I can hear his voice shrieking from far in the distance

@andresmillsgallego814

3 жыл бұрын

As long as it's in the distance......far far away

@themasterecarrillo

3 жыл бұрын

Bro yes! 😂😂😂

@ivelinapancheva3681

3 жыл бұрын

hwhahhwhahhaw he's uploaded a video about Dr.Mike Israetel's..................................................... ...................................... ........................................ body fat %

@sancamilobad

3 жыл бұрын

I think Greg is gonna agree with most of this.

@nicknormando4220

3 жыл бұрын

I liked him much better before he started screaming

Mike speaks in the tone of a school teacher giving encouragement and positivity to his kids. He's like a youtube dad.

@LaurenForster

Жыл бұрын

He's like my KZread dad, well at least I see him more often 😂

"Unlock your full hugeness-potential" - Dr. Mike

Logic+science+reality= I’ll actually listen.

(Gaintain) ? Greg's screaming : (IT'S MAINGAIN COME ON) !

@FitnessComedyParodyMEMECentral

3 жыл бұрын

hahaha yeah!

@llucaristondoalzina2061

3 жыл бұрын

I promise I heard his voice reading this

@JackgarPrime

3 жыл бұрын

I had been hearing people referring to it as Gaintain for years.

@blairmonkman7507

3 жыл бұрын

@@JackgarPrime it is Gaintain this Greg guy just made up "maingaining" himself.

@chrisfrench9257

3 жыл бұрын

Said it forcme, lol.

Greg’s probably already recorded his reaction to this video

@tHatGuYdubs

3 жыл бұрын

We'll see, I'm surprised he hasn't responded to Every Damn Day Fitness calling him fake yet

@DavidRamirez831

3 жыл бұрын

@@tHatGuYdubs he’s been on vacation in Mexico so we’ll see in the future if he makes a response

@pritok6

3 жыл бұрын

@@tHatGuYdubs well greg's videos are great for entertainment and his book of recipes is quite good (i wouldnt pay for it 100 bucks but i found it online).Other than that, i wouldnt take most of his advices that seriously. But he got a point most people train like pussys. i often see people end their sets at like rpe 3 :D

@bastianian2939

3 жыл бұрын

I think Greg will agree to this more than we all think, given Mike said this counts mostly for people under 10% bf

@pritok6

3 жыл бұрын

@JoeSmith when their last rep looks easier than my first

They actually don't disagree THAT much

@chrisfrench9257

3 жыл бұрын

It seems they agree but Greg keeps it simple due to his target audience. This just breaks it down further with more detail. I've always understood maingaining to be finding one's maintenance level and then adjusting it up or down by 100-300 calories (up to 500 depending on your situation) based on goals/circumstances. This video basically described it how I've always understood it but calls it it a semi-myth.

@yewtewb3628

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisfrench9257 that's just a reasonable bulking / massing phase haha, everyone has to have hot new terms for stuff that's existed for decades

@Dominik.S.

3 жыл бұрын

@@seanodea8102 Greg has said many times that you don't need a surplus and you can gain in a deficit. Obviously that's not his one size fits all approach but a good part of his audience now thinks that you should never be in a surplus

@Dominik.S.

3 жыл бұрын

@@seanodea8102 Of course you'll always have people who misunderstand stuff but with Greg it has gotten out of hand because he uses catchphrases all the time instead of explaining some nuances like he used to. There are just too many guys going around telling everyone that you have to train to failure all the time and that being in a surplus is bad. Just look at the comments on this video. There are so many "Greg will make a response" comments, even though there's nothing in the video he'd disagree with

@Dominik.S.

3 жыл бұрын

@@seanodea8102 I have absolutely no problem with Greg's approach of simplifying things and making fitness and working out more approachable topics for the general public. Same goes for his nutrition advice. With the amount of bullshit out there, just focusing on calories and protein is a step in the better direction. What I don't like is his fanbase that is now criticizing people for going more in depth and providing deeper insights into topics like biomechanics and exercise physiology and I do in parts blame him for that.

As much as I like Greg, I must agree with Mike on this matter. There are cases where gaintaining isn’t going to be conducive to one’s goals of getting bigger and “jacked”. There was no way I could be 185lbs lean now if I continued to “maingain” at 152lbs. As soon as I ate at even a slight surplus I finally made progress. I also like how he’s open to both sides of the argument and supports maingaining under certain conditions instead of just flat out yelling “THERE IS NO NEED TO BULK EVER!!” Greg’s advice seems to apply mainly to those predisposed to being at a higher bodyfat and weight. Doesn’t work so well for guys who are naturally lean and skinny that are tired of being small.

@leopatate7639

2 жыл бұрын

Ngl I disagree with Greg on a lot of things, but greg's approach to maingaining has always been to first get to a good body fat % and then maingain, which is essentially what Mike is saying works

@ab-mb8nq

2 жыл бұрын

@@leopatate7639 true, depending on your goals it definitely does work. However if a guy who’s already been lifting seriously for some time is a skinny albeit ripped 155lbs, and he hates being skinny…well it’s more efficient to sacrifice aesthetics to gain mass and no longer be a skinny bitch

@halfrave

Жыл бұрын

Well maingaining doesn't mean eating at maintenance, according to Coach Greg specifically. You do eat at a slight surplus which, as you said, is what you did. Also, it is impossible to track calories for a "slight" surplus. Greg's approach to maingain is different from many people out there.

@halfrave

Жыл бұрын

@@leopatate7639 Exactly

@marijanspasenovski362

Жыл бұрын

@@halfrave Then why invent new term like maingaining and not use the already established lean bulk? It's because he is being intentionally unclear about it so he can gaslight people. He is a clown.

Just one correction: eating to be in a caloric surplus is not always equivalent to eating above your comfort zone. I know a lot of people who can eat in excess if they don't control themselves, so for them eating in a slight surplus is still not above their comfort zone. Great video, as always!

@Cacheola

11 ай бұрын

Me me me me meeee... just have to workout more out of my comfort zone

@HaggisDruid

10 ай бұрын

I go up and down throughout the year, probably due to the ol holiday season expansion of the stomach. It's pretty easy for me to eat above my daily caloric intake for awhile, other times I've had months where I naturally just want to eat less, but kinda force more food to maintain a temporary surplus. I bet it's for a bunch of reasons I don't understand. I'm probably just 7:00

@enriquesuarez7113

7 ай бұрын

he didnt say always, but it is the case for most skinny dudes like me

I can relate to this big time. I've been training for a few years and now that I'm a fairly lean 200lbs, I have to push RIDICULOUSLY hard to actually gain any weight (and actually to not lose it). Actually to the point where not wanting to eat becomes a major source of fatigue in my meso

"Reasons it is wrong: 1- This works ok when you are much over 10% fat " So, this works for 90% of population :T

@bastianian2939

3 жыл бұрын

99.9%*

@Magic_beans_

3 жыл бұрын

Key phrases though, “works okay” and “good gains.” Not ideal, not great, just okay. Many people have spent many many years spinning their wheels trying to recomp because they were afraid to gain weight.

@nutmalone5527

3 жыл бұрын

@@Magic_beans_ as an ex obese guy, yeah pretty much, i am planning on reaching 155lb (currently 158lbs at 5'8) and i am truly scared of gaining weight again

@AJay-sx8uh

2 жыл бұрын

99.99999 of the population

@rorynolan2322

2 жыл бұрын

@@Magic_beans_ recomp means loosing fat and gaining muscle at the same time the only reason you would want to do that is if you are indeed overwait in which case it's probably the best course of action for you and entirely possible for you to do. If your already pretty lean say 15% body fat then you don't need to recomp and to try and do so would be difficult but at 15% you don't need to be bulking either your better of trying to stay in that range of body fat going up a % or 2 isn't a big deal but going up to much just give you more to loose later on which just means your probably also going to loose any extra muscle you may have gained as a result of "bulking"

Loving your videos! You explain everything so clearly.

Bruh, eating until you are sick of it sounds like heaven to me. My maintenance is 3000 calories and i'm always moderately hungry. When i started bulking, i ate when i felt like it and i ended up at 4500 calories on clean foods only, needless to say i lost my abs in about 6 weeks eating like that.

@Yepmyaccount

11 ай бұрын

Grass is always greener. I've been skinny all my life, and any attempts to bulk is always met with pain to the point where I'd rather just not eat for a whole day than feel ill and force more food. People that can eat a lot suffer starvation, people that don't have to eat a lot suffer with the discomfort of force-feeding. I'd say pick your poison, but mother nature does it for you lol.

@enriquesuarez7113

7 ай бұрын

bruh I wish I was like u, I HATE having to eat so much, its torture, I would much rather not eat

@abiola100000

7 ай бұрын

​@Yepmyaccount bro trust me you got it good

@PaulMueller1990

3 ай бұрын

@@Yepmyaccount Why is it so hard tho? So many high calorie foods out there to be eaten so fast. Like: A bar of chocolate is literally 600 calories and just melts on your tongue while watching streams. A cup of soda at your side and you're up 1000. And these are just snacks. If you eat 3 high caloric meals anyways and serve it with fat sauces (like 1 tbsp of Oil is 105 calories already, most take 3-4) ... I don't understand how there is ever not enough calories. And by eating blood sugar spiking food your hunger should go through the roof like nothing else.

@SuperSmith

Ай бұрын

@@PaulMueller1990 all these people who struggle eating must be eating bland boiled chicken breasts and wodner why they hate it

Heck, this after the gaining weight while eating less video, I remember a time when I started working out more seriously with an intent to get muscles so went through most of the muscles in training multiple times a week and also doing running. The size and amount of the meals became massive, I had never eaten that much and especially on a daily basis. The training hunger was the type of having to eat a horse right after training. And the silly thing is I had gained weight from maybe 71 kg to 78 kg over a couple of years and not really muscle, so my weight was staying the same, muscles were growing and I was losing soft extra despite eating so a ton more. It was the dream. The other side of the coin was that the moment I wasn't training, had to recover for a week or two, eating more than little was such a chore. The daily activity level just wasn't enough to provoke proper hunger before blood sugar levels dropping. In general my body has always been somewhat lean and gaining even normal weight has been difficult, always been on the low end until recent years. Which also made it difficult to gain strength and muscularity. The ability to eat and hunger just hasn't been there for more than maintenance. Body for a runner more like. +5% without junk food in 3-6 months sounds crazy to me, 2 lbs in 9 months is much more realistic.

Such a well thought out video. Thanks very much.

Love these videos!! THANK YOU!!

The best content, thank you Dr Mike as always very well explained

Useful content, cleared a lot up about diet. Thank you!

Hey says stuff and then I think to myself "I KNEW IT!!!!" Dr. Mike is such a champ

I'm really enjoying this series.

It’s the Dr. Mike v Greg Debate part 2: Electric Boogaloo.

Yes I ..start to focus more on this part now

Yeah but how many dudes are actually below 10%?

@JKR1968

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Comment of the day.

@aleksandartoza7313

3 жыл бұрын

That's unusual for the natural folk

@miszlen00

3 жыл бұрын

don't know what you're talking about. James Blaha is definitely under 12% bf so I can be even lower, right

@bogdanmoisuc

3 жыл бұрын

Even at 15% body fat, as an intermediate lifter with average genetics, it is very hard to gain muscle without gaining any fat. In any case, is much less efficient than going in cycles. You can maingain when you reached your plateau.

@hyeongjinoh584

3 жыл бұрын

Unnatural for gringos

One thing to keep in mind is your genetics will determine how much muscle you can build. So will your age and hormonal health. We're all different so don't be afraid to experiment and see what works best for you. That can take time so be patient and open minded. This channel is pure gold! Dr. Mike is a blessing I'd give anything to have had access to this information when I started lifting in 1989. I'm 51 now and still learning.

Cant get enough of these videos!

SUPER BADASS VIDEO HELPING ME WITH MY CURRENT SITUATION WAS ABLE TO LEAN OUT TO 6.2% IVE BEEN TRYING TO GAIN MASS BUT IMMA HAVE TO FORCE THE CALORIES IN !! LIGHTWEIGHTBABY🔥🔥🔥

Ok, now I understand the gaintaining, and why you might need to do a bulk and cut processes. Thank Dr. Mike. I think I'll stick with gaintaining, as it's so effortless and pleasant.

This is probably why I haven't made a ton of progress since lifting for the first time, no clear gaining or fat loss phase. Just eating surplus somedays deficit some days and not tracking consistently. RIP

@esmee6308

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry to hear than man, but on the bright side you'll have form down and gonna see some sick progress now. I got very lucky, other than when I initially started (where I dropped to underweight from hunger just disappearing) I automatically bulk if my program is challenging enough. Currently cutting due to injury, lockdown and my clothes getting tight, but I really noticed the progress so definitely going to track and be consistent once the time comes again.

@miszlen00

3 жыл бұрын

ya, cause you obviously were under 10% bodyfat this whole time, right from the beginning, yup? it's very unlikely you actually were, so i;d start searching somewhere else for a weak link

@KorashSyndikat

3 жыл бұрын

Thats the reason why I always look funny at people when they talk about recomp. TONS of people in the gym never change how they look. They go to the gym, bust their ass but somehow they don'T recomp, even though it is being praised as such a great way to build muscle and lose fat at the same time. Most people can NOT recomp, even as a beginner or early intermediate.

@DarkAbyss9

3 жыл бұрын

Unless you've been lifting for a few years you should have still seen some semi decent results

@DarkAbyss9

3 жыл бұрын

@@KorashSyndikat as a beginner or intermediate just going to the gym and training hard consistently will result in a recomp. Hard being the key word here. Most people go to the gym, train like little fairies and never challenge themselves or use any form of progressive overload unless it's the bench press. Not to mention they don't train legs. The amount of dudes in the gym who have a higher bench press then they do squat or deadlift is sad. Bottom line if you're not recomping as a beginner or early intermediate your training or training program is trash, most likely the former as even a shitty bro split as a beginner should result in some form of a recomp

I think it's important we realize that "maingaining" or "gaintaining" is probably a good approach for MOST lifters cause let's be real, the vast majority of men are >15% BF and vast majority of women are >23% BF. Bulking is still fine if you're not fat but it's not absolutely necessary. However the best results for people who are already lean especially very lean or ripped is to gain some weight, especially since cutting the fat off will be quick and easy anyway. I like looking at it as giving yourself room for error in terms of ensuring you'll always have enough energy reserves to progressively overload over time.

@bastianian2939

3 жыл бұрын

I resonate with this. I am 16% bf and almost everyone is fatter than me at the gym. I am slowly gaining muscle in a small deficit, and i would for sure gain muscle no problem with maintaining

@youngbill06

3 жыл бұрын

@@bastianian2939 Yea anything above 15% (which I don’t think this vid is truly geared towards really) and sure a surplus can give you that little extra nudge but really that’s just more fat you gotta lose later which might put that extra muscle in jeopardy anyway. For someone like me who is almost always the leanest guy in the gym, yea I can stand to eat a bit more but it’s more the exception than the rule 😆

@koyoteval4338

3 жыл бұрын

Well said! I mean, don't get me wrong, I respect Mike's expertise and I am sure he knows all that, I just think this video is geared towards an advanced audience and maybe this should have been emphasized a little more in the disclaimer. The majority of male lifters are > 15%BF and can rather easily overeat and add weight (and fat). The things he mentions about having to force yourself to eat enough to gain weight only apply to a small percentage of the population.

@Magic_beans_

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I assume that’s why the title specifies gaintaining “for best results”. Gaintaining is fine within a certain range, but it does have its limitations. Those limitations may not matter to the general population*, but they do to RP’s target audience of coaches and dedicated athletes. * Take an average Joe, help him lean out to 12% bodyfat, get him his newbie gains, and then tell him he can maintain that by eating reasonably well and working out 2-3 hours a week. You’re a miracle worker.

@apathak34

2 жыл бұрын

Maingaining is probably a decent approach for most people cos they're already 15+% body fat but cutting to get leaner and then bulking will be a better approach. Building muscle is a lot harder and slower process than losing fat. When you're in a muscle gaining phase and training hard you really want to maximize your results and not sell yourself short by eating barely above maintanence.

Learned a lot need more like this

"There are grains of truth to gaintaining: if you are a beginner or intermediate; if you're not SUPER lean; if you train VERY hard; if your diet is very good...." That's more like an entire beach worth of "grains of truth" lmao

@Samuel-iy4vb

3 жыл бұрын

Facts.

@TheSalvaDoorian

3 жыл бұрын

true. I prefer to look like I lift year round and slowly gain mass/strength :D

@chrisbaker7760

3 жыл бұрын

You conveniently left out the most important part of that, which is that you're actually eating in a caloric surplus, just not intentionally. That's no different from what he's proposing as the most optimal strategy: a small caloric surplus, gaining 5% of your bodyweight in 3-6 months.

@jamesdashper1316

3 жыл бұрын

If all you do is gaintain u will always look average

@jamesdashper1316

3 жыл бұрын

@Reloaded Past I’m not fat so I can’t do this. If you are overweight you should recomp for the first year or so and drop body fat till you are around 10 percent body fat. At that point you won’t be able to recomp so you should slowly bulk up to around 15 percent gaining lots of muscle and a little bit of fat. Then cut down to ten percent and repeat

My doctor says to maingain in order to have an easier prep. I tried bulking/cutting and maingaining and my prep was way easier and my progress was easier to track. It’s not that you gain more, it’s just that you lose less. It’s also not about being at really low numbers, it’s about not getting excess fat.

@hamishakl

2 жыл бұрын

Did you win

If my lifts are going up; I'm good. If not, I'll try eating more. I'm not doing multiple bulk cycles every year.

I was just looking for a video like this. How convenient

With your tips and advice, i found the will power to unlock my full potential. Thanks Dr.Mike!!!!

These videos make Dr Mike look like he's in a giant baby highchair

Good stuff Dr Mike!!💪👍👌👏😎

4:51 Sounds like you described me Dr. Mike! I get hungry as hell when I train 😂 Never had to do a focused bulk.

Great as always!

my bodyfat is around 15-18% right now and i seem 2 be responding best to gaintaining.. i often have 2 eat less that i want ( hungry as fk when i train) , even when i eat filling and healthy meals i do not drop in weight. but i seem to get a little bit leaner every month. and most important i feel very good training and the way i look is coming 2 gether.

Yea I focused more on a better diet and food size .. and a deload week ..I think I not doing deload right ,,I always go to heavy on my deload s I think 💭 🤔 ,. So making few adjustments to my workouts during this week for next four weeks .. I want to see a video on doing right deload s. So I go thi ur older videos see if there a good deload one ,, you got lots good info Mike online ..thanks @ Marcus

For me bulking is eating normally, I only have to be careful not to gain too much fat.

@MartinovicFitness

3 жыл бұрын

@asd fgh you are sick

@nirupamcarteick5550

3 жыл бұрын

Same!

I really like to stay in a slight surplus and check my weight/bf% etc every 4 weeks, I’m not at the point where I need to worry much about eating too much yet, so I guess it’s enough for me As always nice vid, Doc Love the content

Another factor that makes "maingaining" a lot more viable is gear. Steroids will significantly alter how much fat your body is willing to shed in favour of muscle before it reaches that "tipping point".

The is such an underrated video!

7:00 That’s my situation. I seem to have a pretty adaptive metabolism, so I have to keep pushing my Calories higher if I want to gain. By the end of a 6-month gain phase I have to eat 800-1,000 Calories over my normal maintenance to gain a fraction of a pound per week. I just don’t have the hunger cues to eat a reasonably healthy 3,700 kcals. (For what it’s worth, it happens on the way down too, and it suuucks.)

good video, thanks doctor mike

I can’t believe I got a comment in before Greg!!!

Awesome video.man really enjoyed it. Such a great perspective and it's what I have run into. I have had to take my caloric intake higher and higher intentionally over the last year. I have been gaining weight very slowly, about a pound a a month. It's been intentional to minimize fat gain but I have definitely gotten to the point where it's uncomfortable to eat at times. You are right about setting your mind in a goal and pursuing it even when it's not fun. All the best to you!

Also, low energy availability results in high AMPk expression, resulting in less anabolic signaling.

@landerhendrickx3522

3 жыл бұрын

How is maingaining low energy :D

@johncalla2151

3 жыл бұрын

What is "low energy availability"?

Fuck this is gonna be good.

Very good stuff doctor

I'm commenting before Greg Doucette's response- willing to bet that Greg is going to MOSTLY agree. I don't think Greg and Mike are disagreeing too much.

Great presentation. What cam and mic are u using?

Thank god someone is talking about us lean guys. Its pretty frustrating hearing about main gaining all the time when you're already pretty lean.

@juliawilliams1355

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. As a female who naturally sits at 17-18% this does not work for me. I have to eat absurd amounts of food for my bodyweight to gain muscle.

@johanndaart7326

3 жыл бұрын

@@juliawilliams1355 Don't eat it then, drink it ;)

@juliawilliams1355

3 жыл бұрын

@@johanndaart7326 I'm sure you thought you were clever when you wrote that but playing semantics when you clearly know what I mean is not only unhelpful but annoying

@johanndaart7326

3 жыл бұрын

@@juliawilliams1355 Woah, the point I was making, is that drinking calories is easier than chewing them. It's very easy to bulk on high calorie shakes.

@juliawilliams1355

3 жыл бұрын

@@johanndaart7326 I'm sure you thought you were clever when you wrote that but playing semantics when you clearly know what I mean is not only unhelpful but annoying

It simply mean you don’t do dedicated bulking and cutting cycles. They’re not necessary for optimal gains. It’s only a problem if individuals are focused on staying very lean all the time and are afraid to gain weight. You can stay at 12-15 percent and make great gains and look good without worrying about it. It’s far more common for beginners to mess crap up with a dreamer bulk

I hear this advice from all the quality, knowledgeable resources. My question is, does this apply to ages from 17-60 or only for those under 40? Regardless of one's training age?

Gain this waaaaaay, walk this waaaaaay!

I'm at the point where I have pretty much as much muscle as I can build & reasonably lean, I slightly lose during the week & slightly gain during the weekend, maybe a couple of lbs, been training 20 years though

I feel like gaintaining might be for me. I'm basically a beginner, I stopped working out when the pandemic started, and I'm pretty sure I'm above 30% body fat

@Yugo5300

2 жыл бұрын

Dude +30% is obese and for gaintaining is not for these 2 types of people; 1 obese people with unhealthy body fat (you should cut slowly to a healthy bf%, maybe around 15%) 2 bodybuilders who competed or people who are realy thin and under 10% body fat

What’s good Dr Mike

Pure Gold🤙

wow this was insanely informative.

Thanks... really needed that (Writing from my sisters account)

Where Greg at? Can't wait.

@psidud

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think he said anything that would disagree with what Greg generally says tbh. Doesn't Greg also say to eat at a slight (100~ cal) surplus to gain? And a slight deficit to lose? Sounds to me like Mike is saying the same thing with the addition that no caloric surplus with low bf = no gains

@SZD06564

3 жыл бұрын

psidud No bro, Greg has said multiple time that any calorie surplus is stupid since you will gain fat inevitably

@gustavosanches3454

3 жыл бұрын

@@SZD06564 Greg said that for people above 15% BF who wants to go on a bulk of 300+ calories surplus. For any other cases Greg pretty much said the same Mike said in this video. The thing is most of the time Greg's videos are aimed towards the average joe with little to no experience in nutrition and lifting while Mike is clearly talking for people with a bit more knowledge in the matter. Its like Mike said in this video: if you're above 15% then maingaining is a valid strat that will almost always work well; and we all know that 95% of people are well above 15% BF lol.

@dakotajegels927

3 жыл бұрын

*Maingain

@DarkAbyss9

3 жыл бұрын

@@SZD06564 someone doesn't actually listen to Greg 🤦

I'm gaintaining nowadays, and seems to be working. I take corticosteroids, so managing my body composition is extremely difficult, especially if I want to be semi-shredded. I think maingaining is my only option. Because of the steroids, I gain fat very fast (all in my midsection, yeh), and it's extremely difficult to lose. I gain muscle better in a higher surplus, but the amount of effort I have to expend to lean out just isn't worth it. I wish it were different.

That was really good video

Does gaintaining have to come with intuitive eating? It can be optimized and monitored close to maintenance, right?

The 175lb then bounce up and down 5lbs happens to me all the time.

Fantastic

You are funny and very smart great stuff

Dr mike just killed my dream. 😫

I'm at 185cm 21% bodyfat after cutting for way too long i started at 112kg and now I'm 90kg but diet fatigue set in seemingly out of nowhere I am now maintaining my weight in an attempt to get that fatigue away but I still want to gain muscle while doing this so I'm kind of hoping this is an option for me and by the sounds of it it might be the answer to still losing fat for the 5 months I'm maintaining and hopefully gain muscle again.

wow well when i was trying to LOSE weight it was ridiculous hard. it seemed like it was taking forever. now that you did, the opposite is happening. i've upped my calories to 1700 (from 1200, and i believe 1300 was maintenance), and im still 115 lbs. started adding almond butter to my breakfast. thinking of ways to increase a little but not ungodly.

Greg punching the air right now

great vid

What is a good amount of time to go on a bulk?

I’m curios whats the percentage of people (in your experience) who actually have to force feed to put on weight. Cause eating in a surplus isn’t a problem for most people I know, usually the surplus is reached too easily and a deficit is way harder to constantly be in.

@Decocoa

3 жыл бұрын

Its only easy in the initial stage, but over a prolonged gaining phase, even when ure not hungry you have to get the food in.

@skullcrackers187

3 жыл бұрын

Also depends what you eat. Not easy to eat surplus of chicken rice and broccoli but cheeseburgers 🤤

@peorse4593

3 жыл бұрын

@@Decocoa how long would you say before that takes in to effect? I think the longest I’ve tried was 4 months and had to stop because weight was being put on too fast.

@esmee6308

3 жыл бұрын

@@skullcrackers187 My parents love taking us to all you can eat buffet style restaurants and we're... we're all terrible. However they easily down 10-20k calories in the sitting from having a bit of everything (pastries, deep fat fried stuff, kcal-dense sauces and dressings, cheeses, multiple desserts etc,) my brother and I down 2k+ of lean meats fresh from the grill. We look, by far, the worst when it comes down to the food we're shovelling down, but you can eat a lot of lean beef, chicken and occasionally fish and exotic meats from a grill. Drives our it's-our-genes-morbidly-obese parents nuts because I eat like a pig and stay lean. My brother is obese but not due to those days. :'')

@free_dht5128

3 жыл бұрын

I was underweight as a teenager, I ate more when I started lifting. Eating 90% healthy foods I need to force feed to even reach 3000kcal when I am alone. In social settings I eat a lot more automatically don't know why.

PRICELESS

Whatever it takes, bro

Man I went from 165 - 180-85 when switching from CrossFit to full hyptrophy. But I've done minicuts and lost 12 lbs.

Good Video Mike!

@jimbowimbo3796

3 жыл бұрын

Oops 😬

Recomp is possible.

"You dont need to get fat in the off season!!"

@Jordanslifts

3 жыл бұрын

@@Abraham_Kist-Okazaki I'm quoting greg doucette bro

@rananapier8424

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jordanslifts lol he deleted his comment, must have felt stupid after

@Jordanslifts

3 жыл бұрын

@@rananapier8424 I noticed that too😂

I see maingaining as u still lean bulk or cut But then U pick the weight and body fat u want by bulking or cutting then stay close to your target weight year round instead of yo-yo dieting over bulking then dieting. Hard. Instead stay close to ideal body fat and weight that u want then maintain close too it year round.

Some people are natural endomorphs, and don't need to bulk to gain muscle. They just need to eat clean, healthy food.

So if I'm around 30% bmi, could I build muscle in a slight caloric deficit?

Im overweight a little bit, maybe 22% bf, but i dont eat less to reduce my BF. It happens cause im running, cycling and working out. Not everyday each thing. So even tho im not in a restrict diet, i eat vegetables, fruits, rice and beans, and some cake, cookies too... But i just eat some kind of cookies, some kind of yogurt....i dont benge too much in sugars. But...when i do, its with chocolate ice cream and brownie. 💪💝 I love jogging nowadays, stopped drinking, etc... Im a new person today. 173 (75 kg) (two months before, 87 kg)

Okay one question: People always claim beginners can easily put on muscle while maintaining or even in a deficit. But if the beginner is 8% bodyfat, there is no way that he puts on muscle in a deficit right? This would break the laws of thermodynamics. Or would that beginners bodyfat actually drop to 5% because the body thinks the muscle is more important?

@darkninja___

2 жыл бұрын

You are never going to find a beginner at 8% body fat unless they are a marathon runner or have a disease.

As a young woman, it’s very hard in our society to have a healthy relationship with food and eating in moderation. I have fluctuated between starving myself and binging and it’s so unhealthy though I lost weight, I never had energy and was always depressed. You taught me so much more than anyone on this channel or in Instagram, to moderate!

@SpaghettiToaster

2 жыл бұрын

What does society have to do with it?

@dtosmanm4743

2 жыл бұрын

@@SpaghettiToaster shes a poor victim of the patriarchy, let her cry :(

@darkninja___

2 жыл бұрын

@@SpaghettiToaster Societal expectations are a real thing or are you just delusional enough to believe that nothing that happens around you influences how you think?

@SpaghettiToaster

2 жыл бұрын

@@darkninja___ How do societal expectations make it hard to eat normally?

@darkninja___

2 жыл бұрын

@@SpaghettiToaster Social media perpetuates unrealistic body images which creates a standard that people compare themselves to.

What can one expect if they're overweight, never ate at a proper maintenance or bulk, never hit their newb gains, and try maingaining? I'm 27% body fat, formerly 31% body fat from recomping. Been off and on my fitness journey to where my strength is still at beginner levels, was always either in a purposeful cut or neglecting my nutrition entirely (lost and regained the same pounds of fat for years). Can I still expect decent fat loss and muscle gain? Or just more of one than the other since I'm over weight? Or can I by some miracle somehow expect accelerated muscle gain as if I was bulking since I have an excess of stored calories from fat and (maybe plenty) of newb gains to still reap from never eating at maintenance or a surplus?

If you increase your volume like you should, your appetite should self-regulate as needed, especially if you cut out stimulants.

get ready for Doc

I'm the body type that is always bigger and wants to put on fat. I got down to 15% bodyfat with abs but I couldn't lose any more and was losing muscle. I'm not sure if I should be bulking or trying to gaintain.

This is the first time I actually read "grains" of truth as opposed to "gains" of truth.

To play devil's advocate for Greg, he advocated for maintaining your body fat level, not your weight. So he did say to use a small surplus, not eat exactly at maintenance.

Eat the food unlock the potential 😎 that’s what I’ve doing lately trying to eat hypercaloric because I burn so much calories between training hard and my work I was “gaintaining” for a while but since I upped my calories I’m constantly eating through the day and seeing weight gain as well as training and physique improvements I’m not the leanest but not worried about that at all stepping out of my comfort zone I’ll cut back down again 😎

I know I'm late to the party, but how does this relate to weight LOSS? I've been hovering at the same weight for the better part of a year. My body is changing my reps are going up. I'm getting stronger, but the scale is stagnant. And I'm already super low calorically.

I'm just trying to figure out who has trouble eating in a surplus. Like, is that a thing? Do people really have to force feed themselves? I start getting fat waaay before my calories get that high.

So i feel as if you’re in calisthenics or in gymnastics you want to gaintain