growing lean i think is only possible when you get back on steroids after a whiled off gear and training and diet.
or if you been waay bigger before.
other than that, growing some while staying kinda lean is best done by slightly increasing calories, some couple 100clas above maintenance intake.
to grow bigger than one has been before, itll take some fat gain.
Necessary evil I guess eh. Shouldn't be a big problem as long as I don't mistake mass gain for actual muscle which I'm sure a lot of us do or have done at some point. It can be deceiving and you lie to yourself and keep gaining but at the end it just means more work for you to get back down to where you wanna be.
One question though Galeniko...
Say if I were to do 500mg of test vs. 1000mgs of test do you think I would put on a better quality mass with the higher amount?
I'm using test as an example but would it work this way with any compound ? I'm sure with test I would experience a higher rate of aromatization/bloat.