Mike Murphy - Building Mass

[luckygoats]

Mike Murphy is back with a building mass article. How do you bulk up? What do you think is the best way to get big?

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/mike3.htm

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[Pboy]

if my calculations are correct, according to this kid a 200# man can feasibly gain upto 100# of MUSCLE in less than a year???
I think that a more reasonable rule of thumb, that I've always heard, is maybe 1 to 2#'s per MONTH! As a serious, hardcore lifter and eater, I have only been able to add about 45#'s in 48 months (natural of course). 1-2#'s per week--NO WAY! At least not for any substantial length of time regardless of what you're eating--or shooting, for that matter.

[EricS]

Originally posted by Pboy
To build muscle, it is imperative to have adequate calories to build with. This doesn't mean to rush to Burger King and order 10 Whoppers. LOL, you want good, clean calories, like those found in your basic, down-to-the-earth-type foods such as: Potatoes, Rice, Oatmeal, Beans, and Yams. Meals should not include much the following: dairy products, sugars, or fats. You need to try to break your daily caloric, protein, carbohydrate, and fat intake into 6 even meals. Meals should be spaced out by between 2-3 hours. It is important to check your bodyfat once a week. You should eat enough to gain about 1-2 pounds of muscle per week.

Eating like that day in and day out is going to put on fat mass thats for sure. Protein should come into play some where, don't you think?

Do dairy? so you don't use whey protein or meal replacements at all?

No sugars? what do you think a carbohydrate is? If you are reffering to "complex carbs" then i suggest reading up on the glycemic index allitte.

more calories may equal mass, but it doesn't garuntee muscle mass by any means. Why do the caloreis have to be clean? if more caloreis = more mass, then 10 whoppers would be ideal!

And try striving for optimal growth with out enough fat in your diet.

Why only 6 meals? there are 24 hours in a day, if you eat every 2 hours, thats 12. So, not everyone gets up in the middle of the night to eat like me SO, 16 / 2 = 8 which is still more than 6.

well, its not a bad article, just could have been planned alittle better. I think it would have been more conving if he acually had some muscle mass in the picture of himself.

[AC_GI]

What a complete waste of my time.

[loco]

There is no way some one can add 1-2 lbs per week.
Im no pro by no means, but i've tried everything on the book, except the juice. If you are human it aint no way you can gain 1-2 lbs per week (of muscle that is). I dont think thats even possible.
If it was that easy, more of us hard gainers and everyone else for that matter will be huge.




-No pain no gain-
OUt

Originally posted by loco
There is no way some one can add 1-2 lbs per week.
Im no pro by no means, but i've tried everything on the book, except the juice. If you are human it aint no way you can gain 1-2 lbs per week (of muscle that is). I dont think thats even possible.
If it was that easy, more of us hard gainers and everyone else for that matter will be huge.




-No pain no gain-
OUt

I am 6foot3 18 270 pounds 127 kg ive bben doing bodybuilding for 4 months and ive been told im the next arnie i believe i can be better cause im naturally bigger than he is mainly cause he was on diabolin and all the other types of drugs available back then anyway i believe its possible to gain 1 to 2kg of muscle a week i did it from doing squats it think it was 2 kgs a week but ive stop doing squats because of that so i still gain massive weight from just doing my upper body which is pretty awesome i think really all i want to say is i think you guys with bad genetics who do bodybuilding are the real athletes not me or any other easy gainers because people like me gain whe we are in the gym you guys are dedicated enough to know you wont gain for a few weeks or months so just keep it up

[gdickinson]

Bad article all around, kid, you have no idea what your talking about.

[bb4life12]

Originally Posted by loco

There is no way some one can add 1-2 lbs per week.
Im no pro by no means, but i've tried everything on the book, except the juice. If you are human it aint no way you can gain 1-2 lbs per week (of muscle that is). I dont think thats even possible.
If it was that easy, more of us hard gainers and everyone else for that matter will be huge.




-No pain no gain-
OUt

Gaining is harder then loosing?

Cuz i remember i lost 1 pound every 2 days, un healthy maybe but i kept it off