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01-29-2013, 09:19 PM #1
mass/gain diet question
ok guys ive cut done to an 8/9% bf. stats are 30 yrs old 5'8'' 170 lbs. my tdee is around 3500 cals a day. ive also found another cal. calculator on another thread that put me at over 4000 cal. a day. goal is 185 lbs (lean). not quite ready of gear yet. question is while on mass diet (and eating the proper foods) how much will my body fat % raise? I average 1.5 hours 5 days a week in the gym.
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01-29-2013, 09:31 PM #2
depends, everyone is different
but as long as you eat mostly 'clean' foods and still do a bit of cardio here and there, you can keep the body fat gain down to a minimum..
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01-29-2013, 09:41 PM #3
it just seems like alot of cals. to intake in a day. im not used to eating that much. but then again thats why i work my @ss off in the gym and have little gains. thanks man!
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01-29-2013, 09:44 PM #4
btw i think you TDEE would be closer to 2300 kcals...
if i were you id probably start at 3000 kcals and increase/decrease from there..
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01-29-2013, 09:48 PM #5
I don't think ur tdee is 3500 unless ur a pro athlete or train for a triathlon or something. Best way to figure ur maintenance cals is lbm x 15. That is somewhere in the neighborhood of 2300, making ur bulk at about 2800. That's where I'd start, and adjust up accordingly. If u start at 4000+ cals a day, you'll b at 15-16% bf in no time.
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01-29-2013, 09:49 PM #6
Looks like kronik beat me to it lol
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01-29-2013, 09:58 PM #7
my tdee was around 3000 for maintenance so i added 500 for bulking. my biggest problem is counting all the calories. alot of the time i'm too busy at work and i have to make time to eat. and i don't have time to count cals. all the time. i do have a base menu i try and follow that help;s but isn't always an option to follow.
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01-29-2013, 09:59 PM #8Originally Posted by chefjmo
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01-29-2013, 10:13 PM #9
followed the calculations from the sticky. hell there was another sticky that took me to bb.com and calculated me at 4000+.
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01-29-2013, 10:15 PM #10
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01-29-2013, 10:18 PM #11Originally Posted by chefjmo
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01-29-2013, 10:20 PM #12Originally Posted by kronik420
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01-29-2013, 10:21 PM #13
a good goal is 1 lb per week increase in weight.. any more than that and you risk gaining alot more fat..
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01-30-2013, 01:22 PM #14
You guys are great. Thanks for the help. And is it that big of a deal that I cant count all my calories? I have a good idea but not an exact number. Plus the numbers you guys came up with seem achievable. Didn't think I could do 3500 a day.
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01-30-2013, 01:25 PM #15Originally Posted by chefjmo
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