what would you recommend

[njk]

just want to know what diet i should be following? my stats are 6' 190 9-10 % bf, 27 yrs. old, want to be around 205-210 lbs of quality size. would limiting my carb intake be a bad idea for a person like me? thanks for help.

[bad_man]

Ahh, crap. There was a sticky on how to put together a bulking diet but it was lost with the recent problems with the database.

[Spoon]

i guess you can go on a bulking diet til you gain your desired weight. just folllow the cutting diet but have a surplus of calories. say 500 cal. by using the cutting diet as a model, you get to gain as much lean mass with minimal fat gain. get lots of protein and no, you can maintain 2-3 carb meals on workout days, first thing in am, pwo and ppwo. good luck

[RockyX]

Do a search for bulk diets and you can probably dig up some good examples. Limiting carbs may be the way to go when you're cutting, but not when you are trying to gain weight/LBM.

[njk]

Do a search for bulk diets and you can probably dig up some good examples. Limiting carbs may be the way to go when you're cutting, but not when you are trying to gain weight/LBM.

thanks, so your saying if i am trying to put on more weight than LBM than i should not limit my carb intake that much? i basically have the same body as yourself just a little bigger 6' 192 lbs. want to be bigger but keep vascularity thanks for help.

[daman1]

Try also to use a set up the cutting diet with meal placements, except take in more calories than you burn and do less cardio.

[njk]

Try also to use a set up the cutting diet with meal placements, except take in more calories than you burn and do less cardio.

daman could you give me an example of what byou would eat on a typical dsay if you were me. thanks

[daman1]

I just use a set up of that of a cutting diet like such:

On cardio and training days:

Meals- 1,2,3,4 and 7 would be pro/fat and meals 5,6 would be pro/carb
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On non cardio and training days:

Meals- 2,3,4 and 7 would be pro/fat and meals 1,5 and 6 would be pro/carb
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On cardio and non-training days:

Meals- 1,2,3,4,5 and 7 would be pro/fat and meal 6 would be pro/carb.

[njk]

I just use a set up of that of a cutting diet like such:

On cardio and training days:

Meals- 1,2,3,4 and 7 would be pro/fat and meals 5,6 would be pro/carb
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On non cardio and training days:

Meals- 2,3,4 and 7 would be pro/fat and meals 1,5 and 6 would be pro/carb
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On cardio and non-training days:

Meals- 1,2,3,4,5 and 7 would be pro/fat and meal 6 would be pro/carb.

ok, but shouldn't i have some form of carb with every meal if i want to put on more size? like whole wheat bread, brown rice, etc. since i am naturally vascular i can not be that insulin sensative ? thanks

[SwoleCat]

Here you have a case of try both ways and see what is best for you. D thought you were cutting, but you are not. So, u could have carbs at some meals, but you'll have to see what you can get away with. Carbs at every meal won't yield more lean muscle tissue, no. Carbs don't build lean mass, protein does. Carbs are protein sparing, yes, but fats can be as well. Try your way w/the carbs at every meal, and after 2-3 months see how you look. Then next time, or after that, try Daman's suggestions and see what that gets you.

That's the only way you are going to know. We can't tell you that you should have carbs or you should not, we've no idea.

~SC~

[njk]

Here you have a case of try both ways and see what is best for you. D thought you were cutting, but you are not. So, u could have carbs at some meals, but you'll have to see what you can get away with. Carbs at every meal won't yield more lean muscle tissue, no. Carbs don't build lean mass, protein does. Carbs are protein sparing, yes, but fats can be as well. Try your way w/the carbs at every meal, and after 2-3 months see how you look. Then next time, or after that, try Daman's suggestions and see what that gets you.

That's the only way you are going to know. We can't tell you that you should have carbs or you should not, we've no idea.

~SC~

thanks swole, daman, and everyone else, just a quick question, if i want to make my muscles look fuller and keep the same vascularity what should i focus my eating on? thanks again.just thought that clean carbs like brown rice and whole wheat bread with protein might help this effect.