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Bulking for females in bodybuilding follows similar principles as it does for males, with some nuances to consider due to differences in physiology and goals. 1. **Caloric Surplus:** Just like men, women aiming to bulk up need to consume more calories than they burn. However, the surplus might...

Stimulating muscle fiber growth and development is a fundamental goal in bodybuilding. To effectively stimulate muscle fiber growth, it's essential to understand and implement key principles of resistance training, nutrition, and recovery. Here are some strategies for stimulating muscle fiber...

Bulk Up for Winter: How to Build and Maintain Muscle Are you planning to bulk up this winter but need help figuring out where to start? This article discusses how you can bulk up your body muscles this winter and gives tips for growing your muscles. First, let us go into what bulking is...

If you're a little too fluffy, you're probably overeating carbs and fats instead of emphasizing protein and eating with intention. As your metabolic health deteriorates, the situation worsens. What is the solution? Make protein a top priority. THE PROTEIN TEST The simplest approach to tell...

It happens to the best of us. Sometimes you get caught up, life gets in the way, your schedule changes, you lose motivation, or a cheat day turns into weeks or longer, and you haven’t picked yourself back up. And that’s okay. It’s time to dust yourself off and get out of this rut. You can do it...

A calorie surplus is obviously the main driver of a bulking phase, however, how large should this surplus be? A recent review by Slater et al. (2019) uncovered the energy costs associated with building muscle as well as the metabolic adaptations that occur during high calorie dieting plus lean...

You cannot force progression! You must use intelligent structure 💪 - 👉Tag a friend who needs patience - It seem that training volume is likely the biggest driver of muscle hypertrophy and you need to increase it to keep gaining muscle… however, there is an upper limit to how much you can do and...

"There ARE situations where people eat 1200 calories without losing weight, but this is almost never in overweight individuals. Usually, normal-to-underweight people looking to lose those last percent of body-fat can reach this state, common among female athletes who have chronically dieted for...

Zinc is a critical mineral for many biological processes. This study in rats shows how a zinc-deficient diet can affect androgen binding, aromatization and conversion to DHT. This study fed rats either a deficiency or surplus of Zinc through diet and had some pretty significant results. This...

The reason why we present the evidence for the safety of aspartame as an artificial sweetener is because the alternative usually is to consume foods/drinks sweetened with refined sugars. Sugar sweetened beverage is hands down the worst grocery in terms of avoiding weight gain. . It is very...

In a perfect world, eating more food would directly correlate to more lean muscle mass. Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. Except for those on steroids who are able to elevate protein synthesis around the clock, natural lifters need a moderate surplus to avoid gaining too much fat. What...

Most men like to eat, and eat a lot. So it's easy to go too far with a calorie surplus when the focus is on muscle gains. But there's a difference between eating enough to fuel workouts, recovery, and hypertrophy, and eating so much that you just look like a fat guy with decent traps. Big arms...