How to Build Muscle WITHOUT Getting Fat

[@MahirParekh]

It feels so heartening to know there's someone incredibly genuine like you in the fitness industry who ACTUALLY cares about his viewers' well-being. The things you said in this video (and I think I speak for everyone here) will most definately help everyone including people who are just starting out as well as people who have been lifting for quite some time. Privileged to listen to you talk. Please keep up the good work ❤️

[@coacheugeneteo]

Thank you! 🙏 glad this resonated so strongly with you. Really do hope it helps many

[@odbade1999]

I'm in the process of losing my gained weight after an unhealthy bulk. Thanks for sharing Eugene!

[@ObitoUchiha-er5cv]

Same here. More power to you bro . This cut's gonna be insane

[@nothanks5520]

gimme some weight ill take it im stuck at 165-170 and 5'10

[@LZYDOG]

@@nothanks5520 That's a decent weight for that height so it'll take time to keep climbing if you're lean bulking

[@coolow100x]

same here bro! we’ll look insane once this cut is over 🤝🏻

[@silkenrustle]

I really appreciate you sharing your 'failures' as well as successes as there is always so much more to learn

[@Dornpunzel]

To me, 41 years old and for over 20 years in the game i was nodding all the time while listening. I tried much as well and nowadays i dont push that hard and am so glad that the internet exist so i can still refine and learn. And since im not in a hurry and feel settled in life, everything becomes more of a „take your time to see the results of a new approach“ thing to me. Rly like your kind and humble way of talking btw.

[@Getwelllivehealthy]

Awesome video mate. Yeah I was just like that eating a lot and training excessively. I have to say since I’ve been following you since 2019 my workouts are great I even was able to recover from surgeries with your workouts and I feel just overall great as a 45 year old guy. I have said that before but your programs and your knowledge of nutrition in training it’s just amazing. Thanks mate.

[@aaronsaigon]

Definitely gained so much weight thinking i was also getting stronger (which i was), but then i hit 240 and i realized i was overweight… starting cutting (just hit 213 after 5 months of cutting) and realized that in my calorie deficit i was still getting stronger ! Looking now at the long term results and systems now vs end goals. Loving my new outlook on it all

[@coacheugeneteo]

Yes!!

[@fredstead5652]

I've been dirty bulking lately, thinking I needed it to become strong. I'll try cut down.

[@EyeOfWoden]

Sounds exactly like my early experiences. Instead of having a coach, I had friends and all of them just told me to "eat as much as possible... bulk and then cut". I put on 4 stone in 4 years, and quite a lot of it was fat. When I tried to cut I'd lose so much of my mass that it made me uncomfortable. I think that's the worst thing about this approach; you become accustomed to the size you've gained, even if a lot of it is fat, but you can't let go of it because it feels like defeat. That's why the slower, leaner approach is better.

[@tarunpratap017]

Your talking of Pneumonia reminded me of my childhood days when I used to get pneumonia a lot to the point I thought that dying was better than that suffering.

[@SkidMcmarxx]

Bro you needed treatment wtf

[@coacheugeneteo]

That sucks!

[@SlowDownUMovin2fast]

Appreciate this very much, and the timing of this video couldn’t be better. Reason being, for about a year I’ve learned so much about dieting/proper food intake accountability and resistance training. Over the summer I shredded down to 175 lbs and my lowest bf% was about 15.4 at 6 ft 2in male. As a endomorph most likely, it was a tricky road for me. I learned so much ! About two months ago, after feeling like I was acquiring a earring disorder/imbalance, I practiced letting go. Eating all the things I wanted when I wanted for about almost two months. Again, being a endomorph, not weighing myself, and to your point being true to the process and where I felt it was necessary to go and let go. I gained about 15-17lbs, again to your point as you stated very well, too fast. I hit about 193lbs at about 20.5 % body fat. Love the info here, as it directly aligns with what I noticed, as a truth seeker and practitioner of life, I realized I was gaining too much fat, as the body weight looked freaking sweet. All my shred turned into more fuller “looking” muscle. Literally this last week, I didn’t yo-yo from a legitimate “mini diet” or as you said maintenance at the very least. I’m staying with it, consistent with all the info I learned, what will happen now, is that all the fat I gained relatively quickly will be used to fuel my intentional workouts around resistance and intensities. Thing is, I stayed true to myself, recognizing the imbalances/disorders I was practicing on both sides of the experiment. Now I’m excited to be at a healthy weight for my height, learn how to eat the things that I enjoy, all the while being accountable to my vision and fitness goals ! Thanks so much Eugene, spot on video and info. Also, as I write this to you and your audience, would it be possible for us to work out together ? I would love for you to see my physique and trade experiences together over a proper meal. Looking at your journey and physique, I think you would really appreciate my journey as well as your audience. I used to be at my heaviest while bodybuilding 265, don’t know my body fat then either, exactly to what you said in video. Watching Evan, Kai, Phil , of course Ronnie Coleman to name a few , I thought I needed to eat there diet. Thanks for the video ! And hope my experience and things I wrote here may be of some help for others. Much love !

[@endritallaqi778]

I personally did the same Thing in the beginning but without a coach I started at 110 lbs and bulked all the way up to 195 lbs in ca. 18 months and got quite chubby (22%-24% bf). now at almost 4 years of training I have been in a gaining Phase for 7 months and will continue for 2 more months. In those 7 months I have slowly gained 20 lbs and still stayed at about 17%-18% bf. My diet has not nearly been as strict and in the 7 months I had 1 slight deficit for 2 weeks and 2 one week long maintanence phases. After my gaining Phase I will deload and stay in a maintence phase for ca. 2 weeks before I begin my 4 month long cut

[@papillonqui6017]

thank you for this. I know so many people(including myself) that needed to hear this. Realizing other people are in the same situation as me makes me look at myself with lucidity

[@coacheugeneteo]

Yes!

[@intersectedimplication]

Really real

[@btk.1207]

Underrated fitness channel!

[@coacheugeneteo]

Thank you! 🙏

[@arroyojoh]

Just finished working with a trainer for 9 months, we didn’t bulk, she helped my lose body fat, we took breaks when the calories got too low, and that helped with me staying on track long term

[@MelanieSakowski]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with almost the loss of locus of control around training. I think a lot of people can relate to that disconnection from self whereby they’re at the expense of rules without a sense of volition.

[@MelanieSakowski]

The dichotomizing of foods, the division, I think is a programming protocol that distorts so much of our daily experience.

[@adriaanmorosan]

I love this, it’s a good reminder and eye opener to the younger people✊🏼

[@coacheugeneteo]

🙏

[@milestoilkov4046]

Thank you very much for sharing this Eugene!

[@coacheugeneteo]

Thank you! 🙏

[@sldenn5303]

I’d love to see a video about how you went from the “reality” photo to the “expectation” photo. How did the process change and how long did it take?

[@DrYanItor]

Respect bro. Also digging the Tool T-shirt too!

[@m.94]

That Tool T-Shirt tho, respect brother 🤝

[@emilysumner9031]

I had such a similar experience with my first coach ever for a bikini show. Her workout styles & meal plan was very similar to what you described! I had exact foods I had to eat at exact times with out substitute options or any education on how to substitute. I felt like she was too busy to explain anything to me. I’m glad I had a sense that this was wrong and did my own research/listened to my body before I let it hurt my goals. So crazy how similar this experience was for me - I was gaining nearly 1% in fat every week or so. No adjustments were being made even a few weeks out from my show. She kept saying I was a hard gainer and my metabolism would catch up and my muscle bellies would fill up with the extra food, but when I saw the fat percentages each week I knew something was wrong

[@WookieX666]

Tool are my favorite band! What's your favorite song? Pneuma here. Danny's drumming is epic

[@Bjorn_R]

One of my old programmes had 3 different types of squats, leg curls/extensions, deadlift and calves on the same day. Cant say I skipped leg day..

[@coacheugeneteo]

Bruh haha

[@nothanks5520]

fuck that lol

[@ПомогаетСразу]

Thank you Eugene for sharing wisdom

[@propainwar]

Love the Tool shirt....and your videos of course.

[@kozmo7]

Had a similar story except mine was with a powerlifting champion that ended with me getting injured since he stopped showing up to our training Learned a lot and DEFINITLY learned how to push myself so it wasn’t all bad, but I learned the value of training smarter not harder to get to where I want to go and that has worked for me

[@oforrest07]

Great video. Been trying to get more consistent with my workouts and nutrition so your experiences are really helpful and appreciated

[@0BluePrototype0]

Hey Eugene, i have been doing lots of Bulgarian splits as a result of your videos. I was wondering whether you could make a video about the difference between 2 dumbells vs 1 dumbbell

[@Sjcstro84]

This is great. First time watching and loved it. Subscribed.

[@coacheugeneteo]

Thank you! 🙏

[@mcfarvo]

Eugene is such a gigachad to "clean bulk" to such levels of bodyfat, especially for him! The laws of thermodynamics and human physiology are undefeated by any orthorexic diet ideology.

[@LinkEX]

While total calories _do_ matter, "the laws of thermodynamics" is a misleading oversimplification. Macros aren't everything - the type of food you take in affects how the fuel is used. Things like micronutrients, fiber, and even bacteria all have an impact on your hormones and digestion. Insulin levels also have a major impact on storage of fat and muscle, and these again are dependent on glycemic index, which does not depend on calories.

[@coacheugeneteo]

Sad but true 😂

[@SkidMcmarxx]

@@LinkEX I don’t think the purpose of this comment was to take it seriously.

[@mcfarvo]

@@SkidMcmarxx that's a big 10-4, good buddy!

[@MiloOwantin]

This is why I decided to change my major to Dietetics because nutrition is the hardest part.

[@Straeycloud]

I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experience so we can benefit! Thank you!

[@Quiet-coast]

Poop……. This is a comment for the algorithm

[@realholyrosaries]

“Minecraft”

[@marcel._art4936]

...............................

[@spoopyscaryskelebones3846]

Okay...... This is a reply for the algorithm

[@BrunoNeureiter]

Saying the a word invalidates your comment

[@charlietaggart2180]

I’m doing a poo right now… this is not for the algorithm I’m just telling you

[@willswanson2145]

Tool!!!! It never ceases to amaze me how so many people who think outside the box and are intelligent also listen to tool.

[@coacheugeneteo]

🙏

[@squidito2534]

I’m fairly new to your content, I really enjoy it and I specially really enjoy the attitude you give off, you seem very mindful and calm. Are you meditator?

[@papaspaulding]

I think it's easily done for many people especially when naturally very skinny as I was as a kid and young teen when i first started lifting, I built muscle fairly easy and built a good physique but wanted to get really 'big' but never thought I could get 'fat' as it seemed near impossible as I just couldnt imagine it as I had always been around under 10% body fat my whole life to that point despite the amounts of food i would eat each day (I would at times even be envious of people with higher bodyfat) but sure enough over the years body fat crept up but then so did my muscle mass which kind of justified it to me whereas the reality being i could have still put on that muscle mass with fewer calories and gained a bit less bodyfat at the same time

[@ShirazSidMovies]

that Super Saiyan Goku hair style!! 🙌🏽🔥💀🤣

[@coacheugeneteo]

😂😂

[@archer.b.c]

I appreciate the personal story. Thank you.

[@comfortablynumb128]

The tool t-shirt was enough for me to subscribe.

[@JorgeGonzalez-sx7fk]

after tapping out my noobie gains, i went on an epic bulk that yielded me 40 lbs of weight gain in roughly 2 years. during my journey from 179 to 228, i never came close to sticking to a program. durig that time period i just went in 3-4 days per week trying new exercises and periodization modalities every few weeks. over the course of the following 1.5 years i cut back down to 184. 3.5 years for just more than 5 lbs of muscle as a relatively new lifter. keeping things simple and moderate because the most sustainable routine is the one you’ll make the most gains from is my take away from that foolishness

[@youknowhuwitis]

Eugene Tao is a TOOL fan, you've just gone up in my books man

[@Joseph-rs2ij]

I could relate to this because this is what I’ve done in the past! Instead of becoming a body builder and I’ve become a powerlifter which is not what I want so I cut and change my game.

[@lazo3251]

You actually have to bulk up to gain muscle unless you are already overweight (above 20% body fat). It is impossible to maintain visible abs year round and gain muscle at the same time and there is no point in maintaining a low body fat to be lean when you have no muscle mass to show off.

[@danzko]

Thank you Mr. Ganbaru!

[@robertnicholas9812]

TOOL shirt! Great video btw Eugene :D

[@optimistreg]

Love the video as always but also love the tool tshirts 🤘

[@coacheugeneteo]

🙏🙏

[@yolosubmarine]

loved this video. Questions are so important.

[@jotaalex2246]

Nice T-shirt and good taste in music👍💪

[@ambarlostinthewoods3080]

I like your content a lot man, keep it up

[@ElusiveOtter]

I had the “benefit” of starting my strength training from a high body fat percentage and needing to cut 40-50 lbs before switching to a focus on muscle building. It necessitated me to learn about nutrition, diet, and our psychological relationships with food. I cut from about 160 lbs to 130 lbs (with maybe 10+ lbs of muscle gain), and now I focus on sustainable three or four months bulks followed by roughly one month cuts. I’ll talk with other lifters and they’ll suggest longer, more intense bulks (I eat about 300-500 calories above maintenance), but after two years of lifting I’m 140 lbs (I have a similarly skinny structure as Teo mentions in the video) with an approximately 200 lb 1RM on bench and 300 on both squat and deadlift, and I’m happy with those numbers at the moment. I think the most important thing to remember is our bodies evolved over millions of years to respond to consistency, not intensity. Lifting is a process of putting your body under physiological stress and then allowing it to return to homeostasis (recovery). Too much lifting or too much eating too fast is wasted effort at best and potentially dangerous at the worst. There’s a lot of social pressure for skinny guys to get big as fast as possible, but our bodies aren’t built for that, they’re built to slowly adapt to the amount of effort they need on a consistent basis to allow us to survive.

[@donavinnezar]

Im in a bulking phase , but this undiagnosed eating disorder is making it hard . I eat for luke 5 minutes and then my appetite just dissapears. Concious effort Went from 62kg now at 69kg and this took about a year I like meat and fruit, meat too expensive to use as bulk calories and fruit is generally low calorie Still very lean

[@shoesandcarstv23]

Love the tool T-shirt ❤

[@benvinke6141]

Love the shirt!

[@coacheugeneteo]

Yes!

[@DanyVillegas]

Great marketing uncle Eugene. But seriously eres el mejor coach que conozco hasta ahora 😁

[@coacheugeneteo]

Muchas gracias

[@lunapavo]

Great video Eugene

[@risrice]

I would like to see you and Hampton from Hybrid Calisthenics do a video together!

[@gcostagcosta]

Great 👍 video and advice. Thanks for sharing your experience

[@planettes]

Nice Tool shirt ✌️

[@uniquenpc854]

I had to put a halt to my last two bulks when I started to get uncomfortable with the bodyfat levels. Once I reach a certain threshold I just can't push past it. Which is sort of a bummer, training is the most fun on a bulk with regular PR's and linear strength gains. On the other hand, putting in all that hard work, and it is a lot of hard work, I don't wanna get on that train to fat city.

[@greyb5511]

I dont wanna sound rude or pretentious but an amazing cheat code I had when bulking were drinking a sht ton of the premier or fairlife protein shakes from Costco. They come in large 18 packs so I wasn't worried about drinking too much. Great way to keep up the bulk without adding uneccessary fats in ur diet plan. 👌💪

[@uniquenpc854]

@@greyb5511 That's neither rude or pretentious, I appreciate the input.

[@greyb5511]

@@uniquenpc854 Np bro, I also have an issue cuz I know how filling eating protein can be and it just makes me wanna eat fatty foods or carbs instead. But drinkin protein or liquid foods helped me out immensely on getting more lean and lowering my body fat.

[@matw1x]

Bring back the DBZ hair

[@DJcs187]

Man..I love that shirt

[@terriblecertainity]

eugene loving Tool...made my day!

[@daywizzle]

Love this channel

[@platinumstorm2521]

Great video and a great shirt also 😉 I'm still trying to figure out how you manage to balance 'cheat meals' or off-plan meals with your family and friends, I just can't do it. I've been meticulously weighing all the foods and drinks I eat for almost two years no, just to maintain my weight and make sure I'm doing everything within my power to not not gain fat.

[@RAPEDBYBLACKS]

lol none of that shit matters and you will learn. Just wasted effort and stress.

[@DrTopLiftDPT]

Got dirty bulk results on a lean “healthy” food diet because of the quantity. What happened to your strength?

[@rizfrizzworkouts]

This video was good, BUT I LIKE YOUR SHIRT SO I WILL SUBSCRIBE

[@muznick]

I remember doing 25 drop sets for back day.

[@coacheugeneteo]

Ouch 😂

[@bluegrassexotics8972]

'Liked' 3 seconds in for the shirt alone.

[@vojtal182]

We carry a lot from the past. For example the food tracking was quite difficult, I still remember it. No food labels, ingredients caloric tables were short and difficult to work with. So it was quite common to go with the chicken broccoli rice diet, because you at least knew what is in it. Only the most hardcore could stick with it. Now much more flexible approaches are possible, IIFYM etc. And it is much more sustainable. Very good video. I believe measuring bodyfat is probably one of the most important things. People focus on scale, but in the end they want to look athletic.

[@haz861]

Love your vids bro

[@Spikefire16]

I feel like your watching me… I’m in the same boat and time to lean out 😂

[@tashtant]

Oh, i thought you made a video about chubbyemu, he has made some great informational videos about weight loss and adhering to the plan with preparation

[@TheMoussa15]

Should we go straight into a mini cut from a bulking phasing or have a maintenance period in between?

[@coacheugeneteo]

Up to you!

[@connorwilson4799]

Many folks will recommend a maintenance period after cutting or bulking cycles. Check out Renaissance Periodization, Dr. Mike has a lot of awesome videos on the subject!

[@TypicallyUniqueOfficial]

Say all you want, you got fluffy…sure, but you probably put on a substantial amount of muscle that you would be able to retain or build back up to post diet with ease. You may not have ever build that muscle within the time period you did. Maybe it was excessive, but I don’t think anyone can say it wasn’t at the least effective.

[@coacheugeneteo]

It was a horrible idea IMO. I'm still working on a lot of the damage from that unnecessary fat gain to this day, and probably will forever. Part 2 will be filmed soon!

[@louisa.520]

good taste in music!

[@tev596]

How did you manage to pay for your diet and training during your initial days?

[@awesome369]

So how'd you get back on track??

[@Simply_chase]

That ruined photo is me!!

[@derpyfishsmellsgood6861]

Cool shirt 😎

[@shauncraigparkinson8165]

Great vid.

[@noeg108]

Nice shirt brah

[@guambianthunderbolts905]

I am bulking on PEDS. I feel the gains coming.

[@BrofUJu]

"Throw everything at our body and try not to die" lol, dying is not optimal!

[@spoopyscaryskelebones3846]

Dying is KILLING YOUR GAINS

[@coacheugeneteo]

😂

[@luger9857]

One thing nobody ever told me is to lose fat is to shrink the fat cell but to gain fat is to gain new fat cells. Once you have new fat cells you can't get rid of it with out the help of cosmetics. I did this dirty bulk one time now that's the amount of body fat my body naturally wants to be at. It wasn't easy gaining that weight ether. Wish I di things differently

[@WiLLiSimply]

Be honest! You went for the teletubby look and specifically for the blue one!

[@its.kevinhuang]

Guilty of the same mistakes. Recently cut 20 lbs as a result

[@coacheugeneteo]

Good work

[@NthatuwaTshabalala]

What’s wrong with tire flips? 😢

[@kingcomet3577]

Great video

[@peterkinyoko6045]

your gym is super cool

[@shoheithemoney720]

Are you East Asian or Southeast Asian? Btw, great physique brotha!

[@Darkman3299]

The Adam Liaw of Workout, pls collab

[@intersectedimplication]

Hi ET, what's the coach name?

[@gloriinher40s]

At least the alerts work on KZbin.. unlike FACEBOOK. Maybe I totally missed it in the video, if so I apologize I'm at work, but why do you think you didn't have the results you should have had from all that work, and what ultimately got to you to where you are now? Like, what did you change? Because to me it seems like you were doing all the right things.. no?

[@coacheugeneteo]

Too much too soon!

[@thevenom3125]

1% of bodyweight per month on the high end?? Isn’t that too little?

[@katronbowdry2348]

When you say "in your distorted sense of reality" , what do you mean? Distorted as in twist out of place? Or distorted as in, mislead? To me there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with trying to look like the guys you looked up to.🤔

[@The3Lego3Freak]

This is a fantastic video man

[@coacheugeneteo]

Thank you! 🙏

[@Quadfather97]

Hey, how is the pec faring? I partially torn mine this past weekend, I've nearly got all ROM back but it still feels week to use it with certain daily tasks. I'd love to hear someone else's experience and timeline coming back

[@heehee4262]

my friend show me your app, its awesome

[@coacheugeneteo]

Thank you! 🙏

[@nicksunstrider258]

9:40 bro that's the dream in that Netflix series

[@aidensnacklad4178]

Shout out to Tool

[@RuwinduGunatilake]

For a brief second, as I mean a VERY brief second, I thought this was a Chubbyemu video.