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2003/08/19, 02:41 PM
So let me make sure I have this right. Someone on here mentioned that in order to gain ANY muscle you need to consume MORE than your body burns in one day. Is this 100% correct? With the Bowflex they suggested a 1500 calorie diet for men. No wonder I didn't gain any muscle! But at least I was losing fat.
So if you were me at 200lbs and 6'5" would you:
A) Just eat say 2000 calories (little less than what I burn a day maybe) to keep losing that last 15lbs.
OR
B) Increase my calories to gain muscle mass. Sure this will add SOME fat but in the long run it will burn off this extra fat correct? Because the added muscle will burn calories? If I eat lots of healthy food it SHOULD burn into muscle mostly and not all FAT I hope!
So, if say I wanted to gain a lot of muscle, how many calories should I consume a day for my size? Any ideas on how to balance out the carbs and fat? I want to gain a lot of muscle and eventually get back up to 215-220 with the added muscle. For me, it's been hard to gain any real muscle. Probably because i'm not eating enough. And all this time I thought it might be because i'm not pushing myself hard enough durings Sets but yet I always go to fatigue.
Lately i've been checking into the Zone diet. They suggest 15g of fat for each meal at breakfast, lunch and dinner. Is this really to much for someone that's 15lbs overweight still? I find it extremely difficult to consume 15g of FAT in one meal. Sometimes I will eat Natural peanut butter to make up the difference for a snack. Is this a bad idea?
So in total they suggest 154g of protein (I'll probably just stay at 175-200), 198g carbs and 66g FAT. Any opinions on this? To much or too little?
One last question. Better to increase weight after each set like say 12 reps, 10 reps, 8, 6 etc and go to fatigue at the last set or just do 75% of my 1 rep max for 4 sets of 8. I've been doing that lately and my muscles are very sore the next day so I knew it's giving me a better workout.
Thanks for any help someone can offer!
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2003/08/19, 08:41 PM
hmmm,,,well wot i find works for me is,,, i have a high protien diet i eat a lot of carbs but only during the day!! i try not to eat much fat!! but there are 3 types of fat. there are two bad ones a one good type,,the good type of fat is monounsaturated which is found in avacado's peanuts etc,, i have found that this has increased my size and the muscle i put on is nice lean muscle with little fat. As for reps i find doing 4 sets in creasing the wieght each time is best for me. on my last set i will give 100% but i want to do at least five reps,, if i do over 10 then i will raise my wieght,, if i do under 8 then i will drop it!! well this works for me and everyone is different soo just experiment!! good luck :):)
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