B-Boy (and many other members of this forum), I really can't understand this condescending and despising attitude you always demonstrate towards people starting threads like this one.
Did yourself ever look like Phil Heath or Flex Lewis? No. Is it because you didn't train as hard or as smart as them? Or that your diet was not on point or that you didn't have access to their cycles? Of course not. It's simply because you don't have their genes. And yet you're an IFBB Pro, so you're also part of a narrow genetic elite. So why is it so hard for you to understand that the absolute majority of people will never grow big muscles like yours, no matter how hard they train and how much they eat and how much AAS they take?
And there are many people not made for hypertrophy at all, and all they can expect after years of effort and dedication is 10 pounds more, not 100.
All these people giving bullshit advice on this forum about the need to eat more to grow are most likely quite blessed genetically, and they think what applies to them applies to everyone else. But it's not the case, most people will just get fat and not grow bigger muscles by eating much above maintenance, no matter the amount of AAS they take.
Why do you assume that you know how to train hard and how to design a diet while other people can't? Honestly, this is no rocket science, especially with the amount of information available online these days. It's all about genetics, that's the sad truth ( or maybe 80% about genetics).
At 6ft1 and a lean 220 pounds, the author of this thread has impressive stats anyway, much above what the average person could ever achieve.