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Simple question, complex answers.
1. Caloric intake: to build breast tissues, you need protein. Also, to build muscle. So either way, lots of protein.
2. Depending on what you're looking for, you can build muscle in the gym; increase calories, and just grow "whatever" (depending on how you work out and what you do, you can build muscle, and/or build boobs - though that's hormonal, not gym development; and you may gain weight, which would likely include fat.)
3. In terms of working out: You can build the Pectoral muscles, and add some projection (perkiness); this may also increase band measurement. So you may get more "perk" and lose visual size due to increasing muscle mass elsewhere, e.g., underbust measure, overbust measure; increase shoulder musculature, deltoids, laterals, trapezius. This would have THE EXACT OPPOSITE result of what I believe you want.
Ultimately, nutrition and proper workout won't hurt you; but you can overdo it, and need to plan and diet carefully. That doesn't mean "go on a "diet" "; it means change your normal diet to nutrient-rich foods (Paleo, South Beach, Atkins, etc.) and include lots of protein, medium fat, and I feel better when I'm low-carb. <33 grams/day works very well. <20 is better, it will get you into a ketogenic state, which is supposedly great for losing fat weight - but also means, burning boobs. :-P
What you can do:
- Lower weights, higher reps
- Supersets for muscles (no rest between sets) - makes for smaller muscles.
- Stretch between sets (I know, contradicts the above) - keeps muscles from bulking up, I'm told, so you limit size growth (but can't beat bad training, E.G., heavy weights in the 8-10 rep range)
Now, with the right hormonal environment, the additional circulation will help, but if you're doing bodybuilding routines, nice and manly? Not going to get female curves, and boob growth won't work well.
How feminine do you want to get? If you want manly body and boobs, best bet is probably implants, no joke. Safest, overall. but they'll mess with your bench press, pushups, situps maybe, any pull or push to the chest, including pulling up the line of the body, E.G., High Pull. (Speaking from experience, and I don't think they're that large, they get in the way more than you'd believe, and catching something in the boob hurts, and can be fatal, I believe - it's like getting hit in the testicles, so the pain can cause severe trauma and stop the heart. You need to be careful this way, and the girls can tell you... ;-) )
Last note, as mentioned above, carbs are evil - they spike your blood sugar, even the complex carbs, and that leads to weight gain. Worst is high carb + high fat; then, high carb + high protein; then, high fat + high protein; then high fat, low everything else; then, you start hitting starvation methods, like Intermittent Fasting (has some good effects, too, and great if you need to lose fat); then, long-term fasting.
I'd drop the carbs and go to protein, and not do a bulking cycle - period. bulking won't make for a feminine physique, possibly even if you're a genetic girl. some women can bulk! (Look up "Iron butterflies" or go for "female body builders", google Nicole Bass, etc.)
Something important to keep in mind: you can train for strength and remain skinny (and not skinny-fat, either.) You need to be VERY active in the training, respond quickly to your changes (E.G., bulking selectively to improve visual shape, while cutting/toning other spots; "bulk" the deltoids, "Cut" the waist, "bulk" the Gluteals, especially the gluteus medius and gluteus maximus, and use machines more than free weights for that, to keep the focus on that muscle; do low-weight free weights for full-body strength, say the olympic lifts. you'll build feminine curves with the bulking, and avoid the size increases in other less-wanted areas, say across the back with the Lats and Traps, which will make you look more like an Orc than a girl. ;-) But big butt + even modest hips + no belly + thin waist + shoulder caps = hourglass shape visually, with feminine curvatures suggested....
But if you get a belly, you're a boy, OK? So easy on situps, crunches, leg raises, dead lifts, good mornings, side crunches, etc, etc, etc.
You can build mass later if you want to go "Manly" at a later date. Won't lose breast tissue, though.
It's the DEVIL IN HELL to LOSE muscle mass, though, even training for a marathon. Once you have the mass, you have to WORK to lose it - that includes starvation methods, because although the body won't intentionally keep more than you're using, it's not actively seeking to consume tissue unless it's starving and needs the protein.
Plan well, we can assist. :-)
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