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Originally Posted by cakecakecake
Protein intake won't make you gain weight. Eating excess calories and eating shit foods will. You should try and get as much protein as possible while still eating at a caloric deficit if you're lifting weights. Protein simply helps repair and build muscle.
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Wrong. Putting on muscle absolutely requires energy. Which in dietary terms equates to calories. You wanna get big and be built. Eat like it. A calorie shy diet will leave you pumping iron for fun with little results besides being sore from the workout. Anyone who knows a shmick about weight training will tell you the exact same thing. I lift weights and run daily. In 20 weeks i put nearly 90 pounds onto my bench press. I worked out 2 times a day, weights at night and 30 minutes cardio at night.
That being said, eat approx 3500 calories daily (suppliment if you have to). Eat clean healthy foods and youre golden.
Anyone telling you to eat little calories while weight training and expecting you to make any gains dont know shit. Im speaking truth bags.