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BACKCHECK!!! · 10-19-2012, 05:23 PM

Plus the fact that you have to increase your calorie intake to keep up with your increased basal metabolic rate as you put on muscle.

And eating more calories directly produces muscle hypertrophy through mechanisms like the insulin-like-growth-hormone axis.

And as mentioned, you can gain muscle mass while calorie neutral or even in a calorie deficit, but your 1lb/week isn't going to last long unless you're of the mumu-and-scooter crowd.

Thinking that you need to eat more to gain a lot of muscle mass does not make you an idiot.

10-19-2012, 05:23 PM	#50
BACKCHECK!!! First Line Centre Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: TEXAS!! Exp:	Plus the fact that you have to increase your calorie intake to keep up with your increased basal metabolic rate as you put on muscle. And eating more calories directly produces muscle hypertrophy through mechanisms like the insulin-like-growth-hormone axis. And as mentioned, you can gain muscle mass while calorie neutral or even in a calorie deficit, but your 1lb/week isn't going to last long unless you're of the mumu-and-scooter crowd. Thinking that you need to eat more to gain a lot of muscle mass does not make you an idiot. __________________ I am a lunatic whose world revolves around hockey and Oilers hate. Last edited by BACKCHECK!!!; 10-19-2012 at 05:28 PM.