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LEG PRESS light or heavy?
As today (Wednesday) seems to be leg day for most lol I thought I'd bring up the subject of light or heavy leg press... For me personally my body responds better on leg press when I train light. So for example I'll do 3-6 sets (depending on other exercises that day) of a fairly light Weight and do as many as I can to…
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Does anybody do fullbody days back-to-back?
If I'm doing bench/rows/squats one day and pullups/overhead press/deadlifts the other day, the exercises seem different enough (with the exception of maybe squats/deadlifts) that you could do them back-to-back without effecting each other too much. Particularly, I feel like unless you used isolation exercises as well your…
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Help with Starting Calories
Stats: Male 5'11" 120 lbs 18 years old I generally weight train 6 days a week and do 35 minutes of cardio everyday. I want to start putting on some lean muscle mass and was wondering if 3000 calories a day is a good place to start. Any recommendations?
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How many calories burned from strength training?
Is there good tool to use to estimate how may calories you burned during strength training? Just wondering.
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Drastic loss in cut
I started a cut 6 days ago didn’t feel like I changed much except stopped over eating and cut out all beverages except water and milk. Lost 2.5-3 lbs in weight from 182 and didn’t know how much muscle this cost me. I know I should shoot for .5-1 lb a week just curious if I need to start cramming food ASAP to minimize…
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Bulking/ cutting
I have recently being on a small bulk and I’m currently 80.1 kg(12.6 stone) and 6 ft 2. I’m not to sure of my exact bf % but I would say it’s between 15-20. I can see my top 2 abs and sometimes 4. However, now have a bit of a tummy. How long would it take to cut down and get my abs to show if I started cutting? Just…
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Trying 2 gain help
I just started on apetamin on April 14th I'm not sure if it's working or I'm not sure if I'm doing it correctly and I'm not even sure if I'm housing it right does it belong in the icebox or does it just need to be at room temperature
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Trying to lose fat and gain muscle
For the last few months i have been eating pretty clean and have had a counter used for the calorie defecit from mfp. i have lost almost 17 lbs from changing my diet from high octane garbage, to healthy leaner foods and lifting and doing cardio. I also am extremely active at work. I walk about 6 miles a day. I would be…
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Does calorie intake affect muscle mass
I have the app set to lose weight so I’m eating less calories so I can lose fat in the stomach area but I’ve been trying to get gains in the butt area. Do I need to eat more calories?
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Struggling with legs
I'm having a hard time, I usually use the squat rack and static lunge 35kg to 40kg and the same with squats. This is done twice a week, 4 sets on a great day or 3 wobbly ones on a poor one. Sometimes it seems not easy but doable but there are days where it feels so hard, getting out 8 reps instead of 12. I was using the…
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Favourite high calories smoothies
Hi, I'm looking for inspiration for smoothies to plump up my 14 year old son. He's 5'4" and weighs 81lbs. He had a health condition for a long time that reduced his appetite and, now he's recovered, he's finding it hard to eat very much. We're seeing a dietitian who's prescribed some nutrient dense milk shakes but he…
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How do you do your warm up sets?
I don't like calculating % of 1RM so I usually add 50 pounds for each set and do my regular # of reps, decreasing by 1 each set. For example, if I am doing 225 pound deadlift I will do: Bar x 8 Bar + 50 x 7 Bar + 100 x 6 Bar + 150 x 5 3 working sets (Bar + 180) × 8 I know this is probably far from optimal. Just wondering…
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FIRST TIME GOING INTO A GYM FOR A LONG TIME
first my story I'm 36 year old male, 5-6, 5-7 tall weigh 137 lbs as of today. I used to weigh around 210lbs for years and last year I decided to change that. fast forward 6-8 months and here I am at 137lbs. I'm using myfitnesspal to keep counts on my calories and now I'm on maintenance which is 2130. my question is do I…
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Fat loss very slow for a skinny fat guy and is it because of fatty liver ?
2 months on 5oo deficit diet 3 -4 times strength training week Macros 30 fats 40 carbs 30 protien Refeeds 1-2 starting second month Beer in 2 months - 2 small bud light cans only Profile male in mid 30 s with body weight 165 pounds Bmi -22.5 Height -180 cms Resting metabolic rate -1575 cals Current body weight- 159.17 Body…
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Arm definition
I’m looking to build some arm definition but don’t quite know where to start. I’m big into cardio and light weight lifting. I don’t have access to a large gym, just mainly dumbbells weight bench basic home workout equipment. Any suggestions beyond basic bicep curls, triceps dips, push ups, etc? This is what my arms look…
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Deadlifts - leg day or back?
I believe deadlifts are one of the best excercises you can do but I find most people either don’t do them right or don’t do them at all. How often do you deadlift and if so do you do them on leg day or back or neither? Also feel free to share your PR. Currently I am deadlifting on back day once and week and my PR is 500…
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Training each body part 1 or 2 X a week
I usually train Sunday-Friday (6 days) and add whatever cardio I can into my session for e.g boxing, stair mill and rowing machine or maybe do a split day. I've recently dropped cardio a little bit and been doing a split weight session instead so throwing in some biceps at the end of a chest workout or triceps and the end…
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Building muscle anywhere !
Hey loves
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Struggle with food
Struggling with eating healthy and portions any tips?
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No budge
My macro calc is 1777 but I went with 1800, upped from then until now to 2000 with no scale budge. Weighed today at 8, 2.6..., 4 weeks ago I was the same. Lifting heavy 4 days a week and hitting macros pretty close to the bone. Could still eat more some days. What would a decent increase be from 2000? I thought 2500 might…
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Had a body scan today - thoughts on results?
Hey, So today I had a body scan done as i am about to start a weightlifting program with a PT. I am female, 5'1.. results: Weight: 78.7kg BF %: 24.2% Fat Mass: 19.1kg Lean Mass: 59.6kg Waist to hip ratio: 0.82 My goals are to increase my lean mass & reduce my fat BF% & to get stronger on the SL 5X5 lifts. Any comments,…
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Supplements for weight gain
I have a very fast metabolism and a very low appetite. Sometimes I don't even feel like eating. I've just started taking apetamin and it has helped my appetite tremendously but the downside is it makes me very tired. I work 12 hour night shifts and that just won't cut it. I also have mass gainer protein powder but any…
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Best 3 lifts?
I'm not a power lifter but am curious as to everyone's 1RM on squat/deadlift/bench Personally mines: 170kg squat 210kg deadlift 120kg bench (4 reps, not tested 1rm)
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Question
Hi, I keep track of everything I eat. Many times at the end of the day, I go over the limit for the goals but there are some remaining. Ex.: I exceeded calories, carbs and fat but I have 19g left of protein, 43mg of sodium left, and 5g of sugar remaining. Can it stay like that or do I need to add in more food to go over…
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Bulking for dummies
Hi. I want to start bulking to build some overall muscle as well as some glute gainz. What is the best way to go about bulking? I understand you have to be in a caloric surplus, but are there any practice or rules for bulking I should be aware of while bulking or any changes I should make in my workouts? Right now I train…
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Cutting After First Bulk: How To Adapt Program?
Im a male, 5'11, and during my first bulk I went from 150 to 180 lbs. Recently I started cutting to drop some body fat (10 pounds give or take) while maintaining muscle I gained. Right now I am eating 500 under me TDEE while keeping my protein high and cutting a lot of carbs. My workout program is purely weight resistance…
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1g of protein per lb of body weight?
I have been looking online for the best amount of protein to be consuming and a lot of sites say 1g per lb of body weight and others say 1g per kg of body weight so it’s left me confused because there’s a big difference between the two. I weigh 128lb which is about 58 kg and I have been consuming 160g of protein a day, is…
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Does elliptical training on non workout day build mass on legs ?
Does elliptical training on non workout day build mass on legs when on a cut with a deficit of 500 cals below maitenance and with a Protien intake of around 200 grams ( body weight 163 pounds) and usage of 1 scoop of creatine every day ? Level 10 resistance 10 setting on elliptical for your reference ( 30 minute training )
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Heavy Squat - what's your range of motion?
I'm just looking to get people's opinion, sort of survey of how low do you go? Back when I first starting lifting in Middle School, a long long time ago, in a galaxy far far way. Lol., we all used to try to max out with our big 3 lifts, and everybody would go thighs parallel to the floor. More and more, I'm seeing heavy…
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I want to gain weight.
I’m a new to this and not really sure on how this works. I am wanting to gain weight. I am 120 right now and I would love to be back in the 140s. I tend to feel so much better when I’m in that weight range. For my height my weight is kinda low. So I’m just needing advice on what I should eat and what workouts I should…