Mr Rippetoe,
how is it that i am able to eat well below what you guys normally recommend to truly get big and strong and still put on the weight, I went from 140ish to 200ish in about a year with a diet averaging 2500 calories a day and not the full gomad 4000-5000 approach i see here alot, Im also 5 7 in height. Lifts went up as follows:
3x5
Squat - 85 - 310
Bench- 95- 200
Deadlift - 95- 345
Press - 125
I have had to try really really hard for my PR's but they happened and now I feel i need to eat more because of the effort that is now needed, this is not another 'I ASK THIS BECAUSE IM AFRAID TO PUT ON BODYFAT thread" but i just wanted to know, if this is normal to have put on the weight having consumed only 2500 calories?
i would like to think most ppl would add about 500 calories at a time when strength becomes more difficult to gain? or should i just shoot for the stars and eat 4000-5000 calories? i ask these probably stupid questions because i just want to get really fucking strong and would like to know how much you would have me eating (yes i did read a clarification but the peleo diet is still like 3500-4000 calories if i remember well.)
btw i have yet to find a good place to measure bodyfat but i will guess its about 20 or a bit more. i should also say im just a student whose only really physical demand is barbell training so maybe its because i burn less calories a day?
Linika