| Do you put on some bodyfat when building muscle | | | | The second way is to take a moderate approach by |
| mass? If you do, you are not alone. | | | | only eating so many additional calories to support |
| When people choose to build well defined muscles to | | | | muscle growth. This will hopefully allow you to gain as |
| get a muscular physique, there will be two goals in | | | | much lean muscle tissues as possible without the |
| mind. First is to gain muscle mass and then to lose | | | | accumulation of ugly body fat, which you will have to |
| body fat so that the muscles definitions can be seen | | | | put in considerable effort to get rid of later during |
| clearly. The problem is that these two goals are in | | | | the cutting phase, unless you are the naturally skinny |
| direct conflict with each other. | | | | and want to put on more weight. |
| Why is this so? You see, when building muscle mass, | | | | So that leads us to questions like how much muscles |
| you need to consume more calories than you burn | | | | can you build? How many calories over mere |
| up because you need those extra calories to feed | | | | maintenance of your muscles should you be |
| your muscles for them to grow, right? | | | | consuming? |
| However, on the other hand, in order to lose body | | | | You probably would have heard of someone who |
| fat, you must burn more calories than you consume. | | | | claimed that he has added 20 pounds of muscle mass |
| See the contrast? | | | | in merely six or seven weeks. While this may be |
| Striving to achieve both goals at the same time may | | | | possible for someone who has amazingly good |
| not be a good approach to your bodybuilding | | | | genetics and utilizing excellent training and nutritional |
| program because more often than not, you will just | | | | programs, the fact is that most people are simply |
| end up getting getting stuck where you are. People | | | | not going to be able to even come close to adding |
| who train with weights to build muscle mass will have | | | | this much muscle is such a short duration. |
| to accept the fact that they will put on some body | | | | Most natural bodybuilder without using enhancing |
| fat in along the way. So the idea is try not to put on | | | | drugs can hope to achieve about half a pound to one |
| extra body fat when you are bulking up and then cut | | | | pound of muscle per week and that is if he is doing |
| whatever fat you have put on and more during the | | | | everything correctly. If he does not have the |
| cutting phase. | | | | greatest genetics or is not feeding himself optimally, |
| There basically are two ways you can take when | | | | then muscle gain will even be less. Therefore, by |
| you want to put on muscle mass. | | | | gaining a measly three to four pounds of muscle |
| One way is just eat as much food as you can | | | | growth per month, it is absolutely unnecessary to |
| possibly stuff into your stomach. It is interesting to | | | | have insanely high calorie consumption, right? |
| note that bodybuilders who take this approach will | | | | It is a no brainer that the more calorie you consume |
| suddenly find their life to be a day long buffet since | | | | over what you body needs, the more body fat you |
| they think that the more food they eat, the more | | | | will gain. Therefore as a general rule, keep your extra |
| their muscles will grow. | | | | caloric consumption to about 250 to 500 calories so |
| In my humble opinion, this approach is may be flawed | | | | that you will put on mostly muscle mass instead of |
| because your body can only assimilate so much | | | | too much body fat. |
| muscle tissue at one go and after it has done so, any | | | | You will also need to keep track of your current |
| remaining calories will be stored away as body fat. | | | | body fat level and if you see that too much of your |
| For those people who are gorging in more than 4 to | | | | weight gain is coming from putting on fat, then you |
| 5 thousand calories per day which is obviously way | | | | will also need to reduce your calorie consumption |
| more calories than their muscles need will inevitably | | | | slightly. Think about it, isn't this approach to building |
| result in a considerable amount of body fat | | | | lean muscles more practical? |
| accumulated over a period of four to six months, | | | | There is no reason why should you gain body fat |
| which is about the period of time most bodybuilders | | | | when building muscles when you are careful with |
| take to bulk up. | | | | what you are eating. you are eating. |