My extremely long winded comment is wondering — can
I eat at a surplus to build muscle while doing a body recomp plan?
If you're pretty strong already and been lifting for awhile, you may need to focus on either losing fat to tone up the stomach, or
eating at a surplus to gain strength.
I'm skinny fat with pretty much all my fat in my stomach (arms and legs are lightly toned, however it's very difficult for me to gain muscle even if I do
eat at a surplus (my body type is an ectomorph)-RRB-.
You can still build muscle eating at a calorie deficit (it just might take a bit longer compared to if you were
eating at a surplus) xx
Not exact matches
Now, if you couple sitting
at a desk for many hours every day and
eating a
surplus of calories from unhealthy sources such as junk fast food and similar over-processed food items, the natural result is excess body fat.
You'll
at least need to «
eat back» what you burn, if not clock a slight energy intake
surplus.
But we know that the participants in the Starvation Study actually lost weight eventually, after
eating at a great
surplus to their supposed BMR.
Step 2) Instead of
eating at a caloric deficit, you will aim to
eat at a caloric
surplus,
at a maximum of 500 calories (excess) a day.
So my question is, this article suggests fat loss as primary driver with muscle maintain as secondary (indicated by calorie deficit) but my goal is to prioritise muscle gain (this suggests I should
eat at a calorie
surplus) within my body recomp plan.
i will lose muscle i know also there is no such thing as spot reduction but if i keep
at it can i lose fat in thighs?and then, i will join gym in Feb or March and can just focus on
eating a
surplus and growing muscle?
Well, a good rule of thumb is 0.8 to 1.2 grams of protein per pound of body weight per day, with the lower end suitable to those
eating at maintenance or in a calorie
surplus, and the higher end suitable to those in a calorie deficit.
...
eating at a calorie
surplus some days and calorie deficit other days, with more days
at a deficit to lose fat weight.
With the 3 - day split, instead of
eating at BMR on your rest days, you'll
eat at TDEE and then have a larger
surplus for the training days.
You see, if you have properly created the ideal caloric
surplus and are therefore
eating the right amount of calories each day, it will cause you to gain weight
at the ideal rate.
If you ARE new to weight training you should
eat at about maintenance level or a small deficit (rather than a
surplus) and train like you are trying to build muscle.
Just
eat at a moderate calorie
surplus and follow a good workout routine.
And in the end, some guys and gals have found that just as restricting calories for fat loss can be slightly uncomfortable
at times,
eating a
surplus of calories for weight gain can be a bit of a grind as well.
Even if you want to put your entire caloric
surplus on your training days, you still want to
eat at maintenance on rest days.
So are u saying to build muscle, you have to
eat at a calorie
surplus?
Eat at a higher
surplus on training days (especially after your workout) and less on resting days.
You don't need cardio to stay lean, it will just
eat away
at the calorie
surplus that you've created.
The way you described above is not lean bulking, with lean bulking you
eat in a
surplus on training days and
at maintenance on off days.
If you have trouble making progress, you are either not
eating at a sufficient
surplus or you're doing too much work for the amount of food your
eating.
If you're
eating at a big
surplus, you can afford to train with more volume and intensity.
If you don't
eat at a bigger
surplus, this becomes even more sensitive.
If you simply
eat «on the fly» out of instinct, you'll almost always revert back to
eating at your calorie maintenance level (or in a
surplus), since that is what your body is naturally programmed to do when food is constantly available.
Eat in a calorie
surplus, or
at the minimum of maintenance and train hard.
Where diet is concerned, I'm currently
eating at a slight caloric
surplus to put on more muscle.
She lives in the North of England with her family and, in her spare time, runs a charity that digs wells for schools in The Gambia, enabling the children to grow food to
eat while
at school, with any
surplus sold by the schools to buy supplies.
At meal time a
surplus of food is given, and the pet is allowed to
eat for a set period of time.
5) having gross
surpluses of everything, total supply
at 3,500 - 3,700 kcal / day,
eating too much animal protein, wasting 35 - 40 % of all food, living record life spans, getting sick (U.S. and E.U. today).