bulking
Deliberately adding mass
Bulking is adding volume or mass.
In fitness, bulking is a phase of eating surplus calories to gain muscle: I'm bulking this winter, then cutting in spring.
Materials bulk up when they expand or swell.
To bulk something out is to pad it, make it seem larger or more substantial than it is.
Preparing food in advance
- caloriesMeasures of food energy
- macronutrientsPrimary nutritional building blocks
- proteinFolded amino chain
- carbohydratesSugar-based energy compounds
fats · whey · casein · creatine · supplements · rice · oats · post-workout
Sport of hoisting barbells
- deadliftGround-to-hip barbell raise
- squatCrouching on bent legs
- bench-pressSupine barbell chest exercise
- barbellWeighted exercise apparatus
dumbbell · powerlifting · resistance · volume · intensity · sets · overload · recovery
Combined sum total
- volumeAmount of space filled
- expansionIncrease in scope
- cargoTransported goods
- freightGoods being transported
shipment · packaging · filler · padding · density · mass · load · capacity
Tissue enlargement via cells
- off-seasonLow-demand period
- anabolicBuilding complex molecules
- macrosAutomated command sequences
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
shredding · physique · symmetry · definition · pump · gains · maintenance · surplus
Tissue enlargement via cells
- anabolismMetabolic construction of molecules
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
metabolism · hormones · cortisol · glycogen
meal-prep
Preparing food in advance
- caloriesMeasures of food energy
- macronutrientsPrimary nutritional building blocks
- proteinFolded amino chain
carbohydrates · fats · whey · casein · creatine · supplements · rice · oats · post-workout · pre-workout
weightlifting
Sport of hoisting barbells
- deadliftGround-to-hip barbell raise
- squatCrouching on bent legs
- bench-pressSupine barbell chest exercise
barbell · dumbbell · powerlifting · resistance · volume · intensity · sets · overload · recovery · strongman
aggregate
Combined sum total
freight · shipment · packaging · filler · padding · density · mass · load · capacity · stacking
hypertrophy
Tissue enlargement via cells
- off-seasonLow-demand period
- anabolicBuilding complex molecules
- macrosAutomated command sequences
cutting · shredding · physique · symmetry · definition · pump · gains · maintenance · surplus · muscle-building
hypertrophy
Tissue enlargement via cells
- anabolismMetabolic construction of molecules
- testosteroneChief male sex hormone
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
adaptation · metabolism · hormones · cortisol · glycogen
- diet termscalorie counting, portion control, low carb, low fat, sugar free
- Gym Culturegym, lift, reps, rep, gains
- bodybuildingbodybuilding, muscle, bodybuilders, Mr. Olympia, posing
- food adulterationdilution, watering down, cutting, tampering, doctoring
- biotreatmentaeration, biofilter, bioreactor, wastewater treatment, nitrification
- bulkingmass gainer, weight gainer, calorie surplus, high protein diet
bulkingcutting
Dividing via sharp edge
shredding · drying out · trimming · defining · toning
bulkingshrinking
Decreasing in dimension
reducing · diminishing · contracting · downsizing · slimming
bulkingcompacting
Pressing material denser
compressing · condensing · consolidating · densifying · streamlining
- bulking outAdding material for volume
- bulking phaseDeliberate overeating for growth