Sport Need help on finding out my daily caloric intake to maintain.

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Accidentally posted this in body building board, reposting it here.

I was wondering if someone here who is confident in whatever method they use to figure out their daily calric intake to maintain, can help me figure out mine.

I weigh 140 lbs.

I am around 5'10 - 5'11. (I was around 5'9 about 2-3 years ago, and I know I grew a bit so I'm guessing around 5'11 or so)

Age is 20

I work in an office, but I pretty much do whatever is needed of me, and there is a good amount of walking and manual labor that I do around the office along with deskwork.

My workout days are Monday / Tuesday / Thursday / Friday. I work upper body on Monday and Thursday, and lower body on Tuesday and Friday. My upper body workouts range from 45 mins. - 60 mins. My lower body workouts are around 30 minutes. I bench 65, press 60, squat 60. My upper body days consist of bench presses, shoulder presses/military press, dumbbell rows, shrugs, curls etc. Lower body days consist of squats, deadlifts and lunges.

Now that I have given all the info, would anyone be kind as to actually determine my daily caloric intake to maintain? I run into sites that have results ranging from 2000-3000 calories, and they ask for generic info like extreme exercise or moderate exercise etc.
 
ran it thru my BMR spreadsheet.
1702 cals is your BMR, which doesnt' include your daily activities.
If we go by a 1.5 multiplier for mostly seated work, but some movement, and of course your workouts, that puts you at 2553 cals to maintain your 140lb weight.
Sounds like you're a hardgainer, so I'd go 3000 cals if you're trying to bulk.

also, get John Berardi's book Scrawny to Brawny.
 
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