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Question: Bodybuilding help: Do I need to get 'ripped' before I try to bulk up?
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I've only recently tried actively and consistenly focusing on weight training/bodybuilding. I have been working out on weights over the past 2 or 3 months with some results, but I have started getting suggestions that I should focus on getting ripped and loosing all the fat that I have and then try and bulk up from there. Is this the right path that I should take or is it possible to do both at the same time? I would very much like achieve my end results as quickly as possible and ripping then bulking sounds like it will be longer in the end run, not to mention that I wouldn't mind avoiding the cost of getting something like BSN's TrueMass as I try to bulk up. I will probably post this question at BodyBuilding.com, if some of you see it there as well. Thanks for all your help in advance.
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Answer#1: Getting ripped is a result of not having excess fat. Read these weight gaining tips http://www.gainingweight.info/ to better understand.
Answer#2: U can do the two simultaneously.Eat only when hungry and not more than thrice a day. Nothing other than water in between. Include plenty of uncooked vegetables and fruits in each meal, preferably 50%. Chew each morsel at least 32 times. Do not touch articles of food or the cutlery in between. This will activate ur body to generate strong signals of hunger/fullness. Obey these signals.Take light exercises and brisk walks (minimum 20 min duration) regularly preferably twice a day.U will achieve what u have not even dreamt and that too in a reasonable time. Do not be in a hurry. It is however to be noted that one cannot change the shape or size of different parts of the body.
Answer#3: I'm not sure where you got this from but traditionally bodybuilders would do the opposite - They get large first by eating lots and training regularly and then refine their appearance by cutting down. Arnold saw himself as an artist. Fat is a necessary part of bulking up - their are times when you need that resource available jsut in case you use up your carbs and switch to metabolising protein for your energy needs. People that have the hardest time with increasing their muscle mass are normally those with a naturally small percentage of bodyfat! Their body regularly burns up their normal energy supply and then trys to find something else to replace it - normally protein.
Answer#4: well bulking up and getting ripped are different things so you can do either or bothbulking up is building muscle mass whereas getting ripped is reducing fatgenerally speaking you would want to build body mass all the time and only get ripped just before a competition - also, by depriving your body in order to get ripped you are likely to reduce your potential muscle massso, concentrate on building mass and dont worry about getting ripped
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