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Too much carbs and low protein
I'm really skinny guy with BMI at 16.4 , I want to gain weight and I'm having a 2800 calories per day. But everyday when I track my foods my carbs are at 380g and protein is just 50g or so. What is the ill effect? I do workout with an app that shows how much calories I burn and it's around 120 calories a day. My soul goal…
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How long does it take for a petite woman to gain muscle and build her glutes?
So I'm working on building my glutes so it can look bigger and rounder and to overall get my body to look more proportionate. During quarantine i was able to lose weight and reach the goal of getting my waist to 26in by the end of summer (it was about 29/30in in the beginning of the year). But because I lost weight my butt…
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What is the best way to build muscle without gaining too much fat?
I want to build muscle on my glutes but after some research I've learned that it is inevitable to build muscle without gaining some fat. I tend to gain fat around my waist, arms, and boobs unfortunately and would like to prevent gaining too much fat and focus more on building the glutes. I've been lifting by doing barbell…
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Is it truly possible to get wider hips through working out?
This is something I am genuinely curious about. I read about it and had done some research and some sources say it is while others say it isn't. I am working out at the gym and want to be realistic about my goals and possibilities. I have an inverted triangle shape and I hate it so I would love to balance my body out…
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Protein shakes and bars
Hi I’m relatively new to actively trying to eat properly, I’ve always had a healthy-ish diet but now I’m really focusing on protein intake to gain weight and muscle. I’ve been having one protein bar a day along with naturally high in protein foods the most I’ve gotten to is 50g of protein so I was wondering if it’s okay to…
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Reducing the next day soreness
What do you do to reduce the soreness the next day after heavy lifting? Stretching? Yoga? What helps you?
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Smelly clothes
Hi everyone. Strange question. Does anyone else have a problem with body odour? Not in a really bad way but i lift heavy weights 4/5 times a week and have noticed that my deodorant gives up. It’s not a bad smell, just a gym smell. I shower 2/3 times a day and have never had an issue before. I put it down to the extra…
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Mental Weight Gain
For the past 8 months I have been on a clear cut of weight, but have since moved up to eating more calories and working on gaining mass. However, while working out and doing cardio I am still losing weight. I know that all I have to do here is eat more and eat good foods. I know how I can and what I need to do but…
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Want to loose fat and gain more muscles
I'm fatty (50% of my weight), and over 50. I need to loose between 15 and 20 kg. I started a diet and noticed using the app that I eat a lot of fat although good ones (poly and mono unsaturated), and a lot of protein, but low carbs and sugar. Although I try to limit/reduce fat, it is always in the daily pot. How can I…
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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