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Trouble gaining
Hi, I'm new here. I'm looking for some advice as I'm having trouble gaining weight and nothing seems to be working. I've tried eating 6 meals a day for about 2 weeks and I managed to gain some. But, if I missed even one meal my weight would plummet right back down to where I started in the first place. I try to eat lots of…
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Female Weightlifting Progress [Pics]
Early days weightlifting - this is my back progress after one month! Spent years eating on a deficit so have increased calories to just about maintenance, will be eating surplus to make more significant gains soon! Happy so far :)
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Back again
In July I made a mistake while doing squats for the first time with a bar and moving my head around etc.. I strained my neck muscle which made me sit out on lifting for a month. Fast forward a month, I went to the gym today everything went fine expect I got a dull headache from holding my breath? >.< doing fine I guess
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when to start building back?
So I lost over 130. I was 400. At 263 I feel like the loose skin is already starting. At what point should I be trying to build muscle?
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PILLS FOR FAT BURNERR
not me I'll when you build the business that’s your business it's not mine so when the money comes in the door into this company that's your money I don't see you know Income from the same kind of a son I come from old-school in your company that to was some as you have to earn your levels and in doll this volume into you…
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Bulking While Losing
So I basically go gym 4-5 days a week. I workout all muscle groups throughout the week and do some cardio if I have time. Here's the issue: I have a little lower back fat and some love handles that I'd kill to get rid of. However, I am down to 189 and don't want to lose more weight elsewhere to lose this stubborn fat. I'm…
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Bulking up
Hey guys unfortunately due to a shoulder surgery I was held back from playing competitive ball this year. I've now completely recovered and I'm looking to pack on some extra muscle over the winter. Anyone have any good tips. Should I stay away from products like Mutant Mass, etc. Thanks for any input
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Whey protein powders
Any advice on some tasty whey flavors and what brand? I have tried the "Six Star chocolate" which doesn't taste bad but messes with my stomach and it's only about $20 and also the "Precision engineered whey isolate fruit punch" tastes great with water and mixes well but it's roughly $40 for a 2gallon and doesn't taste very…
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Very slow bulk to minimize fat gain?
Hi everyone, I have to admit I am not that educated on bulking and cutting. I have been at my goal weight for a while now, and I just finished a pretty good bodyweight training program where I have seen an increase in muscle definition. I have just started a new dumbbell routine this week (I only had puny weights, but…
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Recovery From Enforced Fast
Hello all. In a few weeks I have to go for a colonoscopy which includes not eating for 24 hours before and taking laxatives. I'd appreciate any advice on the impact this will have on my weight gain goals. Essentially, do I just eat as normal up until the 24 hours before, then start packing it back on after the procedure?…
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Recomp Math
A lot of people have a hard time understanding how someone can both build muscle and lose fat at the same time. How can you gain mass when you are losing mass right. So the key point of understanding, is what makes up the mass. So one lb of fat is as much as one lb of muscle its all mass right but that is where the mistake…
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Weight & Goal Weights
Hey everyone, what are you all shooting for? I'm currently 120 & I'm shooting for 135 clean bulk. No real time frame, I just set on here 1 pound per week.
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Chest pain
Hi, Been getting some serious chest pains occasionally over the last few weeks. Been doing a bit of lifting spending 1 day a week on muscle groups, so not been over working. Could it be stretching out muscles that don't normally get stretched? Doing Flat dumbell fly and going as wide as I can whereas I was only doing wide…
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Need lifting buddies
Looking for some friends who are fairly serious about strength training/ gaining weight and using this site to track macros. Seems like most folks on this site are strictly looking to lose weight. Anybody that wants new friends to share progress with, hit me up!
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Goal BMI for Eating Disorder Treatment Question
So I'm in treatment for an eating disorder (EDNOS restrict/binge cycle with a history of anorexia and bulimia), and I'm not allowed to drop below my goal BMI of 20. Does anyone know why eating disorder services use BMI 20 as the threshold for underweight, as opposed to BMI 18.5 as used everywhere else? It's pretty…
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Need support, trying to get weight
(I just uploaded this under introductions, but then realized that there is a place for those of us trying to get weight!) It has always been such a lonely journey! Anyone out there going through this? It has been very hard for me. Everyone else seems to be going in the opposite direction, and I get the worst looks if I…
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Weight Gain but Waist the Same?
So I decided to move to maintenance in May but because I wanted I stop counting and stressing I decided to try and get sufficient protein and just try to eat a sustainable diet that I enjoyed (and was healthy with portions, etc...) and maintain the weight that came on. I also decided to do intense strength training.…
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do you have more appetite on rewt days?
Hi I have more appetite and tend to eat more on rest days. Is it normal? Do you eat more on reat days?
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Did I really gain 6 lbs in 4 days?
This past weekend was a vacation for my family and I. Starting on Friday I binged all the way till Tuesday. I weighed 96 on Friday and back home on Wednesday the scale said 103. I ate about 2000-4000 all those days. Idk why I just didn't care and I just wanted burgers, fries, ice cream, cake, donuts. Obviously I'm feeling…
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Eating at a surplus on rest days?
A note about myself - I started a conservative bulk a few months ago, but after the initial 10 spike in weight (which honestly felt like water at first), I haven't gained any weight despite consistently increasing on lifts. I currently do the StrongLifts program since I only recently started lifting weights. Do you eat at…
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Best way to gain and macros
So I've been stuck eating 1,500-1,600 calories and want to up that to 2,000 to gain weight. I am 91 pounds, 5'2. My TDEE is 1960 calories. After a lot of research and personal preference, my macros would be 120 g protein, 45 g fat, and 278 g carbs. Is this fine? I went high on fat because of my low weight I would have very…
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From 1800 to 2000 kcal?
Hi! Currently I'm 173 cm (about 5'7''), 54 kg (119 lbs) and eating around 1800 kcal/day. When I counted my TDEE, it gave me roughly 2000 kcal/day and since I want to gain weight, I want to aim for that. The thing is, I want to gain muscles not just weight. Since I'm not 100% satisfy with how I look (minimal definition of…
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Why am I always hungry?
Hi Community, I recently started doing serious weight lifting training (i.e. 4 times a week). Before I was doing only one or two weight lifting session per week and the rest was cardio. I noticed my appetite has seriously increased and I am always hungry.... I was wondering what happens to me? Why am I always hungry? I…
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Fast/pounding heart rate..ED
I know that if an average person would eat an enormous meal , one that is particularly high in calories, the heart rate with increase noticeable, so as they could sense it. With my meals, let's say I eat half a sandwich and a cup of rice, if I decide to add in just a bit more ( for example, 100 calories more), my heart…
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TDEE calculation: how many times of exercise per week?
Hi Most of TDEE calculators ask how many of exercises we work out per week. Below is my training program, how many times of workout should i consider: 5 or 6 times per week? Monday: Workout A on machines: chin up(6x8), Lat pull (6x8), Dips (6x8), Lying Triceps (6x8), Shoulder press (6x8), pull up (6x8), Cardio (20 minutes…
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Amouts on your food diary
I have my calories set at 1,880. In the charts it has carbs, protein, fat, sodium and sugar. Is this grams? Mine say 71 for a daily goal for sugar. That is way over any recommended amount. The same with carbs. yes I want to gain weight, but in a healthy way. That much sugar and carbs cannot be good. Am I reading this…
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Anyone had success mantaining without counting calories
can you maintain your weight by watching your potion sizes,staying away from calorie dense foods and keeping up with exercise.anyone gained weight back when they stopped counting and doing all the things I stated?
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Lifting to failure?
I'm starting week 11 of my bulk tomorrow on a progressive workout plan and have a question on how important it is to go to failure on your last set versus just achieving the progression. My first 6 weeks I went to failure on each exercise during the last set but started feeling burned out and losing motivation to keep…
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MEDICINE FOR BLOOMING FACE
Everything although it takes years to train it is the last four months before competition better than most extreme in terms of nutrition and sacrifice this is when the dieting begins nowadays people are smarter to with competing where you don't starve yourself with everything you have little bit serve things that to…
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Gaining lean muscles.
So i have started workingout hard with my Personal trainer. But i know the hardest work is to e able to put something in my mouth every 3 hour I want to get my body like Taylor Lautner. Is it right that i need to eat every 3 hours? Carbs, Protein and fats in each meal and snacks? But what kind of foods should i eat for…