I like how Ron made this thread 

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brad says 3-4 meals per day is enough here in this vid

nubret ate only 1 or 2 meals a day supposedly

he also says 2-3 reps in reserve is just as good as going to failure, but i call bs on that

depends on what you mean by failure
Is it stopping when you cant get a rep strictly or after cheating some out?


And most compound excercises dont really allow you to go to failure without risking injury

"They" have revised the amount of meals per day, most of the coaches, though most of them recommend at least 4 meals.

But regarding protein, how much would you recommend per kilo or pound on average. How much did you eat precontest this last time and how much off season. What about if you were younger and thought you could still put on maybe 20lbs of lbm and wanted to do it the quickest way? How about how many more calories over maintenance per day in
a "gaining phase" if starting out really lean? I know this is a lot of questions for you but I'm interested.

I dont really know how much I was eating , probably around 200gms or so beacuse I put carbs back in.
Eating a carnivore I was eating more protein.

Off season for me I eat pretty normally, I only eat like a bodybuilder pre-contest

I dont think anyone needs any more than 200 cals over maintenance a day.
Obvioulsy you would have to track all your energy expenditure to be that accurate so I would advise 500 cals a day but keep the fat gain in check and FFS dont be smiling when you gain ten pounds in a week

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