I Tried Bulking for 6 Months - [Before/After]
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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I have always been a pretty skinny guy, so I wanted to see if I could gain muscle and what would happen if i bulked for 6 months. Throughout my six months journey, I definitely made some mistakes during my bulking. I was trying to bulk up fast and gain muscle as quickly as possible, and I cover my bulking diet, my bulking workout plan and how to build muscle on your bulk. Hopefully you guys find my experience helpful and you can avoid my bulking mistakes when you try it yourself. Cheers!
Have a great week guys! Cheers.
My fitness coach told me this before we started my bulk: Muscle is pretty hard to gain, but relatively easy to maintain once you have it. So it's worth investing the time to focus 100% toward muscle gain for a while, even accepting the fat gain that comes along with it. You can strip off the fat later. Trust the bulk. Invest in building that solid base of muscle and strength now, so you can have it for the rest of your life.
Do you have insight into what maintenance looks like? How intense do continued training and eating have to be?
muscles are also easy to regain. so even if you fail to maintain them, as soon as you start working out again muscle memory kicks in and youre back to where you were in no time. basically bulking is never a bad idea.
No. The fat is completely useless it does not aid in gaining muscle you just want to be in a small 300 calorie surplus max to gain muscle
@@manintheshed9830 you can get away with cutting your volume in half and just focusing on eating enough protein
I totally agree with your coach. Gains take weeks and months to see, but only a workout every other week is enough to maintain it, heck even gain a little more
The flawless physique of other UA-camrs you talk of is often backed up by years and years of working out, even if they took some downtime lately. They already have the foundation to built off of, so it's much easier for them - not just for their bodies but their minds as well. I think this is amazing progress.
Thank you! Always good to keep that in mind when the brain starts comparing.
And steroids.
I started to notice I was gaining more fat than I’d like 3 months into my bulk and took two weeks off to re-evaluate. Now I’m back on. It’s really a learning process
Way to go man, stay humble, put the work in, be consistent, and live like the kind of person you aspire to be, and your body will show it. No judgements here, except for excitement that you're on a healthy journey and gratitude for you sharing it with us!
Man, I know what you’re going through as a skinny guy. It is hard as hell to gain muscle. 7 months in and I have very little to show for it, but I’m not stopping!
Update us man
It has to be your diet. Are you tracking your calories & macros? Are you gaining weight? If you’re not then you’re doing it wrong considering it’s been 7 months.
7 months 😮. Bro ik this is late reply and hopefully u fixed it but if not . Check ur weight and check ur maintainince calories and add 200 and check how much fat, carbs , proteins u need . Drink a gallon of water at least and train heavy not just doing reps
7 months is crazy, all i can tell you is your not eating enough. I weighed 123 at 6'0ft and in 4 months im at 160rn trying to reach 215 before i start cutting 🙌🏾
I went from 78kgs to 92/95kgs in just over 2 months, but I was eating about 3500 cals everyday. Was tough eating when you’re not hungry. But definitely worth it!
Dude you are on the right path
You see it's almost impossible to gain muscle without gaining fat... You are in the middle of your journey... You should do a body recomposition your going to see results fast and hard
Your hard work is just covered with fat
when you said it's almost impossible to gain muscle without gaining fat i was gonna blurt out body recomp but then you actually did lmao
Body recomp is actually quite difficult to achieve
It's been shown that cutting/bulking is even better than a recomp. You get faster results that way but if you're bad at maintaining a cut and bulk cycle I wouldn't chose that path
you can actually eat at maintainance and providing your getting enough protein you can slowly add muscle and lose fat at same time with regular cardio. I know because I've done it, have also gotten stronger through a cut/maintain phase. it's possible
What is a body recomposition?
Look at how much your POSTURE changed! Likely a major benefit from all the training providing a stronger core as well as loosening your hips and spine up by being more active and less sedentary.
I actually didn’t even notice that until you mentioned it!
Make this video again once you hit one year. That would be a banger
Only thing I'll say is the reason most people don't have a high appetite is because they are not training hard enough at the gym. If you stimulate your body/Muscle hard enough you will want all that food. Just one man's opinion. Keep it up.
You look great at 161. Fuller chest, bigger arms, a 4 pack. Keep those habits up and just enjoy the process like you’re doing. Congrats!
Thank you!!
Keep it up man. Imagine where you could be in 2 years
After 2 kids, I realized I gained the “Dadbod” I was around 23% body fat where prior to kids I was 13% body fat. So I began fasting and after 4 months was back at 13% body fat. Then in May of this year I started going to the gym, and I am happy to say I’m still improving my process. I took a liking to weight lifting and I’m at 19% body fat but with 6lbs more muscle. Only this past week I started tracking and learning macros so I believe this is all apart of the journey everyone who begins lifting encounters. Though I must say, I think you 0.8g of protein per pound to be the bare minimum of maintaining or growing muscle. I’m pretty much at 1.5g per lb of body weight. But only time will tell if my macros are on point.
Keep up the good work.
Great job too man!
Fitness indeed is a life-long commitment. You're looking great at this stage itself & yes, please keep it up! There's no point of giving it up now! Congrats Dude!!
We all make mistakes but that's what makes us stronger second time around!
Me again from the notorious comments on the last video.
Just wanted to say well done on the consistency, building healthy habits is the most important thing.
Keep up with the inspiring content!
Lol thanks mate!
Just find a habit of working out that you enjoy. I stumbled into being ripped without really even trying, just cause I always enjoyed unconsciously going out and doing what I was doing
What an amazing video showing the true struggles and mindsets a person goes through when building new habits and exercises. This video is about exercise but it is even more than that, it shows what can be achieved in one area of life and how that can translate to other areas of life.
I'm kind of curious how you knew your maintenance calories were 2600? Did you use a generic calculator, or something personal based on tracking like Macrofactor? I think it's quite possible that your actual maintenance is something like 2300, and you were just bulking a little too aggressively. There's a huge variance among people with similar height/weight in what their actual maintenance is.
That said, we've all been there. I bulked from 180 to 255 before realizing I was too fat. Now I'm back down around 200 and kind of regret that I had to spend over a year cutting, but also realize it was a mistake I had to make to understand that I probably shouldn't do that. I had the exact same experience with just not realizing how fat I was getting until I was way past a point that I was comfortable with in hindsight.
But great job on the consistency. That definitely means there's a solid base of muscle in there that you'll see once you cut down!
Yeah 2600 seems too high for someone his size. I'd estimate him to be maintaining at around 2200 calories.
Consuming 500 calories above maintenance is also too aggressive if your goal is to gain lean muscle. 200 - 300 would be more suitable.
It's very plausible he's been eating 900 over his maintenance calories and therefore 600 over his bulking calories for 140 days, which would explain the weight gain.
Track calories for 2 weeks while eating the same and weighing yourself daily. Take the average of those 2 weeks and compare. If your weight is the same, up calories by 250-500 calories. If you've lost weight up the calories even more. If you've gained weight, then stay at that amount of calories :) Simple and easy
Well, even if his maintenance was 2600 (which it could be), a 500 calorie surplus is A LOT.
Dude I see a huge difference
Unrelated to fitness, but your living room looks great, Cam!
Haha thank you! I can’t take much credit though, my wife is mostly to thank for that!
You killed it dude
Pretty good results bro. Do a lean bulk till October then cut for Christmas, you’ll be jacked
Such an incredible video on so many levels
The editing is really good
Nice job!! Congrats on the consistency and good luck. I always look forward to the honest content. You. Got. This.
bro that's an amazing bulk result, be proud of urself, u look greater now!!!
Thank you so much!
Great progress! You can tell you have put on a good amount of muscle, keep it up bro
Thank you!!
At first I wasn't sure why a quality vid like this has no likes, and then i realized that im early for once!
My experience bulking is 10x harder than cutting
Yeah, we all bulk too far, lol. In 2020, after 5 years as a gym rat, I finally was taught bulking and cutting, I went from a large to a XXL in just under a month (as well as going from 6’4.5 to 6’6). But, I didn’t look great. In fact, I looked like a rugby player who showed up at camp 15lbs under that was put on a diet of mass gainer and potatoes, lol. But, over the past few years, I’ve kept up with it. I’ve slowly changed by body composition, staying at the same 265lbs, just losing fat and gaining muscle. And, this summer I went down to 17.5% BFP. I’m somewhere taller than 6’7 and my lowest safe BFP is 15%, so I was pretty close. It just takes time and dedication.
What should i do to bulk while in school because i only get one lunch a day
Why don't you try Greg doucette's meal plan. He's pretty popular and has great practical advice. Also he does response videos, which can help boost your channel!
The "Best Shape" literally means the shape of the body, how it looks and how it is perceived by others. Don't confuse this with being "the fittest and healthiest" you can be. Some of the fittest athletes in the world don't look like much, whereas some of the best to look at are often not fit or healthy.
Tyson Fury.
Great video and nice use of sponsorship. Seriously I am generally interested in the sponsor based on the results shown. Nice work!
Thanks Joe!
I my self did a massive bulk too, i had maintaince calorie level off about 2700 and i ate everyday about 3500, ive gained 25/26 pounds now. (11,2 kilos for everyone but Americans). What i dont get is that your trainer focused on volume rather then intensity
Thanks for this video, useful.
BF wise, I was at where you were at your fattest 3 months ago, and am now back to where you ended with a little more muscle.
I am now conflicted. I want more strength gains, but I don't want to get fatter. This is the biggest I feel comfortable. I think that means I need to cut for a couple of months, then spend summer maintaining & doing the outdoor cardio I enjoy, and start a prolonged bulk in the autumn.
Keep it up man you're right at the threshold
I’m still going!!
Good for you bro!
Thank you!
love laxcitys music in the background! I'm surprised you've edited that in
Good ear!!
The profile comparison is sexy. Congratulations!! What's the change in shirt size btw?
Wow you look great
You're just like my little brother in that you never wanted to ask your brother for advice :D
Great video!
Don’t give up bruv 👍
Would love to see the strength gains bro
I‘m trying to start bulking rn but with the workout I have to get in around 4000 kcal to be in my 20% surplus.
Wish me luck
Good luck Sami!!
@@GoalGuys thank u bro. Love ur transformation btw.
Great job looking terrific
Focus on isolation movements more and you'll look better
Good job!
We all want to be the finished article because deep down we know time is finite. But the journey is the fun of it. You got a bit fat tbh but who cares, the hard part of the gym is going, all you have to do now is diall it in. Its interesting to see how the body reacts to surplus calories while working out.
Great job! Keep goign!
Thank you
Wow wtf a bulk that doesn’t look shredded and crazy after 6 months finally
Lol!
Please make a video about the following 6 months
Awesome/ impressive video btw
I’ll probably post an update early in 2023
try kinobody movie star
jesus... the dirty bulk is real
Would love an update on the cut!
so do y'all hire an editor to edit your videos or did y'all learn after effects by yourself?
We’ve just started outsourcing some of the assembly editing to an editor, but all the detail editing you see in the final is just us!
Fuck yeah dude in a year from now you will look even better also how fast does a year go by? pretty fast so dont sweat the small stuff your doing great
I watched this video to see strength improvements so.... how much stronger did you get on bench squat and deadlift?
Last year i had a free summer and started working out for the first time and ate like CRAZY and gained 20 lbs of straight muscle (even seemed like i lost some fat too?? like i was stupidly cut for no reason) 160 -> 180lbs, but then college classes started back, i got broken up with, and i fell off. Now i'm trying to start up again as i've noticed i'm gaining fat for the first time in my life. My goal is to bulk up to about 210 (i'm at 185-190 rn, 6'3") and then cut back down to right above 200. Wish me luck o_0
Good luck mate!! Hope you achieve your goal!
2:59 this is soo fcking relatable ahhahaha
I think you were eating too much carbs and sugar in the middle there. Anyway, I'm glad you upped the protein; you look much better. Your current diet deems to be working great. You just gotta continue this for a year and you'll look fantastic. I'm on month 4 right now.
2:55 Relatable!
make sure you progrressive overload in the gym while youre bulking. also 30% surplus is completely overboard,10% is good enoughto minimize fat gain. if you dont go hard in the gym you wont make any gains
That some solid progress for six months. You gained a lot of muscle in a short time. Keep it up!
The steroid scene was so well done! 😂
3100!! That’s crazy
Go dukes!
Do you keep mewing? What are your results?
I am probably in the minority in thinking like this, but gaining fat is the least of my worries. My metabolism is that fast it's easy to burn the fat back off... but in turn it's a nightmare trying to put muscle on and it costs a fortune in food bills lol
Same I want to bulk and I can’t gain weight no matter what 😢
20% (500 calorie) surplus is a lot. I think you did everything to plan, but the plan was wrong.
Try "Stronglifts", a 5x5 compound workout program. Each workday has a squat component, which stimulates your natural testosterone production. The squat and deadlift has been proven scientifically increase hormone production. So right off the bat, each work day, they have you barbell back squat, which improves your test levels. So there's your lower body workout, and then the bench press or overhead press, and then a back movement, such as a row or deadlift. So the full body is cover. Both upper and lower, front and back. This will set your foundation and will increase your mass. Each workout they make you increase the weight you lift, the program teach you what to do if you can't add anymore weight. Once you go through the plateaus, and tried several times to add more and you can't. The program is done. By that time, you've already built a strong foundation in strength, muscles in your upper and lower body, even your core. Because to properly do the squat and deadlift heavily, you have to brace, activate, contract or flex your abdominal muscles, as well as your lat muscles. So what I've done at that point is to quit the program, and use it as a template for my workouts. So I make sure I do a squat or deadlift, or both in each workout, or try to include it as much as I could. Include a push movement, pull movement. Add in bodybuilding accessories. Your diet is fine, you got that all cover. Once you got that foundation built, you're golden. You can come in 2 times a week and still make gains. But these workouts do take time for me, about 2 hours each. Don't do too much of calorie deficit. IMO, it's okay if you want to cut fat. If you're really fat, right? You are fine now, so you need to have a slight calorie surplus. Because without it, you can't build muscle. Just a slight one, not way over, because as you know by now, if you do that, you'll get fat. Just a slight surplus is how to properly bulk.
Tell your trainer Go Dukes for me
a gym bro was made today
Lol pretty much!
More basketball pls
Hey Goal Guy’s how about 30 days of taping your mouth shut when sleeping to see if it works or just a myth
Could be interesting!
What's your height at 161lbs?
Tbh he shouldn’t have been in such a high surplus, he should have been at maintenance and would have gained as much muscle coz he was untrained anyway. His coach put him in too much of a surplus
Everyone has a weight
Charles Barkly was losing weight and then then lost to much
He figured out 250 was his weight
Not to be an ass, but You’ve still got a lot to learn in terms of training & nutrition
So does your brother
He never claimed to be an expert.
@@jordanschmidt9772 Doesn’t really matter
@@Functional_fitness_eltham I’m sure you have a lot to learn as well. Dude looks great.
@@Functional_fitness_eltham wish ur ego was less
Sheesh my guy
I can’t believe you’re using a 10 years old MacBook Pro
Lol good eye!
oof he needs some lateral raises
I grew my hair for six months watch what happened.
I really like your videos, but the last one was a fail mentally. You have been gaining fat and muscle for the last 6 months and then you do a video on cbum prep for a competition for a week from being basically overweight at this point.
You will get to drop that fat just think long term. It also nice to see that even if you have a trainer and a brother thst went through the bulk and cut phase people make mistakes. Keep going strong
Lol...eating bowl of sour patch kids..
if your skinny,then im a skeleton really
you're insulting the true skinny people out there
Consider trying veganism!
My man, stick to contact lenses!
Congratulations on your bulk, man! 12 pounds is awesome! You killed it!
Going overboard and gaining too much fat is one of those things that almost every strong, muscular person has been through. Your brother's advice was great, too. We can keep the strength and lose the fat. It all works out in the end.
Great video!
Thank you!
He is talking about changing habits, which is the right approach but still gets frustrated when he doesn´t get quick results. People need to realise that 6 months is a short time to change your physique and even when you make progress it´s difficult to notice it because it´s so miniscule from day to day.
It can be hard not to get impatient when you’re working towards something.
Max is the man! Had a blast having him as my trainer when I was doing Copilot. Good to see you Max!
Yeah it seems really good. I want to do plyometric/improve my vertical jump, does copilot have anything like that?
2:29 need more peanut butter on that thang, that thang looking dry as hell fr. getchu sum crunchy peanut butter on that thang fr.
Losing weight is easier than putting on muscle.
He bulked uo a lot but once he cuts hopefully he'll some of that hard earned muscle.
That’s the hope!!
Maybe I got it wrong, but shouldn’t have the coach noticed that it wasn’t going well? Meaning that the weight was going up way to fast?
Honestly, it was on me. We had a plan to gain a 2-3lbs per month. And I got carried away in the last 2 months. Max and I would go over my workouts, but only I was seeing how much I was gaining.
Great progress. But I think whatever program or goals you have you should always be walking at least 30 minutes a day if not more. Human body needs low intensity cardio to function properly.
Amazing exercises! These tips are super useful. Question for you... have you ever tried Next Level Diet? I got a muscle-building meal plan from them that's worked wonders for me.
bro i love the storytelling! it kept me engaged throughout the entire video
Ayyy love to hear it! Thank you!
This is amazing! Can’t wait to see both of you shredded in videos. Keep it up!