2907: How to Clean Bulk Without Getting Fat (The Exact Formula)
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You just found the most downloaded fitness, health, and entertainment podcast in history, approaching half a billion downloads. This is Mind Pump. Today's episode is on clean bulking. What is it and how to do it? properly. By the way, we have trainers and coaches here at Mind Pump that can help you with your diet and your nutrition. They'll coach you through it. And these are Mind Pump coaches, so they're good. And we have a code for 50% off. Go to mindpumpnutrition.com. Use the code MP50 for the half off. This episode is brought to you by a sponsor, Crisp Power. Look, if you're looking for a snack that actually fits your macros without sacrificing taste or crunch, You need to try Chris Power Protein Pretzels.
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The topic for today's episode, clean bulking. What is it and how can you do it? Let's get to it.
Justin's a big dirty bulker. I love bulking, you guys.
He's a big dirty bulker. Let's break it down first for people who aren't familiar. Bulking is a term that... relates to trying to gain size or muscle, right? Strength usually accompanies this. Now, we've changed the term to mean other things, or should I say we've used different terminology that's also describing clean bulking in a way to make it more appealing to certain people. For example, reverse diet. Reverse diet is actually a clean bulk. And the reason why we call it a reverse diet is because when you tell, in particular, women, we're going to bulk you, even though you're trying to lose body fat, they will run in the opposite direction.
Well, I think another thing that it implies is that it's controlled, right? Because it's a diet, reverse diet. You're still following a plan where bulk... Doesn't necessarily signal- It sounds like there's no plan. Yeah, it doesn't signal plan, really.
Yeah, bulk sounds like you're off your diet. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're trying to get big. Yeah, but this has been around for a long time. Strength athletes, athletes and general fighters have done this for a long time. Really, it's the attempt at trying to build- strength and muscle. And what comes along with that is like a faster metabolism. This is why bulking or reverse dieting is attractive to people who want to lose weight because through this process, you speed up your metabolism. Through this process, in many cases, especially if you're somebody that chronically diets or has always tried to get leaner and you've never tried to do something like this, this can be very healthy. It can balance out hormones.
It can make you feel a lot better. It can get rid of pain. I've had many clients who We're so afraid of gaining weight. They always ate in this really controlled way. And then we put them in a clean bulk strategy, and they feel so good. They have tons of energy, tons of strength, the result of which being more muscle and eventually later on less body fat. So a clean bulk is – is trying to build muscle with minimal fat gain. Dirty bulk is no strategy. Dirty bulk is I'm just going to eat a bunch of food.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–6:02
2
What is a clean bulk and how does it differ from a dirty bulk?
6:02–16:24
3
What happened in Sal's 60-day dirty bulk competition and what did he learn?
16:24–21:18
4
How do bodybuilders' offseason dirty bulks lead to losing progress?
21:18–28:28
Speakers
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