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Changes to my activity and unsure of calorie requirements.

  • 08-03-2016 10:13am
    #1
    FutureGuy
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 15,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Hello all,
    Long story short. Over the last 2 years, I have moved from 14st to a little over 12st thanks to running (2/3 days per week).

    Since the start of the year, I have started TRX suspension training about 3 times a week and dropped running to once/twice per week.

    I am taking whey protein after each TRX workout and have added Creatine 5 mg before and after in the last week.

    My concern is my calorie intake, I would generally eat in and around 1900-2000 per day (+/- 300). However since starting TRX, I am ravenous. As I write this, I have already eaten my lunch and had porridge at 8am.

    Should I be looking to increase my calorie intake beyond 2000 while I am putting on muscle?


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    size5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 266 ✭✭size5


    FutureGuy wrote: »
    Hello all,
    Long story short. Over the last 2 years, I have moved from 14st to a little over 12st thanks to running (2/3 days per week).

    Since the start of the year, I have started TRX suspension training about 3 times a week and dropped running to once/twice per week.

    I am taking whey protein after each TRX workout and have added Creatine 5 mg before and after in the last week.

    My concern is my calorie intake, I would generally eat in and around 1900-2000 per day (+/- 300). However since starting TRX, I am ravenous. As I write this, I have already eaten my lunch and had porridge at 8am.

    Should I be looking to increase my calorie intake beyond 2000 while I am putting on muscle?

    1. If you want to put on muscle you need to be in a calorie surplus.

    2. For someone whom appears has just started doing TRX why are you taking creatine?

    3. Have you used an online calorie calculator to determine your baseline calorie needs? Taking into account your sex, age, height activity levels this would be a solid starting point.

    4. Not sure if male or female BUT if male & Somedays your only eating 1,600 cals to me this is too low to put on muscle. Which would be reflected in haven eating "your breakfast & lunch before 8am"

    5. An idea might be to increase your calorie consumption on training days & slightly lower on non training days.


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