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Is eating more calories to gain muscle a misconception?

Of course it makes sense that you eat more calories to build muscle. When a person eats more calories, they gain muscle and they also gain fat. If the human body only absorbs so much protein/carbs/and fat in one day, then rest is stored as fat. So is it possible to eat just enough calories and micronutrients to gain muscle without gaining fat?

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4 Responses to “Is eating more calories to gain muscle a misconception?”

  1. Nate said :

    Theoretically it should be possible but it’s not practical since you don’t know the exact amount you need on any given day so it’s better to make sure you go over.

    To keep fat down while bulking do a low intensity cardio workout at least 3 times a week. For example a decent speed walk for 40 mins. This way you will burn fat and not muscle when doing cardio.

    Or if you prefer a lot of people have good results with high intensity workouts for shorter time period. Ie running for 20 minutes.

  2. Raye said :

    As long as you workout, all of that will turn into muscle. If you don`t. Fat.
    However, if you take a normal amount of calories, but that you workout even more, you will actually get slimmer and not very muscly…

  3. Mike M said :

    No, but the cleaner bulk foods you eat and if u know the right proportions u can minimize fat gain when u bulk up but u cant stop the fat gain but u can make it small.

  4. Mr. Obie said :

    Yes! Absolutely. I’m glad that you mentioned micro-nutrients because a lot of people tend to miss that (e.g. Calcium for muscle cells)

    The reason one needs to eat more calories to build muscle it because muscle is more metabolically active than fat, thus requiring more energy. But that’s not all of it. Since proteins are the building blocks of muscle, one can tweak his/her diet (both macro-nutrient and micro-nutrient ratios) without necessarily having to increase total caloric intake.

    If the calories are in optimal ratios relative to one’s metabolic needs (how much energy and nutrients are needed to build and to burn) then everything would essentially be used up and nothing would have to be stored as fat (e.g. triglycerides).

    Never stop learning, sir!

    Wishing you the best in health.

    Mr. Obie
    http://www.ObiesHealthyFitness.com




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