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How are you doing YOUR bulk?
I'm a 31 year old male, currently at 145.5lbs. I'm doing the Shortcut to Size program from Jim Stoppani on Bodybuilding.com, so lifting 4 times a week. Cardio is limited to Tennis and Pickleball, 2-3 times a week each. My TDEE is calculated at just over 2500 calories, but I know from previous BMR tests that my metabolism…
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Can't eat enough calories per day, what to do?
Hi what up guys? Started tracking and I'm looking to gain weight and muscle, I'm 18, ~193cm, at 69kg, doing weightlifting 4days/week and many calculators online including the one here on MFP suggest I should eat almost 3000kcal a day. I'm trying my best to eat a ton and I'm pretty much never hungry but I still can't eat…
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Should i be eating my net calories back?
Im trying to gain some weight, im 21, female, 5 foot 10 inches 53kg 2200 calories is what i need to maintain my weight, im active since i work 40 hours in a hospital I do exercise daily Question is, should i be eating to get my net calories back up too at least 2000-2200? Is my diet healthy? Any advice would be great Im…
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What are your Macro % Goals?
I've been bulking for 3 solid weeks now, and keeping track of my calories/macros. My goal has been 3500 calories a day, with at least 1.5g/lb protein and I've gained about 5 lbs so far (I'm at 6% BF) After 3 weeks, this seems to be where my macros have leveled out. Thoughts? (31 yr, Male, 146lb) I'll also note that my…
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Recovering anorexic
Yes, I have a serious case of anorexia and I a m choosing to recover at home. The question is, am I getting enough food? Here's what I'm eating: A 2 egg omelet with spring greens, salsa and mushroom A grapefruit An apple A cup of chai tea with coconut milk and stevia around 3 cups of Trail mix (almonds, cashews, dark…
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Eat more?!?'
So I'm a 5'8" and 140lbs guy. Im a naturally skinny guy. I just started seriously tracking my calores and I'm eating 3500- 4000 calories. My goal is to get up to 170. I lift and run 5 days a week. I'm gaining weight at about half a pound per week. My diet is about 35% fat 40% carbs and 25% protein. Should I take in more…
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Am I an oddity?
I'm a 29 year old female, 5'4", 102 pounds Brief history- never really was a skinny, fast-metabolism kid, weighed around 125 in high school. When I was 24, I started taking a bunch of different anti-depressants (not at the same time, but in sequence in an effort to find one that worked). Strattera was one that worked…
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How much strength can you gain on a cut?
Are you able to gain loads of strength without bulking? Ive seen people lose over 65+ pounds and their lifts increased drastically and Ive seen people lift on a cut and their strengths lowered. Also is their a strength limit on a cut? Are you able to bench press over 400+ pounds while cutting? Right now I can only bench 85…
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Gaining muscle weight increase goals
My new goal after losing ~105 lbs is to focus on adding muscle. It's odd to think about adding weight but, after all this work, I'm cool with trying to get stronger and really looking stronger too :) I'm trying to figure out what is a good place to start with MFP and settings. I'm tracking macros at 40p/30/30, TDEE is at…
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How to switch from long cut to gaining weight?
This is a little pre-emptive since I've had to decrease my goal weight after seeing what I look like at my original goal, but... ... when switching from a long cut to a lean gain, how many calories would I have to consume? My understanding is that after a long cut (mine will be 1.5 years when I'm done), your metabolism…
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18f trying to gain muscle, ADVICE PLEASE!!!
Hey guys! okay well i have recently just started weight training after only having done serious cardio workouts due to my previous ignorance on how to build healthy muscle. I am already lean and have a low body fat (athletic range) percentage and am trying to gain muscle mass. I do P90X because i can not afford a gym…
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stuck on weight
Hi I have been bulking and eating 1000 cal extra a day for last week or so I haven't gained a pound any ideas ? How do I start gaming again Thanks
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muscle :)
so, i want to get in better shape without losing weight and want to gain muscle. but it's hard for me to eat that much because i just get full so fast.... also i don't have much time for strength. obviously i will be working more on eating more protein and doing more weight training etc but any other tips?
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After I'm done cutting......
After I'm done cutting towards the end of March, I would like to start my first bulk. My TDEE is 2920 and my BMR is around 1900. Can you give me some tips on how to bulk? How many calories I should eat based on my TDEE? What should I eat/what should I not eat? How often should I do cardio, if at all? Every little bit of…
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Am I on the right track?
I'm new to this website, so this will be my first post here. I just had a few questions and wanted to make sure that I'm on the right track...so here goes: I've recently started bulking, and was wondering if I'm doing it correctly. I weighed ~148 about three or four weeks back when I started, and now, I weigh ~ 154. My…
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Beginner. ..Need some help/tips
I am looking to get into gaining muscle as I have chicken arms. I am 31 years old. 6'2 an d 185ish. I have lost weight the past few months and feel it is more muscle then anything. It may be related to my medical things but feel going to the gym could counter this. I am looking at 2830 cals per day as this site says.…
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Should i be eating my net calories back?
Im trying to gain some weight, im 21, female, 5 foot 10 inches 53kg 2200 calories is what i need to maintain my weight, im active since i work 40 hours in a hospital I do exercise daily Question is, should i be eating to get my net calories back up too at least 2000-2200? Is my diet healthy? Any advice would be great Im…
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Help Once Again...
Okay so since ive been recovering and gaining weight (Hopefully! :) Im going to weigh soon!) Ive been making sure I get my calories up to 2500+ a day... My other topics were pretty much about the same thing but yah know... ANYWAYS ive been eating tons of the stuff you guys reccomended and since ive eaten it so much i…
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Time for a Mini-Cut?
I've been following the All Pro Beginner's strength workout routine for 3 Cycles now (15 weeks) and just started my 4th Cycle this week (deload phase). However, i'm feeling a bit uncomfortable with the amount of fat/weight im gaining (gained about 10 lbs in 15 weeks). Would doing a 4-week mini-cut be too drastic or will it…
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Can I eat more then it says?
Hey guys, I'm trying to gain weight. However I just finished lunch and I am already past the amount of calories I'm supposed to eat in a day. So do I just not eat for the rest of the day? :/ Or can I keep eating? I mean if my goal is to gain weight then it wouldn't be a problem if I keep eating more than what it says. For…
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Naturally light?
I'm really confused as to why I weigh so little. I've always weighed so little on the scale my whole life. I have been given the priviledge to indulge myself in what ever foods I fancied all through out my life. My parents supplied me with an endless supply of junk food. We regually got take aways once a week and I would…
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alan aragon and brad schoenfeld on low carb muscle gain
http://crackingthemusclecode.com/low-carb-diets-and-building-muscle/?ref=1368 GREAT video.
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Trying to gain muscle. Why no cardio?
ok - thanks to all the folks who've chimed in to my questions regarding gaining some muscle. Now just to clarify, I'm only looking to put on about 10lbs max. In any case, a constant advice from people telling me how to build muscle is basically "avoid cardio." Why? How does cardio prevent you from building muscle? Is it…
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Weight gain during period is really discouraging.
I gain 2-3 pounds during my period and get extreme cravings the entire week of and the week before my monthly, so it's really hard to control my desire to eat. I usually eat my maintenance calories during those days. I try to exercise it off, but I always end up gaining the "water weight" regardless of how intense or how…
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Crazy fluctuations- back to where I started
5'2" Female, heavy lifting for a year and a half. Bulking for 10 weeks. I started my bulk journey at around 117.5 and 19% BF. My plan was to get up to 123 lbs and around 22% BF so I could cut later to a solid 115. My bulk began pretty good- the scale steadily went up about .5 lbs a week. I accounted for changes around my…
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Gaining weight
Hey guys! I'm a 16 year old boy from Denmark, with some kind of dream! I'm 1,93cm tall, my weight is down on 70kg, because i've been very sick for half a year. I want to get in shape, but i'm afraid to get even more skinny if i start exercising.. I've seen the program called Tapout XT, but i for sure need to combine some…
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Issue with gaining/maintaining weight
I've always been skinny my whole life and it's due to high metabolism and a lack of appetite. Last year I started taking a prescription from my doctor to increase my appetite and it worked great! I'm 5'6" and was 96lbs and within 2 months I went up to 119 lbs. But now I have stopped taking the medication because I'm busy…
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trying to gain some weight
Hi as the title suggests I am putting on weight and trying to get my maintenance calories to a more normal range. I have been maintaining my weight on 1630 calories for at least a year. I got as low as 160 body weight with a little bit of running and lots of weight training. I never got my fat below 18. Lost over all about…
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calories
how many calories do women burn when working out to insanity video?
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Eating Less But Gaining Weight? Frustrated & Confused!
Hello! Im 4'10.75, 21 years old and weigh about 107-110 depending on the day. I really want to get back to 90-95 lbs. My freshman year of college I got down to a dangerous weight of 83 lbs. I eventually got back to my high school weight within a couple of months (90-93 lbs) by eating 2100 kcals and running 70ish miles a…