What do we all think of the reddit bulking page?

TheCenturion

TheCenturion

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http://www.reddit.com/r/gainit

I'm anticipating a very negative response on here to be honest :p

I found this the other day and have been looking through it. There is some rubbish on there, but overall, the posters seems to understand the basics of eating clean, eating big, compound lifts, and lifting big.

The one part I can't believe is the gains that some people claim to have made. Some guys are gaining 50+ lbs kg in just a year or two. That just doesn't seem right to me.

Also gomad is loved very much on there :D
 
Without going on reddit... do you mean 50lb in body weight or lifting weight?
 
I personally find it difficult to relate to these kind of situations, I really cannot understand how anyone has as high a BMR as people like this claim nor can I see how it's hard to gain. GOMAD just seems like madness to me, it's so bloody easy to eat food and gain weight for me I just can't understand it.

They do get awesome results though, ecto's that are naturally lean can look good year round whilst still stuffing there faces. Jelly.
 
What issues are you expecting to be contentious?

Putting on 50lb of bodweight in a year is entirely possible, it just won't all be muscle.

The whole hardgainer thing is a non-issue tbh, you're just not eating enough* and possibly not training hard enough.

*OP I know you have dietary considerations here...
 
Come on then give us some evidence. Post up a precise food log for a week or so and your training. Thermodynamics, if your not gaining your not eating enough simple as that.
 
Morba said:
How much are you eating and how are you training?
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Probably not enough. Either that, or the wrong food.

OP is a strict vegetarian that - IIRC - doesn't eat fish, either (I suppose that means he's a proper vegetarian?).

GOMAD diets work for some (assuming the consumer isn't allergic to milk, which for a lot of non-Northern Europeans is not the case) because of the protein and carb levels in milk. Does that make it a good idea? Not really.

The Reddit page in particular has some interesting entries, but I suspect a lot of the people on there don't understand why what they're doing is actually working or not. This includes the OPs, too.

This is my favourite so far...


Im 5"6 and only 105 lbs (male). How can I gain some lbs?
Im tired of looking sickly skinny for my age group. What are some ways i can gain some, in a healthy way? Also, I am allergic to dairy, nuts, and eggs so please keep that in mind. Thanks!

Response 1: C'mon bro we've had this thread already. Find it.
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Response 2: We have this thread like four times a day.

Response 3: Eat more.

Response 4: Eat food and lift weights, this isn't ****ing rocket surgery.

Response 5: Eat until you're nauseous. Lift heavy ****. Sleep HARD. Repeat until swole.
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Bottom line: eat more (appreciate this is tricky for you). Train harder (looking at your last form thread posts, yiou aren't lifting enough to challenge yourself). Sleep more (this might also be a challenge as you've just started at university).

You know what you have to do: do it. ;)
 
Gtiracer said:
Come and live with me for 6 months i will happily prove you wrong.

Don't make claims you cannot back up
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lol

You're the one claiming to defy science, feel free to prove me wrong.

I GUARANTEE that if I had complete control over your diet, training and lifestyle over 6 months you would put on muscle.
 
TheCenturion said:
http://www.reddit.com/r/gainit

I'm anticipating a very negative response on here to be honest :p

I found this the other day and have been looking through it. There is some rubbish on there, but overall, the posters seems to understand the basics of eating clean, eating big, compound lifts, and lifting big.

The one part I can't believe is the gains that some people claim to have made. Some guys are gaining 50+ lbs kg in just a year or two. That just doesn't seem right to me.

Also gomad is loved very much on there :D
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50lbs in a year is perfectly achievable....

If you want to get some fat, and you like a ***** in your bum.
 
Gtiracer said:
Come and live with me for 6 months i will happily prove you wrong.

Don't make claims you cannot back up
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Well put your money where your mouth is then. I bet you're just not eating enough.

Unless you're one of the few people with a genuine metabolism condition - then it really is that simple.
 
I always thought that you can gain only a few lbs of lean mass per year if you train hard and eat really well? Or is that once you've been in the game for a few years?

50lbs, how much of that will be fat and how much will actually be lean mass?
 
TheCenturion said:
I always thought that you can gain only a few lbs of lean mass per year if you train hard and eat really well? Or is that once you've been in the game for a few years?

50lbs, how much of that will be fat and how much will actually be lean mass?
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Unless you're using "Special Supplements" then upwards of 75% of that will be fatty fat fat. Although if you've still got your n00b gains to come then you might do quite well in avoiding fat gain for the first few months at least.
 
Most people simply don't eat enough, or eat too much of the wrong stuff to put on weight in the 'right way.

If that same person gets their diet sorted WITHOUT training, then there is a reasonable chance they will gain weight through a mixture of muscle and fat in equal portions if that's how their metabolism works. Or they will lose weight because the body gets what it needs and nothing more.

For instance, I started off in the gym end of February this year having recovered from a nasty car accident at 82.5kg-ish and decided I wanted to bulk after nearly four months of sub-maintenance diet (around 2200 calories/day), simply because my activity was so low.

In five months, I'd put on over 7kgs of mass without flabbing out (check out my "first to 90kgs" thread), simply because of the training I was doing (which was all new) and my diet was appropriate to what I needed. I'm not going to say I'm lean, but if you look at the pictures, I haven't exactly turned intoMr. Blobby.

So it is possible to do it without turning into a lard ball, assuming your metabolism is geared the right way, your training matches up (I have massive legs and glutes now), and you don't eat rubbish.

Now, if I decided to cut properly, a la Kai, I'd probably drop 10kgs without too much trouble. But I have more important things to do, like eat carbs. :D
 
TheCenturion said:
I always thought that you can gain only a few lbs of lean mass per year if you train hard and eat really well? Or is that once you've been in the game for a few years?

50lbs, how much of that will be fat and how much will actually be lean mass?
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You can only gain a few lbs of lean mass a year. And the more you have the slower it becomes to get!
 
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