Get Jacked Sitting on the Couch?

If someone goes through multiple cycles of bulking and cutting, but does no resistance training, will they eventually get jacked? Maybe a little?

What does “jacked” mean? And how much muscle are they carrying already? Gaining weight without resistance training seems like a recipe for getting fat ya know?

For this hypothetical, jacked means larger-than-normal muscles and let’s assume they are starting with an average amount of muscle mass. I’ve heard it said many times that if one is in a caloric surplus (sitting on the couch eating potato chips), at least some of their newly-added tissue will be muscle. It seems possible then that if one gets their nutrition on point, they can grow muscle and fat (and whatever else), then cut in a manner designed to spare as much muscle as possible and wind up with a net increase in muscle? And I agree of course that this is not a practical approach - just wondering if it’s possible. Also, thanks for hosting this forum :slight_smile:

Some of it will be muscle, unless they’re already obese. However, when you cut you always lose muscle too, so…probably not a terribly useful thought experiment you know?

Dang it I came here thinking BBM had released a new program