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  1. R

    Help with bulking diet please!

    Hi, I'm 29yrs old 5'10 and weigh 70kgs. My goal is to undertake a bulking diet of 3500 calories while eating as clean as possible. My diet plan below only equates to 2963 calories. Could you please give me your thoughts on where i can bump up my calories?? I also beleive my breakdowns of...
  2. MikeW

    My 2200 cal bulking diet using Max's guidelines

    Guys, Just spotted Pistachio's thread so thought I'd throw my current diet plan up there too for critique. I used Max's maintenance plus 15% guideline for calculating my target cals and also his 2.5g/kg for proteins and 0.85g/kg fats minimum too. Here's how I calculated my target cals...
  3. pistachio

    3200 cal bulking diet - thoughts?

    Ok, so here it is. 250g meat (any cut, provided its lean), or even 250g roo mince 250g chicken breast 185g tuna (sole mare) 6 eggs 40 almonds (raw or roasted, probably roasted :) ) 200g carrot (or similar veggie) 200g green beans (or similar veggie) 250g potato 250g sweet potato Half avocado...
  4. pistachio

    clean bulking diet?

    Just wondering if anyone knows what the recommendations are for caloric intake, P/F/C split etc for clean bulking? I'm planning on doing an epic clean bulk next year, calorie controlled all year round. Just not sure what calories I should be aiming for.... or what P/F/C split. Currently...
  5. SWH

    Healthy weekly bulking gains?

    I was just wondering how much size i should be adding on weekly while bulking. At the moment i've been adding on around 0.5 - 1kg a week and i was just wondering if thats normal? I thought maybe because im just coming up to my first month in gym im just getting some good newbie gains although i...
  6. N

    If you were in my situation would you try to cut or keep bulking?

    Hi guys, Bit of a quick run down of my current situation, im currently at a defence training establishment, and i am posted here until around August next year. The situation with nutrition here is a tough one, the food they serve here isnt exactly bodybuilding friendly, to get any decent amount...
  7. S

    What's the point in bulking

    Why bulk, having "the" body under fat then leaning down when you can keep lean building the body up without taking longer leaning down!?:confused:
  8. 0ni

    Cheap bulking food

    I really need some cheap bulking food guys, I'm a little tight on money at the moment as I just laid down a deposit on a house here Preferably anything that doesn't need cooking, I don't care about taste or getting fat. Going to start drinking 3L of milk a day but could do with some other...
  9. B

    Tips on my cuurent bulking diet

    Hi Guys, Im relatively new to this forum. I've ben training for about 4 years and am currently 6'1" and around 88-90kg's. I was around 70kg's when I started. My diet and training has always been pretty good but im wanting to get quite serious now. I was hoping you could give me some tips to fine...
  10. B

    New Bulking Diet

    new bulking diet alot of carbs and bread but i have been losing weight on whati was eating before note everythings whole weat or brown rice etc. Its only for 4 weeks to see how i go. i think its around 3600 calories roughly. 5:30: 2 whole eggs 4 egg whites and 4 slices of toast 8:30: 2 nat pb...
  11. T

    So tired and fatigued from bulking diet

    Does anybody else get tired and fatigued when on a bulking diet? I'm on a 30 day bulk, on my 10th day so far. 5kg gained so far. Problem is, I'm so tired all the time now and it's got to be from the excess calories being consumed. I'm taking in about 2200 calories above maintenance daily...
  12. staunch308

    Cardio during bulking

    currently bulking have gone from 77 to 79.5 in just over 2 weeks. have been using jack3d for 7 weeks now but have stopped as the tub has finished (and tolerance has been built). i never do any cardio and sometimes i get papilations if i climb up stairs and can get puffed out after a short time...
  13. staunch308

    Malxtodextrin for bulking?

    Maltodextrin for bulking? currently on a bulking phase and have been taking maxs supersize, basically its around 28% wpc and 64% carbs which according to the ingredients is all maize maltodextrins. i've have gained 1.5kg over the past week and a half since ive been bulking with it, but at $110...
  14. dalemightypies

    Sprint training while bulking..

    Hey guys.. Basically, i'm bulking at the moment. I've always wanted to play footy, but always been pretty weak and unfit... I'd like to just play reserves so nothing serious.. At the moment, i reckon i would struggle to do 100m sprint sub 18 seconds lol.. I would like to play footy in 1 year...
  15. M

    Cut or Continue bulking??

    I have been on Starting Strength for a few months. Started with a pretty high BF% Lifts are [3x5]: Deadlift - 115kg OH Press - 45kg Squat - 100kg Bench - 67.5kg Power clean - 55kg (Still working on technique) Body weight - 97kg Body fat - 18-20% ?? Pros: Just about reached my goal of reaching...
  16. M

    Cutting and Bulking diet examples please?

    Is there any chance somebody with the knowledge could recomend both diets and may even make them a sticky. Would really help somebody like myself starting out.
  17. TheGiftToLift

    Bulking - Easy... Cutting & staying big - Hard

    So I find I can put on the kilos pretty easily when I try. I'm talking 3-5 kilos a month... Yes, some of it is fat but for the most part its muscle. My problem is that when I get to my goal weight of around 82kgs, I find it incredibly hard to stick to a maintenance diet that doesn't either wear...
  18. A

    New to the country, bulking food sources needed

    So I'll be flying into the country this month to stay for a year to study. I eat on a 4000 cal diet and normally eat a mass gainer shake for half that then beef, chicken, fish and eggs for the rest. Obviously I've noticed that mass gainers are much more expensive on an island so I'm looking...
  19. R

    Critique My Bulking Workout Program Please

    This is my program please Critique Buying: 80KG Rubber Coated Standard Dumbbells 115kg Olympic Weights + Barbell (to start with) Commercial Flat/Incline Bench Power Rack (If i dont make it myself) Monday: Shoulders And Abs Seated/standing Barbell Military Press: 3 sets of 8-12 reps...
  20. D

    Check out my bulking diet and tell me what you think.

    Currently 85 kilos wanting to bulk to 90+ Workout day. Meal 1 (pre workout): 200g low fat yoghurt and 2 scoops of nitrotech hardcore in skim milk. (post workout) 2 scoops of nitrotech hardcore in water. 30 minutes later. Meal 2. White rice & 2 cans of lime and chilli tuna. 22 grams of...
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