Hypertrophy

ark · 05-24-2007, 07:38 PM

I just started hypertropy I. How many calories should I be eating to build muscle? If I eat approximately 200 more a day.. whill that be enough to build muscle?

RobLL · 05-24-2007, 09:01 PM

I'm not up on this but I think most people have gone up maybe 500 calories, and then adjusted to more or less as the see muscle/fat being added to their bodies.

Hunter · 05-25-2007, 08:01 AM

200 calorie surplus = some mass gain.
500 calorie surplus = greater mass gain.

The extra 300 calories will result in additional gains in lean muscle mass, but also in fat mass. All you can do is experiment. If you want to gain muscle mass and are not concerned about some fat gains, go for the higher surplus. If you are sensitive about fat, go for a smaller surplus but understand your muscle mass gains will come more slowly. It's all about your goals.

ark · 05-26-2007, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Hunter

200 calorie surplus = some mass gain.
500 calorie surplus = greater mass gain.

The extra 300 calories will result in additional gains in lean muscle mass, but also in fat mass. All you can do is experiment. If you want to gain muscle mass and are not concerned about some fat gains, go for the higher surplus. If you are sensitive about fat, go for a smaller surplus but understand your muscle mass gains will come more slowly. It's all about your goals.

Thank you Hunter.

I am concerned about the fat gains. It's really hard for me to let this go in my mind. So if this turns out to be a slow process, I'm okay w/ it. I currently weight 110. I would love to be able to put on 10 pounds of muscle, but then I have no idea how much fat would need to be added. Then when I go back to lose the fat, I'm probably going to lose some of the muscle.....

RobLL · 05-26-2007, 11:42 AM

Once you get your diet right, and are wt lifting, HIIT etc I suspect that you don't have to worry a whole lot about exactly how much muscle or fat you're carrying. Unless you have a very specific goal in mind. I think you can to some degree dial up or dial down these parameters. The joy of right diet and right exercise is that gaining, losing weight is not something that happens to you, it becomes something you make happen.

ark · 05-26-2007, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by RobLL

The joy of right diet and right exercise is that gaining, losing weight is not something that happens to you, it becomes something you make happen.

very true.... that's a good way to put it!