Gaining muscle but also gaining fat around legs and hips?

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,428 MFP Moderator
    teamwellness9119 wrote: »
    Ok so a lot of people are saying gaining mass also comes with gaining fat. I didn't know that before. Aw shucks. I was hoping to gain mass muscle without gaining amounts of fat :/ but thank you for your input. If you have suggestions that could balance it all out, feel free to give a shout out. Thanks guys :)

    We would all love to be able to gain muscle without fat, but it's not how the body works. But that is why post bulk, you should probably transition to maintenance for a few weeks to a month and then do a cut.
  • strip3scat
    strip3scat Posts: 22 Member
    Pinnacle_IAO wrote: »
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    You can't gain muscle and not gain fat, it is impossible.

    Also, there is no such thing as lean mass, there is just mass.

    You can't control where you add muscle or fat,it just happens.
    I totally do not want to hear this....and too bad...

    IT'S TRUE 100%

    This is our double edge sword. How big do we want to get given the reality of fat gains along with the muscle?

    Do a long bulk, then cut some of the fat. You'll lose some muscle, yes, but you bulked up enough that you still finish with a significant increase in muscle.
  • aledba
    aledba Posts: 564 Member
    Patttience wrote: »
    I not inclined to agree with the poster above about his first line. It would seem to me if your calories are correctly matched to your activities and your protein is right, you should be able to gain muscle and not fat, in the same way that when people are cutting they can cut fat and not lose the muscle.

    So I am sure its quite difficult to work out the exact right amount of calories and macros to achieve what you want but the perhaps the thing to do is increase your exercise burn so that you don't have any excess calories that can settle on your body as fat.

    I do'nt think it would matter what sort of exercise you do. But if you don't want to spend a lot of time on it, then try doing some sprint type exercise ie interval training. Reason being that sprinting burns more calories than slower activities. Its also excellent for increasing your fitness.

    23K posts vs barely 1K. I think we know who has the correct information.

  • strip3scat
    strip3scat Posts: 22 Member
    aledba wrote: »

    23K posts vs barely 1K. I think we know who has the correct information.

    I'm not saying either is right, but simply having posted here many times does not guarantee that the information anyone posts is correct.
  • pbryd
    pbryd Posts: 364 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    You can eat a maintenance and train your butt off to add a little muscle at a time. Just realize that it's a LONG ongoing process to see any significant results.

    Can you elaborate on this?

  • AsISmile
    AsISmile Posts: 1,004 Member
    pbryd wrote: »
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    You can eat a maintenance and train your butt off to add a little muscle at a time. Just realize that it's a LONG ongoing process to see any significant results.

    Can you elaborate on this?

    Here you go:
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat
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