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Do You Need to Bulk to Build Muscle? Bulking is when you eat in a calorie surplus to give your body the nutrients it needs to grow. Not everyone needs to start by bulking. If you’re a skinny-fat or overweight beginner, you can get the energy you need from your extra body fat. If you’re thin or lean, then you don’t have any extra body fat to burn, so you’ll need to get it from your diet. You’ll need to eat in a calorie surplus. You’ll need to bulk to build muscle. If your goal body weight is heavier than your current body weight, then you need to eat in a calorie surplus to get there. That means you need to bulk. If you’re an experienced lifter, your body won’t grow as readily as it used to. You might need to get into a calorie surplus to continue making gains. Again, you need to bulk.



The problem with bulking is that it increases your risk of gaining fat. Any surplus calories that aren’t invested into muscle growth can spill over into body fat. That’s why so many people fear it. Those fears are largely unfounded,  [[https://payner.bg/?URL=https://chessdatabase.science/wiki/User:DavidMacMahon7|shop Alpha Surge Male]] but I understand the hesitation. In the rest of the article, we’ll go over the research, explain why a calorie surplus improves muscle growth, and then teach you how to bulk up leanly. Is Bulking the Best Way to Build Muscle? There are a few different ways to define bulking. When someone criticizes bulking,  [[http://wiki.naval.ch/index.php?title=Benutzer:StephenDowler2|shop Alpha Surge Male]] they’re usually using one of the less favourable definitions. So, before we can discuss the pros and cons, we need to get on the same page about what bulking actually means. Bulking: Eating in a calorie surplus to gain weight and encourage muscle growth. What separates bulking from regular weight gain is that bulking has an emphasis on gaining muscle, not fat. This means that, by definition, bulking is the leanest way to gain weight.


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Lean Bulking: Eating a small calorie surplus to reduce the risk of gaining fat. Some people call this "maingaining" or "gaintaining," but if you’re gaining weight, you’re bulking. Aggressive Bulking: Eating in a large calorie surplus to support harder training and a faster rate of muscle growth. This is the fastest way to build muscle, but it also carries a much higher risk of gaining fat. Dirty Bulking: You eat whatever you want, usually including copious amounts of junk food. As you can imagine, it isn’t usually very healthy, and it can easily lead to extra fat gain. Dreamer Bulking: Eating in a calorie surplus without gaining much muscle. It’s similar to regular weight gain. It’s usually some combination of poor training, poor diet, or eating far too many calories. Cutting: Eating in a calorie deficit to lose weight and burn fat. What separates cutting from regular weight loss is that cutting has an emphasis on losing fat while maintaining or gaining muscle.



Body recomposition: Building muscle and losing fat at the same time. You can get body recomposition while bulking, cutting, or staying at the same body weight. Maintaining: When you casually lift weights and eat a good diet without intentionally gaining muscle or losing fat. Most strong, healthy people spend most of their lives maintaining their progress. These definitions should burn away most of the strawmen. If someone says bulking makes you fat, they’re talking about dreamer bulking. If they say "gaintaining" is better than bulking, they’re talking about the benefits of lean bulking. Is Bulking the Best Way to Build Muscle? I started off underweight. I was 6’2 and 130 pounds, and my goal was to gain 20 pounds of muscle, getting up to 150 pounds. I have a small stomach, a meagre appetite, and a fast metabolism, so the last thing I wanted to do was bulk. But my goal included weight gain. If I was a skinny-fat 150 pounds, I could have taken a different approach.