How to know if I'm bulking right way?

queenierz
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Hi! I'm trying to gain weight (bulking) slowly to build muscles, so I'm pretty much eating around my TDEE and sometimes at surplus... However, I just started doing this like less than a week, and I felt pretty bloated and gotten a little heavier already. How am I suppose to know I'm not gaining fat faster than gaining muscles? ( I understand gaining fat is inevitable when bulking, but I don't want fat to come faster than muscles!).
I eat clean, filling up macronutrients 40/30/30 ratio.
I eat clean, filling up macronutrients 40/30/30 ratio.
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Short answer- if you're gaining and lifting- your bulking.
But long answer:
small surplus around 250-400 is where you're looking.
First week or two you get big jump- 5-7 pounds- mostly water glycogen.
Then after that should be a slow and painful trend line upwards.
If you're gaining to fast- eat less
if you aren't gainging- eat more.0 -
Short answer- if you're gaining and lifting- your bulking.
But long answer:
small surplus around 250-400 is where you're looking.
First week or two you get big jump- 5-7 pounds- mostly water glycogen.
Then after that should be a slow and painful trend line upwards.
If you're gaining to fast- eat less
if you aren't gainging- eat more.
^What JoRocka said. It can be good to go for about a half a pound a week or so.0
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