high intake + high output=best results?

[bud_2005]

Just wondering for best results is a high calorie intake and high calorie burnage the best for results? It just made me wonder when I read the story of Michael Phelphs taking in 12,000 calories a day in which he burns off in his workouts and he has a very lean and cut body.

Sometimes I think that I won't go for a run I will just eat less that day but so would it be better to do that cardio and eat more?

 

[eaturmcts]

this is a term dubbed "g flux" by Dr. Beradi, and it has been found that people who train at a higher g flux in fact look better, but the same principles still apply.
Calories in > Calories Out = Weight Gain
Calories out > Calories In = Weight Loss

Here is a link:
http://www.johnberardi.com/articles/nutrition/g-flux.htm

 

[MrS]

Yeah it's called the g flux method, so to speak.

Train twice a day, eat a lot of good food, exercise a lot in general, and you will be amazing at life.

 

[Junkyard]

how the hell do u take 12000 calories a day? I dont even think pro bodybuilders eat that much while bulking

 

[EFFORT]

how the hell do u take 12000 calories a day? I dont even think pro bodybuilders eat that much while bulking

:nervous: i guess thats bad if i know the answer

 

[Rampage1]

eat junk food and bags of sugar

 

[MrS]

how the hell do u take 12000 calories a day? I dont even think pro bodybuilders eat that much while bulking

Bodybuilders don't need the calories of Olympic swimmers.

Think of the calories Phelps simply burns from being the water 4 hours a day.
THEN add what he uses when hes swimming for those 4 hours.

THEN add recovery calories.
THEN add growth calories.

 

[bud_2005]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,403803,00.html

 

[Crazy Asian]

phelps and lochte don't eat clean at all.
they just cram as much food into their body as possible.
during the olympics, lochte (who is only a tick slower than phelps in the IM) ate mcdonalds 3X a day basically everyday.
and phelps was on a pasta+pizza diet.
and their intake is closer to 8000

 

[Fuglydude]

The articles on G-flux were really interesting! Thanks for posting them.

 

[bud_2005]

That article about Phelps reall opened my eyes. I thought that only way to have around 6% meant you had to eat really, really clean.

 

[SoCalMike]

12,000 calories in one day? I seriously doubt that.

But when I wasn't working for a few weeks about all I did was work out (approx 3hrs/day in the gym total 5x/week), and eat like a horse. The results were very good indeed.

 

[bud_2005]

For those of you who say its very doubtful that he takes in 12,000 calories, did you even read the article in the linK?