04-27-2017, 04:48 AM
I'm very interested to see what Scott says here as this is a subject very near and dear to my heart, cause I'm still trying to figure it out. 
I spent the last 2 or 3 years going from 190ish to 220ish, back and forth, back and forth. (body comp has improved in those jumps for sure, but I know what you mean as it feels like you are going nowhere fast) My wife and I go to Disney every year around the same time with her family and we joke that I have a "Disney Weight" as I've been 205-207 for the last 3 years we've gone. This year I'm happy to say I'm finally going at a heavier weight!
For myself, the biggest thing I changed for myself as far as food and training went to allow this. I made smaller calories increases, and stayed stricter on my diet. I also really tried to find a better balance between training intensely and recovering. If I found I was not progressing after a week or so, I made immediate adjustments and almost always saw very good results and got back to progressing immediately, instead of just banging my head against a wall. I think these two things helped me to grow steadily and slowly but consistently. The sort of switch that flipped in my head was when I sort of made the parallel connection between trying to add mass, and trying to burn fat. Nobody (at least nobody who knew what they were doing) would start a 3 month diet off with just slashing a huge caloric deficient and doing every trick in the book on week 1. You have no place to go. When I've had any success leaning out it was making small steps, adjusting, and making them again. And using each little trick only when needed. This year (and more really these past 9 to 6 months) I've tried to more apply that philosophy to mass gaining, and it seems to be working better for me. As Jordan was saying. You end your offseason before it can even begin. Scott said on his last Muscle Mind podcast the "secret" was being consistently patient, which speaks to me of doing lots of little things correct day after day week after week and watching those pennies stack up until they are dollars.
anddddd now I'm rambling It's a good topic man. That's my 2 cents and my experience. Very interested to see what the good Dr. says 
I spent the last 2 or 3 years going from 190ish to 220ish, back and forth, back and forth. (body comp has improved in those jumps for sure, but I know what you mean as it feels like you are going nowhere fast) My wife and I go to Disney every year around the same time with her family and we joke that I have a "Disney Weight" as I've been 205-207 for the last 3 years we've gone. This year I'm happy to say I'm finally going at a heavier weight!For myself, the biggest thing I changed for myself as far as food and training went to allow this. I made smaller calories increases, and stayed stricter on my diet. I also really tried to find a better balance between training intensely and recovering. If I found I was not progressing after a week or so, I made immediate adjustments and almost always saw very good results and got back to progressing immediately, instead of just banging my head against a wall. I think these two things helped me to grow steadily and slowly but consistently. The sort of switch that flipped in my head was when I sort of made the parallel connection between trying to add mass, and trying to burn fat. Nobody (at least nobody who knew what they were doing) would start a 3 month diet off with just slashing a huge caloric deficient and doing every trick in the book on week 1. You have no place to go. When I've had any success leaning out it was making small steps, adjusting, and making them again. And using each little trick only when needed. This year (and more really these past 9 to 6 months) I've tried to more apply that philosophy to mass gaining, and it seems to be working better for me. As Jordan was saying. You end your offseason before it can even begin. Scott said on his last Muscle Mind podcast the "secret" was being consistently patient, which speaks to me of doing lots of little things correct day after day week after week and watching those pennies stack up until they are dollars.
anddddd now I'm rambling
It's a good topic man. That's my 2 cents and my experience. Very interested to see what the good Dr. says