LEAN BUILDING VERSUS BULKING PHASES: HOW TO GAIN MUSCLE WITHOUT GETTING FAT | LEAN GAINS SERIES PART 3 | EP. 210
Chasing Clarity: Health & Fitness PodcastShow Notes
A lot of people say they want to build muscle.
But what they end up doing is taking the same extreme mindset they use during fat loss and flipping it in the opposite direction.
They go from cutting calories aggressively to force feeding food, loosening up diet quality, gaining weight too fast, and calling that a productive building phase.
And that is exactly where a lot of people go wrong.
In this episode of the Chasing Clarity Health & Fitness Podcast, I break down the difference between a Lean Building Phase and the more traditional bulking approach many people take, why the “eat big to get big” mentality backfires, and how to actually gain muscle without packing on unnecessary body fat in the process.
If you’ve ever been hesitant to go into a building phase because you’re afraid of getting fat, or if you’ve tried to build in the past and ended up overshooting, this episode will help you reframe the entire process.
HERE’S WHAT WE COVER:
THE MOST COMMON MISTAKE MANY PEOPLE MAKE WITH NUTRITION FOR MUSCLE GROWTH WHY YOU CANNOT FORCE FEED THE MUSCLE GROWTH PROCESS LEAN BUILDING VS BULKING PHASES WHY FOOD QUALITY, ADHERENCE & TRACKING STILL MATTER IN A SURPLUS THE DRAWBACKS OF TAKING AN AGGRESSIVE BULKING APPROACH HOW EXCESS FAT GAIN CAN WORSEN BODY COMPOSITION, BIOFEEDBACK & METABOLIC HEALTH THE ADVANTAGES OF TAKING A LEAN BUILDING APPROACH TO MUSCLE GAIN HOW TO GAIN MORE LEAN MASS WITH LESS FAT MASS WHILE STAYING HEALTHIER THROUGHOUT THE PHASE
If you’re interested in doing a Lean Building Phase and want to be properly guided through the process, this is a phase I take many clients through to help them maximize muscle gain while minimizing unnecessary fat gain.
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