What is Calorie Surplus? How many calories should I take in a day?

Introduction

You don't need to eat excessive amount of fat and junk food to be in calorie surplus to gain muscle or weight. A calorie surplus is a state in which you consume more calories than you burn leading to weight gain in the form of muscle or body fat, while a calorie surplus is required to gain weight simply eating more only leads to unsightly body fat to gain muscles you must combine a calorie surplus with a strength training routine.

What is Calorie Surplus?

"A Calorie Surplus is a state in which you eat more calories than you burn."

If you eat 3000 calories per day and burn 2500 you have created a surplus or excess of 500 calories per day when you create a calorie surplus your body either uses the extra energy to bulid muscle or store fat most skinny people adopt this calorie surpplus to gain weight or gain muscles.

How can I calculate my calories intake? 

• Your first step is to figure out how many calories you burn each day. You can use the calorie calculator. (the  calculator estimates to your daily needs based on size, gender, age and physical activity level.)
• If you burn 3000 calories per day, gaining weight requires an intake of over 3000 calories per day so you need to have 500 more calories than 3000. So you will be in 500 calories surplus.

How to identify calorie surplus for men or women?

Men and women vary greatly in their ability to gain muscle mass over their lifetime it's pretty well understood that men have 8 to 10x the amount of testosterone and women this is why men are generally larger have bigger bones joints bigger muscles and more masculine traits such as thick facial hair body hair broad shoulders and sharp jaw lines since men naturally produce more testosterone their genetic potential for more muscle mass is greater than that of a woman therefore the ability for them to synthesize more muscle from a large surplus of calories is greater and they can manage to eat more food in general so when considering your goals for muscle gain understanding your genetic ability based on your gender is of great importance.

Final Words 

Calorie surlpus really helps a lot for skinny guys for building muscles and fat. So, now that you know all about calorie surplus, So share this valuable information with your friends too.