BMR & My Post from the EF AS forum

[KidnKorner]

since my post here doesn't fall under that forum anymore I thought I'd bring it into here. I think I would get more help here.

I am noticing some more room in my clothes and i am beginning to see some vasularity to re-develope in my arms once again.

I am continuing to eat whole foods consumed in 6 meals spread out over the day. While browsing the board I came across someones post concerning BMR-calorie calculations.

Basic Metabolc Rate (BMR):
This is how many calories your body requires at a resting position:

• Adult Male:
  BMR = 66 + (6.3 x body weight in lbs.) + (12.9 x height in inches) - (6.8 x age in years)

Use your BMR to determine your daily caloric needs:

• sedentary (little or no exercise) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.2
• lightly active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.375
• moderately active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.55
• very active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days a week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.725
• extra active (very hard exercise/sports & physical job or 2x training) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.9

The above values are how many calories your body requires to maintain your current weight at the specified level of activity.

To reduce your bodyweight, you will want to do one of the following options:

• maintain you daily caloric requirements (as determined from above) and increase the level of your physical activity
• decrease your daily caloric requiremetns and maintain the level of your physical activity
• decrease your daily caloric requiremetns and increase the level of your physical activity

I did the calculation and came up with 2552. I read somewhere here that it's not possible to lean out and add muscle at the same time. It would be nice for someone to elaborate more on this.

Based on a 6 day workout week 3 cardio days, and 3 weight days, my question is; should I keep my calories at this 2552 or do I need to increase or decrease them to lower my BF% and add "some" muscle.

Kind Regards
-Shane