My confused about buling up

sidsoftguy

Hi ,I am 34 year old male.My hight is 5"6 feet (167.64 Centimetre) .

When i started fitness regime i was overweight. In 2011 i was 78 KG's (171.961 lbs) . . My waist size was 36.

From then to now i have lost 15 kg's of weight . I am on calorie deficit. Currently my weight is 63.5 KG's (139.9935 lbs) and waist size is 33. I have reduced body fat from all areas except i have some tummy fat .I dont have flat tummy. If you see my upper body i would seem slightly skinny

Now i want to have some muscles. My trainer says i have to eat more now to build muscles , But i have so many doubts if i increased my diet. By increasing diet means eating more proteins and good food. I would never eat unhealthy

1) Will my tummy fat or fat from other body part increase again if i increased diet?
2) I workout 4 days in a week,doing cardio and weight training .Do i have to go more days?
3) Should i track my weight now. If my weight increases how would i know if it is a muscle gain or fat increase? What should be the limit i should gain weight ?
4) As i am of short hight would muscles look good on me .Or i should try to be lean only and give up idea to gain muscles.?

Sean_The_IT_Guy

Welcome to a CAN OF WORMS.

Here's my opinion, which I believe to be fact, but is no more valid than any other untrained person's opinion:

I am a 35 year old male, overweight, IT job, so I can tell where you're coming from.

If you are new to weight lifting, you will make gains, even on a calorie deficit. Eat lots of protein, and work out hard using a structured program like Stronglifts or something else that lets you keep track of what you're lifting.

Some people will say cardio stunts your muscle growth. Again, for a beginner, that's not really that much of a problem. If you lift heavy, you will gain strength and size, as long as you are eating enough protein.

When you get to a moderate amount of strength gain after, say, 6 months or a year, then maybe yes, your calorie deficit and your cardio might have an effect on your muscle gains.

You don't neat to eat a surplus to gain muscle, at first. Your body has stores enough of fat to tap for extra needed energy, and your hormone levels will be just fine for beginner gains, especially doing big, compound exercises like squats. Once you become accustomed to the workout routine, you may find yourself stalling in strength and mass gain (again, eventually) and you will need to up your diet or change your routine to break through the plateau, but this is well down the road.

Just start lifting, do your cardio, eat at a slight deficit, and get lots of protein (chicken, turkey, tuna, and whey protein are all good ways to get your protein in your diet without eating a ton of extra calories).

I can't recommend squats enough. They work a lot of big muscles, and thats what really gets your body cranked up for building. But don't go too heavy, too fast. I recommend Stronglifts, as it starts you out light and progressively builds your weight up over time. It seems silly at first to be bench pressing with just the bar, but you can concentrate on form and when you're doing 150+ in a few months, you'll be glad you had that form practice to avoid hurting yourself.

As to what "looks good", I wouldn't worry about it. What looks good is someone who's strong and healthy. Leave the aesthetics to the models. I recommend big compound exercises like squats, deadlifts, pullups, pushups, etc. Do a routine that concentrates on big compound exercises and you will gain strength and mass all over, you'll be stronger, and your posture will improve, you'll be more confident, and, by extension, you'll look better.

my $0.02

Marcolter

I have a personal trainer. I have gone through many changes. Weight Lifting was way more fun than cardio to gain inches. If you really lift and feel the burn until your muscles are exhausted, then do not worry about eating too much protein. Eat clean. You do see results. I went from 13 inch biceps to 16 inches. Now I have to rely on muscle memory because I am back in the gym again after neglecting myself for almost a year. I am short . As long as you train all parts, you will look balanced and that means back and shoulders and do not forget legs. Look at the gym with all the young men with big arms and chicken legs.