tracking muscle gain

[hwhiting]

Hello,

My name is Heather Whiting and I was hoping you could help me out with some questions that I have.

I work for a company located that makes a product called Crosstrainer which is a software training tool that tracks most aspects of an athletes' training (nutrition, workout scheduling etc.)

We are looking for methods for tracking muscle gain. We have a base of bodybuilders who use the software to track their workouts and progress, but I am hoping to add even more functionality for those who are mainly interested in gaining weight and muscle mass.

Do you know where I might find a reliable source for finding information like - the optimal protein to fat to carb diet ratio for muscle gain?

I am also looking for formulas that would tell not only how many additional calories one would have to eat to gain a "pound" of body weight, but whether there are additional calories needed to gain a pound of muscle.

Would tracking muscle gain need to be tied in with body fat percentage and would there need to be warning flags if the percentage starts to rise... etc.

Thanks in advance for your input.

Heather Whiting

 

[Parabellum]

Do you know where I might find a reliable source for finding information like - the optimal protein to fat to carb diet ratio for muscle gain?

That's the secret formula every bodybuilder is trying to perfect.

Bottom line is everyone is different so a cookie cutter template will give you a basis to start from but in the end you have to perfect it for yourself.

 

[hwhiting]

Thanks Parabellum.

Yep, that has been our basis so far, at this point users can enter all of this stuff for themselves for whatever works best for their training.

But people have been asking for more - so i wanted to make sure there werent any new formulas and findings out there that we've missed.

Like for instance on another board I was just given a formula for calculating muscle mass - which I think is a cool find. we'll test that out.

so if anyone has any other thoughts on things that need to be tracked or formulas for tracking things, please let me know.

thanks!

 

[Parabellum]

I used your software before and I liked it once you get everything set up the way you want it. Then a virus destroyed most of my fiels so I formatted and lost everything.

 

[hwhiting]

aw no, that sucks - you need to back up your databases and keep them safe on cd every once in a while. - maybe you could download the trial again and give it another shot.

Let me know if there was anything missing from a lifters point of view, cuz thats really what i'm out looking for now.

 

[Parabellum]

I'll do that. Tracking everything in my notebook is getting too messy and hard to locate the information I need.

Try posting on the training and anabolic boards, losts of viewers there.

 

[hwhiting]

thanks, will do