DOIN IT BY THE NUMBERS CAN = BIG PROBLEMS! REMEMBER THAT NUMBERS ARE ALL RELATIVE AND MAY JUST RUIN WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO BY FOCUSING SOLELY ON THE NUMBERS !SO LET ME GIVE YOU SOME POINTERS, MAINLY BIENG, GO FOR A LOOK NOT A NUMBER!! PICTURES AND MIRROR FAR BETTER THAN SCALE AND B/F CALIPER IN SEEING WHERE YOU ARE. WEIGHT IS THE BIGGEST MISCONCEIVED NUMBER ON THE PLANET AND IT CAUSES PROBLEMS BOTH WAYS ! LOOSING WEIGHT LOOKING FOR A NUMBER AT ANY COST A PERSON WILL LOOSE MUSCLE AS WELL AS FAT AND BECAUSE OF THAT MORE FAT WILL BE RETAINED = SKINNYFAT ! THE OTHER WANTING TO LOOK LIKE RONNIE COLEMAN 300+ " WANNA BE BIG GOTTA EAT BIG" WILL CAUSE YOU TO BE "BIG AND FAT!" IF YOU THINK HE GOT THAT BIG BY USING THE SUPPLIMENTS HE SPONSORS THAN YOU PROBABLY BELIEVE WRESTLING IS REAL !!! AM I SAYING WEIGHT IS IRRELEVANT NO JUST RELATIVE AND THERE IS NO REAL DEFINING WHAT WEIGHT YOU NEED TO BE AT TILL YOU GET THERE WHEN YOU ACHIEVE THE LOOK YOU WANT. RULE OF THUMB : WHETHER CUTTING OR TRYING TO BULK DO SO SLOWLY AND EVENLY SO YOU CAN KEEP THE GOOD STUFF AND KEEP AWAY FROM THE BAD! NEXT NUMBER IS HOW MUCH YOU LIFT.. PEOPLE SEARCHING FOR CERTAIN NUMBERS FOR BRAGGING RIGHTS ARE GONNA FALL INTO BAD FORM = BAD RESULTS !! I HAVE LIFTED ALOT OF HEAVY WEIGHTS IN MY LIFE AND I WANT TO SHARE A SECRET WITH YOU .... IF YOU DO IT RIGHT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT HEAVY !!! FORM IS WAY MORE IMPRTANT THAN THE AMOUNT YOU LIFT ! FULL RANGE OF MOTION "SQUEEZING" OUT EVERY REP WILL GIVE 1000 PERCENT BETTER RESULTS THAN THROWING WEIGHT AROUND AND SHORT STROKING THE REPS!  REMEMBER :LIFT FOR THE LOOK YOU WANT AND FORGET ABOUT THE NUMBERS !! FULL RANGE OF MOTION OR FOOL RANGE OF MOTION YOUR CHOICE. LIFT SMARTER YOU WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD BETTER MUSCLE WITH LESS WEIGHT AND BE WAY LESS PRONE TO INJURY!! REMEMBER IT'S ABOUT GETTN RESULTS NOT ABOUT GETTN HURT!! HOPE THIS HELPS!?!?!?!