#54: Calvin Huynh on Bulking to Build Muscle, Fat Loss, and Reverse Diets

Calvin Huynh (@awesomefitnessscience) is a trainer, online fitness and nutrition coach, and writer. He shares in-depth information in a way that is digestible for everyone to read, comprehend and implement on many fitness websites, but his best work is on his own site, https://awesomefitnessscience.com/.

Calvin is currently going through a “bulking” phase, where he is working towards building muscle. Bulking is essentially a term used to describe a period of time where one is eating in a caloric surplus, and training in such a way that they will “bulk up” and gain muscle, and a little fat as well. We spoke all about why this would be necessary, who should use it, and the different ways to approach it.

We also discussed some different methods of fat loss as well. Typically after a bulk, a person will then start to “cut”. Meaning they are dropping all the excess fat they gained, in order to be leaner, while maintaining all of their new muscle tissue. Naturally, there are several ways to go about this, and the best method is the one that is the best for YOU the individual; there is no one-size-fits-all approach. We discussed some of the different methods and their applications.

Finally, we touched on the concept of reverse diets. A reverse diet is something that one might use after a period of dieting in order to eat their way back up to maintenance, in an effort to avoid excess fat gain. While we both agree that it’s not necessary, we discuss some scenarios where it may be useful.

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