I started bulking around January and am currently eating 2200 calories. I am 18 years old and started the year around 130 pounds and am currently around 138 pounds. I started seeing increases in muscle and strength so I thought I was on the right track but for the past month and a half, my progress in the gym started to stall and I noticed that I have been putting on some belly fat. I finding it difficult to increase weight on my lifts and am stuck on the same reps and weight for a lot of my lifts. Throughout this I still have been eating at 2200 calories and all that seems to be increasing is my belly fat.
I go to the gym 4 days a week and incorporate strength and hypertrophy training, and I play basketball about 2-3 times a week as my cardio. So why is it that I can't make any strength progress and am gaining belly fat? I have been tracking my food intake on my fitness pal and I have been stuck around 138 pounds for about 2 and a half weeks. Normally it would seem like I should increase my calories once my weight stalls but I'm hesitant to do that especially with the fat gain I have been seeing. Any thoughts? Thanks.
I go to the gym 4 days a week and incorporate strength and hypertrophy training, and I play basketball about 2-3 times a week as my cardio. So why is it that I can't make any strength progress and am gaining belly fat? I have been tracking my food intake on my fitness pal and I have been stuck around 138 pounds for about 2 and a half weeks. Normally it would seem like I should increase my calories once my weight stalls but I'm hesitant to do that especially with the fat gain I have been seeing. Any thoughts? Thanks.
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