How do calories turn into fat?

[tippinonfofo]

People say to gain more mass, we need to intake more calories..."bulk." Do calories turn into fat or just clean mass? Because I have also noticed nonfat foods have less calories. Any explanations?

[S Rok]

it all depends. some people might have like 90% lean mass 10% fat some may have 80% lean 20% there is no real formula

[pkirk330]

Calories arent an actuall substance within the food. Its just how much energy is in the food. A portion of calories in food is from the fat...you know on the side where itll say calories from fat. So its not turning into anything, its really just how much carbs/ fat is in the food.

[DJSTARER]

the above post is mostly incorrect. Yes... people with higher bf percentages may gain bf a little easier than those with low bf.... but there is little correlation there.

The deciding factors between extra calories being converted to fat tissue or lean mass are as followed:

DO you train? If you do, do you train hard enough? Training is what triggers your body to grow muscle.

Is your diet in check? If you arn't eating high quality frequent meals, you will likely be gaining more fat tissue that if you were.

Sleep? at least 8 hours with good REM cycles

Genetics... yeh. as I explained in the beginning... some people (mesomorphs) gain muscle easier than others (endos and ectos)

There are just a few... but the biggest ones off the top of my head.

[tippinonfofo]

Calories arent an actuall substance within the food. Its just how much energy is in the food. A portion of calories in food is from the fat...you know on the side where itll say calories from fat. So its not turning into anything, its really just how much carbs/ fat is in the food.

how come when people bulk, they need to get more calories?

[galapogos]

Because the more calories you consume the more weight you gain.

[tippinonfofo]

and we're talking about lean mass here?

[( S I C )]

and we're talking about lean mass here?

I don't think anyone is looking to get fat.