Cannashroom said:

Don't eat grains.  Don't eat starchy carbs except after exercise.

Eat the majority of your calories from animals foods (LOTS of fat).  Eat lots of veggies and fruits also.

If you burn fat as your main calorie source, your body will burn your fat stores easier.

Train fasted.  Train Hard.  Kettlebells and deadlifts.

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you're just spouting a bunch of stuff you read from books

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Be weary of trainers like XUL here though, they'll just hammer your brain with a bunch of bullshit

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squat, bench and deadlift correctly,

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meams said:

You guys should stop flexing your "brain-pecs" at each other. 

Internet, fighting!

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If you look back you will notice that I have not once taken any personal shots at Kamoonstinoops. I am simply enjoying a conversation about fitness. Although I can not say the same for Kamoonstinoops.

Celestial Traveler said:

My workout life pretty much consists of wild cycles, where I'll go a couple/few months at a time bulking up, and get REALLY big, gain a lot of muscle, have a lot of strength, etc., but also gain a lot of body fat, love handles, a belly, etc.

Then, I'll begin a toning phase where I try to burn fat, and succeed but in doing so I'll lose a crapton of muscle and become really scrawny.

I could actually probably be a pretty good powerlifter if school and work didn't get in the way and I got enough sleep, food, and time to dedicate to it, because I gain a lot of muscle pretty quickly in my bulking phase.

But I'm tired of going through these huge transformative cycles.  I want to gain a lot of muscle, then cut down and keep my muscle at the same time.  How can I do this?  Any tips?

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