Does Increasing Bodyfat Increase Strength?

Training
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Also Chris, to answer your question as to what I ate yesterday:

Breakfast Calories

Familia - Swiss Muesli Cereal (No Sugar Added), 1/2 cup 210

Banana - Large, 136 g 121

Post - Shredded Wheat Wheat’n Bran, 1.25 cups 200

Quaker Oats - 1 Minute Instant Oatmeal, 1 cup dry 300

Flax4life - Flax Muffin Chunky Chocolate Chip, 1 muffin 360

Milk - Reduced fat, 2% milkfat, 0.5 cup 61

Alta Dena - Fat Free Milk, 0.5 Cup 45

Lunch

Chobani - Raspberry Greek Yogurt, 1 Container (5.3oz) 130

Apple - Apples, 100 g 52

Applegate Organics - Organic Smoked Chicken Breast, 4.5 slices 90

Oroweat - Whole Grains Double Fiber 160
(100% Whole Wheat Bread), 2 slice (38g)

Dinner
Whole Foods - Salmon Teriyaki Bowl W Vegetables 420
and Brown Rice (Teriyaki on Side Not Really Used), 1 bowl

Extra Virgin Olive Oil - Oil, 2 Tbsp 238

Snacks

Optimum Nutrition - Protein, Whey, Chocolate, 30.4 g 120
(post-workout)

NuGo Dark chocolate pretzel - energy bar, 1 bar 200

Knudsen - Nonfat Cottage Cheese, 1 Cup (120 g) 160

Flanigan Farms Natural Foods - Nuts “N” Things, 1/2 cup 260

Total Calories for day was 3,207 calories.

Let me know what your responses are to this as well as to my latest answers to your last replies to me.

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[quote]LoRez wrote:
I kind of feel like this is an alternate account of bull_scientist. The questions and phrasing are awfully reminiscent of this very recent thread:

Specifically the “adding 40 pounds” and “dry muscle” Rippetoe quotes.[/quote]

That’s exactly what I thought when I read through this. This is such a weird topic for discussion.

As a side note, the OP’s improvements on his major lifts are actually pretty outstanding. If I were making gains like that, I wouldn’t be asking anyone anything, lol.

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[quote]Deva wrote:
Also Chris, to answer your question as to what I ate yesterday:

Breakfast Calories

Familia - Swiss Muesli Cereal (No Sugar Added), 1/2 cup 210

Banana - Large, 136 g 121

Post - Shredded Wheat Wheat’n Bran, 1.25 cups 200

Quaker Oats - 1 Minute Instant Oatmeal, 1 cup dry 300

Flax4life - Flax Muffin Chunky Chocolate Chip, 1 muffin 360

Milk - Reduced fat, 2% milkfat, 0.5 cup 61

Alta Dena - Fat Free Milk, 0.5 Cup 45

Lunch

Chobani - Raspberry Greek Yogurt, 1 Container (5.3oz) 130

Apple - Apples, 100 g 52

Applegate Organics - Organic Smoked Chicken Breast, 4.5 slices 90

Oroweat - Whole Grains Double Fiber 160
(100% Whole Wheat Bread), 2 slice (38g)

Dinner
Whole Foods - Salmon Teriyaki Bowl W Vegetables 420
and Brown Rice (Teriyaki on Side Not Really Used), 1 bowl

Extra Virgin Olive Oil - Oil, 2 Tbsp 238

Snacks

Optimum Nutrition - Protein, Whey, Chocolate, 30.4 g 120
(post-workout)

NuGo Dark chocolate pretzel - energy bar, 1 bar 200

Knudsen - Nonfat Cottage Cheese, 1 Cup (120 g) 160

Flanigan Farms Natural Foods - Nuts “N” Things, 1/2 cup 260

Total Calories for day was 3,207 calories.

Let me know what your responses are to this as well as to my latest answers to your last replies to me.

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I definitely think you could up the protein from solid foods i.e. meat. Add eggs for breakfast and more chicken for lunch.