Thanks!

First off, this is my first post, but I have been following you for about 5 years and follow/promote your advice religiously. I am a hard gainer like you, and I have been subject to many of these and other misleading muscle-building myths. I’ve read virtually every one of your posts, and I can’t get enough of it. Since I’ve been on your program, I’ve gained about 25 lbs of muscle on THT (spread out over 5 years, as I wasn’t totally engaged nor was I following your advice or a good diet 100%. And yes, when I wasn’t doing the workouts, my ectomorph self stripped off all of my muscle. But whenever I did hit the gym, I made sure I did your most updated THT program), and I’ve helped multiple friends and family members “see the light” and train correctly and with intensity. They have all loved it! You are doing good things brother, keep it up.

Alright, enough mushy rubbish. Onto my question:

Like I said, I’ve read all of your posts, so I understand all the logic and science behind this, but I wanted to hear it from the horse’s mouth and hear you bust this myth once and for all. It has to do with overtraining. That post about CT Fletcher was very informative, but I wanted a little more detail on your take/the science behind anabolic recovery. You mentioned that if you work a 5-day split working each body part with 8-10 sets to failure that you would need about 5-7 days to recover and reach the P.O.P. to maximize gains. I am currently doing the TSPA with my wife (we are both LOVING it by the way and seeing great results. We’ll make sure to send pictures.) and of course, my goal is to build as much muscle as fast as possible, specifically in my arms, shoulders, chest, and back (hers is to lose fat). Losing fat/staying lean is easy for me since my body will destroy any fat or muscle every chance it gets. My question is this: she will be following the 6-day split program perfectly, but is there something more that I can do to accelerate my muscle growth? Can I insert a different body part into the training session (such as chest or back) on the day we work just abs? Instead of abs, can I work a different body part twice a week? There’s support out there for two-a-day programs. Is there some way I can do two training sessions in a day using THT principles without overtraining? Every time I leave the gym I find myself longing to get back in there, and I look forward to every training session and taking my supplements afterwards almost like I’m excited to play with a new toy because I’m seeing solid gains. I would just like to know if there is something more I could be doing.

Wow, I’m sorry this turned into a novel. I didn’t mean it to be. Any help would be greatly appreciated Mark! Love your new sexy website btw. People are very impressed when I refer them to it.

The issue is regarding the contradiction of 2 methods for maintainence level calories measurement.

1) In the free calories measurement calculator with 139lbs and 16%body fat, the calories(maintenance) appears to be 2537-2637.

2) In the manual calculation method (the one with RMR), the calories(maintenance) appears more than 2800 (lean mass-54kg).

So there are contradictions in both methods. Which should I follow ? 
Range of 2537-2637 (as per calculator) and add 200 cals or 2800 (as per manual calculation) and add 200 cals to it for mass gain?