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small guy wants to bulk up!

can i gain enough clean bulking and is 0,5 a pund a week enough?

Lucasholler
Lucasholler g Lucas Holler
9 Post(s)
9 Post(s) Gender: Male Goal: Bodybuilding Date Joined: November 11, 2013
Posted

hey forum and scott, i know this question may have been anwserd a million times and i have read a million anwsers but now that i am a Hermanite and want to know the hermanites apponion + scotts i thought i would ask anyway to get a clear anwser that´s made for me and not a million others, everyone have different bodys and all that.

so the question is if i should aim for a higher bulk than 0,5 punds a week or because im from denmark i would say around 250 gram?

to anwser the question i know you are going to need some information about me and my diet and workouts so here it comes:

- im 18 years old 19 in about a month. my weight is around 130 punds and have a BF around 7-9% and 173 cm tall or 5,67 feet.
i count my calories and right now i get around 2600 on my workout days and 2250 on my off days. it´s devided approximately like this:
workdays: 320 carbs, 200 protein, 60 grams of fat and around 40-50 grams of fibres. ofcourse it varies from day to day but around there. on my off days i eat around 280 carbs, 175 protein, 50 fat and 40-45 fibres.
- with this curent diet i gain around the 0,5 punds or a little over, around 250 grams a week.
- i was once fat but got rid of it with exercise and diet.
- i have been traning for around 6 years, and seriously for around 2-3 years.
- i know a lot about diet and can easiely loss weight but i have never wanted to gain weight so dont know that much about that.
- my workouts are hard and intens using everything i have learned from Scott about gaining muscle.
- i tend to very easiely gain fat but have always stayed small but i have never really tryed to gain muscle. And i have always been able to loss fat very quickly aswell.
- my goal is to end up with a weight around 155 punds with a BF around 7-9. and i know gaining that much lean mass will take years.

so now back to the question with all this infomation would you recomend me to keep up my bulk with the 250 grams or pump it up and try to gain more muscle and fat, and by that making the gain faster?

Thank you so much for the anwsers in advance.

sorry for the spelling im Danish.

GO HERMANITS ! HERMANIGHTS TRAIN HARDER! 

Braser
Braser g Conner Woods
54 Post(s)
54 Post(s) Gender: Male Goal: Bodybuilding Date Joined: November 11, 2013
Posted

I'm sure you'll get some great advice from others, but in my opinion getting about half a pound of lean muscle mass a week is great!

 

 

You said you currently weight 130 pounds and want to weigh 155 maintaining your current body fat percentage. If you do the math (assuming you keep up the steady rate of a half pound of lean muscle a week) thats only 44 weeks which would be approx. 11 months or close to a year. Which in my opinion is still pretty good considering you said it was lean muscle and not just a combination of muscle and fat.

 

It's going to take awhile even if you do a combination of the two, but if you choose to bulk up and trim down, keep in mind you will have to gain more than your decided mass cause when you trim down you're going lose some weight.

 

Muscle mass is harder to gain than fat. Fat also burns faster than you can gain muscle too.

Personal experience.
mitrakmt
mitrakmt g Michael Mitrakos
9 Post(s)
9 Post(s) Gender: Male Goal: Gain Muscle Date Joined: December 12, 1969
Posted

Hey lucasholler!  I'm not going to give you the most technical response here, I just want to respond based on my past experiences.  When I was around that age, I had the toughest time putting on weight and was very lean year round (This was due to playing hockey just about every day).  Looking back, the best thing I did was put on a lot of weight (about 40 pounds of muscle and fat) over about 2 years.  From there, I cut back on my diet a little more and leaned out while keeping a great deal of muscle.  I would give you this same advice.  .5 pounds a week is actually a really good amount to be adding on, and might even reccomend anywhere up to a pound a week as long as you are hitting the weights very hard! Whether you choose to stay with the route you are on now or switch it up, make sure to put emphasis on consistant workouts and daily activity.  Keep up the great work :)

Super Hermanite
Scott_Herman
Scott_Herman a Scott Herman
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7.1K Post(s) Gender: Male Goal: Bodybuilding Date Joined: August 8, 2008
Posted
Posted By: Lucasholler

hey forum and scott, i know this question may have been anwserd a million times and i have read a million anwsers but now that i am a Hermanite and want to know the hermanites apponion + scotts i thought i would ask anyway to get a clear anwser that´s made for me and not a million others, everyone have different bodys and all that.

so the question is if i should aim for a higher bulk than 0,5 punds a week or because im from denmark i would say around 250 gram?

to anwser the question i know you are going to need some information about me and my diet and workouts so here it comes:

- im 18 years old 19 in about a month. my weight is around 130 punds and have a BF around 7-9% and 173 cm tall or 5,67 feet.
i count my calories and right now i get around 2600 on my workout days and 2250 on my off days. it´s devided approximately like this:
workdays: 320 carbs, 200 protein, 60 grams of fat and around 40-50 grams of fibres. ofcourse it varies from day to day but around there. on my off days i eat around 280 carbs, 175 protein, 50 fat and 40-45 fibres.
- with this curent diet i gain around the 0,5 punds or a little over, around 250 grams a week.
- i was once fat but got rid of it with exercise and diet.
- i have been traning for around 6 years, and seriously for around 2-3 years.
- i know a lot about diet and can easiely loss weight but i have never wanted to gain weight so dont know that much about that.
- my workouts are hard and intens using everything i have learned from Scott about gaining muscle.
- i tend to very easiely gain fat but have always stayed small but i have never really tryed to gain muscle. And i have always been able to loss fat very quickly aswell.
- my goal is to end up with a weight around 155 punds with a BF around 7-9. and i know gaining that much lean mass will take years.

so now back to the question with all this infomation would you recomend me to keep up my bulk with the 250 grams or pump it up and try to gain more muscle and fat, and by that making the gain faster?

Thank you so much for the anwsers in advance.

sorry for the spelling im Danish.

GO HERMANITS ! HERMANIGHTS TRAIN HARDER! 

Great responses from Braser & mitrakmt!

 

If I were you this is what I would do.

 

Your weight is 130lbs and you want to make lean gains which I think is smart.  Once fat cells are created, they never go away and we want to help you bulk up and minimize fat gain.  Also, you are at the age where one day you are going to wake up and be like WHERE DID ALL THIS MUSCLE COME FROM!  Just as long as you eat right, puberty is a wonderful thing!

 

TRAINING DAYS

Protein: 220grams (880)

Carbs: 200grams (800)

Fat: 110grams (990)

Calories: 2670

 

OFF DAYS

Protein: 220grams (880)

Carbs: 150grams (600)

Fat: 110grams (990)

Calories: 2470

 

You should never drop your protein.  If anything, increase it.  Carbs above 300 is more of the fat gain area and if you expect to grow you are going to need more fat than 60grams a day.

 

I hope this helps you my friend.  If you need more help, you can always use my meal planner too :)

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nate_dawg
nate_dawg g Nathan Bishop
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453 Post(s) Gender: Male Goal: Bodybuilding Date Joined: December 12, 1969
Posted
Posted By: Lucasholler

hey forum and scott, i know this question may have been anwserd a million times and i have read a million anwsers but now that i am a Hermanite and want to know the hermanites apponion + scotts i thought i would ask anyway to get a clear anwser that´s made for me and not a million others, everyone have different bodys and all that.

so the question is if i should aim for a higher bulk than 0,5 punds a week or because im from denmark i would say around 250 gram?

to anwser the question i know you are going to need some information about me and my diet and workouts so here it comes:

- im 18 years old 19 in about a month. my weight is around 130 punds and have a BF around 7-9% and 173 cm tall or 5,67 feet.
i count my calories and right now i get around 2600 on my workout days and 2250 on my off days. it´s devided approximately like this:
workdays: 320 carbs, 200 protein, 60 grams of fat and around 40-50 grams of fibres. ofcourse it varies from day to day but around there. on my off days i eat around 280 carbs, 175 protein, 50 fat and 40-45 fibres.
- with this curent diet i gain around the 0,5 punds or a little over, around 250 grams a week.
- i was once fat but got rid of it with exercise and diet.
- i have been traning for around 6 years, and seriously for around 2-3 years.
- i know a lot about diet and can easiely loss weight but i have never wanted to gain weight so dont know that much about that.
- my workouts are hard and intens using everything i have learned from Scott about gaining muscle.
- i tend to very easiely gain fat but have always stayed small but i have never really tryed to gain muscle. And i have always been able to loss fat very quickly aswell.
- my goal is to end up with a weight around 155 punds with a BF around 7-9. and i know gaining that much lean mass will take years.

so now back to the question with all this infomation would you recomend me to keep up my bulk with the 250 grams or pump it up and try to gain more muscle and fat, and by that making the gain faster?

Thank you so much for the anwsers in advance.

sorry for the spelling im Danish.

GO HERMANITS ! HERMANIGHTS TRAIN HARDER! 

Everyone gave you great advice and my suggestion would be to use it! 

jonnyboy21
jonnyboy21 g Jonathan Reid
159 Post(s)
159 Post(s) Gender: Male Goal: Bodybuilding Date Joined: June 6, 2013
Posted
Posted By: Lucasholler

hey forum and scott, i know this question may have been anwserd a million times and i have read a million anwsers but now that i am a Hermanite and want to know the hermanites apponion + scotts i thought i would ask anyway to get a clear anwser that´s made for me and not a million others, everyone have different bodys and all that.

so the question is if i should aim for a higher bulk than 0,5 punds a week or because im from denmark i would say around 250 gram?

to anwser the question i know you are going to need some information about me and my diet and workouts so here it comes:

- im 18 years old 19 in about a month. my weight is around 130 punds and have a BF around 7-9% and 173 cm tall or 5,67 feet.
i count my calories and right now i get around 2600 on my workout days and 2250 on my off days. it´s devided approximately like this:
workdays: 320 carbs, 200 protein, 60 grams of fat and around 40-50 grams of fibres. ofcourse it varies from day to day but around there. on my off days i eat around 280 carbs, 175 protein, 50 fat and 40-45 fibres.
- with this curent diet i gain around the 0,5 punds or a little over, around 250 grams a week.
- i was once fat but got rid of it with exercise and diet.
- i have been traning for around 6 years, and seriously for around 2-3 years.
- i know a lot about diet and can easiely loss weight but i have never wanted to gain weight so dont know that much about that.
- my workouts are hard and intens using everything i have learned from Scott about gaining muscle.
- i tend to very easiely gain fat but have always stayed small but i have never really tryed to gain muscle. And i have always been able to loss fat very quickly aswell.
- my goal is to end up with a weight around 155 punds with a BF around 7-9. and i know gaining that much lean mass will take years.

so now back to the question with all this infomation would you recomend me to keep up my bulk with the 250 grams or pump it up and try to gain more muscle and fat, and by that making the gain faster?

Thank you so much for the anwsers in advance.

sorry for the spelling im Danish.

GO HERMANITS ! HERMANIGHTS TRAIN HARDER! 

Scott has this one covered go with what he suggests and good luck man!

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