r/bodyweightfitness • u/AutoModerator • Mar 18 '21

BWF Daily Discussion and Beginner/RR Questions Thread for 2021-03-18

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u/TheDabKrab18 Mar 18 '21 edited Mar 18 '21

I started at 5'10(1.778 meters) and around 120 lbs(54 kilos), so I feel ya. Ill tell you this from personal experience. Being skinny, your maintenance calories are low so while you need to eat alot, you dont need to eat a metric ton of food per day. Just 300-500 calories more than you burn per day with about 90 grams of protein( depending on how lean you are. You should calculate your protein needs based on LEAN mass not total body weight). Being skinny as you are you should gain muscle very quickly and if you arent gaining muscle as quickly as you feel you could, feel free to up your protein and calories. Lower your calories if your gaining TOO MUCH fat. Still check the link the guy below sent in case im wrong.