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<blockquote data-quote="Tim9000" data-source="post: 38771" data-attributes="member: 1419">Nutrition (and adequate caloric intake) is important but the standard advice to eat everything is sight is flawed. I tried it and gained a pound a week for 20 weeks. At the end I figured I'd gained about 15lbs of muscle and 5lbs fat. Boy was I wrong. I'd gained about 18lbs of fat and 3lbs muscle, and it took six months of moderate dieting to burn the fat off.Fat distributes itself throughout the body (including visceral fat behind the abdominal wall, which is insidious). Men who aren't ultra-low body fat to begin with but who are nonetheless trim looking by modern standards will continue to look almost exactly the same to themselves (and anyone seeing them day-to-day) while increasing body fat by several percentage points.This fellow thinks the overeating advice is bunk and suggests that most men will be able to gain at a maximum 1-2lbs of lean muscle mass per month:<a href="http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance/the_truth_about_bulking" target="_blank">http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance/the_truth_about_bulking</a>I wouldn't be surprised if with a *perfect* regimen of lifting and eating I'd get half that (I'm undertaking a serious experiment with a new routine now).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim9000, post: 38771, member: 1419"] Nutrition (and adequate caloric intake) is important but the standard advice to eat everything is sight is flawed. I tried it and gained a pound a week for 20 weeks. At the end I figured I'd gained about 15lbs of muscle and 5lbs fat. Boy was I wrong. I'd gained about 18lbs of fat and 3lbs muscle, and it took six months of moderate dieting to burn the fat off. Fat distributes itself throughout the body (including visceral fat behind the abdominal wall, which is insidious). Men who aren't ultra-low body fat to begin with but who are nonetheless trim looking by modern standards will continue to look almost exactly the same to themselves (and anyone seeing them day-to-day) while increasing body fat by several percentage points. This fellow thinks the overeating advice is bunk and suggests that most men will be able to gain at a maximum 1-2lbs of lean muscle mass per month: [URL]http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance/the_truth_about_bulking[/URL] I wouldn't be surprised if with a *perfect* regimen of lifting and eating I'd get half that (I'm undertaking a serious experiment with a new routine now). [/QUOTE]

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