He Quit MainGaining and BULKED Into More Abs?!
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Consider this an appetizer. The nuke is almost ready...
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Can you fight the form police next plz
Let's gooo
How long is it going to be i will prepare my skinny pop popcorn (greg hates it😂)
It’s almost like abs are a muscle that benefits from a calorie surplus and volume just like any other muscle
Inconceivable!!
If im honest ive kinda just stopped caring about abs now , like their nice to have sure but the allure of them has gone. Its scary bulking after being a chubby kid , but now im confident
If you can’t see your abs, you’re fat
Flat stomached kid who weighs 155: ✂️
@@pringleaddict5827 i was 270 lbs overweight and lost 100 lbs of that.. i am now bulking (this is week 3) and holy fu##ing sh!t this is amazing. i just progress much more quickly and weirdly enough, people say i've lost even more weight which left me really confused
@@_454_ it’s because theres more of you and you havw more of a frame , cos im bulking i feel energised again and havw a much healthier relationship with food.
Keep preaching this message man, you are saving many dyels from novice purgatory.
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@@REVIVALFitness second this. Even if it sounds repetitive, I'm going to try to add on 10-15 lbs in 2022, and it would be nice to have people like you to turn back to every once in awhile as a reminder to keep bulking, as that's really the only way to make long term gains
@@FlynnMasters 10 pounds in a year is absolutely nothing you should at least aim to 50-90 if u are a total beginner
@@burstmage6982 Lol I'm an advanced lifter, I just have a bit of a problem eating when not hungrey
@@FlynnMasters mb then 10 pounds is obviously good for a year for advanced guessing 5 pounds will be muscle and 3 lean weight and 2 or so fat
I fell into the maingain bs a year ago, I thought it was great at first but I was actually just cutting, I got down to 148 & wasted a whole year stuck with stagnant lifts. I went back to bulking and it was like noob gains all over again. Today I'm 170lb and I just did an ohp of 150lbs X10 Friday, squat 225 x 12, and I feel better in every aspect of my life.
They will say “this is maingaining”
It's funny that Greg says you only need a 30 calorie surplus to justify maingaining and at the same time talks about how food labels lie and it's impossible to track small calorie adjustments. So how do you actually know you're in a slight surplus instead of just maintaining or in a slight deficit? You need to see the scale slowly trending up. Notice I said SLOWLY, not eating pizza ribs and wings and "bulking" like Doucette likes to say.
He projects his body dysmorphia. ANY time he discusses bulking it’s “get fat.”
I’m convinced he can’t maintain his 9% body fat without his overuse of Xantham gum and artificial sweeteners. The moment he started to bulk for his powerlifting meet he started binging on candy, burgers, and pizza to make up for not eating that stuff while he was leaner
He can’t bulk without binge eating on snacks and junk food. He has an eating disorder.
Love this channel. I was in the same mindset 3 years ago. My height is 6 ft and I used to weigh like 155 at that time. Just because I had no visible abs at that time, I thought of losing weight.. I used to run 20 minutes in the morning daily and lost 10 lbs in two month duration. Biggest mistake 140 @ 6 ft.
But now I don't care about abs. I weigh 180 now @ 6 ft, lift heavy 5 days a week and EAT ALOT.. Don't even take supplements. Just eat eggs, dairy and veggies. My lifetime goal is to reach 190 lbs and look good while wearing a shirt.. Fuck body dysmorphia.
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190 is easy. I am 5 10 at 194, i have bit belly fat, but i wear l or xl(with 2.5 years of lifting half of it is shit tbh). With couple more years,my goal is to be 2xl and around 225lbs(100kg) around 18%bf. I feel i have so much potential to get there
@@tarlancharkasov1048 Those have got to be some loose sleeves at 194. But still, awesome! I'm 5'8 and high 190s somewhere at around 18-19% bodyfat. I believe I can manage 100 kg or thereabout at 15% bodyfat once I am fully maxed out. 107 kg for 20%. I care more about the strength goals. 300 kg deadlift, well into the 300s (lbs) bench, 250-ish squat, 100kg+ OHP...
@@TheBcoolGuy sounds ambitious man, best of luck to you
@@TheBcoolGuy man last week i checked my body fat% with xiamo smart scale(i know it is not acccurate but whatever). It turns out my bf% is 25%
I wanted to say thanks man, you influenced me to add some weight too. I’m still hovering in the 155 range but started almost 140 and some days after running I weighted 135. I’m slowly adding weight, hopefully next year I can get to 170.
overbulking is a thing too though, make sure you dont look like the marshmellow man from ghostbusters at the end of this!
@@burritodog3634 wouldn't that be a Dirty bulk or are they differnt?
@@veryneff8411 i think dirty bulk is bulking with junk food. so yeah it might lead to that
Awesome! The secret is that you probably can get to more like 180 or higher in that time. It really isn't that hard to get big if you just eat what you're supposed to like a man.
@@burritodog3634 I bulk but I don’t dirty bulk with really bad junk. I try and eat some sugar here and there but in reality I’m actually really addicted to very healthy things like an actual good salad, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, well made meat, etc etc. and one thing is, I always read the labels.
Female here. I have been stuck at the “lean “ stage the whole last year. I am trying to bulk up starting today to the next 12 weeks. Binge watching your bulking video for motivation and overcome the fear to become “fat”. Thank you!
Got my first bicep vein in the middle of a bulk, felt incredible
It can’t be. You must be obese.
A really important topic you talked about is 'the breaking point'. After months of minimal progress u start to resent the gym and think it's a waste of time or ur genetics sucks. Thanks a lot man for encouraging us to bulk. BTW.. I am up from 155 to 163 and plan on bulking till 200 (6ft tall). Maybe I'll send u my transformation on day if everything goes well. :)
dont overbulk it
@@burritodog3634 200 lbs at 6ft is overbulking??!!
@@manikrustagi4430 no, but be careful on the rate of bulk. If you bulk really really quickly, most of the weight will be fat
@@manikrustagi4430 200lbs is not big enougj
@@ABABABABABABABABABABBBBBB For my goals it's perfect. I want to be around 185 lbs at 13-14% bf. So, bulking till 200 is more than enough.
Dude is looking thick, solid, tight. I hope he keeps us updated so we can see how much more thick, solid, and tight he gets.
OGs remember
No idea who you are but wow, I’m impressed w the advice. Thank God there are more people who don’t buy into the maintaining BS. Subbed
Wait for the maingaining nuke video coming up. It’s gonna change the game.
Really liked this "real case breakdown" analysis, you should do more. The only data I missed from your video is the guy's age. I've been bulking for similar period but I've been getting like half of those gains. But I'm 42, so that's why the age context would be great. Keep up the great work!
Our friend is early 20s
Great video, as always! There should be some sort of study comparing one group eating at maintenance to another bulking and then cutting and a final group cutting and then bulking. It does not sound like something particularly difficult to conduct. Greg's assumption is that the extra muscle gained while bulking is then lost when cutting to become more aesthetic.
I’m sure there are studies related to this. But such studies often include people who are complete novices, obese, bad exercise programming, etc. Studies need examined thoroughly, and beyond that, people cannot be trusted to measure and stick to calorie numbers. This is why the PubMed army can’t be taken as gospel.
Muscle doesn't disappear so fast. It wants to be on your frame, especially if you've had it for a good while. Months at least. And then you start eating a bit more again after your cut and you regain everything you lost. The best play is to go full bulk as soon as you're done cutting and you'll springboard into yet another fantastic bulk.
Bro just a month into bulking and my bicep curls alr increased by alot. From 12.5 kg to 15kg. Thanks bro, i legit bought into this maingaining bullshit and even after a year only managed to pull my bicep curls from 10kg to 12.5kg. Dont even know how to thank you.
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Barbell or dumbells? Good progress tho u will start gaining muscle from now
speedtricker Dumbells, thanks bro! Really starting to appreciate the process of actually picking up increasing weight instead of the discouraging experience of grinding only to pick up the same weight or even less sometimes.
"Bicep curls" is a weird way to measure progress...
Dantés Inferno idk, thats an exercise i focus on. Biceps are a muscle right?
The best thing that happened to me in the RUclips fitness industry was to find this channel... Thanks a lot man!!!
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This video is highly motivating since i was also obese, been bulking for 2 days and i cant believe how much i am enjoying going to the gym, eating good, getting a good workout and then eating good again is just mentally relaxing compared to eating at a deficit and dreading going to the gym
I'm on my 7th week of my bulk and my abs are actually more visible NOT FLEXED. I don't even do direct ab training anymore. Your channel has helped me so much because I've yoyo diet all of high school and believed all this maingain stuff.
Yo u and alphadestiny r the real ones man keep up the good WORK 🔥🔥
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I’m very obese I’m 300 lbs and I have been lifting since last April consistently. Ever since October of last year I have been bulking. And on my fitness journey, I have had numerous friends and family members tell me I’ve lost weight when reality I’ve gained 15 pounds. It’s also crazy that when I started, I was on a deficit. I can look in the mirror and see my abdominal muscles. Thanks for the advice
@@GoatOfMind was but in slight surplus of 200-300 cals. I’ve gained the weight back but mostly muscle some fat. I’ve never had to build muscle before and it was mainly recomp until the 3rd month in
Bulking is so much fun to me. You get stronger ,and eat good. What the hells wrong with that. Glad you helped him see the way.
The biggest reason I love this channel. Straight ,and honest . No B.S.
165 is pretty good depending on your height. I'm 5'9 slightly under that weight at 15% and people think I'm 175 lbs+, as long as I don't wear loose clothing (which I don't like anyway) I get complimented on my physique all the time. 100% agree on needing to bulk though, the best gains I made were while going from 8% to 16% body fat, and I don't plan on thinking about my fat any time soon (going for 170+ for this winter)
Dude looks great. I've actually noticed the same thing before when I was bulking years ago and my abs actually seemed to pop more. When you're too light and not eating enough sometimes you actually appear to be fat when really you're just flat. This seems to affect some people more than others but I definitely get flat easily. I always look bad waking up first thing in the morning as opposed to when I have food and water in my system. I also seem to get flat when I do too many workouts per week. This is why I'm a huge fan of working out every other day.
Bro I really need to thank you. My lifts have gone up like crazy ever since I got into the bulking mindset. I was just hovering around 75kg, I was always a chubbier kid so I was scared to bulk. I came to the conclusion that I look chubby anyways and there was no point in just maintaining and looking the same. I have since added 60 pounds to my squat, 50 to my deadlift, and 30 to my bench. I’m around 83kg now and really don’t look fatter, I may have gained a good amount of muscle. Oh well, might as well start cutting after a few months, im at least not as weak as I used to be 😂😉. Thank you brother 🙏
What’s your height, and how long did you train before bulking?
@@REVIVALFitness I’m about 6’0”. I started training two years ago, did a stupid novice program. Then gyms closed for a long time. Came back, made some progress (tried to maingain lmfao) and gyms closed again. In total i will say around 1.5 years of real training.
I started bulking as soon as I watched your videos at 138lbs at the start of the year. I'm 158lbs now, I haven't even gained that much fat either, hoping to get to 165lbs at least before I cut. My height is 5'8. Just wanted to say thanks so much for the great content you've helped me and a lot of other guys
It’s a sad day when Greg has a channel the size of his, and is pushing such BS, while a real G like bro here who speaks facts, is relatively unknown. Keep grinding bro, more young men need to see your content
The real sad part is that people experienced still defend him and cover for his contradictions.
@@REVIVALFitnessdamn that’s sad. Of course they wouldn’t go against such a popular channel though even if he’s wrong. You’re the only one that seems to have big enough balls to call it what it is.
I’m gonna discuss this in the nuke. Small channels think riding his jock are gonna get them famous. It doesn’t work.
Ngl I was skeptical about potentially bulking into abs... But holy shit it actually worked. 🤣
It's so good to see people make progress.
The best part is seeing them wake up from the daze
Dude I can't thank you enough for helping me and others get out of the ab anxiety mindset that has kept so many people weak. During the last few years, I've been in a cycle of cutting and trying to see my abs, then giving up before trying again. Last year I got to a pretty good point where I was pretty lean but I had very little muscle and my strength was totally flatlined at a low level. I stumbled on your video and realized the flaws in that thinking and now I'm on a clean bulk (not super precise on calories but I'm pretty good at a gauging how much food I need by instinct and sticking to nutritional foods rather than empty calories). Not only do I feel better but I am gaining muscle and able to work out harder since I consume enough calories to fuel my body.
Glad to help 💪🏼
I can't imagine the emotional rollercoaster this guy was on. I'm happy for him that you talked him through it.
A lot of guys are going through it with their body image now
I got leaner eating more. I didn't lose weight, but I lost fat. I'm 42 and started lifting a couple years ago and really increased my performance by eating more. I am planning another cut and maintenance phase in 15 weeks, but I am eating in the meantime.
Next video idea from you on my wishlist : when to stop bulking, like at which point do u stop after a certain BF%
I feel like this hard to answer cause everyone had differnt bulking goals
Very dependent on the person but there can be general guidelines
I first bulked a couple yeaes ago and bulking did so much for my strength.
Was stuck with a 225 bench for 5, a 275 squat for 5 and a 300ish deadlift for 5 for a year.
In a matter of months eating a small surplus I got a 285 bench for 5, a 350 lbs squat for 5, and 400 deadlift for 5.
I couldn't believe I left all that progress out for a year by fearing a little body fat.
That's what I've been going through now. Former fat guy, never quite had a six pack, but for the first time since I was a kid, I was able to see my top two abs, and was afraid to put the weight back on. I've recently started eating more. I haven't noticed any strength gains just yet, as it's my first week on an intentional bulk, but I'm hoping to start seeing progress again soon.
I'm 22, 194cm and about 88KG. I've been working out consistently and hard (5 times/week) for 2 years but spent most of that time 'maingaining'. My starting weight was around 76KG, so I've made solid progress, but I wonder how much bigger I would be if I wasn't afraid to eat a bit more food. I'm now at a surplus of 200-500 calories per day and will run this bulk for about 6 months, as I currently have visible abs. I've been watching a lot of your videos and you have managed to convince me that bulking is the best way forward, when nobody else has. Cheers.
Thank god I found this channel. I was about to start a cut 1 month into a bulk because my “abs” disappeared.
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I generally agree with you but I think its important to mention that “maingaining” isnt the same as recomping. Recomping involves running maintenance calories to build muscle and lose fat at the same time, while “maingaining” or previously referred to as “gaintaining” means maintaining a body fat percentage while building muscle. Since your weight is going up, it also means you are putting on fat. Essentially maingaining in theory is just a bulk with a small enough surplus. Kind of semantics but the distinction matters I guess.
I have video evidence of him using multiple definitions. You’ll see soon.
I don’t know how you showed up in my feed but thank God you did! After years of off and on novice purgatory and following the “maingaining” path, i have finally seen the light. Hopeful now to see some gains in the next year! Thanks for the content
Welcome. Enjoy the gains. 💪
Great video man. Pretty refreshing to hear. I’m literally a pro natural bodybuilder and find myself sucked into the same “stay lean” vortex as everyone else man. With the help of your videos I’m going on prolonged bulk for the first time man. Cheers!
You’re preaching bro! Too many Greg videos got people spinning their wheels for fear of not having visible abs for a few months
That’s part of his business model.
I’m so happy I started bulking a little over a month ago. Feel stronger and my abs are actually popping through more than I though they would. Also love when I hear you call people a Ticonderoga pencil💀
Nice. I dont have abs and didn't have them when I started but am hoping to see them after my cut.👍
@@veryneff8411 if you train them through your bulking process you will definitely see them after the cut and it helps with core strength. I know once I get deeper into my bulk they will probably go away but I’m ready to become a lil fluffy. Staying “shredded” year round while natty is a disaster waiting to happen and complete waste of time
I think it actually helps that you have been heavy at some point, to put on muscles faster after you get lean.
it helps not for building muscle or some secret, it helps because you're used to eating at a surplus
saying maingain forever is literally saying “youll never reach your natural potential”.
To increase my deadlift from 550lbs to 620lbs, I bulked up big time. Gained 22lbs of bodyweight and my strength and performance sky rocketed. Sure I got little chubby, but my rep strength, set strength, endurance, strength and power all increased. Then I did a minucut and maintained all my gains from the bulk, while shaved of the powerbelly I got from the bulk.
Maingaingtaining would have never netted me any serious gains in such a short time
This ab-anxiety concept is so true. I used to be obese, somehow gradually just become soft 185lbs 34.5 inch waist ~23% bf. I decided to lose some weight and am now about 170lbs 31.5inch waist ~17% bf. I’ve got an underdeveloped upper body (11.5 inch arms and 40 inch chest) and a respectable lower body (23 inch legs and 15.5 inch calves). Undecided if I should cut and then bulk or just bulk, so what’s your opinion?
I say bulk man. If you’re underdeveloped and at 17% formerly obese that’s probably gonna be the bf range you do your bulking, from 17-25%. Anecdotally I did the same thing except my legs were underdeveloped compared to my upper body, and I spun my wheels at 17% bf for like over a year trying to get leaner and made no progress on my lifts. Bulked up to 25% made the best gains I ever have
It almost seems as if many of these fitness influencers are trying to keep their fans as small as possible. And they've been pretty successful at that, unfortunately.
It’s the entire industry.
Been recomping for 3 months. Lost about 15 lbs and gained a bit of strength on my lifts, but my strength gains have stalled out for the last few weeks. Just been spinning my wheels trying to break the plateau. Started increasing my calorie intake literally yesterday because of your channel. Let’s see where this goes.
Nice. Enjoy the gains. 🤘🏼
Bro how are the lifts now
I didnt have good abs when I started but I was 6'1 153...
Currently at 160lbs atm. My goal is to be around 170-175lbs next year. Will keep you all updated. Thank you for being 100% honest and saying what people SHOULD really hear and follow ESPECIALLY AS A NATTY
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Bro I'm living proof of this, first 3 months I was eating 2000 kcal trying to get stronger and my lifts were stagnant with inconsistencies from injuries. Listening to other people for technique advice was also a played a part, but once I bulked I skyrocketed and the only thing handling me back was not training harder. After fixing both my deadlift went from 180 to a 405 pr in 3 months, squat from struggling with 135 to a 240 pr, 65 lbs dips and pull ups for 4-5 reps in 4 months. After watching this video I realized I have to bump up the calories over 3500kcal because my weight is consistently at 160-165. Trying to tell this to my friend who wanted to get bigger but he's not taking training and calories counting seriously
Speaking of "recomping your way" to getting jacked ... in the first place, recomp means to re-distribute the proportion of muscle/fat but that implies having a lost of mass to begin with anyway. It's like the people who've bought into that mindset think muscle can grow out of thin air
I’m gonna use your “maingaining is bulking” vid in the upcoming nuke video
@@REVIVALFitness looking forward to it
My friend (who is a Greg Doucette fanboy) recently told me that he was “maingaining with a 400 calorie surplus and making good progress”… G shred is decreasing these guys IQ I swear
He gaslights them so he gets credit for any progress they make
Underrated channel man. I just started watching more of your videos and completely underrated. I’m 170 5’10 and was on a cut after being 230 last year. My goal was to get to 160 but that’s to low and the last time I went that low I had a lot of negative side effects.. right now my strength is absolute garbage and I look to thin.. my calorie intake was 2,300 for the last year. Now I will be hitting 3,000 .
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Agree with other comments, keep these golden videos about mainaining coming brother ! Also, a big congratz on this dude's gains, really awesome progress ! I keep saying the only anabolic thing we natties have is food via a caloric surplus, we gotta use it !
Bulking is the only way to prevent injury
Damn, this video made me feel a lot better about my own progress. I went from around 168 up 193 and saw very similar results as this guy
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Many people don’t understand that abs are not made in the kitchen, they are revealed in the kitchen. And if you never make them in the gym, you will reveal small weak abs. Sure you can’t control your insertion points but you can control the size of them. Abs are like any other muscle accumulation of tonnage is going to hypertrophy them and show through at a higher body fat percentage too, it’s better than being skinny with abs trust me. Neck too don’t forget neck and calves, that’s a different discussion but if you have high calve insertions that just means the mass you pack on will pop more, and you can pack it on trust me.
I think im definitely gonna do a slight surplus I have been on crutches for 6 months just now been off them in gym again for about a month and muscle memory is nice but I still can not squat or deadlift because the foot injury very well been leg extensions and such with upper body lifts discouraging because I used to have a 2 x bw squat but hoping can get back eventually and I was 195 with ab defention 36 inch vert to limping every where I go and I’m 160 now as well 6’3
This video cleared all my misconceptions. Gonna start my Bulk from next month. Can’t wait. You’re a blessing MK
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Dude, thank you SO much for your vids like this. I'm still pretty new to all this stuff and very easily could have fallen for the maintaining bs if there weren't people like you to call it out for what it is, saving people potentially years of spinning their wheels in place and going nowhere.
That's invaluable and so helpful for me going into this as a beginner. It's also made me aware to be careful of the sort of dark side of fitness "influencers" that basically constantly dangle a carrot in front of you and sell you on systems that don't work so you keep coming back to buy their crap. It's pretty disgraceful, really.
Anyway, really enjoy your vids and look forward to learning more from you going forward. Cheers!
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important message. great video.
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It really does take a long time to build muscle naturally, in my experience it comes with starting early in your early 20's or high teens, during that period i was always skinny lean, no matter how hard i trained, but now here i am in my mid 30's and i've almost doubled my size and in terms of my strenght i do feel a lot stronger, i could never have achieved that in my 20's, i think its due to age and how well you conditon yourself in the gym during that crucial decade from 20 to 30 years old, because i lifted weights when i was younger, now i'm finding it so much easier to pack on size and lift more than 100kg/220 pounds on the bench, be patient guys, this is a life long goal. do i have abs? i used to, but i would much rather trade abs for actual strengh and size anytime
This has to be one of the best videos I’ve seen on the subject of bulking. Thanks
Hey man; I really needed this video today…literally caught myself this morning thinking I needed to cut.
I lost half my body weight and also fell into the main-gaining BS for almost a year before I started to actually try to bulk and lift heavier. It’s very hard mentally sometimes watching the scale go up when my strength doesn’t seem to increase linearly. But I’m continue to trust the process and stop overthinking so much.😅
Thanks for videos like this
I was bulking awhile ago my lifts went up 10kg a week in my first year of proper lifting i got a little fat so i tried to maingain. I got a rotor cuff injury im certain it’s because i was training as if i was bulking and wasn’t eating enough to recover and fucked myself im now skinny as 🙄 im gonna bulk this time for year or two however i cant bench press now and i cant overhead press so i have to sacrifice gains on my chest and shoulders i hope nobody else does thesame its so disappointing to have to stop lifting for four months you literally watch your gains disappear and the scales show it i went from 174 to 154
I just hit a goldmine with this channel
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Me watching this while stuffing my face with so much food I'm about to vomit.
I always struggled with eating and felt like throwing up when eating slightly more.
But using some vitamins and forcing myself to eat more i finally started to gain some weight.
I went from 58kg to 61kg in a few weeks. Since the weight gain isn't that big and i'm still skinny i don't feel like my strength changed that much.
I'm just happy I'm finally starting to gain weight and i'm hungry a lot of the time.
So for all my skinny bros struggling i know your pain. You'll have to force yourself and one day things will start to get better.
I know people got acne, but isn't those bloody spots on the chest a clear sign of huge hormone fluctuations, i've seen this before from mpmd, the guy in the example you gave looks like he may have taken something, not 100 though.
My acne is worse than that and i got it at 17 for no reason
It's funny that whenever I made the most gains is always after a binge period due to anorexia/bulimia lol.
I started lifting 5 years ago at 5'9 121 pounds watching athlean-x and all the fake natty, which gave me body dysmorphia. I was spinning my wheels all the time try to stay below 10% bodyfat but also try to get big, which makes no sense. My body couldn't handle that anymore and I had 2 prolonged binge episodes. Now I'm around 155 and things are getting much better. But I feel that I still have a lot of potential.
Yea at 5'9 you can get atleast 320lbs
Andrew cullora was like 340 at 5'6
I maintained a deficit for over a year. Went down from 230 to 150. Been trying to eat more and break out of that vicious cycle it got so bad that I was just too tired to exercise. Glad I found your channel. Glad I found Greg's channel too and Seans
Your videos on this topic are absolute fire! Can't wait for the one on Greg Doucette bro!
I’m editing it now. It’s even crazier than I thought.
@@REVIVALFitness 🔥 🔥
AYY BRO, your Maingaining is exposé is probably near golden brown in the oven but take a look at Greg’s short ‘what is maingaining’.
He’s proposing a calorie surplus of 30 calories after the fact that he also says that you can’t count calories that small and there are comments by fans of his that are confused by these conflicting statements. It’s real sad man, they sound like cult members asking the elders questions
Someone sent me that, it’s in the video numerous times. We have him on the ropes.
I’am the odd one leg day has always been my favorite 🤩.
I can sustainably lose 10 lbs of fat in 37 days or less without losing hardly any strength. I've been at that rate for most of this cut and I'm over 90 days in.
Idk. Maingaining or lifting at a deficit has always worked for me. If I lift while cutting I just gain slower, but it's not terrible. I don't try to go below a true 10% bf either. Then again, I'm aware it could be survivorship bias of great genetics. Everything I've done has worked. All I'd say is don't stop if it works for you and you prefer being lean.
I’m 195 and still can fit in a size small but I’m finally filling out my mediums little by little. I never in my life would thin that almost being 200 pounds I’d look decent
@Surb Singh weight is one of the most important things, theres a reason for weight classes. Try wrestling down someone who is 50% heavier than you or more
Crazy thing is I’ve gained about 5 pounds in the last 1-2 weeks just from bulking. I work my abs and forearms into my PPL that I can manage and even despite bulking my abs look better. You got me into bulking man.
Excited for this one got here early
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"You don't like you lift because you follow Greg Doucette" 😂
Good thing I found your channel, I was so afraid of eating on a surplus when I was watching Greg, I can't see any progress or the look of someone who lifts whilst following his maingaining strategy.
Now I'm more confident and more energetic since I added 400-509 calories to my maintenance. And most of all,my co-workers who used to ask where's your muscle now can see that I have. You're correct, you can not build muscle out of thin air or on maintenance, you gotta eat, gotta feed your body, the fire doesn't get bigger if you don't put more firewood ei, same with muscles. Kudos to you
Ya I’m between 12-14 % body fat I can put on strength and feel fine but any significant muscle growth has not happened in over a year. My muscles hsve nothing to grow from naturally. I’m eating at maintenance for a year so the best I can do is maintain the way I am eating and training properly. Which is ok if that’s what you want
Following a guy who got a hair transplant with a full head of hair 😂
Real and honest video, you are a really gem my man, keep doing those video, thank you for the transparency 💪🏻💪🏻
Thank you 🙏🏻
The only BUT I would add is that a lot of people don’t get Fat as “gracefully” as others… in my case, my Love Handles get super wide whilst my Arms and Legs remain pretty much Veiny and Fat Free. Other people get fat much more proportionately it doesn’t look bad at all. Could be why a lot of people are afraid of getting Fat.
I’m similar, my arms can look like I’m cutting even creeping up to 20% body fat. But 20% or so isn’t really “fat” by any legitimate metric.
Yo man I'm crying, when you showed Athlean X from side, bruh
Love your channel, the new insight for me is just because you skinny and not having abs doesn't always mean you fat and need maingain or cut..
Thank you 🤜🤛
Schmuck clown said " Sleeping pills for losing weight" Can I try that advice brah?
Im watching this high AF and it seems like you are being a bit too agressive towards these guys, but I might be wrong, and im sorry about that. Seems like a very interesting video, ill watch it again when im back to normal. Really like your videos. Cheers
LOL no worries man. I'm not exactly the chillest guy on camera.
As someone who’s 5,5 I’m scared to gain size since I can’t put on a lot of weight without looking big.
I'm going to give this a shot. Never been on an intentional bulk. Been stuck at 350, 200 and 450 squat bench and dead for a good while.. it's time to hit that 2 plate bench
Enjoy the gains
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I've had the exact same problem as this viewer. I'm formerly obese and have been killing myself with main-gaining for the better part of a year, increasing the cardio and cutting the calories every time my abs became less visible and/or the scale went up. I saw your nuke of Greg and decided to continue eating around 3000k a day while training hard five days a week and CUTTING OUT THE EXCESSIVE CARDIO. Yes, I've gained a little fat, but I am gaining muscle and strength like crazy. I can tell that I will be able to eat my way into abs like this viewer. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Enjoy the gains 💪🏼
Just think guys, how did bodybuilders get their physiques before all the social media BS?
This maingaining hate is getting funnier and funnier. You pick your own maintenance, and what “lean” is is relative. This conversation is so silly and unnecessary.
You’re an affiliate of his. Totally objective.
@@REVIVALFitness Matthew, take Greg out of this. Even before I ever knew who Greg was, I understood “maingaining”/lean bulking (original term) to be picking your own set point and adding calories as needed. In a lot of ways, we’re kind of sort of promoting the same thing, just coming at it from different angles with different wordage . I really feel as though maingaining critics really just hate Greg. I’m not saying anyone should try to put on muscle while being too lean for their own good. Feel it out. Maingaining at 20% bodyfat is reasonable as far as I’m concerned. I find this conversation to be silly because the facts aren’t even straight. Have you seen Natural Hypertrophy’s maingaining video? That homie gets it. I assure you I’m not trying to be a hater out here (comments help the algorithm after all). And I also assure you that Greg has not put me up to any of this 🤣 I am affiliated, because I consider Greg to be a friend who has helped me out quite a bit. I’m a fan, but not a fanboy. I show plenty of people in the fitness space the same amount of respect. Greg just happens to be more responsive than most 💪🤓
Ah, so it’s lean bulking now, despite him saying repeatedly not to bulk. He’s since shifted the narrative after being called on it many times. Will you admit that he blatantly contradicts himself?
@@REVIVALFitness as I recall, he says that he recommends lean bulking in his review of Jeff Nippard’s lean bulking diet. That was an earlier video of his that I’d watched. I’d heard Nippard, Athlean X, Kinobody, Buff Dudes, and so on touting lean bulking/maingaining/maintaining/gaintaining/whatever as a bulking and cutting alternative before stumbling onto Greg. I was on the bulking and cutting train back then, which I personally never enjoyed. I was a theme park performer at the time, and had to show off my physique on a regular basis, so traditional bulks were not conducive to the roles that I had to fulfill. Greg convinced me that that there was another way, and it changed a lot for me and my fitness (amongst other tidbits of advice that he’d given me). I never felt as though being close to 20% gave me an edge that 10-15% didn’t. In my eyes, traditional bulking and cutting is the bigger crock. I was under the impression that I needed to LOSE my abs in order to progress in the gym. Objectively not true. I tried maingaining at 6-7%, (just to try). No bueno. Upped it to 10%. Still not quite satisfied. Upped it a few percentage points further, and BOOM. I’m good. That was a bit over a year ago. My workouts last an hour and a half, and my intensity and volume are both sound. I’m getting bigger and stronger, and I’m not having to think about changing a lot in my routine (consistency is nice). About 12-14% body fat eating 3,500 cals or so. But these are all estimations at the end of the day. Both body fat percentages and calorie consumption (as I can only imagine the average RUclips Fitness consumer isn’t weighing their food). And correct me if I’m wrong, but you aren’t recommending that your subs strive for a specific body fat to bulk from, right? Assuming that I am right, then shouldn’t that kind of be the end of this debate? I can only imagine that you wouldn’t recommend that your subs go much beyond 20% body fat, as that’s certainly not healthy. And Greg has said on multiple occasions that 15% is likely the healthiest body fat for the average male, which doesn’t sound like single digits to me. But I don’t want to make this about Greg, as it is also one of my missions as a trainer to promote a maingain/lean bulk approach as a viable option. So many people already think they’re leaner than they are (my experience as a personal trainer: people do not understand body fat AT ALL), so I don’t want to begin to promote bulking, at least in a traditional sense. But in regards to Greg contradicting himself, I’m sure he has, as we all have, but I don’t know that I’ve experienced his contradicting himself on this specific topic 🧐
Now that track season is over for me I have been bulking in the off-season trying to build up my legs😂.
Man I wonder if you could do a collab with Iron Musket. Dude is tiny yet he has serious body dysmorphia. I'd love to see that dude get on a serious bulk.
He discussed my Greg nuke video in on his channel a while ago. Never directly spoken to him. But he’s been buying into RUclips BS for years unfortunately.
You are on a good crusade man
Thank you. The messages I get from young lifters are crazy. They’re ruining their lives over this crap.
I'm another example that really benefited from bulking. I'm gaining about 1.5-3kg every mesocycle (they're 6 weeks + deload week) and just not really increasing in bf %. I was supposed to cut a few mesos again, assuming I'd gain too much fat, but I still have abs. They're a bit more blurry than they were before, but I gained 20kg and actually look pretty big. I still gain about 5kg on my bench press each meso, and about 7.5 on squat and deadlift. I feel amazing and can't believe I used to spin my wheels for a very long time. I'm still pretty weak (as for youtube standards), as I'm about 2.25/3.5/4.5, but I hope I'll be proper strong in a decade. I " "plateaued" at a 75kg bench and at a 140-150kg deadlift for half a year. These past 6 months, I gained 17.5kg on my working sets on my paused bench press, 30kg on my working deadlifts and 22.5kg on my working squats. I curl the 20kg dumbbells for 4 sets of 9 from 16kg. I think I'm still at the same bf%. The gains are not slowing down at all, they're actually increasing faster because I refine my program over time as I learn what works for me. Can't believe I legit might bench 130 kg on my birthday in 6 months.
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I was fat, i leaned down by over 30kg (66lbs) and now I'm getting "fat" again on purpose. It is really easy to lose fat, first time round that 30kg took me 7 months. It could've been done quicker, or slower. Doesn't matter. Think how long it will take you to build 30kg (66lbs) of muscle? Somewhere between 15 years and never. Dropping it took 7 months.
“You have to cut for as long as you bulk!”
@@REVIVALFitness I know, right 🤦♂
I wish I had better info like this when I first started, rather than watching people like Athlean X. While I believe he provides some great advice, the truth is as NATURAL athletes to make progress we NEED to eat a lot and lift heavy, not try to maintain year round abs and stay lean which leads us nowhere.
Ab anxiety is a gains destroyer.
I was bored the other day so I decided to develop a body recomposition formula.
The formula basically proves that you can bulk a significant amount of body mass and still not get f@t, because although you'll gain f@t mass, you'll also gain lean mass and it balance out the BF% to some degree (that degree depends on your P-ratio).
Borrows from a few concepts I got from RP such as the P-ratio and rate of muscle gain.
I can try to type it as a document if you want it. Anyone should be able to understand once they have a basic understanding of algebra.
Sounds interesting. I would definitely like to see it
Omg he's literally me
Bruh I’ve gained 25 pounds mostly fat but the gainzzz started to show 🙏🏽