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Covid Rebound
The most thing I hear from people is talk of the covid belly or covid weight. It sucks for sure, motivation during lockdown for most and myself included was totally zapped. I’m the opposite of covid belly though, I lost a lot of weight. Infact, the last time I weighed what I do now according to my fitness pal progress over…
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Can't get in my kcal
Hi, I'm tryna to gain weight not so much and slowly, currently strength training with my main focus on glute training. My diets is fairly healthy. Using a kcal calculator I figured I should get about 1700 kcal. But because I want to gain mass I'm trying to consume 200-300 extra. However eating healthy has made it difficult…
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Need Advice for Muscle Gain
Hi all! I’m currently trying to gain muscle mass while burn fat. For those who were able to gain muscle mass how were you all able to do it? Also how did it feel to gain muscles mass? The only thing I’m concerned is that you have to gain weight in order to gain muscles and honestly I’m quite scared of adding some weight to…
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Gains goal after illness: 30 lbs in 1 year
I developed liver disease, cirrohsis, and lost 40 lbs. The drugs that kept me alive also caused severe malnutrition. I have now had the rare, invaluable gift of a new liver transplant and discharged 16 days ago. I have some energy now and stretch, meditate and walk 4K steps a day in addition to eating a surplus 500 cals a…
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Not gaining weight & mass
Hi. I’ve been lifting since March and have gained 11lbs in 3 months. However for the last couple of months I’ve not been able to increase my weight and feel it’s having an impact on progressive loads in the gym. I’ve worked out my calculations on several occasions, and to bulk, it’s working out at 2600 calories. I don’t…
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Deload
How do you deload? Do you take a week off, or drop weight?
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Beginner powerlifter looking for some advice!
Hello everyone! So I am pretty new to strength world. I typically was an endurance athlete, primarily running and cycling (and the occasional triathlon), but would like to switch my focus more towards strength. I am a very goal-oriented person, and am interested in bettering my strength in the big three (squat, deadlift…
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My results after 2 weeks of eating clean
Hello, 49 year old male, 5'5", current weight 195.2 I'm looking to create muscle and reduce my bodyfat. I've been lifting weights 5 days a week for about 11 weeks now, I took 2 weeks off in between to rest and recover. I think I only missed 3 days over all. I was eating well during the week but trashing it all on the…
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Not losing inches or weight
I’m semi new here! I’ve been weightlifting for about 4 weeks. Aside from seeing a little roundness in my butt starting to form(which I’m proud of) I’ve lost no inches or weight? I’ve actually gained weight! I thought that I would at least lose an inch or so by now but nothing! I feel so defeated!! Is this normal? Should I…
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Using lifting gloves, yeay or nay.
I'll start of with saying that i got really small hands for a guy. I have been doing exercises to improve my grip strenght but during my back routine my grip always give out long before my back. This is especially irritating when doing deadlifts as i feel my grip slipping and mess up my form. Should i start using gloves…
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Calorie surplus on fat loss diet
If you overeat while on a fat loss diet and you are doing resistence traning, will you gain fat or muscle??? I am having hard time sticking to diet and I end up overeating ( from my target calories ) but my weight training is consistent
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Weight gain/Water retention
For the past couple of months I’ve been doing everything to gain weight as far as increasing my calories, consuming more protein/carbs, working out, etc. but I’ve been noticing that when I step on the scale the number goes up anywhere from 3-7 lbs. my actual weight is 128lbs but after a day of eating a lot of calories it…
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Sami Gerges
Remember a moment of pain that makes you glory I love gym 😍
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Advice on toning the back?
Any good specific programs you guys do?
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I'm new here ... Can someone help me?
Hey everybody. I'm a 19 year old boy.. I weight around 71 kg and i'm 182 cm tall.. So basically I'm a tall skinny guy XD. I've been insecure with my body since 13, but I've never worked out. I'm super shy and never thought of going to the gym. Lately i've decided to start making changes by working out at home . My main…
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Cheap easy bulking preps?
Just trying to get a couple ideas for a cheap bulking meal prep Does anyone have any suggestions? Cheers 🙂
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Sleep at regular time a factor to gain weight ?
I follow an app for calories intake. I make a calorie surplus of 600-700. I sleep for 8 hours daily but the sleep time is not regular, for instance today I might sleep at 3 am, the next day at 1 am, next day at 4 am. Will it effect my weight gain directly ? I know this might have other effects but will this sleep pattern…
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Upper body workout. help me
Help me and give your suggestions
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How much weight will I gain ?
I eat around 2600-2700 calories per day and burn around 200-300 from workout. I do work from home so I don't even do any other physical work than this workout. I'm 22 and weighting just 50Kg and having 173 cm height. I'm underweight currently. Please tell me if how much weight will I gain from this intake ? Will I gain…
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Gained 5 lbs in week
Hi all, I have just finished my first week in attempts to gain weight. I am not too focused on muscle mass at the moment as I am quite underweight, so I’m just focusing on drinking weight gainer once a day, and getting as many calories in from normal meals as possible. I am a 20 year old male, 5’10, and only weighed 8st on…
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Beginner in Body Building looking for advice
Never done bodybuilding looking for advice. Coach has a goal of 200 lbs in about 30 weeks
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Maintenance with recomp, bulk or cut?
I’m currently exercising every morning for about 2 hours. I usually do a mix of cardio, cross training and strength training. I’m eating at maintenance/slightly deficit SOMETIMES right now but working extremely hard on some muscle groups. Should I eat more or is it possible to eat at maintenance and gain muscle and lose…
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What training can I do from home?
Gym's are soon opening here in the UK, but even when they open I'm going to struggle juggling childcare and work commitments (childcare in the day, work in the evening!) All the advice I read on here says follow a training programme - but I've got limited equipment here. Looking on line there are lots of programmes for…
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Is anyone in here pursuing bodybuilding?
I’m still fairly new here and I’m curious. I’ve been training about 12 yrs. I’ve done 3 amateur shows and I came in 3rd in each one (heavyweight bodybuilding). Just looking for the competitors.
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Went from Strict Keto OMAD to Low Carb Diet. Advice?
I dropped about 40lbs the last 5 months and just started on my cutting and body building journey and was just looking for some direction and advice. My current weight is about 235lbs and i am 5' 9" and have an Endomorph body type. My current goal weight is about 210lbs. I have a bit of a back ground with fitness but mostly…
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Yay muscles
The day my company put all of us on remote working I panicked because I wouldn't be able to get to my boxing gym on the reg! Luckily the entire gym went virtual/live with all of the workouts. Only thing missing was actual sparring/fighting. When that happened I decided F it, I am going to go for strength and building, give…
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Am I Actually Gaining Weight?
I'm confused If I am gaining weight or not. Basically at 11 July I weighed 44.6 kg and at the moment weigh 49.0 kg. Given this is a significant difference, shouldn't my arms be bigger? I have noticed slight change in my arms but nothing big. Is this this normal for 4 kg weight gain?
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One arm feels more pumped than the other, is this a concern?
Whenever I workout I notice my right arm gets more pumped and swolen, to the point where I feel my bicep is going to tear (it's a strange sensation). I injured my bicep 5-6 years ago. It also happens that my right arm is significantly weaker than my left arm. Is this normal, what can I do to correct this?
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Arms Workout routine!
Hi everybody! I have a problem... My arms don't look proportional with the rest of my body.... my chest, back, and legs look great! However my arm stopped at 12.5 inches! My calories intake are 3000 calories And I play calisthenics with high volume. Additionally, I added biceps curle, and I play 6 sets with fast 5reps in…
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How do I know if I am gaining weight? PLEASE HELP
I just started pursuing weight gain at July 11 because I am extremely underweight. So basically I am quite confused as on July 11, I weighed 44.6 kg but today weighed myself (two weeks after) and am 46.9 kg. That is a lot of weight gain considering I selected 0.5 kg gain/week. How do I know that all this weight isn't poop…