To add on to what V is saying, it isn't necessarily eating a "lot" of food for several days. You calculate the amount of calories you burn in a given day (let me know if you need help here). In the case of adding muscle, you just eat 2-3 calories per pound of bw more for 4-6 days, and then reduce it to the regular levels for 1-2 days. Also, it helps if you use a macronutrient ratio that supports your objective. A calorie isn't just a calorie-it does depend on where it comes from.
I also use it to reduce body fat (without EVER losing muscle). Same premise-you drop 2-3 calories per pound of body weight for 4-6 days, and then go back to normal for a few days.
It isn't as easy as the magazines and such make you think (multiply X by your body weight, etc.) There are MANY factors that go in to determining how many cals you burn (muscle size, activity level, gender, etc)
If you want to know how to calculate how many calories you burn in a day, I'm going to need the following information:
-current weight
-approximate body fat
-gender
-breakdown of your activity over a given day (how intense is your job, how much do you workout, etc).
-what days you work out, do cardio, etc.
Shoot me an email, and I'll get to it as soon as I can. I'm going to be fairly busy this week, so please be patient!!!
If you don't know how to calculate these numbers, I would definitely suggest you learn! I'm not saying that it is an exact science, because it's not. There are way too many x-factors. But you can definitely get an estimate. Everything you do should be based on these numbers.
Ok, I'm going to watch some Law and Order and see if I can crash before 8, and sleep for 9-10 hours tonight...
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