Wanting to hear different people's thoughts. I have my own preconceived notions which I will share later
Geez bro... If your going to copy and paste something at least give them credit or cite itThere are only 700 calories in a pound of muscle. But it takes about 2700-2800 calories to BUILD a pound of muscle. We can't force extra muscle gain by eating more and we are very limited in the actual amount of muscle gained per month.
If you are gaining muscle you don't need quite as many calories as you think. Instead you need a small consistent surplus that you raise every few weeks based on your results. It takes a lot of energy to build muscle but unfortunately you cannot force it to grow faster.
This is why a small calorie surplus is needed, consistently, to create a new pound of muscle. You need about 2800 or so excess calories to build a pound of muscle. When we consisder that most people can only gain a few pounds of actual muscle maximally per month, that comes down to 200-300 calories over maintenance daily. Not much at all. Eating more will only lead to fat gain.
Yes we whereDC, You and I was debating this topic a week ago. Very interesting..
So, a 200lb man would need 400 grams of protein a day for how long to build 1lb of muscle? I know this isn't absolute. But in general.2 grams of protein per pound of body weight every day while bulking. 6 ounces of chicken, meat, or fish has about 36 grams of protein.....
Can you explain why you need a 2800 calorie excess to build a lb of muscle?There are only 700 calories in a pound of muscle. But it takes about 2700-2800 calories to BUILD a pound of muscle. We can't force extra muscle gain by eating more and we are very limited in the actual amount of muscle gained per month.
If you are gaining muscle you don't need quite as many calories as you think. Instead you need a small consistent surplus that you raise every few weeks based on your results. It takes a lot of energy to build muscle but unfortunately you cannot force it to grow faster.
This is why a small calorie surplus is needed, consistently, to create a new pound of muscle. You need about 2800 or so excess calories to build a pound of muscle. When we consisder that most people can only gain a few pounds of actual muscle maximally per month, that comes down to 200-300 calories over maintenance daily. Not much at all. Eating more will only lead to fat gain.
Sorry, was busy getting food for my daughter. I was gonna cite it. Wasnt trying to plagerizeGeez bro... If your going to copy and paste something at least give them credit or cite it
https://www.truewillaesthetics.com/simple-muscle-building-diet-for-superior-muscle/
Personally I think you can get away with less than half of that while bulking, just eat a ton of carbs. I've never used anabolics to bulk though.2 grams of protein per pound of body weight every day while bulking. 6 ounces of chicken, meat, or fish has about 36 grams of protein.....
AverageWhat kind of person We’re talking about here? The Average Genetics or Great Genetics?
You pickEndomorph Ectomorph Mesomorph?
Based on this information, on a 10 week cycle at 200 grams of protein a day x 70 days = 14,000 grams / 83 grams of protein per LB of muscle you would expect 168lbs of muscle gain if all this protein goes toward muscle growth. Which it obviously doesn't. Maybe 10% of it (16.8 lb of muscle gain in 10 weeks). So basically only 20 of that 200 grams is going towards muscle growth.Did you know that a lb of muscle (453 grams) is about 75% water (340 grams or 0 calories) and 18.5% protein (83 grams or 332 calories).
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3854183/Based on this information, on a 10 week cycle at 200 grams of protein a day x 70 days = 14,000 grams / 83 grams of protein per LB of muscle you would expect 168lbs of muscle gain if all this protein goes toward muscle growth. Which it obviously doesn't. Maybe 10% of it (16.8 lb of muscle gain in 10 weeks). So basically only 20 of that 200 grams is going towards muscle growth.
I guess I'm just confused as to why so little goes towards muscle growth, where the rest of it goes and how to increase the amount going towards muscle growth since 90% of it seems to be getting shyt out. I know insulin allows more protein to go towards muscle growth... But.. IDK This is just something I guess I wish I had a beter grasp of.
This 200-400grams of protein a day for muscle growth thing just does not make sense to me. And in fact I have seen muscle growth on a large deficit with maybe 120 grams a day total of protein (was on AAS however).
Protein isn’t just going to muscles, and even the skeletal muscles we want to make big and strong aren’t the only muscles in the human body by a long shot.Proteins account for about three-fourths of the dry matter in most human tissues other than bone and adipose tissue. They are macromolecules with molecular weights ranging from a few thousand to many millions, and they are required for practically every essential function in the body.
Nice, thanks.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3854183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK218739/
Protein isn’t just going to muscles, and even the skeletal muscles we want to make big and strong aren’t the only muscles in the human body by a long shot.
That has to be g/lb or g/kg. And we have some much more controlled studies than just a survey showing the effects of protein consumption on muscle gain. My main point was to show what protein goes to besides skeletal muscle really.Nice, thanks.
One thing that stood out:
A recent survey by Slater and Phillips (79) reported a protein intake that ranged from 1.1 to 3.3 g/24 h among adult male strength and power athletes during their training. However, as mentioned above, there is no evidence that even these strength athletes absorb more than 1.25 g protein/24 h.
What kind of AAS/ slin dosages are we talking thoughfrom my experience, once i got into the 2.5-3.5 g per lb. of lean mass was simply the best and fastest growth i have experienced. sh!7 gets old hitting those macros on the daily
Check out that article I posted... One of the things that he's saying in there is yeah sure you can eat a bunch of calories and protein and gain weight and size but you'll lose the muscle separation and being able to see definition AND your adding more water, fat and glycogen than anything else. But surely you are getting bigger and adding some muscle. The point of the whole article is that you can grow muscle only at 4 to 600 over maintenance and slowly increasing calories as needed, putting on muscle only. Not fat, glycogen and water.What kind of AAS/ slin dosages are we talking though
In before you forget to allocate some calories to some obscure but vital bodily function and end up dying lol.Wish we could decide what bodily processes our calories could be used towards before we eat... Smh
Id probably end up neglecting just about every possible bodily function that doesnt facilitate gainsIn before you forget to allocate some calories to some obscure but vital bodily function and end up dying lol.
frankly i dont think that applys in this instance.. think about it this way.. im always cycling or what not. point is that is a normal for me. the thing that made the difference was the amount of protein (again, in this case only). i used to be a non believer in the whole protein intake theory's. always able to grow on the old school approach of .8 g per pound of lean body weight. if only i would have experimented earlier along! in the presence of anabolics and other PEDs high protein intake is remarkable indeed. the pros all eat massive amounts to get big and then find they can maintain on way less. so i do find myself not applying a high intake. im alot older and am happy with a pound or two a yr. not too worried about gaining much more on my little frame. currently bulking and hit 240.. can barely make out my top abs. eating about 1g per pound... and gaining a healthy mix of fat and muscle but im feeling well accomplished for the last yr. and going into this one~What kind of AAS/ slin dosages are we talking though
Something to this. When I started, I packed on muscle like no other. Now 25 years later, I will have to consume 5k calories a day to put on a sustainable lb of muscle. I just don't have that interest in me anymore.1lbs not much at all. Anyone that start working out will add that within a month or less probably if not more. Now if we take a guy that's been working out 20 years it's very different.
Your metabolism due to the increased muscle mass is arguably sky-high compared to what it was before and much higher than an average person at the same weight who doesn't work out.Something to this. When I started, I packed on muscle like no other. Now 25 years later, I will have to consume 5k calories a day to put on a sustainable lb of muscle. I just don't have that interest in me anymore.