Absolutely!
Eating more, no matter what you eat, will increase your muscle mass and body weight.
An increase in muscle mass traditionally leads to an increase in strength.
Interesting research demonstrated that increasing your calorie intake WITHOUT exercise increased muscle mass in what might termed as the…
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Couch Potatoes Study
Research years ago, over fed Couch Potatoes. They put them in front of the TV and then over fed them. The Couch Potatoes did no exercise.
At the end of the research, they found that the Couch Potatoes gained muscle. They also adding body fat.
However, here’s…
The Downside
The Couch Potatoes’ weight gain constituted a…
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20% increase in muscle mass
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80% gain in body fat
Crunching The Numbers
That means that a Couch Potato who gained 10 lbs ended up with a 2 lb gain in muscle mass and an 8 pound gain in fat mass.
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As they have stated, going from 4,000 to 6,000 ensures you are going to add a lot of body fat; the Couch Potato research demonstrates that, as well.
Maximizing Muscle and Minimizing Fat Gain
Researchers Dr John Ivy and Dr Layne Norton have independently demonstrated the the most effective method for Maximizing Muscle and Minimizing Fat Gain is to increase you Daily Caloric Intake by 20%.
Thus, IF (which I question) you were consuming 4,000 kcals per day and not gaining weight/fat, that would mean increasing your intake to 4,800 kcals.
4,000 seem ludicrous to me. 4,800 insane.
I question what you are doing and if you are correctly measuring and calculating things correctly.
Kenny Croxdale