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callumwalker1995
callumwalker1995 Posts: 389 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi all I'm 20, 5 ft 9, 147 lbs. I'm a student so I have a sedentary job but exercise around 2.5-3 hours a day 6 times a week so I used iifym.com and it said my maintenance was around 3400 but isn't that too high? I also used the Katch McCardle method which puts my maintenance at 2800. Can anyone give any advice? Trying to lean bulk.

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,463 Member
    Pick one - or pick an average of several. Log your food and keep good records of your weight. The only way to know your particular TDEE is to run the experiment.
  • callumwalker1995
    callumwalker1995 Posts: 389 Member
    It's just when I go higher cals I put fat on around my lower abs but no muscle yet I put hardly any weight on with the lower amount?
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,463 Member
    edited July 2016
    So...are you trying to bulk or cut? Pick one and set your calories either on the high end or low end and track it for three months.
    I mean, a lean bulk is a thin margin. No one here can set your numbers for you. Keep good records. Take measurements, track your lifts.
  • callumwalker1995
    callumwalker1995 Posts: 389 Member
    Lower cals as in the lower cals for a bulk
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    What exercise are you doing for that amount of time each day?
  • callumwalker1995
    callumwalker1995 Posts: 389 Member
    2.5k run 4k bike 1k crosstrainer. 90 min resistance training
  • benlinnenkamp
    benlinnenkamp Posts: 8 Member
    I would say your maintenance is closer to 2600
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    callumwalker1995 wrote: »
    2.5k run 4k bike 1k crosstrainer. 90 min resistance training

    If you're trying to bulk you're just making life more difficult for yourself with all that cardio.
  • cecsav1
    cecsav1 Posts: 714 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    callumwalker1995 wrote: »
    2.5k run 4k bike 1k crosstrainer. 90 min resistance training

    If you're trying to bulk you're just making life more difficult for yourself with all that cardio.

    What I was going to say...
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    What are you doing bulking and only doing cardio? Come on now
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