Bulking

Starting Strength, Stronglifts, AllPro's, Fierce 5, ICF 5x5...all are great programs for any beginner to develop a solid foundation of both strength & mass.

As far as food choices. Eat what you enjoy. During my first bulk, I was also right around 3,200 calories/day (at the start) and found it difficult initially to pack my calories in so I frequented places such as McDonalds, Pizza Hut, KFC, etc. to grab burgers, pizza, anything and everything I could get my hands on.

These foods are often very calorie & nutrient dense, but easy to consume without feeling full/stuffed so you still have plenty of room to get in more calories.


Please, do not respond with, 'But they're unhealthy!'. NO THEY'RE NOT.
There are no "unhealthy foods", just unhealthy diets.

Place your emphasis of your dietary intake on whole foods, and home cooked meals that are well balanced to include plenty of fruits and veggies, but don't be afraid to get yourself a burger or two, or few slices of pizza, on a daily basis to help you in hitting your targets.

gjmhuston wrote: »

Don't do the ice cream and bagel thing if you want good skin and energy.. A great thing to get is "Tahina" sesame seed spread (kind of like peanut butter) it tastes great and has 700 calories per 100g

Wait, carbs aren't a good source of energy. TIL...

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elfman5150 wrote: »

"All food, be it ice cream, rice, butter, steak, chicken, oatmeal, blueberries, Little Debbie cakes, will ultimately be broken down into it's basic components. Carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, amino acids, etc. To label food as 'good' or 'bad' is just ignorance of how our bodies work."

-Me

Nice. Someone told me arsenic was bad for me. Idiots. If they only knew what you told me.

3laine75 wrote: »

Shame it's far more present in your brown rice, fruit and veggies than any of the above then, dipshit. Be careful out there!

You mad brah? Sad how people get so butthurt on here over the littlest things. Must be their awesome diet that keeps them calm, cool, and relax

TrailBlazerMN wrote: »

Nice. Someone told me arsenic was bad for me. Idiots. If they only knew what you told me.

Yea, since I was clearly advocating taking arsenic and poison. Paint with lead is also truly good for curing dysentery, don't you know? Gosh I love it when people take what someone else says to the extreme, and feel like they've won the argument. But I'll let you believe that.

I'm also going to go ahead and bet that you haven't taken any biochem, anatomy and physiology, or even basic cell bio courses before. If you had, you wouldn't get so hot-headed over what I said. But hey, if you want to go ahead and eat organic, grass-fed, raw cow liver, be my guest.

TrailBlazerMN wrote: »

elfman5150 wrote: »

Yea, since I was clearly advocating taking arsenic and poison. Paint with lead is also truly good for curing dysentery, don't you know? Gosh I love it when people take what someone else says to the extreme, and feel like they've won the argument. But I'll let you believe that.

I'm also going to go ahead and bet that you haven't taken any biochem, anatomy and physiology, or even basic cell bio courses before. If you had, you wouldn't get so hot-headed over what I said. But hey, if you want to go ahead and eat organic, grass-fed, raw cow liver, be my guest.

Hot-headed...hardly. I think it's sad when people get consumed and mad over writing on the internet.

And the whole "go ahead and bet that you haven't taken any biochem, anatomy and physiology, or even basic cell bio courses before" is overplayed. Everyone uses some variation of the statement when trying to prove a point.

Stay cool daddy-o

Sorry dude, I just don't like when people put words in my mouth. It's not very fair. Also, how is education overplayed exactly? I'm not trying to be a jerk - I honestly used to believe that I had to eat only 'healthy' foods, but after taking these courses I've learned that it isn't that simple. Yes, I try to eat all-natural and organic foods as often as I can, but there is nothing wrong with eating foods deemed 'unhealthy' or 'bad' for you every now and then.

The only foods I almost always avoid are those that 1.) don't agree with my GI tract and 2.) those that contain trans-fat (synthetic, not CLA).

TrailBlazerMN wrote: »

elfman5150 wrote: »

Yea, since I was clearly advocating taking arsenic and poison. Paint with lead is also truly good for curing dysentery, don't you know? Gosh I love it when people take what someone else says to the extreme, and feel like they've won the argument. But I'll let you believe that.

I'm also going to go ahead and bet that you haven't taken any biochem, anatomy and physiology, or even basic cell bio courses before. If you had, you wouldn't get so hot-headed over what I said. But hey, if you want to go ahead and eat organic, grass-fed, raw cow liver, be my guest.

Hot-headed...hardly. I think it's sad when people get consumed and mad over writing on the internet.

And the whole "go ahead and bet that you haven't taken any biochem, anatomy and physiology, or even basic cell bio courses before" is overplayed. Everyone uses some variation of the statement when trying to prove a point.

Stay cool daddy-o

XD I guess you stay off message boards then!