During my off
season as a bodybuilder, I would go into a bulk phase in which I would try and gain mass and become as strong and gain as much muscle as possible.
Not exact matches
Unfortunately, for some
bodybuilders, the bulking
season symbolizes a free pass to eat
as much junk food
as they want, so it's not very surprising that the end result of this practice is new layers of fat covering their hard - trained muscles.
This 10 set method of training was used primarily by
bodybuilders and weight lifters during the off -
season, to pack on
as much muscle mass
as they possibly could.
Some
seasoned bodybuilders would even go
as far
as to say that abs are made in the kitchen and not in the gym.
They have the massive, shredded physique of a
seasoned bodybuilder yet they are strong
as a competing powerlifter.
As the above equation is intended for
bodybuilders in a steady, maintainable state, special adjustments should be made for «bulking» off -
season bodybuilders who, due to heavy food and liquid intake, often carry additional pounds of «lean body mass» in the form of fluid retention, labile proteins and contents in the digestive tract.
There's a common misconception among
bodybuilders as to what «off
season» is.
For some
bodybuilders, being in an off -
season mode and bulking up is something to look forward to
as they use it
as an excuse to binge eat and gorge themselves on a selection of calorific foods that they have denied themselves for so long
as they were dieting down and cutting.