Food factory training part 14 final

You could combine them into one massive bulking scheme. A maxed out scheme (with popular programmes) may be staged like this and in the following order:

1) Lactate Training (optional, 2-6 weeks)

Example: GBC, Meltdown

Key thing during a bulk is that you'll need to eat fairly big in order to gain significant LBM. In other words, you don't want to worry about getting fat.
Lactate training turns your body into a food factory. Now, if you already have a solid food factory, then you can omit this step altogether. This step can also be used to burn off a little fat before going into the bulk. If you use this to cut, you'll want to reload on carbs before hitting the next stage.
Your ATP-CP conditioning is related to your LBM. And, so, the first lactate phase tends to be the longest one in order to match the conditioning with the muscle you carry.

Lactate training demands a lot of calories, particularly carbs. And, if you don't intend to lose a little fat here, it's best just to eat 1000-1500 calories surplus on days after each session. When sequenced correctly, you can put on some muscle too while improving your conditioning.

After you're done with this, you take half a week off to recover. During this brief period of recovery, it's important to make sure your glycogen levels are high-to-near-saturation. Then you go into . . .

2) Strength training (6-10 weeks)

Example: 5x5, WSB, Max-OT, 10x3
Whatever you do, add a burn set after it. Take in a more moderate caloric intake, but make sure you carb up every weekend.

3) Density/volume training (1-2 weeks)

Example: EDT, GVT

Lactate training and density training is pretty much the same thing. But here, the key is to kick up the volume for a brief period of time, so that you can "fill out" the muscle shell (i.e. sarcoplasm) you build during the strength training phase. It only takes a few weeks to do this, and you don't really need heavy weights per se. Either scheme will work. Eating big is important.

4) Layoff (2-3 weeks)
This is borrowed from HST. By doing this, you resensitize your muscles to the weights again, and in fact let your body gain muscle even during the lactate training phase. But you have to basically lounge around the teli when you do this. So, the idea goes that you make the bulking cycle so frigging long that

The above cycle does 6 things:

1) Maximizes your nutrient efficiency against your current muscle profile. (Condition like an athlete)

2) Stimulates growth directly through building strength. (Train like a powerlifter)

3) Maximizes size potential (against your strength level) through volume.

4) Resets body for next bulk cycle through layoff.

5) The order of the stages lets you build muscle through entire cycle and for a very long time before you have to layoff

6) The order lets you eat big without gaining a lot of fat. (Eat like a bodybuilder.)

BTW, yes, you could try combining these stages into a super-bulk. But, by doingthe above sequence, you can use stock, familiar programs and not overthink. Just do each program as instructed and then go to the next stage. It could be as simple as 5x5 + 1 week of GVT insanity + 2 weeks off.