Ahhhm, these articles basically are the counterpart to this forum. There are a lot of fallacies in regard to - not stretching, not doing situps or pushups when wanting to get bulk. Stretching is so important when at the gym - most people don't do this, but warming up / stretching prevents injuries.

Also the 2nd article mentions and encourages absolutely everything of what the paleolithic way of life contends, going against the grain (figuratively).  

"Now aside from your palpable fear about the number I just threw at you, here's another hard reality: you can't do this eating "clean." You'll have to eat a lot of fat, including things like (take a deep breath) butter, mayo, pizza, ice cream, and high-fat meats and dairy products." - That was a quote from article 2.

AND

"For the rest of you who are truly serious about gaining weight, just understand that the loss of visible ab development is part of the price you'll have to pay. Later on, when you weigh 265, you can trim down to 220 or so and have your abs back, But for now, let's just worry about acquiring something to trim in the first place.". - LOL, I am currently 155 pounds - imagine if I bulked to 265 - I would be dead.

The trainer dude for these articles is absolutely insane, and a healthier alternative I believe would be to inject steroids - as opposed to starting up this cholesterol infested, obesity susceptible diet plan.  

Also my opinion is that working your abs is absolutely essential as it is your core, and foundation of the body.

Cheers anyway for the articles, but if anyone is wanting to follow it I would strongly advise against the 2nd article - the first article was somewhat okay.

Eat big - Eating a lot of fat is easy and quite paleo.  Just stick to the hig-fat meats bit of the list and ignore the rest.  If you skip the carbs you won't get fat at the same time and you might be able to keep your abs showing.

Okay, I am a bit confused here as to the aforementioned statement pertaining to the eating fat part.

Icecreams, butter, mayo and pizza is not paleo at all?

Thanks on the info, good read.

If you think about it, the routine and ideas he talks about are pretty similar to starting strength, by Mark Rippetoe.

The exercises are more enjoyable as well, not mindlessly curling but rather engaging you whole body do complete a squat, etc.

Hey about the bf%, I keep loosing fat (I can tell because my abs are starting to show, slowly but every week I can see them more). Does this mean I am not eating enough? Or is it just because I am a noob so I can lose fat and create muscle at the same time?

Well, I have not been going for long (1.5 weeks, lol) but every single time I have gone I have upped the weight.

I have toned it down (off season). Around twice a week with friends, much much less intense games . In a week, I lift 3 times and play racquetball twice.

I don't know, I just oppose the idea of becoming fat in order to get muscle - I simply will not do it.

I would rather eat copious amounts of flesh, vegetables, fruit and nuts. Sure it will take longer, or I may reach to a point where muscle development will impede as a result of me not eating mcdonalds everyday.

I feel as though if I eat all of that junk it will just be too hard to work it off. I remember, I weighed at something like 80 kilos to drop to 65 kilos a few years back and it took me 6 months of cycling up mountains (really) almost everyday, and doing aikido training 5 times a week, as well as just drinking water and living on subway. So no way would I put myself through that torture again, good luck to any of you who is that determined of becoming big, I commend you for it.

No one is talking about eating bad foods, this is all in a paleo context.

About getting fat, I am with you in that. But it is easier to gain muscle when you are eating more. I have a friend that bulks until he is 10-12% bf, then cuts for a couple of weeks and gets back at 8%. This is by no means getting fat, yes you are getting "fat" for some period of time, but you are limiting yourself to 10-12%bf max, which is fairly lean.