If you want to bulk up...which goal option woykd you put yourself down as?

webb255
webb255 Posts: 4 Member
edited December 3 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
Gaining weight?
Maintaining weight?

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  • mrflipmode
    mrflipmode Posts: 64 Member
    Hi.

    I'm looking to bulk up, so in reply to your post - Gaining weight
    It's all about taking in the extra calories and keeping to a workout plan.
    I'm finding it hard to eat more as I'm slim and when I'm full, I'm full !
    Just stick with it and hopefully you will see the results.

    Good luck
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    gain
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    Bulking is intentionally gaining weight. That means new muscle (if training stimuli and nutrition are adequate) and new fat (just how it works). If you want to recomp, that would be maintain with adequate training stimuli and good nutrition
  • MustafeOM
    MustafeOM Posts: 14 Member
    just eat tons of mcdonaldd and arby's
  • JeffMatchett
    JeffMatchett Posts: 43 Member
    edited August 2016
    MustafeOM wrote: »
    just eat tons of mcdonaldd and arby's

    Or just eat more healthy, calorie dense foods with a fraction of the sodium, harmful fats, nitrates, etc intake. Dirty bulking is nasty.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    JeffMatchett wrote: »
    MustafeOM wrote: »
    just eat tons of mcdonaldd and arby's

    Or just eat more healthy, calorie dense foods with a fraction of the sodium, harmful fats, nitrates, etc intake. Dirty bulking is nasty.

    Dirty bulks has nothing do with the food you eat. It's the size of your surplus.
  • AliceDark
    AliceDark Posts: 3,886 Member
    I'm confused about your question...are you asking whether you should set your goal to gain weight or to maintain it and do a recomp? That depends on a lot of factors, including current weight, body fat % and how long you've been lifting.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    not sure I understand...if you want to bulk, then bulk, if you want to recomp, then recomp ...as @alicedark pointed out, that is going to be dependent on a number of factors.
  • JeffMatchett
    JeffMatchett Posts: 43 Member
    edited August 2016
    psulemon wrote: »
    JeffMatchett wrote: »
    MustafeOM wrote: »
    just eat tons of mcdonaldd and arby's

    Or just eat more healthy, calorie dense foods with a fraction of the sodium, harmful fats, nitrates, etc intake. Dirty bulking is nasty.

    Dirty bulks has nothing do with the food you eat. It's the size of your surplus.

    "The idea of dirty bulk is simply to eat as much as possible, adhering to no real nutritional guidelines other than getting a boatload of calories down your gullet."

    I just mean if you're just eating tons of Arby's and MacDonalds to bulk I'd call that dirty bulking as you obviously have no regard for nutritional content, bad fats, sodium intake etc.

    If you can eat at a 1000 calorie surplus without going over sodium and fat targets is that really a dirty bulk?
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    JeffMatchett wrote: »
    psulemon wrote: »
    JeffMatchett wrote: »
    MustafeOM wrote: »
    just eat tons of mcdonaldd and arby's

    Or just eat more healthy, calorie dense foods with a fraction of the sodium, harmful fats, nitrates, etc intake. Dirty bulking is nasty.

    Dirty bulks has nothing do with the food you eat. It's the size of your surplus.

    "The idea of dirty bulk is simply to eat as much as possible, adhering to no real nutritional guidelines other than getting a boatload of calories down your gullet."

    I just mean if you're just eating tons of Arby's and MacDonalds to bulk I'd call that dirty bulking as you obviously have no regard for nutritional content, bad fats, sodium intake etc.

    If you can eat at a 1000 calorie surplus without going over sodium and fat targets is that really a dirty bulk?

    You assume that you can't get nutrition from fast food restaurants. Many of them are offering very nutritious options. Doesn't mean I am advocating a diet full of it, but you certainly can eat fast food during a bulk.


    But also, if you eat 1000 calories over, regardless if it's from whole foods or fast food, your results will still be the same. Sodium can cause water retention, but that doesn't happen as much if you eat adequate potassium and magnesium. Additionally, those who exercise need a lot more sodium that sedentary people.. Most fats are very good for you, especially USFA. So not sure where you are going with that.
  • JeffMatchett
    JeffMatchett Posts: 43 Member
    edited August 2016
    Not sure how you're extrapolating that I think all fat is bad from what I said either.
    Yeah you can eat everything in moderation. "just eat tons of mcdonaldd and arby's" doesn't seem to be implying moderation which is kind of the point, right. I implied that you should not eat tons of McDonalds and Arby's to do it. Sue me.
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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    JeffMatchett wrote: »
    Not sure how you're extrapolating that I think all fat is bad from what I said either.
    Yeah you can eat everything in moderation. "just eat tons of mcdonaldd and arby's" doesn't seem to be implying moderation which is kind of the point, right. I implied that you should not eat tons of McDonalds and Arby's to do it. Sue me.

    Why would i sue you? I merely corrected misinformation (definition of dirty bulk) and then you made a statement on fast food. Also, no one is going to bulk with just fast food. So bit of a ridiculous argument. People should get highly nutritious food but if they want to incorporate fast food then cool.
  • dillmilk
    dillmilk Posts: 88 Member
    I think it's called a dirty bulk because you're eating higher calories which a equals a higher fat to muscle ratio whereas a clean bulk means eating at a smaller surplus which equals a lower fat to muscle ratio. I used to think it referred to the types of foods you ate as well, but that wouldn't effect the fat to muscle ratio since you're still getting the same amount of nutrients and calories whether you're eating whole food or not. Processed food just has more bad with the good.
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    dylan_mazur wrote: »
    I think it's called a dirty bulk because you're eating higher calories which a equals a higher fat to muscle ratio whereas a clean bulk means eating at a smaller surplus which equals a lower fat to muscle ratio. I used to think it referred to the types of foods you ate as well, but that wouldn't effect the fat to muscle ratio since you're still getting the same amount of nutrients and calories whether you're eating whole food or not. Processed food just has more bad with the good.

    You are correct. The type of bulk is merely based on how little or how large your surplus.
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