Caloric Surplus
People mainly take Caloric Surplus for performance, weight loss, hormones. Based on 7 first-hand reports. Ranked #310 of 2,750 overall.
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User score
Mostly positive86% positive0% mixed14% negative0% unclear
Of reports that state an outcome, 86% are positive.
Clinical research
Research pending
What Caloric Surplus does, according to users
Of the people who reported each effect, the share who said it got better.
betterno changeworse
What the research says
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses from PubMed, with their published conclusions.
Research data for Caloric Surplus is being compiled.
Dosage people report
As stated by users — not a recommendation. Follow the label or your doctor.
3500 calories/daydaily
3000-3500 calories/daydaily
4300 cal/daydaily
4k calories/daydaily
500 calories above maintenancedaily
dailyas reported
Reported side effects
How often each side effect came up across all reports.
No side effects reported so far.
What users say
Verbatim quotes, shortened only — each links to the original discussion.
“Eat 3500 calories a day and workout 6 days a week on a push pull leg split once you get to 170-180”
“You need to push to 3k as a minimum starting point, likely closer to 3.5k”
“drugs don’t drive growth, food does”
“i'm 6' and i thought i was a hardgainer until i started eating 4k calories a day. now i'm actually putting on size”
“eat 500 calories above maintenance”
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User data from public discussions; research from PubMed. Information only, not medical advice — talk to a doctor before starting, stopping or combining anything. Data updated October 3, 2026. How we rate