To gain muscle do you eat more calories or less?
So I'm confused, they say fat is bad for ya and that fat doesn't turn into muscle. However I would hear famous celebrites like Jason Statham or Hugh Jackman eat like 5000+ calories a day. So does that I can fast food or whatever a lot a do heavy workouts and get big. Yet in that same token a program a program like p90x says you need to cut you calories intake in half.....so what's the deal!?!?! Thanks.
How many calories do i need to build muscle?
Too much calories can make you gain weight, but not necessarily muscles. therefore, one must take in the right calories, and these are calories from health foods such as wheat and protein based products. vegetables are great too for nutrition, however for muscle building, you must ingest proteins and also, take a look at this link, i'm sure it will help you a great deal. http://www.howtobuildmusclefast.net/protein-powder-recipes.html/
How much calories do I need to build muscle and lose fat?
Insted of giving this a imaginary answerI will tell you how you can make your own diet plan.First find out your BMR (basal metabolic rate) ,you can find that out online but generally I won't suggest that go to your nearby gym and ask them to do a INbody test or say Body composition test. Report should look like thisThen if you have more than 10%body fat then take your BMR as your daily calorie intake in a ratio of 60% fat 35% protein and 5% carbs. Now you might be thinking why this ratio in which 60% of the calories are coming from Fat,well it has a big history behind it but if you want to get in to it deeply search for ketogenic diet or Google it.With this ratio you will loss fat as never before and your energy levels are way more higher than a carbohydrate diet.So if your BMR is let's say 1800 kcalSo go on this link MacroNutrient Calculator and set the parameters as 60% fat 35% protein and 5 % carbs you will get the amount in grams of each.Then you can use my finesse pal or fat secret applications on your phone to calculate the amount of food that fits your macros.Keep increasing your calories by 100 kcal every week so you keep loosing a good amount of fat 4 weeks then take a cheat meal of your choice but only after 4 weeks and that too only 1 meal. Then again start with BMR. Keep checking your body composition after every 4 weeks and increase calories accordingly.Keep veggies around 300 grams a day and avoid carbs from vegetables .Must use Spinach as a base of your salad and atlest 200 grams of spinachSources of protein:Vegetarian :whey protein, Paneer.Non-vegetarian: chicken, whole eggs,whey protein, fish are some best and good quality protein sources that I use for my clients.Fat source : Butter,Ghee,whole eggs,olive oil,fish oil,almonds.Carbs only and only from veggies.You will get tremendous results than any other diet on the planet.JUST GIVE IT A TRY is all I will say.If you need help with your diet then without any hesitation You can email me at rgfenquiry@gmail.com I won't charge for it.
Can I build muscle eating 1300 calories a day?
No when you gain muscle you will burn fat. When you are on 1300 calories a day you will also be burning your muscle as well as fat which is not good: muscle needs food to form. Eat healthy foods and lots of them to gain muscle- you'll gain fat from bad foods like candy, sodas and sugary things.
How many calories to eat per day to lose FAT & gain muscle?
Gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time is very hard, but definitely possible, a cyclical diet is the easiest way I've found to do it. Basically what you do is eat 'high' calories (1500-2000 for you most likely) on days when you do heavy exercise (weights, calisthenics, etc) and then next day eat low calories (800-1200) and do your cardio whatnot, though not too much, cardio will eat away muscle, just look at marathon runners. Usually works best to do Monday, Wednesday, Friday high calorie days and the rest low, but I don't know your schedule. On heavy exercise days you want to eat something like 100-300g carbs, 100g or so protein and the rest fat, then on cardio days eat less than 50g carbs and heaps of protein, something like 150g for you. Low carbs makes your body use fat for fuel and the high protein ensures your brain is sufficiently fueled, the heavy exercise makes the muscles want to store carbs more, so eating carbs on those days makes more carbs go into the muscles rather than into fat. Yes, diets like this suck, there's little variation you can do, but they work, I do it myself when I want to lose fat and keep/gain muscle. Hope this helps and good luck!
How many extra calories do you actually need to gain muscle?
You should be eating about 2,700 calories with 200 calorie surplus to gain lean muscle but if you want to speed up the process you should eat a bit more but of course you would gain a bit more fat, and another thing i saw you put in the description that you were eating 330g of protein i think thats a bit to much you should focus on getting a good amount of carbs as well about 350g of Carbs you should drop your protein intake to about 250g and you should have about 50-60g of fat if you want to gain lean mass anyways hope that helped
How to eat enough calories to build muscle, but not gain weight?
Olive oil Nuts Meats Milk Avocadoes Cheese Any kind of grain, rice or pasta, whole of course (easy to eat, delicious and very dense in calories !) get 0.8 grams of protein per pound in bodyweight daily instead of thinking about it in terms of flat calories, think about it in percentages. 10-15% is a great number. 10-15% caloric deficit to lose weight 10-15% caloric Surplus to gain mass/muscle *** diet is the main and the most important factor to gaining weight or losing it, in gaining muscle or preserving it. with the deficit, you don't lose much muscle as long as you eat protein/work out since you're not starving yourself with the surplus you don't gain too much fat because the surplus is not too large. its easy to eat 2150 calories if u just eat more calorie-dense foods. to make it easier to build abs work your entire body. sounds kind of weird, right? but the more muscle mass u have all over your body the easier itll be for you to keep the fat off to show your abs. plus a little extra "tone" to your body makes your abs stand out more. deadlifts, squats, overhead press, pullups, bent over barbell rows and benchpress are all you'll need. and no u don't need to eat more than maintenance on off days. do it only on days where you work out. the only exception is if u feel sore and u want to recover by the next day. then it's fine to eat more calories. it's called calorie cycling (: good luck ~