Your metabolic rate determines how many calories you burn on a day to day basis. Your metabolic rate is important because the higher your metabolism is the easier it is to lose weight, good news on the most part, but bad news if you’re trying to build muscle as you need to eat more calories [...]
This will vary on a lot of factors such as activity levels, body type (ectomorph, endomorph, mesomorph), genetics, age, sex etc. The simplest method is to figure out your maintenance weight (the amount of food you can eat without gaining or losing weight), then add 250-500 calories to your daily intake for a week. For [...]
3500 Calorie Bulking Meal Plan Based on my metabolic needs I know I need about 3500 calories a day to bulk up. With a macronutrient composition of 30% protein, 45% Carbohydrates and 25% Fat, that equals: 263g Protein 394g Carbs 97g Fat Spread over 6 meals it averages out to 583 calories, 44g protein, 66g [...]
