Too many calories are always too many calories, even though it's from the world's healthiest foods.Among people a very common urge is to build muscle
Too many calories are always too many calories, even though it's from the world's healthiest foods.
Among people a very common urge is to build muscle with very little fat benefit. It is a true wish. In that pursuit, though, I often see people trying to do what they consider "clean bulking," or eating just a ton of healthy food.
They know that in order to create muscle you need to be in a caloric surplus, so they believe that if the surplus is all "good" food, then they can just add "good" mass. Yet the way it does not work.
If your body needs 2,500 calories a day, and you eat 5,000 calories worth nothing but chicken, pasta, and salad every day, you will still get fat. Although prioritizing healthy choices is awesome, too many calories will still bring you in too big a caloric surplus which is what can contribute to fat gain.
Think of it this way- if you try to lose weight and cut your calories dramatically you won't get the results you expect. Yeah, you're going to lose weight but you're going to lose hard-earned muscle as well and the results won't be sustainable.
Instead, you'd like your calories to gradually decrease over time to produce practical, sustainable results. Muscle-building operates the same way.
You can dramatically increase your calories significantly, and you can gain muscle (assuming, of course, you 're working out), but you'll also add excess fat. If you want to minimize the fat gain, you must increase your calories slowly over time.
By reducing your caloric surplus you will be able to build muscle without adding a fat butt load. And yes, in the process you can even include a cookie, or twelve.
If building muscle is your ultimate objective, please understand that some increase in fat is part and unavoidable in that process. Take it on, it means you 're rising! But you can keep it to a minimum, using this method. Credit: Cheatdaydesign
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