Not exact matches
If you're not counting
calories in any real way, there's a decent chance you'll
get the deficit /
surplus aspect met (though even this fails
in a lot of cases), but a pretty good chance that it won't be
in the optimal range.
I have been eating a
calorie surplus of about 2,300 but noticed I was gaining too fast (I gained two pounds
in two weeks) and
getting thicker than I'd like around the waist (which is what I don't want.)
So, take the estimated
calorie maintenance level you
got in the previous step and create your ideal caloric
surplus.
That can allow them to then go into a
calorie surplus for a 6 to 8 month period before worrying about
getting too high
in body fat, which just extends the amount of time they can spend building.
Remember, if you want to
get big, all the weight lifting
in the world won't amount to anything if you're not
in a
calorie surplus.
In fact, the only thing that causes you to
get fat is consuming a excessive
surplus of
calories (i.e. more
calories than you burn or synthesize into muscle tissue).
Another problem with the idea of eating a
calorie surplus in order to boost testosterone is the fact that you'd slowly
get fat, which would increase your aromatase enzyme activity, and therefore boost the conversion from testosterone to estrogen.
Even though eating a
surplus of
calories has been shown to increase testosterone levels short - term
in few studies, it's not a good long - term plan, because you would simply
get fat, which would negatively affect T levels
in the long run.