Calories per day

[rpendleton]

I'm eating around 4500 calories per day. I'm 5 weeks in to a bulking cycle.and have only put on 3 pounds. What do you think I should up my calories to. Or is it normal to have only gained that much? If it matters I'm 6 foot 223 pounds.

 

[Ateam2023]

im gonna wait for someone else to do the "honors" lol geez

 

[eery]

if your not gaining and want to gain, add 200kcal and asses, repeat if nothing happens

 

[BigTomJ]

Oh so you want to get fat fat.

How many lbs a week do you want to gain?
I like em thick

 

[rpendleton]

I was asking for advice from other people and what they had gained.

 

[AlexDavis43]

I'm eating around 4500 calories per day.

 

[Benf15harp]

Go to 5k per week.

 

[crtx]

question is. are you really tracking 4500 calories each and every day....

6ft 101kg your either lean as or lanky with no muscle.

 

[LiftAR]

Bro. Bulking is easy. You just gotta up your fats and you can hit 4500 calories with next to no preparation or tracking macros with
a gallon of whole milk, 7oz bag of peanuts, 6 eggs rocky style (fuck the bioavailability shit), 2 bananas, 2 thick PB&Js

Then just eat anything for dinner, ideally whole foods, to increase the surplus. Lbs aren't going up? eat eat eat lol

 

[laclark89]

Bro. Bulking is easy. You just gotta up your fats and you can hit 4500 calories with next to no preparation or tracking macros with
a gallon of whole milk, 7oz bag of peanuts, 6 eggs rocky style (fuck the bioavailability shit), 2 bananas, 2 thick PB&Js

Then just eat anything for dinner, ideally whole foods, to increase the surplus. Lbs aren't going up? eat eat eat lol

That’s exactly what I did as a teenage football player eating sandwiches between classes, and raw eggs are only a 1 in 10,000 chance of saminella,I hope your not recommending that for a grown man.

Oh so you want to get fat fat.

How many lbs a week do you want to gain?
I like em thick

big girls need love too lol.

 

[rpendleton]

question is. are you really tracking 4500 calories each and every day....

6ft 101kg your either lean as or lanky with no muscle.

I feel I'm chubby , bur I don't body build just trying to keep up with my son strength wise.

 

[Benf15harp]

Umm, don’t “up”’your fats. You want high carbs(60%) 20-25%pro 15-20%fat. Adding 500 calories per day will get you an increase of roughly one pound per week.

 

[LiftAR]

That’s exactly what I did as a teenage football player eating sandwiches between classes, and raw eggs are only a 1 in 10,000 chance of saminella,I hope your not recommending that for a grown man.

big girls need love too lol.

Same here! I started eating like this again because it's wayyy easier.. everything I eat is pre weighed and labeled. I trashed the food scales and meal prepping cause at the end of the day I'm not a bodybuilder, just a regluar guy who lifts and takes test Plus, I found washing 4 containers a day was a waste of time. Now, I only deal with dishes at dinner, unless my girlfriend does them...

 

[LiftAR]

Umm, don’t “up”’your fats. You want high carbs(60%) 20-25%pro 15-20%fat. Adding 500 calories per day will get you an increase of roughly one pound per week.

Hmm.. maybe, but it can be a pain in the ass to track your macros to a tee. Especially if you live a normal life and aren't a paid athlete. As long as you get enough calories and your strength and weight is going up nicely. You aren't exactly gonna be carb depleted, especially when taking AAS.

 

[AlexDavis43]

I feel I'm chubby , bur I don't body build just trying to keep up with my son strength wise.

Tbh at that body comp I'd be looking to maintain or cut. You've got a good base of muscle and seem only a few months to be ripped if you can stick to a moderate cut.

Then after you enjoy walking around shirtless for the rest of the summer, revisit the bulk mentality.

 

[rpendleton]

Do you think I should just take trt levels when cutting? Or should I add other stuff in. I've never been on a cut before

 

[AlexDavis43]

Do you think I should just take trt levels when cutting? Or should I add other stuff in. I've never been on a cut before

I have no idea your history, but yeah that's a good starting point.

The short cuts aren't very short. Mostly comes down to a sustainable calorie deficit. LFG

 

[phenominal34]

I feel I'm chubby , bur I don't body build just trying to keep up with my son strength wise.

you sure those are your correct stats ?

Height 6ft
Weight 223 lbs

 

[rpendleton]

 

[rpendleton]

Why, do I look heavier or lighter than that?