Looking to gain a clean 40 lbs
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anakid62
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I lift weights but I'm still in a calorie deficit my number to reach is around 3700
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You won't gain eating in a calorie deficit. I assume 3700 is what you calculated it will take to gain?
I guess I'm not understanding the question...0 -
I would eat at a surplus if your interested in gaining weight .
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To gain clean 40 pounds? What is this?
Get out the deficit..0 -
I will thanks seems like I'm eating non stop though lol0
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3700 and still in a deficit? WHOA! I'm jealous.0
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Well just eat eat eat lol I know though it seems like you're eating all the time but it will be worth it0
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If you think by eating 'clean' you won't gain fat, you're mistaken0
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40 pounds seems like a mountain to me. I'm new to MFP & gains but I see a common trend with BIG gains right off the hop. Not meaning to be a stick about it but why not lower the target at first? Go for 5. Then once you reach it. Go for another 5 etc. All the best on your gains.0
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TavistockToad wrote: »If you think by eating 'clean' you won't gain fat, you're mistaken
Amen. In the end... calories are king. Now, OP.. start eating.0 -
If you want to gain 40 pounds of muscle I'll have to break it too you the hard way: it's not going to happen if you are a natural lifter. Even a young natural lifter is going to struggle to gain 25 pounds of muscle over the course of their life and as you get older your potential drops significantly. If you want to gain 40 pounds and maximize the amount of muscle you gain then eat in a small surplus of about 250 to 500 cals per day. If you can gain 10lbs of muscle within the next year you will have done a stellar job.0
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Yep to illustrate that fact, I dirty-bulked last year for six months and after cutting all summer I was left with a shiny new 5 pounds of natural LBM.0
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If you take showers the weight will be clean.
I'm confused by your post.
If you want to gain, eat at a surplus. The amount of fat gain will be determined by the amount of calorie surplus.
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I bet a burger would be tasty0
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sjohnson__1 wrote: »3700 and still in a deficit? WHOA! I'm jealous.
That was my thought0 -
going to gain fat no matter what you do if that is what you mean by 'clean'. 3,700 in a deficit you must be one huge dude
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Wheelhouse15 wrote: »If you want to gain 40 pounds of muscle I'll have to break it too you the hard way: it's not going to happen if you are a natural lifter. Even a young natural lifter is going to struggle to gain 25 pounds of muscle over the course of their life and as you get older your potential drops significantly. If you want to gain 40 pounds and maximize the amount of muscle you gain then eat in a small surplus of about 250 to 500 cals per day. If you can gain 10lbs of muscle within the next year you will have done a stellar job.
Yep, gonna take something beyond natural to put on 40 pounds of pure muscle (which is what I'm assuming OP means by "clean 40 pounds"). That would put most guys (even skinny guys) into top-level pro bodybuilder territory. And top-level pro bodybuilders ain't natural.
OP, in case you don't get the lingo, "natural" means not using anabolic steroids.0 -
But: http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/whats-my-genetic-muscular-potential.html/
Can't male beginners gain 20-25 lbs of muscle for their first year (2 lbs/month) assuming proper training/diet?
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codsterlaing95 wrote: »But: http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/whats-my-genetic-muscular-potential.html/
Can't male beginners gain 20-25 lbs of muscle for their first year (2 lbs/month) assuming proper training/diet?
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