Natural Bodybuilding

I'm starting to get thicc and need advice. I’ve made a lot of strength gains but my stomach is growing as well.

Do you guys switch to a cut based on an eye test or something else? Curious what the process is for people who've done several bulk and cut cycles.

I see guys turn full ROM bicep curls into standing hip thrusts when going for a max, then celebrate a PR. Same deal with half rep leg presses and rows that become lower back swings.

I've started tracking load AND rep quality. If the last rep looks nothing like the first, I don't add weight next week. Ego hates it. Muscles like it.

Maybe I just suck at them, but pullups always turn into forearm and bicep workouts.

I know this is gonna trigger some. Anybody else ditch them and grow better?

Mine already get smoked from benching and overhead press.

Anything around 30 degrees turns into a front delt exercise for me. Tried 15 degrees and finally felt my upper chest, but it looks basically flat lol.

Anybody actually build decent upper pecs using a super low incline?