Hello all,
before the long story here is the question:
In the bulk face, how can I be sure if by adding 300 calories a to the my base line, the weight I gain is good
weight and not extra fat because maybe I am not training hard enough given that I am currently going trough
the 5x5 Stronglifts program, and while I am lifting heavier and heavier it is a rather short program for each session?
To be clear, I am not seeing anything strange happening, in fact the weight is barely going up, but just for clarity sake.
Now for more background....
I am getting back into training and before I even started, about 2 months ago lifting any weights, I decided
to spend a month just understating what is my basic caloric need to maintain my weight with an office life and
walking about on 4000 steps a day.
First I looked at online calculators where you enter age, sex, weight and type of lifestyle, at an age of
47, height 172cm, weight 64KG, male, and not doing much workout at all, I got the following outcomes from 3 different
calculators: 1) 1782, 2)1782, 3)1782 - so looks like they all use the same logic.
Not yet convinced I decided to take this as a base line but measure it myself for 4 weeks by tracking everything
I was eating and still not training, and my results were close, about 100 calories higher.
So now I sit at 1823 + 300 to bulk up. Below is also an idea of what I eat.
Any toughs?
Thanks
Nic
before the long story here is the question:
In the bulk face, how can I be sure if by adding 300 calories a to the my base line, the weight I gain is good
weight and not extra fat because maybe I am not training hard enough given that I am currently going trough
the 5x5 Stronglifts program, and while I am lifting heavier and heavier it is a rather short program for each session?
To be clear, I am not seeing anything strange happening, in fact the weight is barely going up, but just for clarity sake.
Now for more background....
I am getting back into training and before I even started, about 2 months ago lifting any weights, I decided
to spend a month just understating what is my basic caloric need to maintain my weight with an office life and
walking about on 4000 steps a day.
First I looked at online calculators where you enter age, sex, weight and type of lifestyle, at an age of
47, height 172cm, weight 64KG, male, and not doing much workout at all, I got the following outcomes from 3 different
calculators: 1) 1782, 2)1782, 3)1782 - so looks like they all use the same logic.
Not yet convinced I decided to take this as a base line but measure it myself for 4 weeks by tracking everything
I was eating and still not training, and my results were close, about 100 calories higher.
So now I sit at 1823 + 300 to bulk up. Below is also an idea of what I eat.
Any toughs?
Thanks
Nic
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