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5. Many people use the bulking up excuse to justify eating a ton of crappy food. "I can eat this tub of ice cream and this pizza, I'm bulking!'' The fact is that most people don't have the discipline and determination to make the lifestyle changes necessary to build an aesthetic, lean, and muscular physique. But instead of saying that they're too weak-minded to drop the junk out of their diets, they decide to make it acceptable to eat a bad diet by using bulking-up as an excuse.
 
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Interesting... but it's obvious avoid junk food at all costs...

"Conclusion Somebody had to say it and it was me. I'm tired of seeing young kids with good potential, who are lean and have nice shapes to start with, ruin their bodies by following the bulking advice from self-proclaimed Internet "gurus" who advise them to eat as much food as they can, even junk food if it can help them jack up their calories. All this will accomplish is helping them add heaps of fat to their lean bodies.
I agree that a lot of young lifters don't eat enough to support maximum muscle growth, but eating junk or super-excessive calories isn't the way to go. The basic message is good: if you aren't gaining muscle, you're probably not eating enough. However, that doesn't mean you should eat too much and it doesn't mean you should eat crap!
Think about it. "

The only thing I didn't really know about was the fat cells thing...

"When your strength gains plateau, if you been training exclusively for limit strength/power, you'll need usable muscle mass to progress further."

but isnt the whole point of bulking to gain fat and muscle, only to lose that fat later on? No doubt that the article makes perfect sense, just that in some cases it is easier to eat everything you see (and way more fun) then to plan out every meal and make sure your only getting exactly what you need. Basicaly what i'm trying to say is to just use good judgement about your food when your bulking. If you have a choice between a five dollar foot long with "wheat" bread or with white, go with the wheat.

i thought it was a very good article, hence why i contribute very little to the bulking and cutting threads which seem to be made every day, simply because reading about some kid my age gaining 20lbs in 3-4 months makes me cringe.
then you get idiots like superman who encourage people to eat 10k calories a day because gaining 14lbs of muscle in a week is 'possible.' absolutely nothing wrong with threading yourself, but do not make every day or every other day treat day, or it just gets too easy.

Bench Press Max - 170kg @ 100kg
Squat Max - 220kg @100kg
Deadlift Max - 275kg @100kg

Weight - 90kg

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but isnt the whole point of bulking to gain fat and muscle, only to lose that fat later on? No doubt that the article makes perfect sense, just that in some cases it is easier to eat everything you see (and way more fun) then to plan out every meal and make sure your only getting exactly what you need. Basicaly what i'm trying to say is to just use good judgement about your food when your bulking. If you have a choice between a five dollar foot long with "wheat" bread or with white, go with the wheat.

Yes but you need good fats and good food in order to get the 100% maximum out of your bulk .... On top of this ... you should look at body building and exercise as a way of creating a healthy lifestyle ... and hence cutting out most junk.

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