 8 lbs in 8 weeks.

However, weeks 3 through 5 had smaller gains, so I’m still facing an uphill battle to get to 180 lbs in the next two weeks. I will adjust my nutrition to meet the challenge without going overboard and just getting fat.

Here are the weekly averages for calories in, calories out, and calorie surplus.

Calories
Average Calories Consumed+3,081
Average Calories Burned-2,646
Average Calorie Surplus+435 (16%)

This was the first week of the bulk I averaged over 3,000 calories eaten per day. At the same time, my calorie expenditure stayed about average, resulting in the largest cumulative surplus so far at 16%.

With extra energy on board, the needle finally moved significantly on the scale. So, I will aim to replicate these nutrition numbers in week 7.

I saw my weight drop slightly on Monday morning after Sunday’s planned lower carb, lower calorie day. I expected this result and felt the appetite and insulin reset were worth it.

However, coming into the week at 176 pounds means I will have to hit several high-carb days to get this week’s average up to around 178 pounds.

Fall Bulk Week 5 Review

Keep up with my daily check-ins, or follow up with my week seven review to see how I do!

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