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Mark's Daily Apple Wednesday, March 23, 2022 5:49 PM So you want to gain some weight, some mass. You want more muscle. You want to bulk up. And you want to do it in a healthy way within the context of the Primal Blueprint, but aren't sure where to start. Most popular bulking advice consists of eating everything in sight—dirty bulking with fast food, TV dinners, PB&J, peanut butter on the spoon, whatever you have on hand. That's not the way, folks. As I've made pretty clear, our ultimate goal is to achieve positive gene expression, functional strength, optimum health, and extended longevity. In other words: To make the most out of the particular gene set you inherited. These are my end goals, and I've modeled the Primal Blueprint Laws with them in mind. But that doesn't mean packing on extra muscle can't happen with additional input. After I retired from a life of chronic cardio and started living Primally, I added 15 pounds of muscle, while keeping low body fat levels without really trying, so it's absolutely possible for a hardgainer to gain some. The question is how much and at what expense? I'd be the first to tell you that lean body mass is healthier than adipose tissue. Generally, the more lean mass a person has, the longer and better they live. But to increase mass at the expense of agility, strength, or speed, or health is, in my opinion, counterproductive. Of course, we're all built a little differently. The basic building blocks are the same in everyone, but sexual reproduction (as opposed to asexual reproduction) has the funny habit of producing unique genetics and small variations that affect the way we respond to our environments. It's why some people are short and some are tall, or why some of us respond better to carbohydrates than others. Even though we all pretty much operate the same way, there IS a range of possible outcomes that is proscribed by your direct ancestors. Some people naturally have more muscle mass. Some people are innately more muscular than the average person, and putting more on through resistance training is often an easy task. Then there are those who can't seem to gain a pound: the hardgainers. They might be increasing strength, but it happens more slowly and doesn't seem to translate into visible muscle mass. There is a genetic ceiling for muscle growth (and overall size gain). The ceiling manifests in all sorts of ways—your appetite, your hypertrophy response to resistance training, your motivation to train—but there is a ceiling. And although it can be circumvented with pharmacological interventions and force feeding, the Precautionary Principle suggests that using supranatural tactics to overcome the genetic ceiling will have negative effects on health. How to Bulk the Right Way Most people do not hit their genetic potential, however. If you're reading this, there's likely much more you can do to fulfill your genetic potential and "bulk up." You can "bulk" in a healthy way. You can bulk in a natural way. You can bulk in a way that … Continue reading "Primal Guide to Bulking" The post Primal Guide to Bulking appeared first on Mark's Daily Apple. |
