BMR when on a SARMS cycle

[jp1957]

During off cycle, I use 10x body weight.

My question, is what should I be using for BMR when on a full blown kitchen sink SARMS cycle(lgd/s4/rad/sr/Osta/gw).

I'm doing more or less a recomp, shooting for 300-500c under BMR, but I have a sneaking feeling I'm well under that 300-500c deficit.

My BF was dropping while I was only taking osta, but since I started the full blown cycle, its been increasing abit (same eating/macros, same workout schedule, etc), so I'm suspecting I may be hitting starvation mode?

 

[jp1957]

Rick? Since you are expert

 

[DylanGemelli]

what exactly are you trying ti accomplish... if you hit starvation mode, everything is going to stall out on you

 

[jp1957]

I'm trying to figure out if I am hitting starvation mode.

As stated above I'm using 10x body weight for calories, but my question, is while on cycle should I be using a higher number than off cycle

 

[jp1957]

can someone help me out here? Granted I have to take the answer in light of my recent bloods, but its still a basic question of whether when one is on a sarms cycle, they should use a higher BMR than when off cycle.

 

[RickRock]

I do think your BMR would be higher on a sarms cycle, just like it would on a steroid cycle from the heightened anabolic state, greater thermogenesis and better nutrient partitioning. To what degree is the question. It has a lot to do with the compounds you are on and how you respond to them. If I were guessing, I would say you could expect a 10-20% increase in bmr...but that's purely a guess, which would put your BMR at 11-12xBW

 

[jp1957]

yea, thats what I thought, using even 11, would be an additional 200 calories making my deficit instead of 300-500, actually 500-700. Using 12 even more so. So I'll split the difference and add 300 calories.

thank you!