Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Can I Gain Pure Muscle with a Small Calorie Surplus?




Hypothetically speaking, if you could bulk on a 50 - 100 calories surplus daily. Would your body use all those 50 - 100 calories for muscle mass production or will some still get shuttled into fat storage?

The precision you describe would be nearly impossible to actually put into practice. However, since you are asking hypothetically, I'll answer hypothetically.

What percentage gets partitioned to fat storage, vs, lean mass, will be very dependent on the training stimulus you have provided, and to a lesser degree the cellular environment you have created through nutrient intake and the resultant impact on your body's hormonal system.

Again, hypothetically and very simplistically, no training stimulus, plus a fast acting carb surplus equals insulin rise and storage as fat. High training stimulus plus protein surplus equals more lean tissue creation, The variables would be almost infinite, but the point is you can change the percentages based on training, meal timing, and meal composition.

Even hypothetically, 100% going either way is unlikely.

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