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      Building Muscle and The Calorie Myth
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      A big misconception in adding muscle mass is that you must consume above maintenance level calories to fuel the muscle growth. This is wrong and I believe it stems from “incomplete” thinking.

      The human body is a very precise machine. You don’t just throw calories at it in hopes that some will stick in the form of new muscle mass. That’s a blind approach that will more likely lead to greater fat mass than actual muscle.

      Your individual daily calorie maintenance level is the EXACT amount of calories your body requires to maintain all body functions including growth. All calories above your maintenance level WILL be stored as extra body fat. That’s the simple fact of the matter.

      I can hear some of you now. “No, no, no. You need extra calorie to support the muscle growth.” Yes and no. Remember what I said, “Your individual daily calorie maintenance level is the EXACT amount of calories your body requires to maintain all body functions including growth.”

      For a bodybuilder on anyone wanting to add lean muscle, the calories required to fuel this muscle growth on a daily basis is part of your daily calorie maintenance requirement. You see, in bodybuilding, you’re always trying to add lean muscle. When your body requires calories for muscle repair and growth, those calories are maintenance calories. You’re feeding your body what it requires to adapt and grow from the training you perform. Of course it’s more calories than if you were not trying to build muscle, but it’s an exact amount and not an excessive amount.

      Your body in no way needs an excessive amount of calories for growth and repair. An excessive caloric intake, assuming the nutrients from these calories are constructive, will promote muscle growth, but every single extra calorie above what your body needs will be stored as fat.

      So what’s the answer? The answer is simple; provide your body with the exact amount of calories it needs to support maximum muscle growth without exceeding your total caloric needs. Now I said the answer was simple, the execution is not so simple.

      How do you know exactly how many calories you need? This is different for everyone. And it can change from day to day. You’ll need more calories on the days you train than on the days you don’t. However, very few people are going to measure their caloric expenditure and adjust their calories on a daily bases according to this expenditure. That’s reality.

      Where to start . . .

      A few years ago I developed the Nutritional Calculator to put you in a “caloric ballpark” based on gender, body type, age, and activity level. Plug in your parameters and you’ll get a caloric starting point, but more importantly you’ll get a nutrient breakdown of these calories that I have fine tuned over the years that are optimum for lean muscle growth.

      Like I said, this is a “caloric ballpark.” In many cases it will be precisely the amount needed, in other cases these calories will need to adjusted either up or down depending on the individual.

      If you need to adjust your calories I recommend adjusting 200 calories at a time. Don’t make big jumps in calories either way. What you are doing if fine tuning this number to arrive at your exact caloric need for maximum lean muscle growth without adding fat.

      Adjusting your calories is easy and I have included a Nutrient Ratio Calculator so you can arrive at the optimized protein, carbohydrate and fat ratio with your adjusted calorie intake.

      Take advantage of these important tools to create a perfect metabolic environment for muscle growth without the fear or uncertainty of adding extra body fat.

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      I dont really know what to think of this. Opinions vary so much....

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      Sounds like the traditional and obvious take just drawn out a bit. To lose weight take in less calories than you burn. To gain lean muscle Take in excessive good,clean calories.If you take in to many calories they turn to fat if you dont use them. It souds like he is trying to hustle some kind of product to me but the principals are right.
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      Ya, but almost anyone will advise you to take in as many Cals as you can while on a bulking cycle. Some even swear by eating anything and everything (junk) while bulking just to get more calories.

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      Originally posted by Alpine
      Ya, but almost anyone will advise you to take in as many Cals as you can while on a bulking cycle. Some even swear by eating anything and everything (junk) while bulking just to get more calories.
      If that were the case I would be in better shape than anyone on earth.Sesame chicken, Pizza,Tacos etc., every meal. Thats how I got fat in the first place.
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      I take that back, I still would not be in as good shape as that guy who would be on Geraldo via satellite because he could not get out of bed. I think they called him Hambone. He took in alot of junk calories.
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      This is going in the wrong direction. Im not talking about eating straight shit on a cycle. Basically what Im talking about is the Idea (which is very popular) that you HAVE to have an extreme amount of excess calories to gain the most on a cycle. There is another school of thought that if you meet specific carb and protein amounts while keeping cals at just a little over normal intake (to mantain) levels you can still gain muscle just as well with minimal fat gain.

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      Yeah, you have to have an extreme amount of calories but I am saying that they need to be clean calories. High calorie foods such as nuts ,olive/ flax seed oils, lean steak,natty pb. is the ticket.On average the body burns 2000-2500 ed I believe(correct me if I am wrong).For a bodybuilder or someone who is very active this can be doubled especially some on gear.Many people on thi board take in more than 4000 calories in a day.
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      "A big misconception in adding muscle mass is that you must consume above maintenance level calories to fuel the muscle growth. This is wrong and I believe it stems from “incomplete” thinking."

      "You see, in bodybuilding, you’re always trying to add lean muscle. When your body requires calories for muscle repair and growth, those calories are maintenance calories. You’re feeding your body what it requires to adapt and grow from the training you perform. Of course it’s more calories than if you were not trying to build muscle, but it’s an exact amount and not an excessive amount.

      Your body in no way needs an excessive amount of calories for growth and repair. An excessive caloric intake, assuming the nutrients from these calories are constructive, will promote muscle growth, but every single extra calorie above what your body needs will be stored as fat. "

      Did you miss those parts? I know you need above normal cal intake. But eating 4500-5000 cals a day might end up just adding more fat w/ no better gains than a smart 3500-4000 cal diet.

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      Jesus - it would be REALLY hard to get 6K calories a day eating very clean. It could be done, but my god - that would be tough.
      The burden of originality is one that most people don't want to accept. They'd rather sit in front of the TV and let that tell them what they are suppose to like, what they're suppose to buy, and what they're suppose to laugh at. You have Beavis and Butthead telling you what music you're allowed to like and not like, and you've got sitcoms that have canned laughter that lets you know when to laugh if you're too stupid to know when the joke is. People are too lazy and too stupid to think for themselves because America has raised them that way.

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      Thats just the point - is there REALLY any need for 6k cals a day? The author of that article would say no for sure.....

      Yet some think tons of cals is a must.

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      Heres what I say, go with what works. Everyone is different.Idont know anyone who would need 6k per day.Clean or not I think they would blow up.
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