So you say that big bodybuilders just have to get fat to speed up the process and they can't do with a cleaner off seasons?Dugbet I have never seen it done ever. https://www.professionalmuscle.com/...t-too-much-protein.165144/page-5#post-2850994
"I have yet in my lifetime seen a beginning lifter lets say around a starting point of 160lb at less than 10% bodyfat.....and staying at 10% or less all the way thru the journey...end up at 260lbs plus still at less than 10%. Never seen it done or even remotely close to being done. Cant think of one person and ive been around for a long long time who even got close to doing that. Virtually every large bodybuilder i know ate their way up to superheavyweight status"
If you can show me one example of a person who stayed sub 10% on his journey to gaining 100 plus lbs of muscle mass I would love to see it. Could it be done in theory? Yea but the guy would have to absolutely abuse himself with drugs to accomplish it and would probably take a good 30 years off his lifespan
I have a couple of examples of guys who have put on tons of muscle without getting much fat: Dexter Jackson and Shaun Clarida. No, they don't weigh 300 pounds but they have outperformed guys heavier than them.
By the way, I am not saying that it is necessary to stay at 10%, I am saying that adding too much fat in the growth period is counterproductive for gaining clean muscle mass, especially in natural athletes. Maybe if you add gear, the equation will change the result towards the strategy that you propose.
Lastly, I feel like skinny beginners can make dirtier volumes in order to add size and strength, but as one spends years in this lifestyle and effort, the off-season period must be kept cleaner.