Bulk Diet?

[nziegs]

whats a good diet i can follow to bulk the hell up?...im an ectomorph with very low body fat. weight: about 170 height: 6'1...ive read/ heard so many different things as far as number of meals per day/ the amount of calories i really need/ and the type of calories...please let me know or point me in the right direction thanks. Specifics are appreciated!

 

[Dad]

Yuo might want to start here:

For 10 days, write down everything yuo eat and drink, and what time fo the day yuo do this. So it might be something like:
7:00 Large bowl cereal, milk, 2 eggs, bagel
10:00 2 scoops protein powder in water
And so on. This is just recording what yuo are doing now, without changing anything.

Weigh yuorself at the beginning of the 10 days, and again at the end. If yuor weight hasn't varied by more than 1 1/2 or so, then this is maintenance, or very close to it.

Now yuo can add 500 calories a day from good protein, carb, and fat sources. Weigh yuorself again after 2-3 weeks. Training drug-free, it is going to be difficult to add more than a pound or two of LEAN body mass, and of course, this will depend upon yuor training and other factors. But, yuo've got to know where yuo're starting in order to know which changes to make.

Hope this helps to get yuo started.

 

[nziegs]

ok...thanks...what about with number of meals a day? I've been doing 8 a day and i cut up really nicely...do you think if i change it to 4-5 id get better results bulking? Or do i have to experiment with that too?

 

[Dad]

Well, given yuor situation, I'd say the more meals per day the better. Being a "grazer" is going to be better than eating several larger meals.

Another consideration is eating quality food rather than junk. One of the members started a great thread on this on the Main Forum. What yuo're after is adding muscle not fat, right? Yuo may add a little fat as yuo attempt to gain weight, but a fair amount of the "bulking" people do involves eating anything and everything, and gaining as much weight as possible. "Size" is sometimes confused with muscle, when in fact, a fair amount of that size is fat. The problem is that at some point yuo have to lose the fat