Damn good Natural Bulking Diet..If I must say so myself.

[reelbig004]

Bros,
I have thought long and hard about this new bulking diet and have presented it here for you to critique/use. I recently dieted down to 6’3”, 180 pounds, 7% bf (fyi 22 years old). I am now at 8.5% bf and 187 pounds. I am a hardgainer/ectomorph and am going to implement this plan next week. I will continue doing cardio 3 to 4 times a week in the morning on an empty stomach and will be alternating between 40 min of running at 75% of MHR and interval training. Meal 1 will be composed of protein fat with distance and protein/dextrose after interval training. I’ll will be weight training 4 times a week. Other than that, this is how it’s going to go. See what you think.

Supplements:
Swole v2
Nitrous
Glutamine
GNC MegaMen
Calcium

Meal 1
P/C/F/CAL
40/100/26/750
4 eggs
2 whites
1 cup Oatmeal
1 tbsp Honey
½ banana

Meal 2
57/59/8/505
2.5 Scoops Whey
½ cup oats
½ banana

Meal 3
40/60/0/400
Tuna
1 cup Brown Rice

Meal 4 (Pre Workout)
Same as 2

Meal 5 (Post Workout)
42/37/0/310
½ cup Isolate
¼ cup Dextrose


Meal 6
40/0/28/400
Chicken
Spinach
2 tbsp Olive Oil

Meal 7
40/0/14/285
½ cup Casein
1 tbsp Flax

Total Macros:
P/C/F/Cal
315/315/84/3155
40%/40%/20%

I am going to want to increase the calories to around 3500 in a couple of weeks. Do you suggest I do this through protein, carbs, or fats? Also, on Saturday, I’m going to have a cheat day and on Sunday I am going to have a no carb day. I am doing both of these to shock my metabolism. Thanks for any and all help bros.

 

[karachi183]

I may be seeing things wrong but between all that cardio and low amount of carbs this doesn't look like ur typical bulking diet. This looks like the opposite. For bulking i would say throw more carbs in. Between ur bf and hieght i would consume everything i could hold down. Bumps for more insight!!!!!

 

[reelbig004]

I realize that I need to get my calorie figure up to about 4000, but want to do it over the next few weeks. Carbs up? I might agree, but am looking forward to more reponses. Also, what do you think about the bananas and honey in the diet???? FYI, I do want to retain as much of my cuts as possible, especially since im in the middle of summer in florida.

 

[karachi183]

Bananas are a great source of potasium and are a must in my eye's. As for the honey unless u like the taste of it i would only use honey when drinking tea but hey that's just me. Bulk = lots of good food

 

[zerokool]

i would agree, this looks exactly my percentages on my cutting diet. i have heard of bodybuilders on this type of diet year round with good results, though. just increase the amount of calories for bulking. i myself like to be around 60 per carbs, 30 percent prot, and 10 percent fat on my bulking diet.

zero

 

[wootoom]

good diet. im on pretty much the same diet as you. thats crazy.

 

[reelbig004]

Thanks for the responses bros. I'm going to keep bumping up the calories week by week with extra carbs prodomintaly. Just going to closely monitor fat gain and adjust accordingly.

 

[bigp3]

Looks very clean but I would get the calories up especially at your height and weight. You are pretty lean so the extra cals are not going to hurt you.

 

[dali]

you're trying to "retain cuts" while on a bulking diet?

That's contradictory

 

[reelbig004]

dali,
I realize its extremely difficult. But I also strongly believe that with extremely clean eating, proper supplementation, and cardio a few times a week you can keep your bf% the same while adding muscle.