Bulking
Bulking is one of the most common terms when it comes to nutrition among active people. However many people do not really know what it is or how to use this dieting terms. In this blog I'll explain what bulking actually is and how to bulk.
Bulking means increasing your calories from your maintenance level of calories. For example, Tom eats roughly 2700 calories each day to stay at around 90kg. Tom wants to get to 95kg, so in order to achieve his goal he must increase his daily caloric intake of 2700 calories to 3200 calories for example. In order to see good results he must be consistent in hitting his new daily caloric goal of 3200 calories. Remember it is easier to put on weight than lose it.
To be able to gain weight at a steady, consistent rate, we have to accurately find our daily caloric intake. Today the easiest way to do this is to download a calorie tracker. A fantastic app that millions use is myfitnesspal. To find your daily intake, track the calories that you consume for a week to get an accurate answer. Then on the app you can put in how much weight you want to gain gain over the months. You need to consider this carefully as if you gain too much too quickly, you may put on unecisary fat. You need to gain weight at a healthy rate to see good results.
There are two types of bulking: clean and dirty bulking. Clean bulking is keeping track in terms of calories and the food that is being eaten. It's eating healthy food for the most part with a few cheat meals thrown in there aswell. It's harder to gain weight quickly than a dirty bulk as the healthy foods don't contain as much calories, but you won't put on as much fat and so you'll look better. Dirty bulking is easier to gain weight quickly, but you'll also gain fat quicker aswell as the food choices will not be as healthy. I feel that combining the two together is very effective in gaining weight. Allow yourself a treat once or twice a week for the cravings and be reletively strict for the rest of the week
Bulking is all about making the right choices for your personal goals
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