>>34706842Here's the actual quote from SS 3rd. Ed.
"A program of this nature tends to produce the correct bodyweight in an athlete. That is, if
you need to be bigger, you will grow, and if you need to lose bodyfat, that happens, too. It is
possible, and quite likely, that skinny kids on this program will gain 10-15 pounds of bodyweight in
the first two weeks of a good barbell training program, provided they eat well. "Well" means four or
so meals per day, based on meat and egg protein sources, with lots of fruit and vegetables and lots of
milk. Lots. Most sources within the heavy-training community agree that a good starting place is one gram of protein per pound of bodyweight per day, with the rest of the diet making up 3500-6000 calories, depending on training requirements and body composition. Although these numbers produce much eyebrow-raising and cautionary statement-issuing from the registered-dietetics
people, it is a fact that these numbers work well for the vast majority of people who lift weights, and these numbers have worked well for decades."
You immediately jumped to the far end of the spectrum and completely neglected the "training requirements" and "body composition" part of it.
If you eat 6K at 120 pounds you're going to gain weight for sure, but it's going to be a lot of fat.
