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would my calories be even higher using anabolics?

  • anonymous564
    would my calories be even higher using anabolics?
    on: 2014-08-21 20:42:04
    hi and thankyou for your time and support! i have been cutting for 3 1/2 months, got myself down to 8% BF and have spent the last 6 weeks reverse dieting back up to where im at now at 3100 calories which puts me just over maintainence. i timed this with my cycle of Anavar of which i have just started as ive hit my surplus, i know from research exactly what to expect from the var itself but i have not found the answer to my question about surplus calories! will my body respond favourably to a higher than usual surplus? wanting to stay lean this time round on my mass phase i only run with a 200-300 cal surplus, will the var yield better results if i hit it harder with say 600-800 suprlus, without excess fat storage? and would you drop calories to maintain the leanness once the cycle is over and your body is no longer in such an anabolic state?
  • IFBB Undercover
    Re: would my calories be even higher using anabolics?
    on: 2014-09-08 22:36:20

    I think that at the same calories, while on, you will be less likely to store fat. Steroids will make better use of food. I would continue to slowly push the cals up, and watch how your body responds. See what you can handle and keep pushing. If you see yourself getting fatter than you'd like, dial it back a little. Otherwise, push forward, keep the food clean, most of the time, and see what kind of new ground you can break, using Anavar! 

    You will probably find that you can handle more, than when you were clean, but once you come off, you may need to dial it back a little. Hard to say though. There is a good chance that the added muscle mass will require more cals to maintain. It's all going to come down to trial and error. Besides the mirror, I would use pics. It's easier to compare them to how you looked 2 wks ago