How are you spreading these meals out? I'm mainlt talking About guys who hit up a buffet twice a day and get in all there food. I preferably would spread it out but science says it works.We have 3 mods I'll see if we can get him on.
sample day is
7:00 wake up
8:00 first meal
4 hours later second meal
4 hours later pre workout shake, then workout with carbs intra
about an hour post workout last meal and thats it
scientifically speaking there are pros and cons to both eating less but bigger meals and more smaller meals too
my last bulk i was eating another meal right before bed but this time my calories are way lower but im still gaining quality weight faster because of smarter drug use (i guess)
i actually put the most belief into the leucine spiking theory (layne norton did some convincing research on that)...
it basically says maximum anabolism is achieved by having 4-5g leucine (from food obviously. 50g quality protein) every 3 hours because only a high spike (vs continuous elevation you get with less but bigger meals) in leucine causes maximum protein synthesis (this is independent of insulin though so with insulin use this goes outta the window)
when i didnt use insulin pre workout i would always eat about half my daily calories right post workout because im always hungry as hell then... with pre workout insulin im spreading everything out a bit more evenly (still have about 50% of my daily calories split peri workout)
right now im keeping calories pretty damn low on off days because i simply feel like i dont need much there
also gives some relief from bloating and i feel like my digestion works way better (and probably more efficiently too) when i dont have to stuff myself every single day on end
my last bulk i was meticulously getting in my calorie goals every single day, if i didnt then i would drink a huge shake at night
this time i just said fuck it and i simply eat when im hungry ... as long as im still gaining weight at a reasonable rate
coming off a hard cut i feel like my body is extremely efficient in putting food to good use anyway, dont need tons of calories yet