How many meals a day do I need to eat to build muscle?

You should try to eat 4-to-6 meals a day to build muscle but just like the answer here for How many meals a day you need to lose weight…

It probably doesn't matter as long as you eat the right amount of calories to gain muscle but the problem with trying to eat less than 4-to-6 meals a day when you're trying to build muscle is…

You usually need to eat a large amount of calories and more than likely… You're going to have to eat more than 2,500 calories a day to gain muscle and…

It may be hard for you to eat 3 big 800+ calorie meals or 2 big 1,250 calorie meals a day because…

You can't eat bad foods and all of your meals need to only have high quality fat burning & muscle building foods in them and most of those foods fill you up quickly because they are complex carbs and high protein foods that suppress your appetite so it's going to get tough to eat meal that's over 400-to-600 calories and…

If you have a crazy schedule and you can't even eat at last 4 meals a day then you need to buy some meal replacements (or MRPs) that you can consume quickly and…

2 more reasons why you should eat 4-to-6 meals a day to build muscle is because…

1. Eating 4-to-6 meals a day gives your body a constant supply of muscle building protein throughout the day and…
2. Eating 4-to-6 meals a day makes it easier for your body to store carbs or glycogen in your muscles instead of storing carbs as fat in your body so for example…
• If you ate less than 3 meals a day that had over 150 grams of carbs in them then your body will end up storing some of those carbs in your muscles as glycogen for energy (which is a good thing) but the excess carbs you eat will get stored as fat but…
• If you ate smaller meals that had less than 150 grams of carbs in them then your body will probably store most of those carbs in your muscles instead of storing them as fat and…

Make sure you also look at…

• How many calories you need to gain muscle
• Why you need carbs to build muscle
• How many carbs, protein & fat do I need to build muscle
• What should I eat before & after I workout to gain muscle?
• How fast can I build muscle



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