I have recently started lifting. but How would i be able to gain lean muscle during basketball season? I'm only 136 lbs at 5'8and have a small frame. i need to do some bulking because my weight (and strength) are my biggest weakness.
I go to the gym 5 days a week, and my maintenance calories are at 2100. I also have 2 and a half hour practices mon-fri.
Im trying to bulk, but its hard to with basketball practice and lifting during one day. I also want my bulk to be as clean as possible. any advice? I'm not seeing any gains even if i eat a lot and when i do its mostly fat.
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12-03-2011, 07:39 PM #1
gaining muscle during basketball season
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12-03-2011, 08:13 PM #2
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12-03-2011, 08:14 PM #3
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12-03-2011, 09:38 PM #4
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12-03-2011, 10:17 PM #5
Honestly man, I would only lift to maintain during season, unless you have NO doms. If you are lifting heavy on legs or arms, shoulders, that will throw your game way off if it gets you sore. And if you are playing high school basketball, there is no way in gods green earth that your TDEE is 2100. Unless you are halfassing it in practice, it would be at LEAST 2500. I was eating 4000 EASY in high school playing ball at 170lbs.
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12-03-2011, 10:27 PM #6
i dont have much problem putting on weight during the hockey season lol.
i can eat and eat and eat.
we have practice tues thurs, games fri sat. so i do legs monday, am sore for tuesdays practice, but ok for the games.
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12-04-2011, 11:37 AM #7
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12-04-2011, 11:47 AM #8
I have been lifting for about 2 months. my splits are as i mentioned above. my macros on training days are 60 carbs/ 25 protein/ 15 fat.
i have ONLY gained weight the first couple weeks (noob gains), and since then I've stayed at the same weight/strength. it's really discouraging.
I try to get 7 or 8 hours of sleep, though its mainly on the 7 side. Sometimes 6 hours, but that's rarely.
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12-04-2011, 11:54 AM #9
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12-05-2011, 12:48 AM #10
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12-05-2011, 01:03 AM #11
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12-05-2011, 02:12 AM #12
honestly, i would just do something like push/pull rest push/pull rest rest. I say this because my basketball practices last year were a sh!!!tload of running and my legs were destroyed all the time, but this year i decided not to tryout so i dont have to worry
but you probably need upwards of 4k IMHO, how long are your practices? If there three hours like mine were 7days a week plus 5 days of lifting you might need 5k. Trust me when i say this, last year i ate 1.8k-2k a day and lost a sh!!!ton of muscle and started to suck until i upped my calories...dont eat too little, thats another reason i didnt do it this year
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12-05-2011, 06:13 AM #13
I feel you dude, but as someone who played both high school and D3 ball, I can tell you that you really shouldn't worry about muscle during the season. With the amount of calories you will burn running all day you just want to try to maintain strength and worry about those W's. Get strong in the offseason.
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