[quote]TrainerinDC wrote:
There is a key aspect that you guys are forgetting. If you wanna be big, you have to eat like you’re big, train like you’re big, and live like you are big. Act as if. You have to act as if you are what you want to be, not what you are.[/quote]
I don’t think anyone on here is disagreeing with the fact that if you want to be big you have to eat big. However, if you are 165 pounds and want to weigh 260… You need to eat like 175 first… Then 185, then 195. You don’t just start eating 6000 calories a day.
You have to factor in several things, but size and activity level are the main two. If you are already huge(and I mean HUGE…with muscle), I agree that a 1,000 calorie breakfast might be beneficial.
I know,for myself, that the gym comprises a good portion of my daily activity. While my job has me on my feet walking around, it don’t think it boosts my activity levels much. Some people (construction workers, athletes…) most definitely need more than I am getting, but most people on here have normal jobs.
[quote]If Arnold ate for his 160 pound starting self, he never would have made it anywhere. If Michael Jordan practiced to beat the kids in college or the neighborhood, he never would have been the best ever.
Bulking at 3500 will not work. Point blank. If you guys wanna test it out, lets set a timer for one month, bulk at 3500, I will bulk at 6000 and we will see who gets more size, LBM, and strength out of the deal. [/quote]
Most professionals that I have read estimate you can gain rougly a half pound of lean mass per week. That would put you at around 500 to 1000 calorie surplus over your maintence.
So lets do another test. Lets say we are alloted 2 years to make the best gains. Trainee 1 will eat to gain .5pounds per week, most of that muscle. Trainee 2 will eat to gain 2 pounds per week…With a good chunk of fat along with that(JB says a semi-fat person can gain 4 pounds of fat per 1 pound of muscle)
I’ll give trainee 2 the benefit of the doubt and say he only gains 2 pounds of fat per one of muscle. At the end of 18 months he has gained 24 pounds of LBM and 48 pounds of fat(But an impressive 72 pounds). He must now spend the next 6 months dieting off all that fat to look decent(the goal of most on this site). He will inevitably l,ose SOME mass on the diet…lets say 4 pounds over 6 months(generous). Bringing him down to 20 pounds of muscle.
Now, Trainee 1 will be making slower progress in terms of weight gain, but lets say he makes mostly muscle gain since his surplus isnt as high, I’ll say a 1:1 ratio. At the end of 18 months. He has gained 18 pounds of muscle and only 18 pounds of fat. He can continue to bulk for the next 6 months while our fattie above diets down, gaining even more mass while not being fat yet.
Which one do you want to be?