Mass questions?

A number of BULKING questions?


Compared to training and non training days how do your daily totals differ with regard to protein/carbs&fat

How many meals a day?

What are your favourite carb/protein sources?

Would you take a shake in the middle of the night?

Would you limit carbs at night/Carb cycle ?

Would you incorporate any AM cardio sessions into your BULKING phase to as keep gains lean/any other tip you incorporate?

Realistically what kind of gains are you expecting every month in both weight/Strength?

Once you feel your overdoing it and adding too much weight to quick(fat), what stratejy do you use to combat this?

Could you give me an example of what one of your pre training meals shapes up like with regard to carbs/protein/fat for the likes of leg day?

How do you treat ABS in the off season?

that's a lot of questions there bro, many of which I'm sure you'll find the answers to by doing a search on this site and others for diet. I'll answer what I can but I don't do much bulking.

A number of BULKING questions?


Compared to training and non training days how do your daily totals differ with regard to protein/carbs&fat - The food you eat should be consistent in calories but you should consume more carbs on training days, particularly pre and post workout.

How many meals a day? at least 6 meals but really as many as you can get in including shakes

What are your favourite carb/protein sources? chicken, beef, fish. I try to get as much REAL food as I can and then "supplement" my diet with shakes

Would you take a shake in the middle of the night? If I was bulking absolutely

Would you limit carbs at night/Carb cycle ? Not during bulking

Would you incorporate any AM cardio sessions into your BULKING phase to as keep gains lean/any other tip you incorporate? I personally believe EVERYONE needs to be doing cardio to keep BP in check and stay healthy, I don't believe the hype anymore that it needs to be done on an empty stomach

Realistically what kind of gains are you expecting every month in both weight/Strength? depends on what your cycling and how you're training, everyone's different

Once you feel your overdoing it and adding too much weight to quick(fat), what stratejy do you use to combat this? cut back on the calories

Could you give me an example of what one of your pre training meals shapes up like with regard to carbs/protein/fat for the likes of leg day? oatmeal, 6 egg whites on whole wheat toast, no butter in the AM. One Shake with 60 - 70grams of Protein an hour to hour and a half before lifting

How do you treat ABS in the off season? I train abs once or twice a week all year long but I don't compete.

I hope this helps but like I said do some reading and you'll find lots of good info and advice on this site

BIGPHIL said:

A number of BULKING questions?


Compared to training and non training days how do your daily totals differ with regard to protein/carbs&fat

How many meals a day?

What are your favourite carb/protein sources?

Would you take a shake in the middle of the night?

Would you limit carbs at night/Carb cycle ?

Would you incorporate any AM cardio sessions into your BULKING phase to as keep gains lean/any other tip you incorporate?

Realistically what kind of gains are you expecting every month in both weight/Strength?

Once you feel your overdoing it and adding too much weight to quick(fat), what stratejy do you use to combat this?

Could you give me an example of what one of your pre training meals shapes up like with regard to carbs/protein/fat for the likes of leg day?

How do you treat ABS in the off season?

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I eat as many clean cals as possible during bulking usually 8-10 meals a day, I never limit my carbs and try to have a shake or protein bar in the middle of the night. I try to do cardio year round to keep healthy. Gains differ greatly from person to person so there is no reasonable expectation of gains. I don't worry about adding fat as a diet will sort that out.
FInally I don't have a particular pre-workout meal as I don't see the point keeping yourself regularly fuelled is more important than placing emphasis on a pre-workout meal, post workout nutrition of simple carbs and fast acting protein is more important.
I never train abs at any time heavy deadlifts squats etc hit my abs enough

Bigphil has some great answers.

I would add that fat free cottage cheese is a great source of protein in real food. I also eat a lot of those high protein breakfast cereals. And lotsa skim milk.

Even when bulking, I try to avoid empty calories like sweets and soda. But I start eating sloppy when I find I have hit a wall and can't gain. And I always gain fat when I do that (I should learn by now, eh?)

I try to do a quick cutter one week out of 6 or 8 to drop fat. With T3 and Clen, I can drop several pounds in a week. (Just dropped 11 over 3 weeks).

I work out the abs hard all the time since I have back probelms and want to keep the back and abs strong.

When bulking, I always eat at least one mean at night. Usually whenever I wake up, I shuffle to the kitchen, drink a glass of skim milk, eat a protein bar and shuffle back to sleep.

Gains are tied to the AAS. I am on all the time, and use tren every other 12 week cycle. Tren will add some real strength. But i don't go up evenly. For example, I can only bench 375 (really a one rep max) but can squat 765 (for six or so until I start to worry about losing my balance or not getting back up.)

In terms of weight gains, I can only put on about a pound of LBM a month. But I am 40 and am about 195 now at 5'8". Might try slin again, but I dunno how much LBM it will add versus fat.