Now that you have picked weather you are going to be building bulk muscle or lean muscle now you need to feed your muscles with what they need to grow.
Now you can build muscle while in a calorie deficit, but it is a long slow process. The reason is that muscle needs to recover after you have worked them and that needs calories. Now you also don't have to be in a calorie surplus as well i.e. you don't have to gain weight to build muscle. Even eating maintenance calories will allow your muscles to recover and build back stronger and or bigger.
Now what kind of things do you need to eat in order to build muscle? Well muscle needs protein in order to build back bigger and stronger. Usually for Men they should be eating around 180 grams of Protein to build muscle and for Women 150 grams of Protein.
The rest of your calories should be divided how ever you want between Carbs and Fats. Normally people eat more carbs and keep the fats low, but there are diets out there that prioritize fats over carbs. I am not on one of those diets so I don't know much about them. If someone were to ask questions to me about them I would be more then willing to do some research for them.
Now that you have your diet it is time to make a plan. There are terms out there like Macro cycle, Micro cycle and such, but this all boils down to time. If you find a plan that you like you need to give it at least two months before seeing results. In the beginning of weight training you will see large improvements in your strength, but that will slow down over time. Don't get discouraged as it takes a long time to build muscle.
You can find all sorts of plans out on the internet and I'm sure anyone can find something that will work for them. I personally like to take all the thought out of planning my workout routines so that is why I do p90x from Beach Body. That is me, but if someone wants something else I'll be happy to do some digging and find a routine or schedule for them.
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