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Hello,

I completed TSPA about 6 weeks ago with success. I have now transitioned to MANS and bulking. I put on about 3 pounds of muscle the first few weeks. But I have noticed my progress has stalled the last 3 weeks (no change in lean body mass and no change in body fat). I have also noticed that my weight and reps is not progressing.

Should I increase calories to see if the body needs more to continue growth, or should I change exercises (have I pleateaued?)

Thanks,
Jim

I would try upping your calories by 200 and see if that puts you back on track.

Hey jimboski10

If your weight, bodyfat, lbm and reps havn't increased then i would agree with vanguard1965 to up your calories by 200, this woul be the usual recommendation of increase to keep fat uptake to a minimum while bulking. It's good you are keeping track of all of your body function as well as your weight and reps which i would be a culprit for sometimes, so you definitly know you havent stalled, up the cals and see where you are next week if the weight or reps haven't changed i use a saying ( dont get mad at it get mad with it ) but if you cant move it drop it a little and go for more reps.

I said it before in here, if i plateau i take it as a good sign if my body does'nt want to change i have taken it to its max and i have to force it to change and get stronger and for me over the years if i get to this point the best method is drop the weight add the reps or if im training between 10-12 weeks take a wek off, this does more good than harm

Thanks for the thoughts....I will give the extra calories a week or two and see what happens. It is a bummer when you push to failure on every set for two weeks and see no gain..now time to make the calorie change

My advice would be exactly the same, increase the Kcal by about 2 hundred and if you are doing any cardio cut it back or cut i out complety. I'm running a log of my own MANS build in the development section of th forum. Feel free to check it out.