Growing the booty, but having trouble keeping a flat stomach.

XxSammyBooxX
XxSammyBooxX Posts: 7 Member
edited November 2024 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
Recently I decided to try to start growing my glute muscles. I've done so by doing higher weights and lesser reps, eating more calories, and eating more protein and healthy carbs. I still do cardio 3 days a week and do ab workouts once a week. I've noticed that my glutes are growing, but my stomach isn't as lean. I haven't gained any inches around my waist, I still look the same. It's just as if I gained some body fat around my stomach. Why should I do to prevent that from happening even more? Is a super lean stomach just something I have to sacrifice for the booty gains? Or is it all just in my head?

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  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    When you gain it will be a combination of muscle and fat, unfortunately. You can minimize this by keeping your surplus not too high (but not too low that you aren't gaining obviously) so around 200-300cals surplus on top of your TDEE per day. It could also be bloat from all the extra cals (this happens to me) . After your bulk when you cut, your stomach should return to normal
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    edited February 2017
    XxSammyBooxX wrote: »
    Recently I decided to try to start growing my glute muscles. I've done so by doing higher weights and lesser reps, eating more calories, and eating more protein and healthy carbs. I still do cardio 3 days a week and do ab workouts once a week. I've noticed that my glutes are growing, but my stomach isn't as lean. I haven't gained any inches around my waist, I still look the same. It's just as if I gained some body fat around my stomach. Why should I do to prevent that from happening even more? Is a super lean stomach just something I have to sacrifice for the booty gains? Or is it all just in my head?

    If something you have sacrifice in the short term. If you want to maximize muscle growth, you will be in a surplus, which also means fat gains. After you are done gaining weight or hate yourself, then you cut back on calories, maintain higher protein and continue to lift to cut the fat but maintain your muscle. It's why many bulk in the winter.

    Alternatively, you can recomp, which is slower but it will help keep you lean.
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