Bodybuilding is my Lifestyle - CLEAN BULKING VS. DIRTY BULKING
What is Clean Bulking?Clean bulking means to put on muscle weight without putting on fat weight. I am a big advocate of clean bulking and I always do clean bulking when trying to gain muscle weight. Generally with bulking up, people do not do cardio or very little of it, which will slow down the MBR and allow for fast muscle gains, but at the cost of fat gain as well. What's the point of that when you will have to spend a longer time on the cutting phase to lose the fat?From my experience it is a wise idea to continue doing cardio workouts during a bulking phase to minimize any fat gains. It's important though, not to overdo cardio, that will prevent muscle gains severely. Like I said above you will want to do a few short …show more content…
I actually made a whole article on this actually called calorie cycling for fat loss.
What is Dirty Bulking?Dirty bulking is pretty self explanatory. Dirty bulking is where an individual will eat so called ‘dirty’ foods in order to put on weight and muscle. Now, the key word here is ’dirty’. A dirty bulking diet simply means that you will be taking in way over your maintenance level of calories for the day in order to try and build muscle and put on weight. Your diet will largely consist of a combination of good clean healthy foods such as chicken breasts, lean meats, brown rice, whey protein, vegetables and fruit as well as other ‘dirty’ foods which are generally high in saturated fat and sugar. Such foods may include Mc Donald’s, Burger King, KFC, ice cream, biscuits, chips and pies. It is also possible for a dirty bulking diet to consist of absolutely no clean foods whatsoever.This would mean protein requirements will probably be coming from greasy fast food restaurants such as burger king whereas the rest of an individual’s macro-nutrients are
What is Clean Bulking?Clean bulking means to put on muscle weight without putting on fat weight. I am a big advocate of clean bulking and I always do clean bulking when trying to gain muscle weight. Generally with bulking up, people do not do cardio or very little of it, which will slow down the MBR and allow for fast muscle gains, but at the cost of fat gain as well. What's the point of that when you will have to spend a longer time on the cutting phase to lose the fat?From my experience it is a wise idea to continue doing cardio workouts during a bulking phase to minimize any fat gains. It's important though, not to overdo cardio, that will prevent muscle gains severely. Like I said above you will want to do a few short …show more content…
I actually made a whole article on this actually called calorie cycling for fat loss.
What is Dirty Bulking?Dirty bulking is pretty self explanatory. Dirty bulking is where an individual will eat so called ‘dirty’ foods in order to put on weight and muscle. Now, the key word here is ’dirty’. A dirty bulking diet simply means that you will be taking in way over your maintenance level of calories for the day in order to try and build muscle and put on weight. Your diet will largely consist of a combination of good clean healthy foods such as chicken breasts, lean meats, brown rice, whey protein, vegetables and fruit as well as other ‘dirty’ foods which are generally high in saturated fat and sugar. Such foods may include Mc Donald’s, Burger King, KFC, ice cream, biscuits, chips and pies. It is also possible for a dirty bulking diet to consist of absolutely no clean foods whatsoever.This would mean protein requirements will probably be coming from greasy fast food restaurants such as burger king whereas the rest of an individual’s macro-nutrients are