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growth on moderate calorie diet
- Thread starter tournesol
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It depends a lot on your current size and metabolism. The average couch potato male will burn 2,200 cal/day. Once you start lifting and especially after you've put on significant muscle, it's not hard to burn 3,000 cal/day.
If you're not taking in more calories than you burn on a daily basis, you cannot grow (other than water weigth). It's just impossible; you can't grow muscle out of thin air.
AAS can increase strength in that situation. Or, if you're body fat is still high you may be able to burn stored fat while increasing muscle mass...depends on your age, level of fitness, and individual metabolism. But even if that happens you're overall weight will not increase (other than possibly water weight).
If you're not taking in more calories than you burn on a daily basis, you cannot grow (other than water weigth). It's just impossible; you can't grow muscle out of thin air.
AAS can increase strength in that situation. Or, if you're body fat is still high you may be able to burn stored fat while increasing muscle mass...depends on your age, level of fitness, and individual metabolism. But even if that happens you're overall weight will not increase (other than possibly water weight).
riverrock
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Yes1 I was unhappy with my first Sustanon cycle. I was working as a Hotel Conference & Banqueting Manager at the time. It was November - January and we were up the shits every night with 500+ sit-down meals. Anyone who works in hotels will tell you the pressure is unreal. Anyhow, was eating alot, but unfortunately "too" active and burned off alot of calories running around every night like a mad-man. As a result, I think I put on about 8 pounds of muscle in the cycle, when I expected 12 - 15. Was disappointed, but know why. Anyhow, left to return to Uni and the difference rest and time off your feet makes to your training...Wow1 If you want to get extra cals in I would recommend making yourself some peanut butter sandwiches every day. they'll pack on the mass for you and means you don't have to get ripped off paying $4 per high calorie shake instead. Trust me, use peanut butter and also some walnuts and you'll win, I promise!
tournesol said:
500 calories a day is roughly equal to 1 lb/week. (0.45 kg/week in Denmark). So if you eat 3,000 calories and burn 2,500 daily that's what you can expect to gain.
If you're not already close to your genetic limit, you can put on muscle that fast without AAS. With AAS you should be able to gain at three times that rate so 4,000 calories/day is prescribed.
