Diet critique

[Ryderleach]

Just want to hear your opinion on my diet. Looking for any ways to improve.

My stats
Age 25
Weight 105kg 230ish lbs
Height 1.8m 5' 11"
Bf% not sure. Im a 34 waist and have slightly visible abs
Lifting for 5 years
Been using dat dere cell tech about 1.5 years

Goals are lean bulking. Training 4 days a week bodybuilding routine. Tryna get huge.

Meal 1
5 large eggs
1 orange
500ml skim milk
55g protein 700 cals

Meal 2
Chicken, pork, or beef 250g
Rice 2 cups cooked
Veggies
55g protein 850ish cals

Meal 3
Chicken 250g
Veggies
2 greek yogurts
80g protein 550 cals

Meal 4
Protein shake in 500ml skim milk
2 apples
50g protein 450 cals

Meal 5 is meal 2 repeated
55g protein 850 cals

Totals
300g protein
3500 calories

I do this 6 days a week and on my cheat day i replace meals 2 and 5 for whatever the hell I want and I snack.

Any advice I could use to improve my diet is appreciated.

[BrunoC93]

Impossible to critique because what on earth is a lean bulk? Are you trying to gain muscle or lose fat? It's one or the other. You can't do both.

[TheUnderdog83]

Impossible to critique because what on earth is a lean bulk? Are you trying to gain muscle or lose fat? It's one or the other. You can't do both.

Lean bulk is a pretty common term, bulking while trying to gain minimal fat.

Critique -
1) Cut your protein almost in half or show me any study that much protein has a larger benefit. Granted, you can eat that much protein if you want, just saying I don’t believe it is benefiting you anymore than 175g per day would.

2) Eating whatever you want and snacking once a week can change 1-2 pounds per month gain into 3-4 pounds per month, meaning not such a lean bulk potentially.

[xsquid99]

Impossible to critique because what on earth is a lean bulk? Are you trying to gain muscle or lose fat? It's one or the other. You can't do both.

Lean bulk = a bulk targeting a gain of about 1% bodyweight (about 1-2 lbs for most people) per month in order to minimize onset of too much fat

The idea being that most people cannot naturally generate more than about 2 lbs of muscle per month at most even with optimal training and nutrition.

[BrunoC93]

good luck gaining muscle without trying to gain minimal amount of fat.

You'll be spinning your wheels and not be getting anywhere

[NoGenetics]

Lean bulk is a pretty common term, bulking while trying to gain minimal fat.

Critique -
1) Cut your protein almost in half or show me any study that much protein has a larger benefit. Granted, you can eat that much protein if you want, just saying I don’t believe it is benefiting you anymore than 175g per day would.

2) Eating whatever you want and snacking once a week can change 1-2 pounds per month gain into 3-4 pounds per month, meaning not such a lean bulk potentially.

Jose Antonio has some valid research, though the outcome is not based towards the general population

[bLinkMoore]

good luck gaining muscle without trying to gain minimal amount of fat.

You'll be spinning your wheels and not be getting anywhere

If you do it right, you can absolutely gain muscle without putting on much fat at all

[NoGenetics]

If you do it right, you can absolutely gain muscle without putting on much fat at all

I agree.

People hold onto the idea of the scales going up as I'm gaining LBM, when realistically without assistance it's a very slow process.