Fuck the eternal bulk. Ever since I ended my wrestling career 3 years ago, I made it a point to get huge after several years of cutting weight. In a three year span on my 5' 11" frame, I went from 150 lbs at 7% body fat to 200 lbs at roughly 18% body fat. I did this by dirty bulking the whole time and focusing on putting up huge numbers on my big lifts. Gaining strength and muscle was my only concern, even if some fat gain came with it. At 200 lbs, I was squatting 2X and deadlifting 2.5X body weight. However, after finding FPH (both on this website and the last), I started to rethink my strategy towards fitness. Sure I was strong, and I had indeed gotten to my goal of being big, yet a few things became apparent with my size.  1) I was sweating like a motherfucker (Already a sweaty dude in general, like go through 2 shirts a workout sweaty). 2) I seriously missed how cut I was when I wrestled. 3) My cardio was absolute shit. Being exposed to this site made me have a serious change of thought in how I exercise and eat. And even though I knew I would lose a good deal of strength, I had to drop down to a lower body fat %, I finally took the plunge. I began to eat healthier foods and use hunger as my cue to eat instead of gorging myself for the gains. I began to move away from the big three lifts (squat, deadlift, clean) and focus on other lifts to become more balanced as well as varied my rep ranges. I incorporated high intensity cardio which was non-existent in my prior workouts. The result of all this is ongoing. I’m roughly 11% body fat now and I hover around 182 lbs. My goal is 8% body fat. However all three of the problems I had were remedied. I feel much better overall. And now when I go to the university gym and see guys lifting and bulking like I did, I feel as if they are not training optimally (unless they are power-lifters or Olympic lifters). What purpose could all that muscle be when fat % is high and it makes cardio shit? My long term goal is to get back up to 190 at 8% body fat.  But I truly have to thank FPH for showing me that having absolute strength is less important than having health at a lean bodyweight. I look better and I feel better. Tl;dr: Ditched dirty bulking and heavy lifting for healthier eating and intensive cardio thanks to FPH.