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Supplements
Hey Everyone! I wanted to know what supplements have worked for you to; Build muscle mass and get stronger. What's the brand, what's your supplement supposed to do/what it does for you, and when do you use it/does it taste good?
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Best weight gain shakes
What are people opinions on what the best weight gain shake is? Something that doesn’t taste too bad and doesn’t bloat too much
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Does anyone have any suggestions on flattening your stomach in a month
I’m almost at my weight gain goal but now I want flattening my stomach.
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Do you Deload Week??
Started a push pull legs push pull legs rest routine, and have been at it for 2 months pretty hardcore... Have been lifting for several years now but started this new routine about 3 months ago coming off a sprained wrist Feeling pretty drained this week, figured I'd keep going until I start to lose reps... What's your…
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Faster cardio or not, what’s your opinion!
Personally I think fasted cardio is best I feel a burn more calories doing fasted compared to when eaten. What’s your opinions !
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175 wanna gain muscle quick , tips and what to eat and how much ?!?!?
Thanks everyone!
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Women lifting heavy?
I feel somewhat silly posting this, but... All my life I did not understand why women were afraid of lifting heavy weights. All I ever saw were posts or articles advocating for heavy weight workouts for women. Now that I am older and more serious about my fitness journey, I must ask: Should I go heavy weight, low reps, or…
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Best protein rich food.(Veg)
I live in hostel. I wanna put on muscles. Can anyone please suggest me any easy high protein meals. Thank you!
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IIFYM macro percentages
Hi, I have just started flexible dieting and reading so many different opinions on percentages. I'm 64kg 5 ft 1.5 , I'm currently eating 1410 cals and doing 45% p 35% c 20% f. I've just paid for plan off IIFYM and they are suggesting 1600 cals including 155g surely that will make me bulk. What does everybody else do? Is it…
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BCAAs women lifters
Hey, I currently take no supplements other than protein shakes, but I’ve been considering BCAAs. However, I’m concerned that they may make my skin break out, as I’ve struggled with acne, rosacea and all sorts of pimply skin conditions for the past two decades! Have any of you ladies found that they’ve aggravated skin…
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35 and wearing a size 12, in little girls!!
Hello everyone! My name is Kari and I'm a newbie here. I posted this in the Introduce Yourself on the main board but thought that I'd post it here too since this is where I'll probably spend most of my time. I'm here because of my New Years goals, like many people probably. My goals are a little different than many though…
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Stressed with Macros
Newly vegan and worrying over macros and finding I'm thinking about food planning almost every minute of the day. I have been making prep for a while now and there are 3 in my family but they eat differently to me. This is all a bit much, I don't want to look like Hulk Hogan...good job as I'm female :D but some toned…
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Need a ‘Good Fat’ Hit
Just doing my meal prep and planning for next week. I’m on a first time cut and aiming for 2000kcal. About 190g protein, 170g carbs and 60g fat. I’ve broadly hit my carb and protein but still lacking in fat with around 100kcal - 200kcal left each day. What are the best good fats for a quick hit? I don’t like eggs, avocado…
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Any Pregnant Ladies still lifting?
I'm currently just over 4months pregnant. I was training to be a bodybuilder before I fell on and was in my bulk cycle. I'd obviously gained some size and weight, I did a mini-cut when I found out I was pregnant. My morning sickness and exhaustion played a huge part in what I could still do exercise wise? I didn't feel…
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Home body weight exercises or gym weight training?
My goal is to loose fat and tone and gain muscle. I am currently at 148lbs my goal weight is 130lb. I am 5'4". I do not have a gym membership at the moment. I would like to know if its possible to gain muscle at home at the same rate and quality doing body weight exercise to weight training at the gym. Can I really gain…
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Protein Powder
I really need to find some protein powder to add to some recipes to help my husband gain weight. We live in Tunisia so what's available here is super limited (and super expensive), so we are looking to have some shipped here. My question is, is it all the same? Is there something we should be looking for to find what's…
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Meal planning for macros
How do I meal plan for my macros? Ex.. im finding i should be: P: 146g F: 54g C: 219g Im 100 lbs, 5'1 and lifting 3x week cardio 1x week Does this sound right if my ultimate goal is to build muscle? How do i plan meals according to my macros? Id like to meal prep a weeks worth of foods and dont mind eating the same things…
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Vegan Diet
I'm a newly fledged vegan and need some idea of how to go about this in conjunction with lifting. So I eat pretty high protein in the form of beans, lentils, tofu and pea protein powder. Carbs come from veg and other sources such as a wrap or bread. I can see how my carb intake can shoot through the roof if I'm not…
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High Calorie Food Recipes
Hey Friends, So a lot of you have been saying eating more/higher calorie foods is the way to gain weight.... what are your favorite high calorie food recipes? Breakfast, Snacks, Lunch, & Dinner
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Gaining muscle: weekly vs daily surplus?
So after losing 150lbs, I landed myself in Skinnyfat Town and need to add some muscle back. For weight loss, banking and tracking weekly cals was fine, but does it work when building muscle? I like to bank cals during the week so I can eat out with hubby on weekends, but do I need to switch to a daily surplus for muscle…
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Mini-Cuts
Just wondering if anyone has experience or opinions on running a mini-cut during a longer bulk cycle. I kind of have a general idea of how it goes, but would love to hear more about what you have heard and what you do. I would like to run one after next month. This will be after about 4.5 months of bulking, total gain will…
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Gaining Weight Fast. Is it bad?
Hello. I only want the helpful people to post please. Long post, lol. I use this account to track my husband's gains. He was becoming too skinny seeing as his face was starting to sink in the cheek areas. So we decided to work on a weight gaining plan. Started around the beginning of January. It wasn't working well because…
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Tips for Toning Up
Hi everyone! My apologies if this in the wrong category. I’ve been wanting to tone up and was wondering if you all had any tips. Specifically, I want to work on my core, my abs, and lift my booty (while keeping it soft, if possible). I’m 5’4” and 142 lbs. My current suggested caloric intake on MFP is 1510. I really just…
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Need to Gain weight
Hello everyone! I am 55kgs with 5.7” height , i am not able gain weight , i eat alot in a day but still lack my target, only eay i gain weight is by gymming and excersise , i got my shoulder dislocated three months back due to which i cannot go to gym and i am loosing all my gains which i gained during gyming , please help…
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Putting on muscle on LOW calorie diet
I am desperate to loose fat. I'm 5"5 and around 9 stone 4 (128lbs) which I know isn't heavy, but I'm spilling over my jeans. Ideally I'd like to loose around a stone to get back to my weight pre-kids. My question is I've started weight training (again) and I'm unsure if 1200cals a day is enough to put on any muscle?? Im…
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I need advice about weight loss and gaining muscle please
Just a little bit about me I am 5'10 started my weight loss on 1/1/16 at 415 lbs I've lost 100 lbs so far so I'm at 315 my goal weight is about 220 but I am looking to build alot of muscle also. I started lifting on 2/1/17 I got some results but they were not drastic which is what I expected because I have been eating at a…
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Ultimate Diet 2.0 LOG
I started UD2 on January15th. Weight 196 Lbs. Body Fat 20% LBM = 157 Nutrition Results for day 2 Workouts for Day 1 and 2
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Best Supplements For Gain
Hello Everyone! I was wanting to know your opinions on the best workout supplements for weight gaining. Or what you use, what it does, and when you use it. My background story: I am 18 years old and 5'1. I had a daughter Jan. 2017 and before I got pregnant I weighed 92-94lbs when pregnant I was 115lbs max and after I had…
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Fasting and Bodyduilding with God
:D Happy New Year, does anyone have any ideas on how I should fast while still body building. I wanted to do Daniel Fast or liquids only, yet I am on a 6-7 day per week body building cycle until at least March. I workout very heavy sometimes twice per day. Any suggestions? In Christ, Tee
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Strong Curves home workout question
Has anyone here done the at home version of the Strong Curves workout? I bought the book with the intention of starting Bootyful Beginnings, but due to a bunch of recent changes lately won't be able to get to the gym to use the weights. I was wondering what kind of progress you made just doing the at-home workout?