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Your dream bulk foods
Hey all! I've decided that since i need to gain weight anyways, I may as well do it the fun way! Which leads me to my question-If you were bulking, what foods would you include that you maybe can't (or can depending on your calorie goal) always fit into your daily intake? What would you eat if you were trying to gain…
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Learning olympic lifting during a cut
Starting assumption It's my understanding that during a cut, in order to retain as much muscle as possible, it's important to: 1. Eat sufficient protein; 2. Lift heavy things. Background for my question I've been training 4-5 days a week in a surplus for 7 months or so, following a variety of programs focused around heavy…
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Cutting Season- My First Bikini Competition
Hey Guys ... I just noticed MFP had this feature, so I'm writing something! Decided to do my first bikini competition In august 2016- been doing a mini bulk up until now to try and build muscle. Put on 3kg, now weighing in at 10 stone 1 pounds I have just over a stone to loose. I'm starting my bulk at 1600 calories and…
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Bulking/bodybuilding friends
Looking for more friends with similar goals. Adding muscle and mass.
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Carbs
Trying to bulk for another few weeks. Does anyone else have trouble eating carbs? They are making me feel like crap and I feel so much better on a low carb diet. I know I need more carbs to grow, but am tired of feeling like crap from eating them. Any suggestions would be helpful. Bulking on high protein high fat diet??
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adding weight and muscle mass.
hey all, just a quick question I know what foods I should eat to put on weight carbs and protein. but my question is how many calories do I need to gain weight at 62kg? also how much carbs and protein should I be consuming to stay healthy? thanks guys
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Difficulty Maintaining or Gaining and Lacking Protein
Hey guys! I'm 22 years old and 100lbs soaking wet lol. I've done my research and started this journey several times with many setbacks. Now I'm doing good and have been tracking my macros. I noticed that I tend to be lower on the protein side. Are there any shakes, powders, or meals you'd suggest to tackle this protein…
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Hello
Active person here looking for tips and friends about body building.
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Weighing Correctly?
I started my calorie surplus almost 2 months ago. I started at around 169-170, and at first I was weighing myself once a week. But then I read somewhere to try to get the average of the week, so weighing yourself at the same time everyday, then averaging it out. Which makes sense because some days I weigh 171 and other…
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Does this workout plan look good? And for how long?
How long should I do this plan for, would you recommend? Or should I switch up any exercises? Thanks! Monday Lower body 3 sets 1. Barbell Squats x 12 2. Barbell straight leg deadlifts x 12 3. Barbell hip thrusts x 12 4. Single leg bench/chair squat x 12 each (stand on one leg put other leg out in front of you and sit) 5.…
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Ganancia de masa muscular y alimentación ecológica.
Hay gente de España que se haya propuesto conseguir un bajo nivel de grasa y un incremento muscular con una alimentación sana y ecológica?
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Need to gain weight
Hi all, I need to gain some weight. I've fallen off the deep end with my weight loss and losing more and more and can't seem to stop. NAturally my BMR is dropping. So first basic question, if I increase my weight (not just talking about lifting or anything, just adding a couple kg) will my BMR increase or have I screwed…
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How to calculate my macros? how much protein carbs and fats exactly?
Hello everyone! Im reading a lot of stuff on Internet watching videos on youtube and im seeing those athletes how they are saying my macros for today are those bla bla.... Im 70 kg i want to gain weight with flexible dieting but how i can find my macros? I went to a lot of pages where they have calculator but all of them…
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I pick things up... I put them down! :)
Ok let's hear everyone's favourite lift
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Weight loss during illness?
For the past 2-3 weeks I've been pretty much house and sofa bound with a nasty and persistent chest infection. Until then I was gaining steadily at around .25 kg per week. I've not been working out or exercising anything like as much as usual and yet when I weighed myself today I've lost 2 lbs! I'd expected more of a gain…
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TDEE and Macros
How do you guys determine your TDEE and macros? I've been trying to find mine but every calculator I've used has seemed a bit off. I'm very underweight so my BMR of course is going to be low but I'm mostly unsure of my activity level. I go to the gym about 3-4 days per week for about an hour (10-15 min are cardio with…
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Eating burned calories?
So I have a question for you guys out here! I've been weight training for about 6 months and have started to seriously watch my macros. The question is, if I'm meeting all my macro needs, but I still have extra calories left over that I've burned throughout the day or workout ....can I still eat those calories and see my…
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Obese to Powerlifter, is my goal.
Hey everyone. My name is Karina. I'm 5'4 and weigh 232 pounds. I've lost 20 pounds so far by just portion controlling. No exercise and no weighing foods. I do understand the importance of all of those things but at the time I just wanted to establish some kind of good habits. I'm still in the starting phase of my journey.…
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Woman new to lifting
So I am a 37y woman who just started lifting this month and as of today will be working with a trainer to develop 3 cycles to rotate with when at the gym. I'm currently eating around maintenance while starting this. I'm still 20lb from goal weight but need to add some muscle so I want to bulk then cut back down. What…
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Best program you've tried?
My son had major surgery on his kidney about 4 months ago. He is a very active man child lol, 6'6 198 pounds. (He did lose down to 170 right before surgery and about Christmas he was back up to his normal weight.) This surgery set him back so much. He was able to dunk a basketball with no effort. He has become very weak…
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In need of support.
hey guys, after losing to much weight too quickly in the summer and early fall of 2016. I have been on a journey to gain weight. Since October, I have gained about 15 pounds and I am just hitting a healthy bmi. Altough I have been gaining a pound or two a week, I seem to have hit a bump in the road. I still want to gain…
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One month in and frusterated....
I'll start by saying that I'm not necessarily looking to gain weight, but build more muscle. My body fat is sitting a lot higher than I'd like, I've found this to be true at a lower weight too (probably 30% ish range). I'd like to lose 10 pounds, but am more focused on body composition- because even at 10 pounds lighter my…
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Squatting with lat pull down..
Hi everyone. This may be a super noob question, but I need to find a way to improve in squatting. I don't have a barbell at home and right now wouldn't be able to afford one, so I really want to find a good alternative. I've been using dumbbells for awhile and slowly increasing weight but I don't have that many more…
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Garmin vivosmart HR Tdee too low?
Hello! So to sum this up, I got an all-day HR monitor for Christmas and love it! I'm trying to gain weight and have MFP set to gain weight with the garmin adjusting the calories if I burn more than MFP suggests. Seems good and all but I'm not gaining on a base of 2200 calories (without exercise) could this just be garmin…
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Motivation from other who love to lift
Doing my 12 week training be awesome to get more people who love to lift
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First time ever working out to gain muscle HELP
I really dont have nooo idea what I am getting my self into but I am tired of being really skinny I need some muscle any recommendations on how to start this journey?? I don't know how to work out when I go to the gym I feel lost i don't know where to start... any recommended books to read for muscle gain?
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Add me steve_dawg
Hey everyone I'm on a fitness journey ultimately losing weight, gaining muscle and eating healthy which is harder then it sounds I'm seeking friends to help along the way I'll scratch your back you can scratch mine aha
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Bulking
Long live carbs
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NWOL4W & Calories Question
Hello! I'm not sure if this is the right forum, so please bear with me. I just started New Rules of Lifting for Women. I read the book, which recommends eating at maintenance. Following the calculations in the book, I should be eating approximately 2000 calories on non-workout days, and 2300 on workout days. This is a…
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Calories, current fat, and gaining.
I'm 6ft 2 178lbs. I have some fat on my stomach / abs but I can still see my abs. Not as good as I could when I was thinner. If I eat 3400 cals on most days and 3000 on non lift days will I burn any of that fat? Possible to burn fat and gain? I read about maintenance / recomp. What about those that are like 250lbs high fat…