New guy: Advice needed

[Random12466]

I’m looking for some fitness advice. I currently am a freshman in college and I wrestle. I’m 6’2 and 225lbs. My coaches and I decided it was best for me to make the transition to heavyweight (Max 285 lbs.) collegiate heavy weight wrestling can be brutal and most guys are very large, strong, heavy dudes, and I can’t compete only weighing 225. I know I want to put on a MINIMUM of 40 pounds over the next 8 months, and I need to get as strong as possible, however I still want to keep my athletic ability and not become a complete pud. I’ve heard that I need to be at 4K calories, I’ve heard 6k, 8k+ calories. What should my calories/macros look like? I also know I need to spend most of my time in the gym, even though I already do. What should my training split look like? I’ve thought about going 3 days a week high volume and 3 days a week strength training, but I’ve also heard that this is ineffective and that I should train in fazes, 8-12 weeks hypertrophy first, and then focus on strength training after. What is best for my bulking journey in order for me to be a primed, large, strong, 265 lbs+ tank 8 months from now? Any advice helps, thanks.

 

[Renew1]

I’m looking for some fitness advice. I currently am a freshman in college and I wrestle. I’m 6’2 and 225lbs. My coaches and I decided it was best for me to make the transition to heavyweight (Max 285 lbs.) collegiate heavy weight wrestling can be brutal and most guys are very large, strong, heavy dudes, and I can’t compete only weighing 225. I know I want to put on a MINIMUM of 40 pounds over the next 8 months, and I need to get as strong as possible, however I still want to keep my athletic ability and not become a complete pud. I’ve heard that I need to be at 4K calories, I’ve heard 6k, 8k+ calories. What should my calories/macros look like? I also know I need to spend most of my time in the gym, even though I already do. What should my training split look like? I’ve thought about going 3 days a week high volume and 3 days a week strength training, but I’ve also heard that this is ineffective and that I should train in fazes, 8-12 weeks hypertrophy first, and then focus on strength training after. What is best for my bulking journey in order for me to be a primed, large, strong, 265 lbs+ tank 8 months from now? Any advice helps, thanks.

I'm VERY curious what rationale your coaches used to make that decision...

We're you just too dominant in your current weight class??

 

[Random12466]

I'm VERY curious what rationale your coaches used to make that decision...

We're you just too dominant in your current weight class??

So this is where it gets kinda funky. High school and college weight classes aren’t the same. In high school, there’s 195,220, HWT(Max. 285). In college, there is only 197 and HWT(Max. 285). I wrestled 220 in high school, got recruited to wrestle in college (I’m currently a freshman). After getting up to about 235, my coaches said that cutting to 197 is too much and we decided that HWT was the better option, and that I should focus on getting big for next season. Then life hit, I stopped eating and lifting right, and now I’m sitting at about 225. We still have the same goal of being as big as possible next year. I’m starting from scratch.

 

[THOR 70]

Biggest variable here is time. How fast MUST you get big enough to hang? 8 months is pretty quick. How fast you do it will determine how much is muscle and fat. I know everyone wants to be shredded, but weight moves weight so as long as your endurance is still good, a bit of extra fat isn’t horrible.

I would just lift heavy in the 3-5 rep range for strength, eat 6 big meals a day (5k cals), and use wresting practice to keep fat gain where you want it. Your coaches should know if you’re trying to gain that much weight, your shouldn’t be doing grueling 3 hour practices that will hinder your gains. Constantly crushing healthy food will be the hardest part.

Take any supplements?

 

[Random12466]

Biggest variable here is time. How fast MUST you get big enough to hang? 8 months is pretty quick. How fast you do it will determine how much is muscle and fat. I know everyone wants to be shredded, but weight moves weight so as long as your endurance is still good, a bit of extra fat isn’t horrible.

I would just lift heavy in the 3-5 rep range for strength, eat 6 big meals a day (5k cals), and use wresting practice to keep fat gain where you want it. Your coaches should know if you’re trying to gain that much weight, your shouldn’t be doing grueling 3 hour practices that will hinder your gains. Constantly crushing healthy food will be the hardest part.

Take any supplements?

A little less than a year (about 8 months). I started at 225, started my bulk, got up to about 245, I was taking creatine, and a mass gainer at night. Other than that, just eating a lot. After a small injury, I stopped my bulk and I’m right back where I started. Any tips?

 

[Rocket3015]

Biggest variable here is time. How fast MUST you get big enough to hang? 8 months is pretty quick. How fast you do it will determine how much is muscle and fat. I know everyone wants to be shredded, but weight moves weight so as long as your endurance is still good, a bit of extra fat isn’t horrible.

I would just lift heavy in the 3-5 rep range for strength, eat 6 big meals a day (5k cals), and use wresting practice to keep fat gain where you want it. Your coaches should know if you’re trying to gain that much weight, your shouldn’t be doing grueling 3 hour practices that will hinder your gains. Constantly crushing healthy food will be the hardest part.

Take any supplements?

Great advice right here !!