Is this okay for building lean muscle mass?

What's the preferred method for building muscle mass/size?

• What's the best way to increase muscle mass and size rather than just getting stronger while still maintaining muscle definition? I would like to increase my muscle size "get bigger" than just have strong defined muscles.

• Answer:

  It's really quite simple, but the Internet makes it complicated. Enough volume, exercise selection that directly stimulates the muscles you want to build, and 5-10 years of time and consistency in the gym (3-7 workouts per week). There is no shortcut in natural bodybuilding for guys with average genetics. First off, diet has little to nothing to do with your ability to put on size, assuming you are not running large caloric deficits year round. You do not need a calorie surplus on a daily basis because your rate of growth is so slow the extra calories needed are negligible. Your muscle size is determined by the number of nuclei in your muscle cells, not whether you remembered to have a protein shake before bed. How often your satellite cells in your muscles divide and fuse with the main muscle fibers to add additional nuclei is a process that is poorly understood. It is known that steroids dramatically enhance the process. However, if you contract your muscle units enough you will also achieve this effect -- albeit at a much slower rate. Muscle growth potential is largely influenced by genetics. Most people can gain to a significant degree, but some are relative non-responders to weight training.