I'm sorry, but I really disagree with anything less than 6000 - 8000 cals/day is a waste. If you eat 8000 calories per day even on juice you will gain fat! It takes 2500 calories to make one pound of muscle. Divide those calories by 7 it equals around 350 calories extra calories per day needed to make one pound of muscle per week. Most people run 12 week cycles. Say a person has INCREDIBLY good gains on their cycle and they gain 36 pounds which equals 3 pounds per week, 3 x 350 = 1050 extra calories per day to make 3 pounds of lean muscle mass in a week. This is no where near 8000 cals/day unless you are the size of a bus and your BMR burns 7000 cals/day. This isn't even taking into account that 1.) Unless it is your first cycle it's near impossible to gain 36 pounds on a cycle. 2.) Not all of those 36 pounds are muscle, much of it will be water and sugar stores. I'm sure people will disagree with me on this, but this is just my two cents on the subject. I do eat a crapload each time i'm on cycle, but honestly, I never ever will eat 8000 calories per day on a cycle.
