 Next question is from Mike Helm seven. I'm bulking, but I feel like I'm getting fat help sound like Sal It's the seller Maybe because he says getting fat. No, this is I think this is this is really a such a fine dance Right when you are trying to put weight on or put size on is, you know You know you need to eat in a calorie surplus But I think that it took me a very very long time before I got comfortable with how little of a surplus I needed in order to bulk and put size totally because the the whole I mean Nothing is more frustrating from this for the skinny guy or girl who's trying to build muscle and is you know pushing the calories and lift in every day and then they wake up one morning and they're lighter than there They're the scale is lighter than what it was two days ago. Are they getting like a pound in a month? Yeah, you know and so that really messed with my head for a very long time when I was trying to blow and so I was always just Overstuffing and overfeeding during the ball and then I would just put on way too much body fat So, you know, you just got to be if you have good programming So if you're following a maps program and you're eating even in the this the slightest bit of a surplus I promise you you're bulking. You're probably putting muscle on and if you're not seeing the scale move That's okay. There's probably a very nice exchange You're probably even leaning out a little bit and then you're also adding a little bit of of muscle Do not let yourself get caught up in what the scale is reading if you're doing if you got good programming and you're eating You're getting stronger, right? I mean that's the best indicator. Yeah getting stronger is a great one It's not completely foolproof because sometimes getting fatter changes your leverage And it does make you a little strong like my squat will go up if I gain body fat for some reason I just can squat more weight But but you look at general am I stronger in all my lifts if you if there's a yes there That's positive like Adam said have a good workout You can be in a calorie surface Surplus have a great diet if your workouts not stimulating muscle, you ain't gonna gain muscle You're just gonna gain body fat maps anabolic and maps strong in my opinion of the two best bulking muscle building Programs generally speaking so if you're looking for a good program or aesthetic aesthetic can be great too a little more advanced though Right. Yeah a little more but for the average person to anabolic or strong would do it aesthetic great if your experience I mean no matter what I would I don't care how experienced you are I would go anabolic first and then either too strong or aesthetic as the second And then the other one and then as far as surplus is concerned, you don't need a whole you don't need a massive surplus to gain muscle You know how many look let me put it this way gaining a pound of muscle a week would be Remarkably fast bulking. I mean that's like super genetics muscle building I don't expect that to happen in anybody except for maybe a beginner with with decent muscle building genetics But let's just say for hypothetical reasons you could gain a pound of lean body mass How many calories and grams of protein and carbs and fats? Do you think it really would take your body to gain that pound of muscle? It's not much at all It's like 50 extra calories a day or less or something like that So you don't need the huge surpluses So if you're getting fat you're probably eating too much and I would look at your workout If you fix those two things and you'll fix this problem