Bodybuilding Macros confusing help?

thegame · 2013-02-19 18:45:10

Im 5ft 8in age 34 and 12 stone 168lbs going to bulk and going to do 40/40/20 split how to i work out how many calories i need to bulk .. i tried a few websites but all give different answers im also confused on the breakdown example about calories from proteins carbs and fats like having 1,481 calories in 370.4gms in…

19-02-2013 07:45PM

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Im 5ft 8in age 34 and 12 stone 168lbs

going to bulk and going to do 40/40/20 split

how to i work out how many calories i need to bulk ..

i tried a few websites but all give different answers im also confused on the breakdown example

about calories from proteins carbs and fats like having 1,481 calories in 370.4gms in protein..or am i stupid.

please help

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#2 19-02-2013 07:52PM

Stench Blossoms

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Your weight in lbs x 16 for a bulk.

Use a website like myfitnesspal or fitday to input your food and it will show you the calories and macro breakdown etc.

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#3 19-02-2013 08:06PM

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thanks.. so say 2688 a day would i need to add another 500 cals for bulking to gain the size

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#4 19-02-2013 08:28PM

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No 2688 is the figure for bulking.

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#5 19-02-2013 08:52PM

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ah i see thanks mate.

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#6 21-02-2013 09:49AM

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http://www.myweightlifting.com/bodybuilding-diet/

Nice simpley put article on it. I think Hanley did something similar on his blog thingy.

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