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2005/04/26, 10:51 PM
If trying to gain mass, what is the theory behind the massive amount of calories needed?
Does the body come to a point that it cannot use the excess protein etc.?
Also, is the "rebuilding" time after a workout the only time muscle is being gained?
When gaining weight what are the possible reasons (muscle, water, fat, what else)?
I am trying to understand what I am trying to do so that I don't waste effort and money eating too much.
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2005/04/26, 11:03 PM
You have to have a caloric surplus in most cases to have much chance of building muscle. Building muscle is actually the last thing your body wants to do and will do, so if you do not give it a surplus of calories to work with, so it can fulfull all other bodily functions, you simply will not build muscle.
Excessive calories of any type(even protein) may be either dispelled from the body or converted to adipose tissue. The body will use the amount of protein it needs, and cannot "store" it. So, this is why enough protein must be fed to the body to insure adequate amounts. If it needs amino acids for any purpose, and you are not giving it any, it goes to the only place it can to get them, and that is breaking down existing muscle tissue.
You build muscle when resting. You build nothing in the gym. The gym is the catalyst to start the process.
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