Bulking for boxing.

Have you worked out your base Maintenance (MT) line for how many calories you should be getting to maintain your weight and then upped it?

You really should do this and write down what you eat in a day as accurately as possible and make sure you are getting a surplus of calories!
You only need to write it down until you get say 3 or 4 variations. Then just choose 1 of those variations to eat every day.

So options A,B,C,D - All different but all adding up to your MT amount + say approx 500 (Well, that is what most people here will say).

You need to know your maintenance amount (Based off your height, weight, age, and activity level) and make sure you are eating more than this. Estimating calories blindly will probably never work as you always end up eating less than you think usually!

GOODLUCK
It is worth taking the time to work out these things - trust me!
 
DanHarris said:
Have you worked out your base Maintenance (MT) line for how many calories you should be getting to maintain your weight and then upped it?
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Yep, read page 1 of the thread, he worked out his BMR and his maintenance level is around 1,650.

3lbs gain in 3 weeks is about what you should be aiming for although I don't think i'd do you much harm to gain a bit of fat too so don't be scared of pushing your calories up to 2,500 for a little while.

Are your lifts improving?
 
Fitnessnut said:
You need a ton more cals, bro. 40/40/20 ratio of pro/carb/fat, eat 5-6 times a day, never going more than 3 hours between meals.
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Too much protein. A more correct ratio is 20/55/25

Fitnessnut said:
Also, you need to focus on compound movements such as squats, deadlifts, rows, bench presses, pullups, and so forth.
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Agreed.

Fitnessnut said:
Personally, I suggest a 3 or 4 day split.
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You want someone who's never lifted in their life to do a 3 or 4 day split? That's completely unnecessary.
 
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Take it from someone who did it wrong for years: Don't bulk up using sugary weight gain shakes and/or pigging out on fast food. Eat good, clean foods and you won't have to worry about losing so much fat later on that you jeopardize a lot of the muscle you gained
 
Streamline said:
Please clarify what you meant by this...
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If you scroll up a little bit you'll see i already answered you. CCR asked if my lifts had improved and that was my answer to him.


theGOOCH said:
Take it from someone who did it wrong for years: Don't bulk up using sugary weight gain shakes and/or pigging out on fast food. Eat good, clean foods and you won't have to worry about losing so much fat later on that you jeopardize a lot of the muscle you gained
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Yeah i'm not loading up on fatty foods and stuff i'm just taking bigger servings of my normal food and eating more often.
 
Make sure you don't neglect your legs. A lot of men do this by only working out their upper body and eating more. Eventually, they develop good muscles on top and their legs are not changed, resulting in a very funny looking body. Just my opinion . . .
 
TimKingsford said:
If you scroll up a little bit you'll see i already answered you. CCR asked if my lifts had improved and that was my answer to him.
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Yeah i already read that but i don't understand it. What lifts were 20kgs that are now 35 - 40kg? Is it the total amount combined that you're lifting for all of the exercises?
 
You could maybe bump up the protein to 25 but you really don't need much more than that, your body just isn't going to use it.
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How could you possibly know that? People can use nutrients differently, more or less than the average.

Just like different people people respond better to different workouts.

Even so, breaking down a diet to percentages of the macro-nutrients is a pain in the A$$ most people will never really hit it spot on.

Eat one gram of protein for each pound of bodyweight and twenty times that number in daily calories. It is simple and easy to keep track of.

The only variables to keep track of are protein, calories, and the quality of the fats and carbohydrates. Like carbs from twinkies are bad, carbs from oatmeals are good.
 
spud912 said:
Make sure you don't neglect your legs. A lot of men do this by only working out their upper body and eating more. Eventually, they develop good muscles on top and their legs are not changed, resulting in a very funny looking body. Just my opinion . . .
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Yeah i'm working the legs just as hard as the upper body with plenty of squats and deadlifts (and leg presses and stuff when i get to go to the gym) and seeing some good progress.

Streamline912 said:
Yeah i already read that but i don't understand it. What lifts were 20kgs that are now 35 - 40kg? Is it the total amount combined that you're lifting for all of the exercises?
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As in when i started doing weights i was using 20kg on all my exercises and now i'm using 40kg for all my exercises generally apart from i add more for leg press and take a bit off for curls.
 
goergen1 said:
How could you possibly know that? People can use nutrients differently, more or less than the average.
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Because it's basic nutrition.

goergen1 said:
Just like different people people respond better to different workouts.
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Deffinately

goergen1 said:
Even so, breaking down a diet to percentages of the macro-nutrients is a pain in the A$$ most people will never really hit it spot on.
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You bet

goergen1 said:
Eat one gram of protein for each pound of bodyweight and twenty times that number in daily calories. It is simple and easy to keep track of.
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It sure is


goergen1 said:
The only variables to keep track of are protein, calories, and the quality of the fats and carbohydrates. Like carbs from twinkies are bad, carbs from oatmeals are good.
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There's no such thing as a bad carb.
 
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