With Regards to putting on muscle mass

[Gulzakar]

Is there a way to approximate the extra calorie burn from building muscle?

For example. April 1st I could only bench 130 (8 reps x 4)
Last night I benched 200 (8 reps x 4)...and it felt like 130 did on april 1st?

I'm mostly curious...Ive stopped losing weight but pants are getting pretty damn loose.

 

[BigJ]

Body Fat % is what you should be looking at now.

 

[Gulzakar]

hehe, I still have lot of that

I was mostly just curious... to put it in other words, the last 2 weeks Ive been getting a lot more hungry than normal...A LOT. I know it has to do with exercise, but I didn't think lifting weights would make THAT much of a difference.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: Gulzakar
hehe, I still have lot of that

I was mostly just curious... to put it in other words, the last 2 weeks Ive been getting a lot more hungry than normal...A LOT. I know it has to do with exercise, but I didn't think lifting weights would make THAT much of a difference.

Eat lean protein and veggies if you're hungry. Protein is great for building muscle mass

 

[Kishan]

If there was one thing I could tell you, go to bodybuiliding.com's forums. I've learned a lot over there.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Gulzakar
hehe, I still have lot of that

I was mostly just curious... to put it in other words, the last 2 weeks Ive been getting a lot more hungry than normal...A LOT. I know it has to do with exercise, but I didn't think lifting weights would make THAT much of a difference.

Believe me, your hunger can change radically.

When I was conditioning for football in HS, and playing during the season, my appetite was 2-3x as much as it was during the off-season. Going from light running and lifting (off-season) to an hour of lifting and 4 hour practices 6 times a week really changed things. I would eat anywhere from 3500-5000 calories (healthy food) and not put on any fat.

 

[Landroval]

To gain muscle, as you are, you do need to eat more than you burn. Just be sure it is not junk foods and that you don't overdo it. Grats on your bench increases

 

[Gulzakar]

thanks

I actually don't have a slow metabolism, I just ate too much... my thyroid test indicated a .7 (whatever that means). I'm just a little burly

tommorrow I'll take a couple pics of me and post em. I have one pic from 3 years ago to compare.

 

[2cpuminimum]

Remember, one gram of muscle contains 4 kilocalories. Therefore every kilogram of muscle you gain means an expenditure of at least 4,000 kilocalories, which could otherwise have been used to make a pound of fat. In reality muscle genesis is not nearly that efficient. For your health, you don't want to lose weight, you want to gain muscle. As long as you are building muscle you will tend not to gain fat.

You should always eat protein immediately before or after exercise, at least 5 grams. Otherwise your muscles will digest themselves after your workout. (5 grams isn't much, an egg will do the trick.) Eggs are good for you, studies indicate that ingesting saturated fat is what raises blood cholesterol, much moreso than actual ingestion of cholesterol.

 

[Insomniak]

I could say so many things and correct so many people, but my carpal tunnel is acting up.

 

[Tsunami982]

it greatly depends on the individual but in general ONE pound of lean muscle burns about 50 calories a day. so if you put on 10lbs of muscle you are burning about 500 calories more a day... thats why you are hungrier.

 

[Otaking]

Originally posted by: Insomniak

I could say so many things and correct so many people, but my carpal tunnel is acting up.

Voice Recognition Software?

 

[Koing]

No.

You can get a lot of strength gains via improved technique and training yourself. You can weigh even less and lift more.

Just keep training and eating lots

Koing

 

[Gulzakar]

Combined with my cardio I've found my stamina increasing with each day... even when I feel tired I don't feel strained...not to mention I don't feel the need to "watch" what I eat (within reason of course).

I have to say it's a nice feeling...I'm about halfway where I want to be