How we're used to thinking: "I'm on a bulk, so it's perfectly normal that I'm gaining fat along with muscle. It's not for nothing that everyone cuts afterwards, right?"
How it really is. One of the most common misconceptions that's still popular across the CIS. The myth started back in the 90s. Due to total misunderstanding of physiology and dietetics principles.
It's important to understand. For muscle growth, the diet should be sufficient and balanced. Fat is the excess of our diet. Everything that the body doesn't need at the current moment.
But the problem of the 90s was that in those distant times, principles of rational nutrition weren't even heard of. And any attempts at quality gains were broken against illiterate diets written by equally illiterate trainers. Not nutritionists, not doctors, and not even modern fitness instructors with certificates from distance nutrition courses (lasting 2 weeks, or even a whole month). They were written by the same ordinary guys who at best read a couple of Muscle & Fitness magazines.
And what was left? Right—eat. And the more the better, to maximally cover all muscle tissue growth needs. Of course, there was no getting around fat sides anymore. It was a harsh time.
And what about now? Nowadays the situation has gotten better. The iron curtain fell with the arrival of high-speed internet. The fitness industry spread its shoulders. Narrow specialists appeared. But still a huge number of beginners, and simply those interested, still hear advice from "experienced" people that growing fat is perfectly normal. After all, everyone did it that way, so they couldn't be wrong.
But they were wrong after all.
Remember a simple truth. Everything that's deposited as fat is excess. It's not needed not just by muscles, but even by the body itself. "Mass" was an excuse 30-20 years ago. If now you're gaining fat while wanting to gain muscle—you're doing something wrong. You're getting fat. And you'll have to not "cut," as it's fashionable to say now, but simply lose weight.
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