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Originally Posted by DLXphil
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Yes those are good 'rules of thumb'. If you are doing something and it's working. Add 500 calories if you start a cycle. But for somebody who can't gain, 500 calories above what they are eating to maintain doesn't automatically mean they can gain muscle at the gym bud. lol its different for everybody.
Those guys eating 6000 calories to gain, it doesn't take 5500 to maintain. LOL if you think so, that's ridiculous.
It's 500 from maintenance level! You are right! My maintenance level is 2500, but if im going to try to add on some pounds at the gym, 3000 isn't going to do it for me. Genetics try to keep me around my typical body weight. you have to shock your body into growing.