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Any females gaining and lifting who want to share food diaries?
Hi, looking to make friends with other females who are bulking and lifting to get some meal inspiration please? x
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Day 1 of logging
First day tracking training and nutrition properly today ... feel awesome current weight 86.8kg looking too add some good tissue over the next year or so without adding too much if any fat. Who else is hitting it hard over Christmas ? Current routine consists of push pull legs rest push pull legs repeat.
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Full body routine
Hi. Is anyone doing a 3 day full body routine? I’d be interested to see what your workout plan is and what exercises you think are the most successful for aiding bulking.
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Gaining weight struggles
Hello! Does anyone else have mental struggles as they start seeing their weight increase on the scale? After a small bulk/vacation, I’ve gained 6lbs.... pants are definitely a little tighter as are some shirts... How do you get through it? Should I assuage my fears and go on a mini cut? I’m 5ft and currently 116 lbs…
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Forearm Discomfort
Hey y’all! So this is my first time doing a lean bulk and lifting heavier than I have lifted in the past. When I lift heavy, my left forearm aches a little and causes me to put the weight down. I can lift the weights, it’s just that my left forearm starts to feel less strong than my right. I massage it a little to be able…
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Thoughts On Squats VS Leg Press VS Leg Extensions
I read an article recently that stated doing leg presses and leg extensions is pretty much pointless unless you are a body builder. I personally do all three and believe that they are all beneficial. Squats are harder on my knees, so I lowered the weight and am working more on full rom and form. Maximum on squats is 195#,…
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Thoughts on only using cables...
... or mostly? Would it be effective for gaining or maintaining? How about general strength?
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Best Deadlifting Shoes
Which shoes do you recommend for deadlifts and why?
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Starting to struggle
Trying to gain weight. Beginning to struggle, after a week of trying to gain weight. Feeling queasy in the evenings, finding it harder to eat/ feel appetised by calorie dense meals. Is it normal to feel this way in the beginning? Any tips welcome!
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Thoughts on weight to use for 20 rep squats
Hi Interested in opinions for a decent weight for a 20 rep squat set on a body weight multiplier So for 20 reps would you load bar with say 1x bodyweight ? 1.25x 1.5x 2x ? Thanks in advance
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Must you increase your weights as you get stronger to see results?
I have 8lbs dumb bells they aren’t very challenging.
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When did you decide to move from cutting/losing to maintenance whilst lifting heavy?
When did you decide to move from cutting/losing to maintenance/gaining whilst lifting heavy? I'm not asking -- when did you start lifting? Because I know the answer should be ASAP. I'm mostly just asking for folks who have started lifting on a deficit and decided that for the sake of their lifts they'd bump up their…
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What y’all working on today...?
Back Day!!
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Thanksgiving break in weekly progressive progarm
I recently started the Madcow program which has a weekly three day progression (MWF for me). Next week I will be starting Week 4, but I can probably only lift on Monday because of the holiday. Should I pause the program and restart the following Monday? I was thinking I could potentially repeat the Monday lifts on the…
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How much protein per day?
I posted this in food/nutrition, but no one responded. Sorry if it’s off topic, but figured someone here might know too. Looking for insight as I have read dozens of articles online and the information is either inconclusive, conflicting, or astronomically high. Here’s a bit about me Age: 25 Height: 5’4 HW: 265 CW: 208 I…
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weight gaining
im 33 kg now and i need to increase my weight
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15 inch arms club
Started working out 18 weeks ago with 14 and a half inch arms. Measurement this morning was 15” 3/8ths and I’m now working towards 16 inch arms. Who’s in the 15 inch arms club? Are you close to 16 inches? How long did it take you to get to 16 inches. I’ll be posting my progress monthly as I work towards this goal. Feel…
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Women that lift
I lift also been off of training for a year. Just started again this week. 58 yrs old and am doing Body Beast work out.
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Squat substitute
So I'm doing the stronglift 5x5 program and I have a bad back. Squats have always hurt me. Is it acceptable to substitute a leg press, like on a sledgehammer or machine, for the squats?
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One Lift to Rule Them All?
I'm trying to create a habit of lifting and I'm having a difficult time figuring how to bite off a manageable portion without getting overwhelmed and overworked too early in the game. There is so much information out there it's hard to sift through. I'd like to start by doing three sets of one exercise a day just to build…
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Gaining weight on a liquid diet
Hello everyone! I was just diagnosed with a rare disorder called SMA syndrome. Basically, I have an artery that is constricting my small intestine. The only non surgical way for me to fix this is to gain weight. I am am6 foot and 124 pounds and on an all liquid diet. Does anyone have any high calorie soup recipes to share?…
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I swear my body doesn't have the ability to gain muscle
- 3 years ago I was 6'2" 270 pounds. - A year of diet and exercise got me down to 145, but I still had a lot of fat around my stomach. - In an attempt to fix my skinnyfat problem, I bulked from 145 to 175 over 6 months. I lifted 3-5x a week using various machines in the gym. My workouts were about 60 minutes long. I…
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Gaining Muscle
What is the best advice for building lean muscle mass? I’ve lost a lot of fat weight over the past couple of years, but I’m really struggling to put on muscle mass and definition. I’m an 18yr old 5’10 female, weighing about 135lbs. I’ve talked to a nutritionist, and trainers about this, and nothing has worked so far. I’m…
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Gaining
I think it’s best to get bloodwork done always to just make sure other factors are playing a part in it then if that is all normal try to carb cycle where you can eat low carb high protein on days you don’t workout and high carbs on the days you do workout ! Hope this works
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Feeling insecure and would like to gain some weight back
I am really unsure what my goal should be. I want to be healthy, but I also want to be confident. Right now I’m a healthy weight 126 5’7, 33-27-38, but am extremely unconfident. I used to be 140-145 (didn’t exercise so I was pretty flabby as well) and went down to 126 after a stressful and busy year. Now everyone just…
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Can’t gain weight - help please
Hi everyone. I’ve been hitting the weights at the gym for about 6 months now. Lots of protein in my new diet, but was still losing weight. Hence I started using the app. I’ve been adding my meals accurately, understanding the balance better and then adding in my active calories burnt (recorded on my Apple Watch). Since…
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Started to bulk on the 8th
I recently started to bulk on the 8th weighed 185 and then just yesterday Saturday the 16th i weighed myself and hit 190.2 Im wondering for everyone if I gained 4 pounds a week or less would be too much gain and less muscle and how can I eat enough to gain muscle instead of fat
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Progressive overload when cutting?
Morning, I’m looking to cut soon and I’m relatively new to this process. I’ve lost weight before by eating less whilst not training and I’ve cut using a keto diet with depletion workouts and refeeds but that was over 10 years ago now. What I’m wondering is should I do the same weight and reps whilst cutting to maintain my…
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Mixed diets
I am trying to gain weight and my partner is trying to lose weight. Anyone experiencing this or have some tips to make meals that work for both (or can be modified easily). I dont want to cook two meals every night! Height 5’7 weight 115 Height 5’7 weight 180 I have no problems with getting good fats in my foods but thats…
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Continue to loose fat or strength train?
First a little background. At my heaviest I was 360 lbs. in March of 2018 I started my new nutrition planar 330 lbs. I am currently 220lbs I feel great. I’ve been strength training mostly with dumbbells. I seen some great gains in my shoulders and big gains in my biceps. Thing is I’ve not been eating for gains. I’m doing…