Quote (MegaVovaN @ Apr 22 2011 07:24pm)
hey raynor, whats the maintenance calories/macro ratio for someone thats 5' 8'' and 170 pounds and whats to gain muscle. I heard that gaining muscle itself will burn off fat over a long period of time. I think I want to do that instead of cutting
Muscle itself doesn't exactly work that way. The more muscle you have, yes, the more calories your body requires, but it doesn't necessarily burn additional fat.
If you are on maintenance and want to build muscle, as you build more muscle, your calorie requirements also go up in order to build MORE muscle. So it's a slippery slope.
Anyway, if you'd rather do that, follow this:
http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=21269614&f=60&p=347927450Bulking / Cutting / Body Types / Caloric Needs
and assume that for 5'8 170 lbs maintenance, you would require around 2,200 cals per day and around 200g protein (for building).
6 meals as usual and so forth.