Is bulking the only way to get muscle?

[Thinking_CEL]

I really don’t wanna get fat again but I lost a lot of muscle starving myself I look malnourished

Do I need to have a chubby face to become strong?

 

[Deleted member 101201]

men in nature never force themself to become fat junkies

 

[NorwoodAscender]

ur not going to gain muscle/weight unless ur in a surplus. how much of that is muscle or fat depends on what ur consuming

 

[Sceptical]

Nah, you can just do body recomp by eating around your maintenance calories but make most of your intake be 35-50% protein and you can fill rest of it with carbs for workouts so you have energy for weight lifting. Hope this helps bhai!

 

[manletmachine]

come to Belfast and be my bodyguard I fear something terrible is going to happen to me

 

[standardcel]

Eat at least 120g proteins to gain muscle

 

[Deleted member 111424]

come to Belfast and be my bodyguard I fear something terrible is going to happen to me

ahaha how have you not responded to that dumb bitch threatening you yet


should i video call her??

 

[manletmachine]

ahaha how have you not responded to that dumb bitch threatening you yet


should i video call her??

I’m a good person

 

[BoredPrince]

I really don’t wanna get fat again but I lost a lot of muscle starving myself I look malnourished

Do I need to have a chubby face to become strong?

I did the same

Last year did bulking and got great gains but also became fat

This year I leanmaxed and lost all muscles


Best to try is lean bulking and then after several months, small caloric deficit

 

[raabla]

Pretty much, i think beginners might be an exception tho but even for them it’s best to bulk in the first few years of lifting to max newbie gains

 

[geezcel]

ignore those cringe tikkytokmers that say bulking is vaulted

you need to be in a slow surplus over time. progressive overload every session or there’s zero reason to be in a bulk unless you’re making the most of all that extra energy so make sure you push yourself and do legs or you’ll gain more fat

 

[Deleted member 44380]

U can recomp if ur on roids mane but natty recomp aint gon be worth it its gon be slow as fuck