What is the best way to add muscle? What do I do to kick start it all?
Get lean! Be around 10/12% and bulk til around 15%. Then mini cut til you’re back to 10/12% and rinse and repeat.
Going much above 15% simply makes the ratio of fat to muscle much higher.
Ever wonder why you go from 200lb, to 250lb back to 202lb? That’s because you’re getting too fat, pushing mainly fat on and then having to cut it back off.
Get lean, stay lean and you’ll grow much better and waste less money, time food and and gear.
John Meadows says the same, as does George Farah. I think they know a thing or two, as well haha!
As John Meadows says, the key points and here’s what you need to know…
- Bulking up by increasing body fat will decrease insulin sensitivity and impede muscle growth.
- The more fat you gain, the more you change your physiology to favor fat storage over muscle growth.
- Most people who bulk will store fat in just one area, like the belly or love handles, making it tougher a
nd tougher to lean that area out. - Bulk up too much and your muscles will get softer due to ectopic fat storage. The body will store excess calories, not just as adipose, but in muscle tissue as well.
- Repeatedly gaining fat in the off season and then having to lose it all will lead to metabolic damage and stubborn fat storage.
- You need a caloric surplus to build muscle, but gaining five pounds of fat in order to gain one pound of muscle is a bad idea.
Read more here – https://www.t-nation.com/diet-fat-loss/bulking-diet-delusion
