Comments on: From Geek to Freak: How I Gained 34 lbs. of Muscle in 4 Weeks http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/29/from-geek-to-freak-how-i-gained-34-lbs-of-muscle-in-4-weeks/ Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Workweek and Lifestyle Design Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:39:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sadie http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/29/from-geek-to-freak-how-i-gained-34-lbs-of-muscle-in-4-weeks/comment-page-3/#comment-120763 Sadie Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:33:39 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/29/from-geek-to-freak-how-i-gained-34-lbs-of-muscle-in-4-weeks/#comment-120763 Amazing! Great inspiration here. Amazing! Great inspiration here.

]]> By: Rob Berkman http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/29/from-geek-to-freak-how-i-gained-34-lbs-of-muscle-in-4-weeks/comment-page-1/#comment-120630 Rob Berkman Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:56:20 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/29/from-geek-to-freak-how-i-gained-34-lbs-of-muscle-in-4-weeks/#comment-120630 I agree. Suspicious of the gains, I checked the waist size difference, and the gain there is the same as the other dimensions! So, it obviously is due to largely water or fat gain, again I suspect through creatine use, as the same happened to me. The size all disappeared after I quit using it! I agree. Suspicious of the gains, I checked the waist size difference, and the gain there is the same as the other dimensions! So, it obviously is due to largely water or fat gain, again I suspect through creatine use, as the same happened to me. The size all disappeared after I quit using it!

]]> By: Drew Baye http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/29/from-geek-to-freak-how-i-gained-34-lbs-of-muscle-in-4-weeks/comment-page-3/#comment-120438 Drew Baye Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:54:32 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/29/from-geek-to-freak-how-i-gained-34-lbs-of-muscle-in-4-weeks/#comment-120438 Chris, You're confusing the calories in a pound of fat with the calories in a pound of muscle. HUGE difference between the two. You might want to actually learn something about this stuff before commenting on it. Chris,

You’re confusing the calories in a pound of fat with the calories in a pound of muscle. HUGE difference between the two.

You might want to actually learn something about this stuff before commenting on it.

]]> By: Chris http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/29/from-geek-to-freak-how-i-gained-34-lbs-of-muscle-in-4-weeks/comment-page-3/#comment-120362 Chris Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:47:38 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/29/from-geek-to-freak-how-i-gained-34-lbs-of-muscle-in-4-weeks/#comment-120362 I'm again. How much more weight do you use? What like is your increase in lbs? Yours, Chris I’m again.

How much more weight do you use? What like is your increase in lbs?

Yours, Chris

]]> By: Chris http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/29/from-geek-to-freak-how-i-gained-34-lbs-of-muscle-in-4-weeks/comment-page-3/#comment-120357 Chris Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:00:34 +0000 http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/29/from-geek-to-freak-how-i-gained-34-lbs-of-muscle-in-4-weeks/#comment-120357 To gain 1 pound of muscle you have to take in approximately 3,500 calories more than your body uses, and hope that all 3,500 of those calories go to muscle building, and not fat. So, to gain 34 pounds in one month you'll have to take in an additional 119,000 calories above what your body needs for maintenance and, again, hope that none of it turns to fat. To do this in one month you will need to consume a whopping ~3838.7 calories a day! And, that's not total either! That's in addition to all the calories required to go about your daily business of breathing, walking, exercising, etc. For a guy who weighs 155lbs and is moderately active, your calorie requirement to MAINTAIN 155lbs is ~2,078. So take your required maintenance intake of 2,078cal, and add the hefty 3,838cal, and you will need to consume 5,916 calories A DAY to gain 34lbs in a month! And you're telling me that none of those calories went to fat? That in fact you lost fat while doing this? Please sir, publish your findings in a medical journal and get the Nobel Prize you deserve. Professional bodybuilders (the people who gain muscle for a living) usually eat 500-1000 calories more a day than their maintenance requirements. Also, these guys are on stuff that changes their body chemistry to optimize muscle growth. They also work out more than 4 hours a week. You should become a strength and bodybuilding coach if you can successfully eat nearly 6000 calories a day at a starting weight of 152 and not gain a pound of fat! Forget writing books! You should be hosting "The Biggest Loser" with the kind of results you claim to get with people! Jillian Michaels can't even compare! To gain 1 pound of muscle you have to take in approximately 3,500 calories more than your body uses, and hope that all 3,500 of those calories go to muscle building, and not fat. So, to gain 34 pounds in one month you’ll have to take in an additional 119,000 calories above what your body needs for maintenance and, again, hope that none of it turns to fat. To do this in one month you will need to consume a whopping ~3838.7 calories a day! And, that’s not total either! That’s in addition to all the calories required to go about your daily business of breathing, walking, exercising, etc. For a guy who weighs 155lbs and is moderately active, your calorie requirement to MAINTAIN 155lbs is ~2,078.

So take your required maintenance intake of 2,078cal, and add the hefty 3,838cal, and you will need to consume 5,916 calories A DAY to gain 34lbs in a month! And you’re telling me that none of those calories went to fat? That in fact you lost fat while doing this? Please sir, publish your findings in a medical journal and get the Nobel Prize you deserve.

Professional bodybuilders (the people who gain muscle for a living) usually eat 500-1000 calories more a day than their maintenance requirements. Also, these guys are on stuff that changes their body chemistry to optimize muscle growth. They also work out more than 4 hours a week. You should become a strength and bodybuilding coach if you can successfully eat nearly 6000 calories a day at a starting weight of 152 and not gain a pound of fat! Forget writing books! You should be hosting “The Biggest Loser” with the kind of results you claim to get with people! Jillian Michaels can’t even compare!

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