Im in a bulking phase. Does it really matter if I get say 600 calories per day from booze? (or at least a couple times a week).
Im eating around 150 grams of protein and have blender full of spinach/fruits and other veggies.
Calories are calories right? As long as I'm getting my protein.
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Thread: Alcohol and Calorie Surplus
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01-05-2014, 08:27 AM #1
Alcohol and Calorie Surplus
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01-05-2014, 09:21 AM #5No brain, no gain.
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01-05-2014, 09:40 AM #6
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There is a place for beer in a bulking diet. Sumo wrestlers use beer as part of their daily meals. Of course they are bulking in a different manner then you might want to but they still use it.
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01-05-2014, 04:57 PM #13
bulking for just size, then in my opinion calories are just calories
but if your bulking with the eventual aim of cutting to lose fat and thus reveal more muscle definitions
then if I had 600 calories extra to consume, I would not want to waste them with booze
my preference would be for more protien and possibly fats ( but mostly meat based supplements as they aremy favourite food group)
having said that, beer does contain a lot of calories, so 600 is not a massive quantity of beer ( Not a regular beer drinker these days so do not recall how many calories are in a pint)☻/
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01-06-2014, 04:12 AM #18
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I only really started seeing decent strength gains on my bulk when I discounted the alcohol calories from my target intake. That doesn't mean don't drink (especially the last two weeks ) but if aiming to get stronger, get your targets met with more beneficial cals and alcohol is on top of that.
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