bulking

Definitions

The process of increasing muscle mass through a combination of intense resistance training and a caloric surplus.

The act of making something larger, thicker, or more substantial in volume or size.

In shipping or logistics, the practice of consolidating goods into large, loose quantities for transport.

Examples

He has been focusing on bulking up by lifting heavy weights and increasing his protein intake.

The athlete is currently in a bulking phase to gain muscle mass before the upcoming competition season.

Synonyms

gaining expanding enlarging increasing thickening massing swelling

Antonyms

slimming shrinking reducing thinning losing decreasing contracting