When you set
out to improve your physique, your mindset and how you think about training and
nutrition is everything. It is the single most important thing that will
determine the results you get. Making changes in your thinking can often yield
huge improvements in results. One such change many guys can make is getting rid
of the idea of "bulking" up. For years, men have wanted to
"bulk" up when trying to put on muscle and add mass to their
physiques. Unfortunately this has lead to many guys putting on a lot of one
thing, fat.
When I think
of the word bulk, as far as building a physique goes, I think of some
nondescript type of weight. It could be muscle, it could be fat, it could be
water. When most guys think of bulking up, they don't have a clear cut picture
of what the end result looks like in their mind. All they know is that the want
the weight on the scale to go up and they want to look bigger. So as long as
those two things are happening, they are accomplishing their goal. Even if most
of the weight they are adding is fat and water.
If you are
gaining large amounts of fat around your arms, chest, back and legs,
technically you are going to appear bigger and weigh more but you are not
building a better physique. Because they don't have a clear cut picture of what
they want to look like, it easily can lead to lack of training intensity and a
poor diet, neither of which lead to being more muscular but can lead to
weighing more.
The
solution? When trying to add mass to your physique you don't want to be
thinking about bulking up but rather you want to muscle up. In other words, you
want to think about adding muscle mass only. This will help create a clearer
picture in your mind of what you want to look like. You will see yourself as
looking more muscular and not just bigger (although having more muscle generally
leads to being bigger). This will inevitably move you to do the things
necessary to create that physique (intense workouts, quality nutrition, etc.).
This may seem like a small change in thinking. However, it is extremely
powerful in changing your results for the better and is a change that anyone
should definitely make.
Karim is a
CDR certified registered dietitian with his specialty being in performance
nutrition. He is also a NASM certified personal trainer with an emphasis in
building muscle. By combining his of knowledge and expertise in nutrition and
training, he has helped 100's of clients build more muscle, get ripped and
achieve the bodies they have always wanted. He is passionate about living the
lifestyle he teaches 100% everyday.
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