Best Way to Build Muscle WITHOUT Gaining Weight (Part 1)

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One of the biggest dilemmas people run into when building muscle is preventing the seemingly unavoidable weight and fat gain that comes along with it. Especially using the most popular muscle building strategy, bulking, the added weight seems almost required. Would it be possible however to actually make your biceps into bowling balls without turning your belly a hot air balloon? With what we understand about muscle growth and fitness, the answer seems to a positive one. Let's find out!

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0:00 Intro
0:28 Is It Possible?
2:47 Cons
3:41 Is It Worth It For You?
5:58 Conclusion + Part 2

[ai-bino]

AYOOOO, I've been watching all your videos and been at the gym for a few months thanks to you. Can't wait for part 2!

[IceCreamMan]

Your channel helped me get into fitness 4 years ago and I’m really grateful ❤️ I’m glad to see more great content from you and I hope your business is going well bro

[krypticz]

I’m maintaining at 175lbs and this video just helped me a lot more! I don’t know my exact body fat percentage but I’m relatively lean. Can’t wait for part 2!

[SirGwl]

Can't wait for part 2! Love your videos

[AutopilotAutopilot]

Thank you for all your hard work. I find that just hearing you or Jeff Nippard talk about fitness, health and the gym give me the desire to actually go. Even if that video isn't about the gym.

[mikelevels]

Been missing you PictureFit! Great upload as always!

[cambajax]

I love how you stray away from what is good or bad but focus on what good for YOU. My biggest problem when i started lifting was the body dis-morphia i had. I hated my belly when i started to gain some pounds which made me switch to a cut directly. Now i don't care about a little extra in the winter which i know how to cut down in the summer. People have wrong role models from influencers who have to stay lean all to time. My advise if you want to gain muscle go freaking eat some food. It's the only way to actually get any stronger.

[Briansgate]

PF, you do great work, and have for years. I thank you for all of your hard work, and sense of humor.
Like writing out "are patient" so slowly. LOL

[AlejandroSanAntonio]

Thanks for all the info, buddy. You're the MVP.

[kayashkel]

Amazing video, been thinking about this!

[nighttrain]

The gym I go to does quarterly assessments and that's a great way to track my progress. In June I was 154 pounds and 9.5% bodyfat. By September my weight was up to 160 pounds and my bodyfat was still at 9.5%. I'm actually entering bulking season and just wanted to get a starting point. I guess this shows that gaining lean mass is possible and I'm turning 60 in November.

[orbis]

Thank god! This helped me with my question💪🏼

[akhil]

it always feels good to see PictureFit 😀

[SpartanWolf]

I've been planning on doing this ever since I thought about losing weight while being severely obese, and it's good to know that most of these qualifiers apply to me. (FYI, I'm down about 70 lbs now with another 30 to go to reach my first goal, then try another 20 lbs to reach a 25% body fat composition.)

[Rckstrckr]

This particularly works if you're a begginner and have some body fat, you can build lean muscle with a solid training and enough protein (no less than 1g per kg of BW), and can even shed some fat at the same time since your body will use the fat as fuel.

[jeffreybabino]

Very good video when will part 2 come out thanks

[thammateesayneewongnaayutt]

Hi PictureFit,
I would like to request a content about the effect of aging to hypertrophy. Is it true that the more you age, the harder you gain and maintain muscle mass. If yes, what scientific advise on how to retain and/or gain it further? Thanks in advance.

[happypants]

I do love the soft reboot of the channel, but can we get the music back? I’m a relatively newer fan (about a year) and I love the music from the earlier video. It’s very soothing. Were there complaints about it before or something? Maybe I’m out of the loop

[michaelruiz]

I like the idea of finding ways to get stronger without gaining much weight not only that we tend to overestimate how much muscle we have when we bulk up I remember a decade ago trying to bulk up in my early to mid twenties I gained 20 to 25 pounds my squat went up 150 pounds nearly tripled how much weight I did on good morning exercises from 90 gained 3 inches on my arms 4 or more on my legs. I thought I had 12 percent body fat { more like 17} and a 33 inch waste on my 5 5 175 frame. over the years I kept gradually eating less maybe a little more protein and got rid of my cheat day to a small cheat. currently I weigh 162 am actually 12 percent body fat. no more than 30 around interestingly my deadlift is the same or more now than it was when I weighted 175.

[DarkVeghetta]

As someone who has a quite low HDL cholesterol level (that's the kind you want more of - I'm at 28.4 mg/dl, with a normal amount being >40 mg/dl), I can't really risk bulking, given that more fat = more fat in one's bloodstream = lower HDL levels (fat dissolves HDL) = higher risk of a heart attack.

I'm currently doing a mix of cutting/recomping due to a sedentary past that I've been successfully chipping away at over the past 3.5 months via going to the gym and the odd caloric deficit day here and there (lost ~18 kg from an initial BMI of around 37%, which is now probably closer to 30% or lower). That said, more quality information is always good, so I'm more than happy to watch these videos.