TO BULK OR NOT TO BULK

161. TO BULK OR NOT TO BULK Buying up was a popular term back in the '60s and 70s. (t basically means eating as much as possible and training as heavy as possible to gain as much bodyweight as possible. The reason bulking up has fallen out of favor is that much of the weight gained is fat, which has to be lost if you want to compete (or even just look good). Today many bodybuilderstryto keep their off-season weight to within 20 pounds of their competitive weight (as opposed to the 40 to 50 pounds of years ago). Unless you are very skinny and have a hard time gaining muscular body weight, we don't recommend bulking up.