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Originally Posted by instantneedles

i think the whole point of a bulk is to put on as much mass as you can preferably from muscle mass, but inevitably fat deposition will happen as well because you are on a calorie surplus diet. An increase in fat percentage will naturally mean an increased tendency to deposit fatty tissues in more common areas such as the abdominals and thighs. For the average guy, u will be depositing it in the abdominals...

remember the main focus of a bulk is not to gain muscle mass, its to gain mass in general, with a bigger portion from muscle mass, not muscle mass in its entirety.

and to ur point of being in bad shape to begin with and being able to "bulk up" with increased physical activity, well thats a bit ironic don't you think? Cus if they have a high body fat percentage anyway, a calorie surplus diet is going to kill him in the sense that most of it will be going into fatty tissue deposit. Sure, he'll be gaining some muscle mass along the way from his lifting, but if he is following a "bulk" type of diet, his muscle mass to body fat ratio is still going to be the same.

it depends on what your definition of bulk is. I took Jas29 as saying he wanted to increase muscle mass in terms of gaining muscle from weight training, not "diet" bulking aka caloric overload