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Safeboy43

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Hey everybody,

I was looking around online trying to find a good calculator to find my MT line. My MT line differs from day to day as I do cardio on my days off from lifting (it is much higher). I am using this calculator:



My question is, the calories burned are much different when I chose a similar option. For example, I wake up at about 6:30am and do my typical morning activities (shower, eat ect) and then walk 20 minutes to school. I stay at school for about 5 hours before I walk 20 minutes home.

Now, here is the hitch. I get home and spend about 3 hours standing at my computer and do other schoolwork. The rest of the day is spent standing in a similar fashion except for when I go to the gym to run or lift. No sitting whatsoever (except to go take a sh*t or something :D). If I choose, "standing," my MT line only comes up to about 2600k on lifting days. If I choose, "light standing activities," the MT line comes out at over 3500! Quite a difference, wouldn't you say?

In your opinion, what activity level is better suited to my lifestyle. I know if I pick the wrong one, I can either lose weight drastically or gain it too fast.

My goal is a 1/2lb per week bulk if that matters at all.

Any help would be appreciated.

Safeboy43
 
Safeboy43 said:
Hey everybody,

I was looking around online trying to find a good calculator to find my MT line. My MT line differs from day to day as I do cardio on my days off from lifting (it is much higher). I am using this calculator:



My question is, the calories burned are much different when I chose a similar option. For example, I wake up at about 6:30am and do my typical morning activities (shower, eat ect) and then walk 20 minutes to school. I stay at school for about 5 hours before I walk 20 minutes home.

Now, here is the hitch. I get home and spend about 3 hours standing at my computer and do other schoolwork. The rest of the day is spent standing in a similar fashion except for when I go to the gym to run or lift. No sitting whatsoever (except to go take a sh*t or something :D). If I choose, "standing," my MT line only comes up to about 2600k on lifting days. If I choose, "light standing activities," the MT line comes out at over 3500! Quite a difference, wouldn't you say?

In your opinion, what activity level is better suited to my lifestyle. I know if I pick the wrong one, I can either lose weight drastically or gain it too fast.
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How do you differentiate between simple ' standing ' and ' light standing ' on any given day such that the difference the two is a 35% bump in caloric cost ?

Also, if you want to gain weight , what would happen is you determined an estimate of your daily calorie requirements by simply taking 16 calories per your pound of bodyweight and adding 15% - 20% to that ?
 
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Wrangell said:
How do you differentiate between simple ' standing ' and ' light standing ' on any given day such that the difference the two is a 35% bump in caloric cost ?
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I believe, "light standing" constitutes light work (such as a cashier or bartender). I stand at a computer and do homework so I'm not just standing there and doing nothing (as it is in the simple "standing") activity. That's why I'm torn at what to choose.
 
Safeboy43 said:
I believe, "light standing" constitutes light work (such as a cashier or bartender). I stand at a computer and do homework so I'm not just standing there and doing nothing (as it is in the simple "standing") activity. That's why I'm torn at what to choose.
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Seems to me, if the goal is pack on muscle, it's better to err on the side of more calories than less....so, go with 3500.

Or better yet, if you're remain uncertain, split the difference.... go with around 3,000.

Remember, these calorie calculators only represent guidelines / rough estimates...simply ' starting points ' by which to assess and determine your own needs that best suit you.
 
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Wrangell said:
Seems to me, if the goal is pack on muscle, it's better to err on the side of more calories than less....so, go with 3500.

Or better yet, if you're uncertain, split the difference.... go with around 3,000.
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Agreed. I'll try 3000 for a week and see what happens. Thank you, Wrangell.
 
Safeboy43 said:
155 * 16 = 2480 Calories

BTW I don't like this calculation because it doesn't take activity levels into consideration
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Well, I didn't consider ' standing ' as an ' activity ' per se...I don't know all the assumptions you used to get to your estimates of 2,600 - 3,500 calories a day.

Just to confirm, are you trying to figure out how many calories you need to gain muscle mass , to lose fat or just to be at a maintenance level ?
 
Wrangell said:
Well, I didn't consider ' standing ' as an ' activity ' per se...I don't know all the assumptions you used to get to your estimates of 2,600 - 3,500 calories a day.

Just to confirm, are you trying to figure out how many calories you need to gain muscle mass , to lose fat or just to be at a maintenance level ?
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He is trying to bulk up .5 lbs per week according to his 1st post.
 
Wrangell said:
Well, I didn't consider ' standing ' as an ' activity ' per se...I don't know all the assumptions you used to get to your estimates of 2,600 - 3,500 calories a day.

Just to confirm, are you trying to figure out how many calories you need to gain muscle mass , to lose fat or just to be at a maintenance level ?
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You're right, standing I wouldn't consider an activity. However, it burns more calories than sitting down. By activities, I also mean running and weightlifting.

To figure the bulking calories, I just found the MT calories for cardio days and ate them every day. That insures that I'm at a 300-400k surplus on lifting days.
 
jokerswild1130 said:
He is trying to bulk up .5 lbs per week according to his 1st post.
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You're right...I missed that.

In any event, 2,480 plus 20% ( to add weight ) puts him at 2,976....or 3,000 calories just the same.:)
 
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