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Muscle tissue burns 7-10 calories per pound per day. This means someone who gains 100 pounds of muscle (e.g. from 150 lbs untrained to a 250 lbs bodybuilder) wo
by logicchains 3y ago
Muscle tissue burns 7-10 calories per pound per day. This means someone who gains 100 pounds of muscle (e.g. from 150 lbs untrained to a 250 lbs bodybuilder) would increase their metabolism by 700-1000 calories, almost a 50% increase in the average daily male calorie requirements of around 2000 calories.
- civilitty 3y agoPutting on 100 lbs of muscle is impossible without steroids for 99% of people even with 10-15 years of constant training. Estimates vary but 50 lbs of lean muscle mass is generally considered the natural maximum for men.
- paulpauper 3y agoeven with steroids virtually impossible. the heaviest pro bodybuilders ever peak at around 270-290 lbs
- glouwbug 3y agoI think 100 was just a nice round number to make their point easier to read
- blipvert 3y agoThat is an insane amount of training - big lifestyle changes! I increased my calorific needs by 1000 a day by doing a 10K run (1hr) before breakfast. Still a 160lb weakling :)
- nradov 3y agoThat seems high. Someone your weight would generally only burn about 750 kcal on that workout.
- alex-korr 3y ago750 kcals is insanely high for a 10k training run. If you hold your HR to Z2, 620-640 kcals would be my ballpark expectation.
- blipvert 3y agoIt’s what Strava says I’m burning so I can only go by that. 750 would still be above the low end of the range quoted by the OP. The amount of extra food I needed to start eating!
- nradov 3y agoYou shouldn't go by Strava numbers, they are known to overestimate.
- blipvert 3y agoFair enough but it’s still going to be at the low end of the range 700-1000 range given earlier for 100lbs of muscle gain. I’m ~75kg. Schwarzenegger was ~120kg in his prime. 45kg difference is (2.2lbs to the kg) 100lbs (differences between UK and USA imperial notwithstanding). The chances of me going from where I am to a AS physique is zero!
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- brigadier132 3y agoSomeone in their first year of consistent serious training can realistically put on 15 pounds of muscle. The year after that it drops to 5 pounds.
- sapiogram 3y agoDo you have a source? I would expect the first pounds of muscle to affect metabolism more than the 100th pound, but that's my immediate intuituion.