[quote]BONEZ217 wrote:
[quote]bbh90 wrote:
[quote]MassiveGuns wrote:
When you said you tried bulking before, how do you know you did it properly? You are already on a low fat diet and you are saying its pretty good? Good for what? You need saturated fat to gain muscle optimally. Your diet is only good in that its controlled and relatively healthy. Thats not my definition of good. Good is meeting your goals, and your goal is to gain muscle mass. If you want a tight six pack, just keep doing what you are doing, you will stay slim, maybe put on few pounds of lean mass over a year, but you won’t be happy with your progress in a years time. If your fragile ego can handle looking a little fatter for six months, you might just be able to make some impressive gains.
I know its a leap, but seriously, try adding 1000 calories per day for a few months. If you are really worried about fat gain, do the following.
1)Increase the volume load in your routine, more reps and sets around 60-70% 1RM
2)Add some extra cardio sessions, or better yet, tabata workouts. If you don’t know what these are, do a search.
3)Only add the extra calories during and after a workout. This tip really works if your volume is high enough, but to do it effectively, you have to get the calories in in liquid form, I find a shake of wholemilk/peanut butter/olive oil/protein powder/cream the easiest way to do it. You can add way more like this really easily if you need to.[/quote]
i didnt bulk as good as i could now but i did a decent bulk im not really on a low fat diet i dont see how 60 grams of fat is low im litterally getting 540 calories just from fat and from what iv read by layne norton theres no reason get get more than .3 .4 times your bodyweight in grams of fat during a bulk which im getting right baout .35 grams of fat per pound of body weight not to mention nearly half my fat comes from saturated fat eggs have plenty of saturated fat and i eat 6 large eggs every day
and when you say if i want a tight 6 pack keep doing what im doing maybe ill gains a few pounds of muscle over a year whats wrong with that?? heres the trade off look good all year round put on a few pounds of muscle or look like shit most of the year and put on a few pounds of muscle… chances are at this point in my progress im not going to be putting on 10 pounds of muscle in a year 3 pounds is more reasonable id say
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My breakfast shake alone has 70g of fat, I maintain my weight on about 3100 calories. If you were on super high carbs I could understand limiting the fat intake but 60g really isnt that much.
And that second paragraph from the edited quote is exactly what I meant when I said that you just dont get it. You talk like youve been doing this shit for 15 years. Your lack of real life experience is so obvious from your posts its not even funny. “At this point in my progress” YOU ARENT THAT BIG. Its bizarre that youve actually convinced yourself that youre an advanced lifter. How do you know what’s reasonble? Youre 20 years old. Everything you say is straight assumption.
If anyone is bodybuilding and ever “looks like shit” theyre doing it wrong.
If someone sets a limit in their head that 3lbs in a year is the best case scernario theyre doing it wrong. You are in the prime muscle building years of your life and you really think youre only going to gain 3 lbs of muscle a year if you do things right? Thats sad man, seriously. Its not surprising youre looking to steroids to make gains, youre afraid to push the envelope. You have a self defeating + “i know it all” attitude. [/quote]
were talking from 2 different perspectives here not everyone wants the same thing i dont think im THAT big i think i am big for my weight and being natural at my gym which isnt the most hardcore of gyms LA fitness im honestly one of the bigger guys there im bigger than ppl there that i know are on cycles not in bodyweight but visually i am bigger look i litterally just took this picture no angles
do i think im an advanced lifter? ya i think im more advanced than a lot of ppl im not saying im more advanced than everyone but dude i dont think i know it all but lets try to be real here i think your looking at this and only considering ppl who are bodybuilders and such in the real world ppl would love to have my physique i dont have the average physique no matter how you cut it do i look like a bodybuilder? no but thats not what im going for
im going for exactly what i look like i want to have an athletic asthetic look but also gain more mass and for ppl who arnt litterally bodybuilders it just doesnt make sense to do all the bulking and cutting they do anyone who doesnt want to compete and everything doesnt want to look overweight half the year
and if you think im self defeating then i could call you self defeating too this whole time iv been talking about lean gains and how thats what i work for and im going to make lean gains and this whole time your saying no not possible you have to bulk up your calories by 1000 thats the only way so were talking from two different perspectives i have a can do attitude about what my goals are lean gains you have a not possible attitude about that you just either dont relate to my goals or you think your way is the only way and im telling you its not
there are tons of people all over that make great lean gains there are even bodybuilders that dont like to get above 12% bodyfat thats not super lean but still reasonably lean there is no rule that fat gain is neccassary to gain muscle the only reason for bulking is to ensure your body is getting enough nutrients macros and calories to be able to gain the max amount of muscle so if someone was able to calculate the exact macros cals and nutrients they needed every day to build muscle they wouldnt gain an ounce of bodyfat and make the same gains they would if they were taking in 500 cals more than that same thing with fat your body only needs so much the excess isnt just forced into the muscles
you could call what im doing the harder route even since in your opinion its so much harder to make gains the way i want to and if thats my choice whats so wrong about that?
so far you have restated yourself over and over again and i get it you think that before deciding AAS are the answer i should take it as far as i can and bulk up then cut see where that gets me but what im wondering is why are you so gung ho on this? its not like im some newbie who never put any effort in or made any progress wanting to do roids obviously even if i do a cycle i have enough knowledge to be able to maintain those gains i cant tell what is so frustrating to you all youv said over and over again is basically that i have an option of weather to do them or not and i can still make natural progress as if you think im saying the only option is steroids because i cant make progress anymore without them
thats not what im saying i am making progress still every time i lift i increase in someway or another as i said before im not trying to say steroids are the only option iv been straight up about everything its not that steroids are the only option its that iv established a good base that i like learned how to maintain it and continue making gains now i want to push it up to the next level and no i dont want to bulk up for 6 months or so i want to enjoy my physique and hard work sorry i dont consider looking less appealing for a while part of the hard work the fact is i dont need to make anymore gains and i have a great physique as it is i might not be the biggest or a bodybuilder but i have a great physique and just because i want to push it to the limit with steroids i dont see why your so against it?