Name: What is Bulking? Will It Make You Gain Muscle?
Uploaded: 2018-10-11T12:54:57.000Z
Duration: 2 min 56 s
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So you want to get bigger and stronger and
you look online and find that everyone is

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recommending bulking to you. But what exactly
is bulking and how do you achieve it?

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The concept of bulking is pretty simple: just
eat more calories than you expend. Over time,

given that the calories you're consuming contains
sufficient protein and you're training frequently,

you'll add on more muscle and consequently
add on more pounds.

Let's look at bulking as building a pyramid.
The pyramid will represent your muscle, and

the builder will represents your training.
In order to have the builder build the pyramid,

you're going to have to give him bricks in
the form of protein. The more bricks you give

him, the bigger he can build the pyramid.
Of course, you're gonna have to pay him and

also give him shelter, so you supply him with
enough incentives in the form of the macros

carbs and fats. You can tell him to build
faster by training more frequently and intensely,

but he's going to only go so fast, so giving
him extra bricks doesn't means he going to

build you a pyramid any quicker. Of course,
pharaoh dude here doesn't like the look of

all these bricks lying around, so he ask other
dudes to take them away, break them down,

and put them into storage. On top of this,
it's also easier for the builder to place

bricks at the beginning of the construction
and becomes increasingly harder the taller

the pyramid becomes. Same goes for building
muscle, where it's easier to put on muscle

in the beginning but as you come closer to
your growth potential ceiling, the more difficult

it is to put on new muscle.
So by the look of it, eating more will build

you mass, but it's only to a certain extent.
And that's where a lot of bulkers make THE

crucial mistake of not monitoring their calories.
They want to get as big as they can, but they

overdo to a point where most of the food they
eat gets stored away as fat rather than used

for building muscle. It's widely believed
that perhaps your body only synthesizes about

a quarter to at most a half a pound of muscle
per week, given you're training effectively

enough to illicit optimal muscle protein synthesis
and minus steroids.

In caloric terms, you're going to have to
eat above your maintenance calories, or TDEE,

short for total daily energy expenditure.
At a half a pound of muscle per week, that's

roughly 250 calories above your TDEE per day.
Unfortunately, that's not what many bulkers

do. Heck, that number might be closer to 2500
rather than 250. And of course, that means

fatty fatty.
So bulking does work, but it's important to

not overdo it. To be safe and give yourself
some cushion, consuming roughly 500 to 750

calories more than your TDEE should be just
about right to do the trick for bulking. And

also make sure the "bulk" of the added calories
comes mainly from protein. This ensures that

you are taking enough nutrients to reach maximal
muscle building potential as well as avoiding

storing fat away.
But to be real, there's still pretty much

a guaranteed chance that you'll store some
fat away, but it's better than storing way

too much fat away in a large, unmonitored
bulk. And on top of that, make sure you're

hitting the gym enough to justify the added
calories. Give it a shot and see how it goes!

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