Now some time has passed.. Your final vote on Pac's refusal...

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8000 calories a day for an athlete who is training for 3-5 hours per day isn't far fetched. You're gaining a lot of fat because you don't have anywhere the same activity level as Pacquiao has. You clearly don't have the activity level to support your current energy intake.

The bit where you said people over 23 don't build lean muscle isn't true. It's not true in any way shape or form. I don't understand the bit about bodybuilders taking steroids, but bulking like 'natty's. Do you mean, even steroid using bodybuilders have to increase calories intake just like a regular natural bodybuilder? If so, of course they do. That's because there is a science to putting on lean muscle. You seem to hinting at the notion that bodybuilders rely on steroids because they have exhausted all other avenues. In my experience, this is far from true.

It seems like you are arguing over a redundant point which has been peddled by some idiot who's trying to justify his own steroid cycle, over on a bodybuilding site.

i didnt say over 23s dont put on lean muscle, i said it becomes very difficult, very quickly as you get over that age, obviously it depends on the person, some sooner others later

say at 26, 27, 28 or 29 to put on anymore than 5lbs of lean muscle a year would be very difficult and there is no way you would put lean muscle on eating 8000 calories a day when you are 10 stone

i never said bodybuilders rely on steriods (please point out where i did if i did) i said both steriod users and nattys use the same methods, eat over 2500 calories a day and put on fat as well as muscle

dude eating 8000 calories is unrealistic for anyone, especially someone of 10 stone, do you know how much food that is? the only way i can think of doing it would be on a liquid diet, and it would be pointless anyway, eating all that and training so much, they would kind of offset each other

www.uk-muscle.co.uk is full of competing bodybuilders, some who bodybuild for a living and most who make it their sole purpose in life, start a thread called - could you put on lean muscle eating 8000 calories a day at 10 stone - and see what the response is, argue it is manny pac you are talking about, and see if you get any further

You said over 23's don't generally put on lean muscle.

"The second part of Ariza’s training module involves extremely high caloric intake. He has Pacquiao consuming over 7000 calories of food per day, alternating between high protein solid foods and then liquid protein shakes. Pacquiao is forced to eat at least every two hours, whether he’s hungry or not. Contrary to the myth that Pacquiao enjoys fighting at higher weights because he can eat all he wants, Ariza says the constant consumption of food actually gets to the fighter, even if he’s eating his favorite Filipino dishes."

This is taken from an interview with Pacquiao's nutritionist and the full article is on this site

http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxingfor...gime-diet.html

He doesn't give an exact figure but he mentions that it is above 7,000 cals, so for arguments sake let's settle on 7,000.

He has to eat that much because if he went much lower, he wouldn't eat enough to meet his energy requirements. His energy requirements are so high because he undertakes a very vigorous training camp.

You keep mentioning that he can't possibly put on lean muscle when his calories are so high and when he's naturally so small. I'll try and explain it differently to you mate...

If he's consuming 7,000 calories per day day, but burning off 6,500 that's an aggregate of 500 calories. Now that is the same as you consuming 2,500 and burning off 2,000. The only difference is, Manny's activity level is much much higher than yours, so he needs to up his calorie intake to compensate for it. If he didn't, he wouldn't be able to maintain his existing weight, let alone put on weight.

Are you with me so far?

Quick recap....he has to consume more calories than he is burning off. So that's why it's above 7,000. From that information you can gather he is burning around 6,000 - 6,500 calories per day through training camp.


Edit: As for his weight gain, i posted pictures of 'tale of the tapes' from his fight with Morales right up until his fight with Clottey. His weight come fight night only showed a 5lb differential. Inn other words, even at Super-Featherweight against Morales in 06, Manny weighed 144lbs on the night of the fight. Against Clottey in 2010 he weighed 149lbs. People tend to ignore this when pointing out he has moved up several divisions, but it's unfair to do so. His fight night weight is his more natural weight. His weigh-in weight will vary depending on the level of dehydration and muscle glycogen depletion. So in real terms, he's actually only 5lb heavier than he was 4 years ago.