I need advice for muscle building...

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  • NagromXIV
    NagromXIV Posts: 56 Member
    You look a lot younger then 22? Is that your real age? You are very active, so your defenitely not eating enough at the moment; I would aim for about 4000 calories to see any actual results. Focus more on strength training and compound lifts.
    Ive been searching around forever, so I decided to make an account on here for other peoples advice for my specific situation and this site has helped a ton more
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  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    his maintenance is higher due to football as well. I'd put it closer to 2800

    I put his stats in iifym.com (w/ 5 days exercise) and for an aggressive bulk he should be more 2900-3000.

    But this is if he's doing TDEE (which would include exercise calories).

    OP, when you did your stats on MFP, did you choose to gain? Did it give you a net calorie goal?
    No I dont think I did, Ik ive lost four pounds since the last time ive gotten on

    Go the goals setting and redo your goals to gain.

    With MFP, it's based on the NEAT Method. So if you do this, then you'd be netting the calorie goal MFP gives you (meaning eat that # + exercise calories that you log.)

    Or you can go with the TDEE Method which would be the 2800-3500 # you've been getting from most of us. TDEE Method includes exercise so you don't have to necessarily log it. Just eat the cal goal. Or you can log your exercise at 1 cal burn if you just want to have it included on your diary and stuff. :)
  • NagromXIV
    NagromXIV Posts: 56 Member
    You look a lot younger then 22? Is that your real age? You are very active, so your defenitely not eating enough at the moment; I would aim for about 4000 calories to see any actual results. Focus more on strength training and compound lifts.
    lol xD Ive been searching around forever, so I decided to make an account on here for other peoples advice for my specific situation and this site has helped a ton more
    shhh! edit lol
    Lol got it xD
  • NagromXIV
    NagromXIV Posts: 56 Member
    his maintenance is higher due to football as well. I'd put it closer to 2800

    I put his stats in iifym.com (w/ 5 days exercise) and for an aggressive bulk he should be more 2900-3000.

    But this is if he's doing TDEE (which would include exercise calories).

    OP, when you did your stats on MFP, did you choose to gain? Did it give you a net calorie goal?
    No I dont think I did, Ik ive lost four pounds since the last time ive gotten on

    Go the goals setting and redo your goals to gain.

    With MFP, it's based on the NEAT Method. So if you do this, then you'd be netting the calorie goal MFP gives you (meaning eat that # + exercise calories that you log.)

    Or you can go with the TDEE Method which would be the 2800-3500 # you've been getting from most of us. TDEE Method includes exercise so you don't have to necessarily log it. Just eat the cal goal. Or you can log your exercise at 1 cal burn if you just want to have it included on your diary and stuff. :)
    thx
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    So are you familiar at all with bulk and cut cycles?
  • NagromXIV
    NagromXIV Posts: 56 Member
    So are you familiar at all with bulk and cut cycles?
    In all honesty no. I know tons about nutrition and what to and not to eat, just cause I had to know that stuff to lose the weight I did, I just recently have been learning about building, and its a whole nother concept obviously xD
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    So are you familiar at all with bulk and cut cycles?
    In all honesty no. I know tons about nutrition and what to and not to eat, just cause I had to know that stuff to lose the weight I did, I just recently have been learning about building, and its a whole nother concept obviously xD

    Here are a couple links that might help. Overall bodyrecomposition.com is a great site. Lots of articles, studies, etc.

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/general-philosophies-of-muscle-mass-gain.html

    http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/initial-body-fat-and-body-composition-changes.html


    Other great sites are http://body-improvements.com/
    And you can also browse around Bret Contreras' website too.


    ETA: The guy who does body-improvements.com is actually on MFP. Steve Troutman.
    Here's his group:
    And a link to his MFP blog if you want to read it too:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/8101-the-school-of-strout
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/stroutman81

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