The Bodybuilding Bulking Diet Revealed!

The bodybuilding bulking diet is kind of an old-school approach to gaining muscle. Find out if it is a good idea for you.

This Video Discusses the Bodybuilding Bulking Diet

Let’s discuss one very popular strategy to physique building – bulking then cutting. We’ll also look at what you can do, aside from bulking up tips, to help you build some lean muscle.
Bulking is the phase where a huge surplus of calories is created within our bodies. The way to do this is to eat more than your body burns. Cutting is the phase where you try to lose the body fat created during the bulking stage. This actually makes sense because we would really need extra calories to build muscles. This method, as popular as it is, has given lots of results to many bodybuilders.

The problem with this is that the bulking phase has us accumulate a lot of fat. This is actually pretty normal for the bulking and cutting method. Too bad, there are many pitfalls and issues surrounding this very old method. Fat cell hyperplasia is one such issue. This happens when the body really has to create fat cells because there are too much calories coming in. Given that, here’s the catch – these fat cells can’t be burned off anymore. Even if you get to the cutting phase, these fat cells will not be burned off. More fat cells give our body the ability to store more fat cells more easily over the course of our lives. This just adds to the guilt every time we cheat!

The key thing here is that eating more doesn’t guarantee that it will all go to your muscles, probably unless if you’re working out 8-10 hours a day like professional athletes do. Thinking otherwise would definitely come back to bite you.

The bulking phase also brings with it many other issues like liver, pancreas and blood pressure strain, cholesterol, fluid retention, and the list goes on.

Really, bulking up in this way can be more of a hindrance for our long-term physique goals.

It’s a good thing that modern research has found other options effective in building muscle without fat, and not having all of the health problems linked to the traditional bulking approach. To make it simple, the answer is to give your body what it needs when it needs them, and to not give it more than what it needs. It sounds easy, but it’s actually complicated because it’s not easy to determine your body’s exact needs. This is why even the pros still hire nutrition experts to customize their diet for them.
Having said that, a tip that applies to most is to take your surplus of calories during a 4-hour window around your intense workout. Also, only consume calories from protein or carbs. This is one of the steps to get on track to gaining muscle without fat.

Simply check out The Muscle Maximizer for a free presentation on alternatives to the traditional approach of the bodybuilding bulking diet. Thanks for reading this! More power to you and your goals!