Only just realised you can do this

samuelmawhinney2014

Hi everyone my names Sam, I've only just realised you can actually do this! So at the beginning of the year after wild partying at 9 stone 4 I decided I wanted the dream body, so I quit everything I was doing and joined the gym, after bulking for over a month I can now say I'm 1 stone and 6 pounds heavier than I started, is anyone else bulking and stripping down for summer?

JoRocka

Actually do what?

cityruss

20lbs in a month

Ouch.

OP you might want to read this..

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/whats-my-genetic-muscular-potential.html/

samuelmawhinney2014

Have a discussion on here, just used it to track my calories! And really is that bad?

sammyliftsandeats

You're looking at a lot of fat gain at that rate.

Gallowmere1984

sammyliftsandeats wrote: »

You're looking at a lot of fat gain at that rate.

This. I've only gained 9 lbs. in two and a half months, and I'm already getting annoyed at the relatively minor fat gain. Different strokes and all of that, but I prefer to keep my hellcuts as short as possible.

I mean, you could always go the SHW powerlifter permabulk see-food route, but that's not my thing, personally.

sijomial

You put on 20lbs in a month and think you are "stripping down for summer"?
Sorry but I'm genuinely confused.

How much of that 20lbs do you think is muscle and how much fat?

trigden1991

Dreamer bulk is the accurate term for this.

TavistockToad

If OP is tall he could probably stand gaining a fair bit of fat as well, 9st 4 is only 130lbs

samuelmawhinney2014

I've never been able to gain weight in the past really slim with no muscle at all, I have gained a lot of muscle and it shows too, I've just been eating and doing what I've been told by a personal trainer (who is a professional) it was made clear to me in order you gain muscle you had to gain fat too

TR0berts

samuelmawhinney2014 wrote: »

I've never been able to gain weight in the past really slim with no muscle at all, I have gained a lot of muscle and it shows too, I've just been eating and doing what I've been told by a personal trainer (who is a professional) it was made clear to me in order you gain muscle you had to gain fat too

Yeah, but you are unquestioningly putting on much more fat than necessary. Seriously, maybe 1 lb per week may (or may not, depending on a number of factors, such as genetics and training regimen) be appropriate. Not the see-food diet.