Eli5 How does bulking make it easier to gain muscle?

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Eli5 How does bulking make it easier to gain muscle?

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How do you build a house if you don’t have any bricks? How do you build an addition to your house without materials to build it?

Muscle mass requires surplus calories so you can build the tissue.

You can’t convert fat into muscle as fat doesn’t have the right parts in it that muscle needs, though it is possible early on if you have excess fat to lose some fat and build some muscle mass without gaining overall weight as your body can take the energy it needs from fat stores and the materials it needs from the food you eat.