Hello everyone, before I start talking about the main problem of this thread I want to start from the beginning.
I began hitting the gym seriously in October 2018. Used to weigh 85kg, got down to 72 with what I believe being a 12% bf (May 2019). Maintained the weight during all summer, kept going to the gym 3 times a week eating roughly 2300 kcal a day.
Now in September 2019 I began my first bulk, starting with a weight of 72,2 and I think I'm having some problems.
One month and a week have passed, weighed myself this morning: 73,3. It would sound ok I think, but what is strange is that I'm eating like 2400 kcal a day, and I go to the gym 4 times a week. When I go on the Internet to see the bulking calories of other people I see numbers like 2600-2800. What's even stranger is that I'm eating only 100 kcal more than what I was eating to maintain, and I'm gaining weight pretty fast nonetheless.
My questions are: should I do more cardio? Should I eat more/less? Should my macros split (50 carbs, 25 protein, 25 fat) stay the same or should I go for something like 40/30/30?
Lastly, my training program is a simple split: chest/biceps, shoulders/triceps, legs, chest again with back.
Chest press, overhead press, squat, deadlift, I do all of them with of course other isolation exercises and I'm gaining pretty good strenght especially on the legs, but I fear I'm putting maybe too much fat and not enough muscle. Thanks to anyone who will spend the time to read and answer, and I'm sorry in advance for any error since English is not my first language.
I began hitting the gym seriously in October 2018. Used to weigh 85kg, got down to 72 with what I believe being a 12% bf (May 2019). Maintained the weight during all summer, kept going to the gym 3 times a week eating roughly 2300 kcal a day.
Now in September 2019 I began my first bulk, starting with a weight of 72,2 and I think I'm having some problems.
One month and a week have passed, weighed myself this morning: 73,3. It would sound ok I think, but what is strange is that I'm eating like 2400 kcal a day, and I go to the gym 4 times a week. When I go on the Internet to see the bulking calories of other people I see numbers like 2600-2800. What's even stranger is that I'm eating only 100 kcal more than what I was eating to maintain, and I'm gaining weight pretty fast nonetheless.
My questions are: should I do more cardio? Should I eat more/less? Should my macros split (50 carbs, 25 protein, 25 fat) stay the same or should I go for something like 40/30/30?
Lastly, my training program is a simple split: chest/biceps, shoulders/triceps, legs, chest again with back.
Chest press, overhead press, squat, deadlift, I do all of them with of course other isolation exercises and I'm gaining pretty good strenght especially on the legs, but I fear I'm putting maybe too much fat and not enough muscle. Thanks to anyone who will spend the time to read and answer, and I'm sorry in advance for any error since English is not my first language.
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