I'm a 22 y/o female who is wanting to do a clean bulk....uggh I hate that word! Since I am female, I have a major fear of gaining weight and have been brainwashed by society into thinking that I have to do cardio or I will gain weight. In the past year I have learned a lot about lifting weights and have changed a lot of my thinking in that way, however I am still scared. I have lost 2 pant sizes by lifting 3 times a wk and doing cardio 5+ times a wk, and I do not want to go back up to a size 13.
Now that you understand a little of my mindset, I'll explain what I want to do to my body. (attached pic is what I want to look like) I want to increase the size of my muscles. I shed a lot of the fat in the past few months and I am starting to see definition, but I don't like the size of my muscles. They are way too small I want them to be a lot bigger.
I am already eating clean 90% of the time, and I don't like supps, I've been thinking about using creatine, but I haven't decided yet. For lifting I am doing NROL for Women. I just started NROL last week and I am really enjoying it. For those of you that are not familiar w/ it: 2 workouts alternating MWF
Workout A: squats, push ups, rows, step ups, and prone jack knife. Workout B: Deadlifts, shoulder press, lat pull down, lunges, and ball crunches.
Here's where my question comes in: NROL does not suggest doing a lot of cardio b/c the calories you burn take away from building muscle. I understand that, but they suggest doing a kickboxing class or spinning, which I could do, but I want to run. I enjoy running and I don't want to give that up. So if I run for 30 min or do 10 min of HITT once a week, is this going to be counterproductive to gaining muscle?
Now that you understand a little of my mindset, I'll explain what I want to do to my body. (attached pic is what I want to look like) I want to increase the size of my muscles. I shed a lot of the fat in the past few months and I am starting to see definition, but I don't like the size of my muscles. They are way too small I want them to be a lot bigger.
I am already eating clean 90% of the time, and I don't like supps, I've been thinking about using creatine, but I haven't decided yet. For lifting I am doing NROL for Women. I just started NROL last week and I am really enjoying it. For those of you that are not familiar w/ it: 2 workouts alternating MWF
Workout A: squats, push ups, rows, step ups, and prone jack knife. Workout B: Deadlifts, shoulder press, lat pull down, lunges, and ball crunches.
Here's where my question comes in: NROL does not suggest doing a lot of cardio b/c the calories you burn take away from building muscle. I understand that, but they suggest doing a kickboxing class or spinning, which I could do, but I want to run. I enjoy running and I don't want to give that up. So if I run for 30 min or do 10 min of HITT once a week, is this going to be counterproductive to gaining muscle?
