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mass gaining calorie question - Friday, August 29, 2008 10:48 AM ( #1 )
im going to start bulking soon and i just wanted to make sure of something.
should i just eat as much as possible or just add 500 calories over my maintenance ?
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Re:mass gaining calorie question - Friday, August 29, 2008 7:05 PM ( #2 )
try with 300-500 calories over maintainence and if your not gaining 1 lb.+ a week up it until you are.
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Re:mass gaining calorie question - Sunday, August 31, 2008 7:09 PM ( #3 )
^^^ Agree.


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Re:mass gaining calorie question - Monday, September 08, 2008 9:33 PM ( #4 )
To add to that, make sure your getting quality calories. Getting 500 extra calories a day is easy, for about a dollar you can go to McDonalds and get a double cheese and your set. Do that your whole bulking phase and you may see extra bulk but not the kind you want. Although gaining fat is inevitable, you will see much better results eating healthier foods such as whole grains a few hours before a workout for constant enery, fruits after a workout for quick insulin and equal parts carbs/protein after that, you will be much much better off. Hope this helps.
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Re:mass gaining calorie question - Thursday, September 11, 2008 1:55 PM ( #5 )
As a general rule of thumb, your caloric intake should be about 15-20 times  your body weight. This will give you the overload that your body will need inorder to rebuild muscles bigger and stronger.
<message edited by shyne_ventures on Thursday, September 11, 2008 2:01 PM>
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Re:mass gaining calorie question - Thursday, September 11, 2008 1:59 PM ( #6 )
also, all calories are not made equal! you want to put on LEAN muscle mass...
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