1427: Don’t Make These 6 Bulking Mistakes
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin discuss how to bulk and the mistakes to avoid.
- Let’s talk bulking during the holidays. (3:23)
- The misconceptions around bulking. (5:35)
- Don’t Make These 6 Bulking Mistakes.
- #1 - Consuming junk food to meet your macros. (7:33)
- #2 - Not tracking and hitting protein intake. (19:24)
- #3 – Bulking for too long. (22:34)
- #4 – Paying attention only to the scale. (27:00)
- #5 – Not meal prepping in advance. (35:38)
- #6 – Improper training. (40:08)
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- Visit Legion Athletics for the exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! **Code “mindpump” at checkout**
- How To Properly Clean-Bulk – Mind Pump Blog
- How To Eat If You Want To Pack On Muscle – Mind Pump Blog
- MAPS Macro Calculator
- Mind Pump #1220: The 4 Best Sources Of Protein
- The Full Diet Break
- Why The Scale Is Not Always The Best Way To Measure Progress – Mind Pump Blog
- Nutrition Advice for Skinny Guys Who Want to Gain Muscle – Mind Pump Blog
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| 0:00.0 | Now I don't know any studies that have been done on bulking, but I can't speak from personal experience. |
| 0:04.0 | In my experience, and this is for me and for clients, when I would include bulking breaks, |
| 0:10.0 | I would gain more lean body mass and less body fat. It was like my body would become resensitized to calories. |
| 0:32.0 | This is Mind Pump. Today's episode we talk all about bulking. This is the process of trying to gain muscle and strength and size. |
| 0:44.0 | Maybe a little bit of body fat, but really you want to minimize the fat gain. |
| 0:48.0 | A lot of people when they bulk, they make a lot of mistakes that results in less muscle and more body fat. |
| 0:54.0 | In fact, we've isolated the six most common mistakes that we saw our clients make time and time again when they were trying to bulk that it did result in a lot of fat gain and not a lot of muscle. |
| 1:05.0 | So you're going to love this episode if your goal is packing on the strength and the muscle. |
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