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Obviously you will naturally eat a bit more on your training days, simply because of the increased activity, but the actual SURPLUS should remain static/constant over 7 days of the week, correct? So say on training days your maintenance is 2500. With a 500 calorie surplus, you'd eat 3000. Say...

Kelly Baggett: "4. Partitioning refers to what happens when excess calories are consumed. Are they directed into muscle or fat stores? The worse your partitioning, the more fat you gain when you gain weight. The better your partitioning, the more muscle you gain. This is largely impacted by...

You are correct. We are in fact in agreement. I know from past experiences competing as a fitness model that my strength was not that great at 6% body fat. However, around 8% it is much better, and by 10% I feel significantly stronger and more primed to build muscle. I can tell we have both...

True, but the lower your body fat level gets below your set point, the worse your calorie partitioning becomes. You should ideally stay somewhere in between, say 10-15% for males. or 8-12% if you need to compete. For some endomorhpic people it may be higher, for some ectomorphic people it may...