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chaddukes · 04-28-2009, 07:53 AM

I'm not bullking. So, that's not the point. I'm just curious about this one question I have.

I hear that in a bulking phase the most muscle mass that you can expect to gain is 1/2 pound per week. How many more calories above maintenance does one have to eat to gain 1/2 muscle per week?

The common prescription for a one pound per week fatloss is to have a 500 calorie deficit per day. The idea being that one pound of fat is 3500 calories. At first I thought, 'well if we cut 500 per day to lose one pound we would want to add 250 per day to gain half of a pound.' But, fat isn't the same as muscle. And that recipe just doesn't seem right.

So, if someone wanted to add a half a pound of muscle per week how many calories above maintenance would they have to eat?

04-28-2009, 07:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
chaddukes Will Deadlift for Food! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 884	Calorie intake for bulking I'm not bullking. So, that's not the point. I'm just curious about this one question I have. I hear that in a bulking phase the most muscle mass that you can expect to gain is 1/2 pound per week. How many more calories above maintenance does one have to eat to gain 1/2 muscle per week? The common prescription for a one pound per week fatloss is to have a 500 calorie deficit per day. The idea being that one pound of fat is 3500 calories. At first I thought, 'well if we cut 500 per day to lose one pound we would want to add 250 per day to gain half of a pound.' But, fat isn't the same as muscle. And that recipe just doesn't seem right. So, if someone wanted to add a half a pound of muscle per week how many calories above maintenance would they have to eat?