Am I sensitive to carbs?

[Pmo1212]

Hey guys I'm new to AM I but I'm currently in a bulking phase and I notice that I hold a lot of water and gain weight easily and it's definetly the carbs because when I drop them a bit I can tell. The thing that confuses me is that it's not a lot of carbs at all compared to other guys my size and age. Am I just naturally carb sensitive or is it more my metabolism.

 

[LeanEngineer]

I would say alittle bit of both. How many carbs do you usually eat a day? And maybe try just focusing carbs only around your workouts and see how that goes or something.

 

[Tenglish1918]

While it's not necessarily rare to be insulin resistant (if even to an extent) with my experience it's much more likely that your in a surplus at a body fat level that's not conducive to lean muscular gains. I.e. (This isn't true for everyone) if your "bulking" at 15% BF your only going to end up higher in BF at the end of the bulk! (Again very dependent) 18-20% body fat does not look pretty lol