Any guys having problems bulking up? I am haha

To get to a lean 190 you may want to bulk to 200-205 then cut down to 190. I don't gain too easily, each bulk cut cycle I only add about 2-3 lbs of muscle, pretty slow but I am cool with it.

Ive been increasing my calories by 200 weekly. I cut calories too low during my bulk. Sometimes I gain 1 pound of water from one day to another then it starts decreasing slow. Im eating 3200 and Im going to bump it up to 3500 in two days.

If you are new to lifting make sure you gain a pound a week.

If you've been training for 2 years already then I recommend you to gain 0.5 per week.

Good luck.

2 weeks is to early.

Keep adding in calories till you find your sweet spot.....

I have been slowly eating more calories per week (about 150 per week), but my weight is stable at 179 right now. I have been at that for 2 weeks, it seems that my body likes that weight, it just gets leaner. I have been training seriously for about 2 yrs.

It is just difficult to eat more, I already feel like a eat a lot, guess I will have to add some shakes. Thanks for the responses guys, I will be sending FR if you don't mind to see how you are all doing.

Agree - 2 weeks is too early. Wait at least four before bumping up calories again.

There is no need to increase any fat weight with adding muscle weight.
Increase your protein ratio in your cals, and make sure your training is periodized to your specific goals.

Well if that is the case you should go into bodybuilding and you will win... they all gain fat when bulking, it happens, no way to gain 100% of weight from muscle, or all those world strongmen guys would be ripped.

I would say you're right but gaining more than 1 pound a week specially if you've been training for more than 2 years is too much. You will gain more fat than muscle at that point.

Not a guy, but I do sometimes pretend. I'm living with a guy on a bulk and in charge of pretty much everything he eats. You need to eat more than 3000 calories to continue to progress.

Taking your age into account and the success you have had in the past, you may have already had your period of optimum gain. Your bulk from here on out needs to be long and slow. Don't put a time limit on it, but do watch the body fat percent. If it starts to look like you're gaining too much body fat, cut back a little on the calories.

Some of the other sites more concentrated on bodybuilding have had several impressive success stories of guys who bulked for 2+ years and gained about 40 pounds in the process. Just keep it up.

There is no need to increase any fat weight with adding muscle weight.
Increase your protein ratio in your cals, and make sure your training is periodized to your specific goals.

Nearly impossible at least from the majority of people wanting to bulk.

Answer to OP: Get those calories up. I'm 6'3" and usually cut down to 205-209 range and bulk up to 225 depending on how much fat I gain. Get your protein and fats filled up on your macros, and a good way to bulk if you can drink milk like its water.

2 weeks is to early.

Keep adding in calories till you find your sweet spot.....

I will, I just don't want to lose too much definition in the process (I live in San Diego, it's summer all year haha), my goal is a 185 as lean as you man haha

you are looking ripped!

But weight wise, I am very small.
6'1" @ 168 lbs.

carbs are nonessential
a caloric surplus is what is needed to promote muscle growth

Would you care to expand on this? You've already had some of the fittest and hottest body builders to walk the planet disagree with you, but maybe there's a reason you couldn't read the other thread properly....

I am 5'10", currently weight 179lbs but want to get to a lean 190lbs, I will even settle for a very lean 185 haha. I am consuming about 3,000 calories a day and I still seem to be burning fat. I started at 2,500 and have slowly increased the calories with the help of my trainer but I only seem to get stronger and not bigger

Just venting I guess lol

anybody else on the same boat?

You should be right on track unless.......you're doing cardio right? Or tracking food wrong(overestimating).

Cardio complicates the bulking procedure by stopping the repair in between the 3 lifting days (you're doing 3x pw full body yes?)

You must eat all the exercise calories back, and they can quite often screw with the numbers if they are wrong(the MFP ones are).

You're almost 6 feet and you're bulking at 3,000? OP, just enjoy the bulk and eat!
You need much more than that. Try increasing it slowly. I increase mine 100-200 cals every other month of so. I'm at 2,500 now and I'm 5'2" with less muscle than you.