 What's up guys? Now someone recently asked if it's okay to gain fat while you're bulking. Well of course it's okay to gain fat because you're going to gain fat regardless when you're bulking. When you consume an excess amount of calories what happens is some of it gets stored as fat right some of the unused calories. Some of it gets used for bodily functions such as you know building muscle which is what you want. However the problem that people encounter is that they take this as an excuse or as a ticket to embark on the dreamer's bulk. They think that just because they're bulking they're now able to eat as many calories as they want and all those calories are going to get directed directly into their muscles. Well that doesn't work. This bullshit has been around the community for 20 years now or longer than that because a lot of the bodybuilders in the early days and the haters of bodybuilding. When people saw these guys getting swollen huge the first thing they asked is how are you doing it and they're still telling the people the truth which was that they were taking a cocktail of steroids and growth hormones and whatnot. It was far easier to give people what answers the vehicle relate to. These guys said that they were eating 8 to 10 meals a day and they were eating a lot of calories and that's what they were getting huge. Now what really happens when you eat that many calories if you're doing it naturally is that a lot of it gets turned into fat right. Your body builds muscle on this own time frame. You cannot accelerate this process just because you're eating a lot of KFC does not mean that your biceps or your arms are going to grow to 18 inches. Maybe 18 inches of fat but no muscle. Muscle takes time. Your body doesn't want to build muscle. It's not the best thing it can do with its calories. It's just a byproduct of what happens when you have excess calories and you're actually tearing down the muscle fibers. It's not a requirement for the body so it takes time. It's far easier for the body to make fat or store fat than to build muscle. So when you're actually bulking you take this into consideration. Don't worry about the scale so much of what a lot of people do. Just focus on progressing in your lifts, progressing in the gym and focus on actually having a small caloric surplus because that's all you need. You reach a point diminishing returns once you get to a certain point so it's really important that you don't overdo it. A lot of people overdo it and end up getting too fat. They get stretch marks all over their skin and the worst thing about it is that they build fat cells. When you get fat you build fat cells. So when you start losing the weight now it's a lot harder to keep the weight off. As soon as you start eating a little bit more calories the fat comes right back on. That's why you see a lot of stories about people that are 200 or 300 kilograms that cut down to 100 kilograms then they regain all their weight within one year. It's because they had the fat cells. You don't want to build these unnecessary fat cells if you can prevent it. So make sure you have the right caloric surplus when you're bulking. I suggest 200 to 300 will be adequate. Just remember it's a lengthy process so don't try to rush things and that's how you minimize fat during bulk.