Can you provide a scientific reference that provides any proof that one pound of muscle burns exactly 40 calories per day in anyone and everyone? Am I reading your post correctly in that you appear to be implying that you know for a fact that Coleman ate "x" more calories per day than Arnold because he weighed "y" pounds more than Arnold? You appear to be totally ignoring individuality - differences in bone structure, metabolism, activity levels, etc. But you do appear to have good basic math skills. Are you by chance a Heavy Duty / HIT advocate?
And as for your theory about age and food being primarily responsible for the guts - as you know, the metabolism slows with age. A 25 year old 250lb bodybuilder will require fewer and fewer calories to maintain that size as he ages. He may need 8,000 calories a day at 25, but will likely be needing far fewer calories at 35. Of course he will also find it harder to keep bodyfat down. This assumes that no hormones or other drugs were used. Drug usage complicates things and changes the whole picture.
You honestly believe that it's strictly age and food - that drugs like gh, IGF-1, and insulin play virtually no part in the distention? Did Bill Pearl or Robbie Robinson (both of whom competed well past their thirties) ever have huge guts onstage (or even offseason)?
At 36, I'm a good 60-70 pounds heavier than I was at 26 (alot more muscle, a little more fat), but I actually cannot eat like I could then. My gut sticks out a little, but it flattens out nicely when I drop 20-25 pounds for "beach season". I have yet to use any bodybuilding drugs.
For the 3rd time, I am stating that Food is the MAIN reason. I NEVER said that food is the ONLY reason. (Re-read my posts) OF COURSE the drugs have an effect. The heavy squatting has an effect.. It bothers me that so few Get-Biggers can't get it thru their heads that todays BB carry 20-30-40-50-60 Pounds more muscle than the BB of Yesteryear. ANd they refuse to acknowledge that someone who has 50 more pounds of muscle at the SAME height HAS TO eat alot more food, and their stomach will appear larger at the same height. . And they also can't seem to answer the question
"Where must all that food first pass thru-the STOMACH. So, "How can the stomach stay the same size as Ken Wallers ?" How can today's BB hide all that food & still have the same waist as a 1970's pro that was 50 pounds lighter ?
It simply can't.
Although I have not personally lived with & witnessed Coleman & Arnold & Cutler & Kamali eat every meal, it is a safe assumption that the more muscle a BB carries, the more he has to eat to maintain it. It is in direct propertion.
I have read in the magazines what Cutler & Kamali & Coleman eat every day, and it is a hell of alot mote than Arnold & Franco & Berry Demey.
As far as PROVING that muscle is metabolically active (40 calories / pound), and fat is NOT (7 calories / pound),
that is evident in the amount of food that ALL strength athletes MUST eat every day to support their muscle tissue.
There doesn't exist ANY HUMAN BEINGS that carry a ton of muscle that eat like a bird.. If one such BB exists, then please tell me who it is ??
It is also what most nutritional experts & BB experts have gone on record as stating, including I believe Chris Aceto in his book, and studies have been done. I can appreciate your desire for formal experiments, but I cannot spend the time to produce evidence to the obvious.
Can you cite a medical study that disproves what I stated ?Too many Get-Bigger's attack the Pro's about drug use at every chance. The TRUTH of the matter is that there are almost no Get-biggers that could manage to eat what the pro BB eat day in & day out, and they don't understand that or respect that. The constant eating that is required is the real dedication that the rest of us don't have. In 2000 I won the HWT division of the Mr. Tampa Bay. It wasn't the training that was difficult-It was the EATING that drove me to insanity.
Can you PRODUCE any double-blind, peer-reviewed, university run studies that PROVE a MLB Baseball player MUST take batting practice on a regular basis to improve / maintain their skills ?? NOBODY would waste their time on an experiment with such a foregone conclusion. FUCK the Doctors !! Ask EVERY SINGLE coach in America from the big-leagues on down & you will have your REAL-LIFE answer. You don't need a study to tell you that.
THere are always exceptions to the rule. Christopher Reeves wife died of lung cancer (while not smoking),
while others smoke into their 70's & never contract the disease. But the OVERWHELMING majority of lung cancer is caused by smoking... I don't know why Melvin Anthony has a small waist, while Gustavo doesn't. But the more muscle a BB carries-the more they MUST eat. And the food MUST travel thru the stomach. And therefore, the digestive tract must GROW to accomodate the increased food. Just like the heart MUST grow to accomodate the increased muscle mass.
Todays BB literally DWARF Bill Pearl & Robby Robinson at the same height, so it still goes back to
"How much muscle must be maintained on a daily basis"AS FAR as HIT training, I was a believer in it because I was a Yates fan, but even Dorian admitted that it tore him apart injury-wise. I have backed off HIT & added a little more volume to my WKts.
