how much calories do professionals eat?

[kliplemet]

men like ron coleman, markus rühl, chris cormier,...
how much calories do they need to maintain muscular body weight?

[SuperCHARKA]

offseason, 4,000-6,000, probably some up to 7 or 8 some days
and they cut with 3,000-4,500 pretty much

[percussion8903]

thats it? I was thinking 10,000 at least.

losing weight for me is easier done than said and gaining weight is easier said than done.

[AangleN]

10,000 is a LOT. try it sometime, it'll be tough to eat even relatively clean and get that many cals.

think about it....

1g protein = 4 cal
1g carb = 4 cal
1g fat = 9 cal

so...

400g protein = 1600 cal
1000g carbs = 4000 cals
200g fat = 1800 cals

and you're still 2600 short!

[chan_ho_nam]

I remember watching an interview with Gary Strydom, he said he would eat about 4000 calories when dieting, and about 7000 when bulking. He was about 6'2 245lbs contest, and he claims to have a fast metabolism.

I would assume most other pros are around that...

[percussion8903]

could I get up to 10,000 if I work up to it? Like adding 20 cals a week?
When I lose weight I eat 4,300 calories

461g protein
528g carb
12g fat

When I gain weight I eat 6,500 calories

532g protein
1010g carb
40g fat, 5 saturated

havent eaten a gram of trans for 4 years.

[Vakill]

could I get up to 10,000 if I work up to it? Like adding 20 cals a week?
When I lose weight I eat 4,300 calories

461g protein
528g carb
12g fat

When I gain weight I eat 6,500 calories

532g protein
1010g carb
40g fat, 5 saturated

havent eaten a gram of trans for 4 years.

you must eat constantly.

[percussion8903]

Unfortunately, yea I do feel like I do constantly. I only go an hour and a half without eating. I'm frusterated though. Why cant appetite just keep up with metabolism?

[Aussieguy101]

Remember the level of roids these pros take require a lot of calories

so yeah 10000 is about right and probably 5000 to cut

[freak31]

could I get up to 10,000 if I work up to it? Like adding 20 cals a week?
When I lose weight I eat 4,300 calories

461g protein
528g carb
12g fat

When I gain weight I eat 6,500 calories

532g protein
1010g carb
40g fat, 5 saturated

havent eaten a gram of trans for 4 years.

Why would you want to eat 10000 calories a day? You would just get fat. Pros run that high because of their weight + drugs. I doubt you weigh as much as a pro and i also doubt you take as much drugs as they do to handle 10k calories.

[VolumeTraining]

Yes, weight and steroid matter
trap a 100 lb plate to yourself all day long you may need 10k cal
There are other people eating that much
like sumo wrestlers and 600lb super fat guys

even if you eat that much, without roids you can't lift as they do
then it just becomes fat

don't ALWAYS follow pros footprints (as long as you don't have genetic and roids). Their training methods are basically correct, but you and the pros are of different levels. Volume means 500 total sets of different exercises per week to lee priest but 1/3 of that to me

to bulk you should dare eat and get fatter (don't think twice, EAT WHAT YOUR STOMACH WANTS)

[BB is 4 life :)]

Jay cutler in off season eats 10-12 meals a day and consumes roughly 10-12 thousands cals a day.....so it says in MD. They need to eat mad ammounts to maintain their muscle mass, ronnie eats like 600g of protein a day....

You gotta remember they have the time to eat all the time, aswell as the more muscle you have the more calories you burn so they burna hell of a lot more than any of us do, and imagine what they burn when they train!!?!?!!

[kliplemet]

so how much calories do you need to fuel an ectra, let's say 10 lbs of muscle, i bet it's not that much...

[BB is 4 life :)]

so how much calories do you need to fuel an ectra, let's say 10 lbs of muscle, i bet it's not that much...

About a thousand more calories ..... that is if you wana carry on gaining.

[kliplemet]

[percussion8903]

"so yeah 10000 is about right and probably 5000 to cut"

would it be safe to cut calories in half to cut? I'm more than happy to do it if so.

I also need 96 hours of rest before I workout the same exercise, though most people say muscles recover in 48 hours but sorry, I'm not going to double my calories to 13000 to do that.

[SuperCHARKA]

This is all bull****. I'm not listening to anyone until Bob gives us some figures. Bob, how about you, King, Prince and numbers for other guys you know?

[iroczinoz]

I read an article about ronnie coleman when he was in Australia and he said that he eats 85 chicken breats each week. Plus all the other food and you would think they are in the 10,000 calorie range.

[dparm99]

In one of Jay Cutlers DVD's he said (from memory) that he ate 3,500 calories a day when cutting for a show.

[deserusan]

A lot compared to someone not on AAS. It really depends on the pro though.

[lifepulse]

I absolutely believe 6K plus, if not significiantly higher. I personally have a very slow metabolism (natural endomorhp), and when I was bulker this season at a higher bodyfat (273 at 16%), my RMR was 2700 calories a day. This means that, with very light activity (walking around, going up and down my stairs, etc.-- nothing too strenuous), I was burning just a shade under 4,000 a day. (This was a test done by a dietician with a computer hooker up to a breathing mask, not just a wacky estimate based on a forumla). While I was bulking this year, I was eating 4,700 calories a day, including up to 550g of protein, over a 100g of fat, and relatively low carbs (300-400g). Now that I'm dieting, I'm eating 3,200 cal a day, and the fat is coming off very quickly. I am down to 248 at 11.1%BF.

Bear in mind, this is for a natty lifter, and one with a slow metabolism at that. I totally believe the pros eat over 6K. As for Cutler's remarks that he was dieting at 3500 a day, that was probably the very final stages of his diet, when the intake was ridiculously low. I can't imagine he would sustain himself for an entire 12-16 week diet on that low of calories.

-lifepulse