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17yo, 176cm, 8-10% bf, 60kg.
I'm moving into a calorie surplus because I've realised that obviously being this lean while in development isn't close to ideal. Now the question is:
Option 1: Do I go into a more heavier calorie surplus (talking 500-1500) and take advantage of the anabolic effects (if there are any noticable) but become more bloated, worse skin etc.
or
Option 2: Do it a cleaner way and only surplus with around 300 calories. This will be harder than option one because it's tricky to correctly track calories in school, meaning sometimes I probably won't hit the goal and sometimes exceed by a noticeable amount, and I'm not sure I would feel too much of a difference with only 300 kcal extra.
Any thoughts or experiences on this would be appreciated.
I'm moving into a calorie surplus because I've realised that obviously being this lean while in development isn't close to ideal. Now the question is:
Option 1: Do I go into a more heavier calorie surplus (talking 500-1500) and take advantage of the anabolic effects (if there are any noticable) but become more bloated, worse skin etc.
or
Option 2: Do it a cleaner way and only surplus with around 300 calories. This will be harder than option one because it's tricky to correctly track calories in school, meaning sometimes I probably won't hit the goal and sometimes exceed by a noticeable amount, and I'm not sure I would feel too much of a difference with only 300 kcal extra.
Any thoughts or experiences on this would be appreciated.