Nutrition for 2x a week training

[George Christiansen]

I don't follow the logic of needing less of a surplus if you lift 2x vs 3x a week. The calories used during the SS workout itself are minimal.

It isn't the energy expenditure doing the training that calls for much; it is the recovering from it that does.

That is one of the reasons why those charts showing calories per hour used are useless.

How much you need is found via a combination of the scale, the bar, and the mirror.

[Moebius]

It isn't the energy expenditure doing the training that calls for much; it is the recovering from it that does.

That is one of the reasons why those charts showing calories per hour used are useless.

How much you need is found via a combination of the scale, the bar, and the mirror.

There's also the fact that your lifts would be progressing slower than if you trained 3x a week. Therefore, the rate at which you need to gain weight would be less.

At least, this is my line of thinking.

[Mugaaz]

I'm certainly not an expert on nutrition, but this 2x vs 3x vs 5x a week nutrition stuff seems bogus.

These are the only relevant metrics:
1. Are you getting stronger from your training, is it working?
2. Are you gaining weight, is the weight gain at the correct pace?