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Please estimate my BF% and should I continue bulking or start cutting?
Hello everyone. I have absolutely no idea what my body fat percentage is so if you could please estimate it for me, I would greatly appreciate it. Also, at this point do you think I should continue bulking or start cutting? For reference, my height is about 6 ft 0.5 inches and my weight is around 180 pounds (a little bit…
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Bulking and stomach issues
I've had stomach issues for around six years now and had all the tests done and the diagnosis is chronic constipation. I'm good 95% of the time and eat whatever, but the small 5% I flare up and have stomach pains and am unable to eat and lose weight. When you guys have an upset stomach do you still try to hit your calorie…
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macros
Still trying to recover from ED an gain what should my macros be? Fit pal set carbs 50 protein 30 fat 20 percent confussed
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Squat Discussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhVC_AnZYYM Mark Rippletoe is ADAMANT in this video at no point do the hips come forward... but I feel like, and was always under the impression... at some point they have to complete the movement at the top. So my question is Is my understanding of low bar squat that bad that I'm missing…
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Macros
Hey, everyone! I am 5'2.5" and 87lbs. I am trying to bulk and am doing crossfit MWF, Kettlebell TTH, and a bit of running because I am training for a 5k Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday. Can anyone advise me on what my macros should look like for my height, weight, activity level, and goal? I do work out daily and sometimes twice…
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gaining weight worries
I hav big worriesbout gaining weight 1 ill just end up fat! 2 get a big belly 3 carbs be stored as fat I want to do this healthy an be fit and toned just worried
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Bulking and Blood Panel
This is an "n=1" study, as they say. There's a lot of discussion about "clean" bulks and dirty bulks and how one will wreck your body. I'm coming off of a bulk, the pop-tarts and ice cream kind. Blood numbers came in today; everything is awesome! So, definitely do your own research with this stuff and run your own numbers.…
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bulking
Hey guys, is it okay to bulk with 11 % bodyfat ? Im now 69 kgs and want to be 77 within 8-9 months so around 1 kg per month. should i still cut til 10 % or i can go to a clean bulk now ? Btw im an ectomorph but i can gain pretty good gains without really struggling with it..
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how do you manage to include food during busy office hours?
Can dry fruits at your desk help..Anyother practical suggestions?
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New
This is great and I love how everyone is so supportive. (I'm the New guy)
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Dense muscle
How should you eat to gain dense muscles not bulky ones? I want to keep my low BF and gain dense muscle?What`s the ideal caloric intake?
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Fitbit underestimating calories burned
I have all of my settings set right and fitbit surge says I only burn about 1600 a day but I have been eating 1900-2100 and maintaining/slowly losing. Anyone else have this issue? (I accurately weigh all my food) Even on days I exercise, for example it says I burned 1800, I ate 2100 (always eat over whatever it says). Why…
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losing muscle
Hey guys, how long does it take to LOSE muscle ? Reason why i ask it because i didnt eat for like 20 hours and just eat 2 sandwiches between so i didnt hit my MINIMUM MACRO even ! But the next day i got to eat cheat meal and hit my macro ( whole day of cheat meal) do i lost muscle or was it fat ?
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gaining muscle by rest
Hey guys, we all know that rest helps us to recover and build muscle usually it is 7-9 hours of sleep at NIGHT so i wonder if sleeping in the afternoon around 3 pm (15:00) for an hour considered as rest and also help to build muscle ? Coz i feel energized after i got around 1-2 hours of sleep in the afternoon..
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Meso
Any Mesomorph diet and training tips for gaining lean muscle after a cut?(i am 10-12%BF)
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Hi! :D help me in gain weight :)
Hi everyone! I'm a 21yo boy and I'm Italian. I'd like to gain weight, but during my life time I never reached this target. I'm wondering if someone could help me, giving some advice by looking at my lifestyle data, food ecc... I'm pretty happy to join this community! :D I found out it this morning ahahah
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Is this the right workout for bulking?
can anyone tell me if this is a good workout for a bulking cycle?
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Labor work and gaining muscle
Hello. I recently took on a laborous job at a cheese factory which is fast paced and fatiguing. I am 6 ft 1 156 lbs. Have a goal of 4000cals a day. Any input for workouts, nutrition, or muscle recovery would be greatly appreciated.
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I have hypothyroidism
Every morning I have to drink this tiny pill due to having hypothyroidism it sucks because the pill is suppose to help me maintain a healthy weight yet again I still weight 92 pounds and I'm 5'4. I hate it when people goes do you eat? Are you anorexic? I eat boy do I eat I just don't GAIN WEIGHT!!!!! Anyone else with this…
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Hi i'm Danny, here to gain 3 - 4 stone
Hi I'm Danny 26, 6ft1, from England. I've just downloaded this app 5 days ago in the hope it may give me the extra push I need to gain weight again. I do find it difficult to gain weight as I pretty much hate food, eating has never been a pleasure but always a chore. In 2009 I dropped to my lowest weight ever due to poor…
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Gaining max Muscle & min Fat
Newbie to training. Just learned about Macros. Started 5'8" 167 Lbs of predominantly fat. Dropped 20 lbs and leared quickly muscle loss is a rotten side consequence of core deficit. Hence have learned to calculate core maintenance and started a surplus diet using 50% carbs, 30% protein, 20% fats to promote gaining maximum…
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3000+ Calories a day - Eating plan
Struggling for ideas to eat 3000+ Calories a day to clean "ish" Bulk, please advise?
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Body recomp after cut
Hy, can someone explain to me how to do body recomp after cut?.I am curently 10-12%BF.
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hardgainer
Looking to gain 110 now want to hit 125
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Nearing "Underweight", please help meeeee
Okay, so I know this is probably a totally overdone subject, because everyone always wants to know the same thing here (how to gain weight) and everyone always gives the same answer (EAT MORE! LIFT ALL THE THINGS!) and I totally respect those answers, buuuuuutttttttttt..... I'm on topamax (which as some of you may know is…
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abs/obliques
Hey guys, im going to clean bulk soon and i want to build my abs/obliques before cutting it next year summer, so what is the best way to train them ? With weights ? How much per week ? Etc Btw im around 10 percent body fat but still hardly see my abs coz they're undevelop and no enough muscles. Any workout routine/tips…
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Estimate my body fat percentage (pics included)
Hey guys, I was hoping you could take a look at these pictures and give me an estimate of my bf%. Currently I have low lbm and high body fat, and am cutting at around a 350 cal deficit. I lift heavy 4 days a week, and also do some cardio, mostly HIIT for about 12 minutes. My plan is to go on a slow lean bulk once I am lean…
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New lifestyle and need help
So I just got to college and can eat all you can eat but I think I stop too soon I need help advice or a coach to help me eat more and more everyday. Preferably a girl.
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What causes a change of calorie intake / appetite?
When I starting bulking back in February, I was able to eat over 2000 calories within my first 3 hours of waking up (breakfast / lunch were each about 1k calories), and this made reaching my goal a breeze (~3k calories/day), as the rest of the day I could eat tinier meals and didn't have to do much planning. I kept this up…
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Hard gainer looking for advice
Im 5'7 about 130 lbs . 23 year old male. Im relatively sctive for about half the week. I want to gain at leat 20-25 lbs . Im not too picky of a eater but do have a budget. Is there a meal plan i can follow to help gain weight ? Supplements ? I want to atleast gain 10-15lbs before i start to workout. Ive also been looking…