I do wonder if the Epistane is helping me recover at all. I'm so sore, I am going to skip tonights workout and just do tricepts tomorrow. Maybe I'll do 20 minutes of light cycling tonight to relieve lactic acid in my legs.
In order to put on 2 pounds of muscle in a week, I need to eat an extra 7000 calories, assuming I don't put on any fat. Actually that is not true, because a pound of muscle is only 20% protein, and at most 50% water. Burning a pound of fat definitely takes the full 3500 calories, since fat tissue is only 20% water. But I'm probably upping my calories burned each day by 500 in the gym, plus more outside of the gym. So I probably have to eat 2000 extra calories per day. I doubt I'm doing that. Maybe I'm so sore because I'm not eating enough. I probably should be eating 4500 calories. I get enough protein, but not enough carbs. If I'm awake 16 hours, I need to eat 500 calories every two hours for a total of 9 meals per day. I'm definitely not doing that yet.
In order to put on 2 pounds of muscle in a week, I need to eat an extra 7000 calories, assuming I don't put on any fat. Actually that is not true, because a pound of muscle is only 20% protein, and at most 50% water. Burning a pound of fat definitely takes the full 3500 calories, since fat tissue is only 20% water. But I'm probably upping my calories burned each day by 500 in the gym, plus more outside of the gym. So I probably have to eat 2000 extra calories per day. I doubt I'm doing that. Maybe I'm so sore because I'm not eating enough. I probably should be eating 4500 calories. I get enough protein, but not enough carbs. If I'm awake 16 hours, I need to eat 500 calories every two hours for a total of 9 meals per day. I'm definitely not doing that yet.