What's going on, fam? Welcome to episode 3451. Appreciate you being here. It's Thursday,

October the 16th today. We are discussing bulking and cutting. Had a few questions that have popped

up on the bandcast about bulking and cutting. And I think this is the time of year because it's

fuck your resolution season. It's colder for some of you. A lot of you are probably, I don't know, changing what you're eating. Maybe you're doing a lot more stews. You're doing a lot more warm foods. This is the time of year where generally people punch out. That's why it's fuck your resolution season. They punch out.

They don't take care of their health. They eat more garbage because you're inside more.

You're wearing more jackets and things. You can't see your muscles in the same way. So you kind of

just lose sight of what you're doing to stay on track. And the problem with seasonal changes is not the seasonal changes in themselves.

It's just all the different, I guess, social shifts.

It's what people tend to eat.

It's what you're around.

Halloween, people are surrounding you with garbage.

And Thanksgiving, it's just a lot of shit.

And it's a lot of fucking off.

And most people around you are not focusing on their health.

So it's common around winter to do more bulking, but you do not have to bulk and you do not

have to cut.

You can make consistent progress if you live your life that way.

If you eat in that manner, if you stay on track.

I encourage you to avoid the concept of bulking and cutting and think about building muscle all

the time and minimizing body fat storage all the time.

You need to find and adjust your flow to be consistent all year around. Stop using the terms and stop thinking in terms of bulking and cutting

and think about building muscle. Your training and your nutrition should be focused all the

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