Trying to Bulk up

There needs to be a sticky for this subject. It comes up on a weekly basis. You need a good diet (with a calorie surplus) combined with a progressive resistance program and you will achieve your goal. You can do it on garbage food, but you'll just end up underperforming and being fat. Cardio is fine, but going for more intense sessions like heavy-bag work and hill sprints would be more beneficial than the long distance runs; which are more aerobic and are better for people who are trying to lose weight than gain. Core-work is fine, but it should act as a finisher and should incorporate the ENTIRE core (rosstraining infinite intensity drills are pretty good). The resistance program should be built around big/simple/basic compound exercises.

 

While core exercises are beneficial, Virus' original point is valid. Ab workouts will not prevent a fatty stomach while bulking as it is not possible to target areas for fat loss.

 

Lots of core work + shitty eating = muscle gut... not a good look..

 

yup, i was doing cardio and abs for a while, and i still dont have a 6 pack :-( but now i'm doing some other kind of ab workout at night before i go to bed

 

I think everyone is different , Best way to lose fat ( well for me anyway ) is to jog for two minutes 10 secs then sprint for 50 secs and just repeat for as long as your fitness lets u ? People say to walk/slow jog instead of run because your body burns muscle instead of fat if u work your heart rate up ( so if you are trying to build muscle.... )

What u eat is everything though

I would not concentrate to much on Abs if you have alot of body fat , But doing core exercises will make you stronger on the weights !

 

Just buy some human growth hormone! :thumbsup

 

Anaerobic work puts your body in an anabolic state which helps build muscle. Distance work is more likely to put your body into a catabolic state, breaking down muscle for energy. It has nothing to do with your heart rate.

If you're in some way referring to the "fat burning zone" it's bull****.

 

catabolic and anabolic are an overall thing.

at any point in time your body is going to be both breaking down and building mass .

if overall your body is building mass its in an anabolic state, if over all your body is loosing mass your in a catabolic state.

assuming you have enough fuel and protiens you can maintain an anabolic state all the time reguardless if your doing arobic or anarobic work, though with distance work you use more fuel and require more protien so its harder to maintain an anabolic state.

 

I dont believe that , that abs are made in the kitchen,

its genetics , and low bodyweight that does it , some people will show very little if any abs

 

Huh? Everyone has abs to a degree. If somebody who does basic training gets to around 10% bodyfat or below that person will start seeing their abs or will have very defined abs. To get that low body fat your diet has to be very good, that's what the "made in the kitchen" thing meant. Somebody could have great genetics but they'll still get fat on a **** diet.

I don't get what you're trying to say. You have to be very light and have amazing genetics to have visible abs?

 

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That picture is meant to prove something?

 

Whats your thoughts on it ?

 

It's a picture of Calzaghe...

 

I can guarantee anyone on a healthy diet consuming the correct amount of calories can get to a body fat level that allows them to see their abs, bad genetics or not.

If I'm understanding you correctly what you're saying is just a bad excuse.