Getting into a calorie surplus can be hard for some
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ForecasterJason wrote: »The funny thing is that she was fully aware that I planned to bulk at 1 pound per month, and she said it was fine.
Also, I'm glad to see that this thread has been of help to others.
One pound per month? Wow, good luck with your wheel spinning for the rest of your life.
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My last correspondence with her was on the 17th, as she said then she would try to get it to me over the weekend. But she did also say she was pretty busy, so I understand.Also, as a random comment, Sara is super busy with her group. Have you asked her again for your program, or have you been waiting 3-4 weeks to see if it will just appear in your inbox?
Maybe send her a reminder saying you know she's busy, but is it still on her todo list. And maybe ask her for an appropriate timeline for future reminders in case it falls to the bottom (every week, every two weeks, etc.).
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It has helped me. Instead of just trying to "chill out" with my training while waiting like I was originally thinking, I took the advice to step up my training routine with my machine, starting yesterday.ForecasterJason wrote: »
The funny thing is that she was fully aware that I planned to bulk at 1 pound per month, and she said it was fine.ForecasterJason wrote: »
For what? You don't absorb anything. So basically you're saying tight now, today people are wasting their time with you. Does @Sarauk2sf know that you just are flip flopping and aren't serious about bulking? Since you are going to actually bulk are you going to continue giving out advice in the bulking section?
Also, I'm glad to see that this thread has been of help to others.
You're glad it helped others? But you couldn't even bother to let it help you? Makes absolutely no sense.
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jofjltncb6 wrote: »nicoleromine wrote: »I'm usually a lurker, but I wanted to chime in. I'm a 5'9" woman, and I'm 6 weeks into my first bulk. In the time this thread has been going, I've gained some weight, been a boss in the gym, and increased my daily calories by 100. This thread has been incredibly helpful to me for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I've learned a crap-ton about bulking. Secondly, I've realized that no matter how neurotic I may feel on this bulk, I'm not nearly as crazy or out-of-touch as OP. On behalf of all of the lurkers out here reaping these benefits, thank you for your time and knowledge.
well at least we helped someone...
glad to hear that your bulk is progressing nicely ...
sadly, mine is about to come to an end...:(
Mine too. In fact, I'm ending mine about a month short so I can join a local program with my wife to provide her motivations and supports with her weight loss. Ultimately, I added ~20 pounds over ~6 months in a nice steady slow bulk of almost 1 pound/week...ending at 195 pounds at 5'11" so a little short of my 200 GW. (Bonus: my calculated TDEE (without exercise) went from ~3100 to ~3500 during this time presumably because of the weight increase.)
Now, no one talk to me for the next 3-5 months as I shed 10 of these pounds.
I am either stopping at 185 or February 1st whatever comes first...I have been gaining just about over .5 pound per week, and all my measurements have been increasing...including my waist! LOL
started at 175ish and as of last week I was 183.5 ...
Now I need to cut down for beach season ...vanity is my favorite sin, to quote Al Pacino...:)0 -
ForecasterJason wrote: »
It has helped me. Instead of just trying to "chill out" with my training while waiting like I was originally thinking, I took the advice to step up my training routine with my machine, starting yesterday.ForecasterJason wrote: »
The funny thing is that she was fully aware that I planned to bulk at 1 pound per month, and she said it was fine.ForecasterJason wrote: »
For what? You don't absorb anything. So basically you're saying tight now, today people are wasting their time with you. Does @Sarauk2sf know that you just are flip flopping and aren't serious about bulking? Since you are going to actually bulk are you going to continue giving out advice in the bulking section?
Also, I'm glad to see that this thread has been of help to others.
You're glad it helped others? But you couldn't even bother to let it help you? Makes absolutely no sense.
*facepalm*
Understanding what to do and actually doing it are two different things. Because of what I suspect is a slight ED issue and / or exercise issue related to it. IMHO of course0 -
ForecasterJason wrote: »
It has helped me. Instead of just trying to "chill out" with my training while waiting like I was originally thinking, I took the advice to step up my training routine with my machine, starting yesterday.ForecasterJason wrote: »
The funny thing is that she was fully aware that I planned to bulk at 1 pound per month, and she said it was fine.ForecasterJason wrote: »
For what? You don't absorb anything. So basically you're saying tight now, today people are wasting their time with you. Does @Sarauk2sf know that you just are flip flopping and aren't serious about bulking? Since you are going to actually bulk are you going to continue giving out advice in the bulking section?
Also, I'm glad to see that this thread has been of help to others.
You're glad it helped others? But you couldn't even bother to let it help you? Makes absolutely no sense.
*facepalm*
I think OP has an unusual affinity for this "machine"....0 -
He knows what to do (because everyone has told him exactly what to do), he just can't bring himself to do it0
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JeffseekingV wrote: »He knows what to do (because everyone has told him exactly what to do), he just can't bring himself to do it
Hard to say what the resistance is, gym phobia, ED, or whatever but it's like arguing with your teenage daughter.0 -
jofjltncb6 wrote: »nicoleromine wrote: »I'm usually a lurker, but I wanted to chime in. I'm a 5'9" woman, and I'm 6 weeks into my first bulk. In the time this thread has been going, I've gained some weight, been a boss in the gym, and increased my daily calories by 100. This thread has been incredibly helpful to me for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I've learned a crap-ton about bulking. Secondly, I've realized that no matter how neurotic I may feel on this bulk, I'm not nearly as crazy or out-of-touch as OP. On behalf of all of the lurkers out here reaping these benefits, thank you for your time and knowledge.
well at least we helped someone...
glad to hear that your bulk is progressing nicely ...
sadly, mine is about to come to an end...:(
Mine too. In fact, I'm ending mine about a month short so I can join a local program with my wife to provide her motivations and supports with her weight loss. Ultimately, I added ~20 pounds over ~6 months in a nice steady slow bulk of almost 1 pound/week...ending at 195 pounds at 5'11" so a little short of my 200 GW. (Bonus: my calculated TDEE (without exercise) went from ~3100 to ~3500 during this time presumably because of the weight increase.)
Now, no one talk to me for the next 3-5 months as I shed 10 of these pounds.
I am either stopping at 185 or February 1st whatever comes first...I have been gaining just about over .5 pound per week, and all my measurements have been increasing...including my waist! LOL
started at 175ish and as of last week I was 183.5 ...
Now I need to cut down for beach season ...vanity is my favorite sin, to quote Al Pacino...:)
I hear ya. Same with me, except my waist measurement fortunately stopped gaining for a long while mid-bulk. Had recently started increasing again. That's my last place to lose too. And yeah, I cut for summer too...why, I don't know since I'm an old married guy. I'll just be ready about a month earlier than usual...or maybe I'll actually get down to the BF% I want this year. From there, I plan to do a slow bulk/recomp over the summer and then back to EAT ALL TEH FOODZ!1!!eleven!!1 in the fall again. I'm still trying to make up for decades of chronic scrawnyism, so I'm still trying to add net mass each year. That also gives me an excuse to only seriously cut once each year and be at least at a slow bulk the rest of the year.
And ugh. Just thinking about eating at a deficit is making me angsty...especially since I'm planning to be at a slight deficit for several months because that's harder than a more substantial deficit IMHO.0 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »JeffseekingV wrote: »He knows what to do (because everyone has told him exactly what to do), he just can't bring himself to do it
Hard to say what the resistance is, gym phobia, ED, or whatever but it's like arguing with your teenage daughter.
You must have nice teenage daughters. This IS irritating but he's got nothing on my lassies =D0 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »JeffseekingV wrote: »He knows what to do (because everyone has told him exactly what to do), he just can't bring himself to do it
Hard to say what the resistance is, gym phobia, ED, or whatever but it's like arguing with your teenage daughter.
You must have nice teenage daughters. This IS irritating but he's got nothing on my lassies =D
My teenage daughter and I almost never argue about anything. In fact, we very seldom even disagree on anything.
I must be doing it wrong.0 -
jofjltncb6 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »JeffseekingV wrote: »He knows what to do (because everyone has told him exactly what to do), he just can't bring himself to do it
Hard to say what the resistance is, gym phobia, ED, or whatever but it's like arguing with your teenage daughter.
You must have nice teenage daughters. This IS irritating but he's got nothing on my lassies =D
My teenage daughter and I almost never argue about anything. In fact, we very seldom even disagree on anything.
I must be doing it wrong.
LOL, I have 4 daughters and the third one is now 16, so please tell me how you did it so wrong so I can make the same mistakes!
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I do have a question in regards to training with my machine. Should I be training to absolute failure? I am wondering what would be the better thing to do with this since I haven't seen much information on training with machines. I have done so with a couple exercises, but wasn't sure if it's something I should really be doing or not.0
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Ok, I'll stop a couple reps short of failure then. I've generally been resting 1-2 minutes between sets when I bench press, and it sounds like I need to rest longer even with higher reps. I've been struggling to get the same number of reps in on following sets.ForecasterJason wrote: »I do have a question in regards to training with my machine. Should I be training to absolute failure? I am wondering what would be the better thing to do with this since I haven't seen much information on training with machines. I have done so with a couple exercises, but wasn't sure if it's something I should really be doing or not.
Stop worrying about training to failure. What you need to do is train longer than 20 or 30 minutes. Obviously you have decided that that "machine" is what you're sticking with. 10 pages of advice out the window I guess.
As far as training to failure, no you don't train to failure.0 -
I realize this a "lesser of two evils" situation. But in keeping with my training plan, I'm trying to decide whether I should just do quite a few sets of leg presses on leg day or should I include some leg extensions and/or leg curls. In other words, would I be better off doing 5 or 6 sets of leg presses with no isolation exercises or fewer sets of leg presses and add in the isolation exercises? Not sure if it matters, but as mentioned earlier in the thread I would be leg pressing one leg at a time.0
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