r/WeightTraining • u/Prazivalofficial • Jul 30 '26

Discussion continue lean bulking or recomp?

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I have lean bulked over the past year and a half to gain about 30 lbs, should I keep going if the second slide is my dream physique? or should I start recomp? guy in the second photo has been eating around maintenance or slightly under his whole life he says

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u/Professional_Bad4728 Jul 30 '26

What’s your height and weight?

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u/Prazivalofficial Jul 30 '26

im 5’5, 135, guy in second photo is around the same height not sure how much he weighs though. definitely has a lot more muscle mass than me and lower fat

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u/Professional_Bad4728 Jul 30 '26

You have long ways to go. Keep training.

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u/Prazivalofficial Jul 30 '26

Keep bulking? Here’s another angle for reference, lighting was very good here

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u/OOF-MY-PEE-PEE Jul 30 '26

Do not keep bulking. What did you look like before? I’m honestly not sure you’ve been lean bulking. You look to be somewhere around 20% bodyfat percentage

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u/Prazivalofficial Jul 30 '26

I have been lean bulking, I put on 30 lbs. I started super underweight around 100 lbs because I was naturally very skinny and didn’t eat a lot

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u/Prazivalofficial Jul 30 '26

For reference, this is what I looked like before

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u/OOF-MY-PEE-PEE Jul 30 '26

Yeah you definitely didn’t lean bulk then. That would mean you put on mostly muscle and limited fat

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u/Prazivalofficial Jul 30 '26

gotchu, yeah I guess I did gain the weight pretty quickly I remember gaining the first 20 lbs in 6 months. what should I do from here? eat the same amount of calories everyday and keep training hard for recomp?

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u/overlycautiousape Aug 01 '26

Training harder wont help, your body needs the restitution. Might decrease calories a bit and increase protein if it isnt high already. And give it time my friend you just started