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by the_hangman
4603 days ago
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I'm not really sure you understand the things that you are saying. You're the one saying that it's feasible to gain 34 lbs. of muscle in one month eating only 3500 kcal/day. Then you said that this guy did it working out for four hours a day, and strenuous lifting burns only ~ 500 kcal/hour. Then you say that all he'd need to eat is one additional large pizza in a month. None of this adds up to a coherent point. 4 hours * 500 kcal/hr = 2000 kcal This would be IN EXCESS of what he would have to eat to maintain homeostasis, which means that he'd need somewhere in the ballpark of 4000 kcal/day JUST TO MAINTAIN HIS WEIGHT. Then he would need an ADDITIONAL amount of calories to allow his body to repair muscles and form new muscle. I'm not even saying it's impossible to gain 34 lbs. of muscle in a month -- just that it would take at least 6000-7000 kcal/day to gain weight that rapidly, not one large pizza/month. Or 3500 kcal/day. It's all nonsense. |
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Nope, that's not what I said. I even linked to the article that has that exact claim; apparently, you didn't read it.
>just that it would take at least 6000-7000 kcal/day to gain weight that rapidly
I've also said repeatedly that I didn't think this was an obstacle, if it indeed was the amount required. I guess you didn't read that either.