The B-word is a horrible word...

Fithealthyforlife
Fithealthyforlife Posts: 866 Member
in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
...to describe the controlled eating of 100-400 calories above maintenance level.

I really don't think bulking is a good word to describe what we're doing when we gain weight in a very slow, controlled manner.

I eat 2900 to 3600 cal per day. But my intake is still low compared to how much most overweight men my height/age (and some obese women) take in.

It's not really bulking, imho. Anyone got a better word?
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  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Does it really matter?

    Maybe just focus on the fitness goals rather than the terminology. The terminology isn't going to be what gets you to where you want to be.
  • nothingwithoutHim
    nothingwithoutHim Posts: 140 Member
    Eating for awesomeness. :laugh:

    "Bulk" always reminds me of "the hulk" which doesn't conjure up great images in the mind. :huh:
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    I don't get it.
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    Call it what you want. Call it "increasing skeletal muscle mass" if it makes you feel better. ISMM!!!
  • Kanzaki3
    Kanzaki3 Posts: 656 Member
    Beasting.
  • Fithealthyforlife
    Fithealthyforlife Posts: 866 Member
    Beasting.

    Beast eating mode!

    ISSM!

    Great suggestions!

    I like clean bulk too.

    Reverse diet? Or is that one taken already?
  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
    Muscle building

    Gettin my fatty mc fat fat on

    one of those two should be suitable depending on preferences
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    If you are doing a slow bulk, it's generally called a lean bulk.


    ETA: I bulked a couple of months ago. The word does not bother me at all.
  • Fithealthyforlife
    Fithealthyforlife Posts: 866 Member
    If you are doing a slow bulk, it's generally called a lean bulk.

    Oh yes...lean bulk. I forgot about that one.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Beasting.

    Beast eating mode!

    ISSM!

    Great suggestions!

    I like clean bulk too.

    Reverse diet? Or is that one taken already?


    Reverse diet is not eating above maintenance - it's walking your calories up to maintenance.
  • bellesouth18
    bellesouth18 Posts: 1,071 Member
    lean bulk = lb = lb. = pound no matter how you look at it or what word you use.
  • Fithealthyforlife
    Fithealthyforlife Posts: 866 Member
    lean bulk = lb = lb. = pound no matter how you look at it or what word you use.

    Yeah, I actually hate the word lean and try not to use it too often, b/c some people use it (improperly) to mean thin or skinny. "Skinny bulk" makes no sense.

    "Slow bulk" it is!
  • fivethreeone
    fivethreeone Posts: 8,196 Member
    Hey, I don't like the word "moist." but you don't see me going around complaining about it.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Hey, I don't like the word "moist." but you don't see me going around complaining about it.

    I bet your least favorite character of all time is Dr. Horrible's pal, Moist.
  • NoAdditives
    NoAdditives Posts: 4,251 Member
    Eating for awesomeness. :laugh:

    "Bulk" always reminds me of "the hulk" which doesn't conjure up great images in the mind. :huh:

    Seeing as how The Hulk is pretty much all muscle, it sort of fits. The rage, not so much. But overall, The Hulk is pretty awesome.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    Beasting.

    I'm sure that will go over well, if I were tell my friends/family that I'm Beasting...:laugh: "Don't worry guys, I won't get too skinny, I'm beasting now".
  • tjthegreatone
    tjthegreatone Posts: 324
    Well I thought it was me just being a greedy cow :laugh:
    Nice to have some external validation though!
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    Hey, I don't like the word "moist." but you don't see me going around complaining about it.

    i used to not like that word, but I'm coming around on it.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    The funny bone isn't a bone, and the dark side of the moon isn't actually dark, and I can't remember the last time I used a dial on a phone, or hung one up.
  • lacurandera1
    lacurandera1 Posts: 8,083 Member
    The funny bone isn't a bone, and the dark side of the moon isn't actually dark, and I can't remember the last time I used a dial on a phone, or hung one up.

    Omg. You just ruined my day by pointing out all the not literal references in every day life.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Generally the people worrying about such trivial matters will be the same who look no different 6 months from now
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    Generally the people worrying about such trivial matters will be the same who look no different 6 months from now

    Interesting conclusion to jump to. People that are curious about words in their down time, are doomed to never make progress? I don't see the link.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    The funny bone isn't a bone, and the dark side of the moon isn't actually dark, and I can't remember the last time I used a dial on a phone, or hung one up.

    Phrases that require more careful interpretation than they are usually given:

    Deceptively Simple (Can this phrase be described as being deceptively simple, or not?)

    Waste of time (Where did it go? And how could any action change the outcome of it going to that place?)

    Does thinking about this mean that my fitness progress is suddenly going to stop in it's tracks and not continue forward?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Beasting.

    Means something different in the uk!
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    Beasting.

    Means something different in the uk!

    Yes, it does have multiple meanings and opens up to a lot of confusion of what it means.
  • needtoloseafewpounds
    needtoloseafewpounds Posts: 161 Member
    Eating for awesomeness. :laugh:

    "Bulk" always reminds me of "the hulk" which doesn't conjure up great images in the mind. :huh:

    That's perfect. Why not call it hulking? :)
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    The funny bone isn't a bone, and the dark side of the moon isn't actually dark, and I can't remember the last time I used a dial on a phone, or hung one up.

    i thought the funny bone was the humerus which is a bone, but it isn't funny. Or at least I can't see anything particularly funny about my humeri. They're rather useful.
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    Eating for awesomeness. :laugh:

    "Bulk" always reminds me of "the hulk" which doesn't conjure up great images in the mind. :huh:

    That's perfect. Why not call it hulking? :)

    I'm not bulking, I'm hulking :) I like that :)

    not that I have any issues with the word bulking, but still, I like hulking.
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    Morphing?

    morph_zps9b784c4d.gif
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    If you're gaining weight, then aren't you adding bulk? Therefore the term is correct, no matter how slowly you do it.

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