Daily Calorie Intake

Many people fail in their desired aim in the gym for one main reason, they either do not eat enough or are eating too much because they do not know their daily calorie intake.

Before you start training you will know in your mind what your aim is to acheve. Your aim may be to lose those pesky rolls of fat and get buff or your aim may be to bulk up with muscle. Either way to achieve your desired results you need to know what your daily calorie intake is and just how many calories your body needs on a daily basis to achieve your goal.

Interestingly enough the formula of what your daily calorie intake should be is a very easy one, for those who wish to lose weight and cut up you take your body weight in pounds and times this by 12. For those wanting to maintain their body weight you need to take your body weight in pounds and times this by 14 and for those who wish to bulk up with muscle you need to take your body weight in pounds and times this by 18.

Example:

186 lbs X 12 = 2244 calories per day to lose weight and cut up
186 lbs X 14 = 2618 calories per day to maintain weight
186 lbs X 18 = 3366 calories per day to gain weight through muscle bulk

This may seem like a crude method but it does work and helps you to understand just what your daily calorie intake should be. You have to remember that your body needs energy to perform all the functions it carries out on a daily basis and what you also ask of it, if you do not feed your body how will it perform in the manner you want it to.