Any bodybuilders out there?

SMKean90

Hey,

I am new, my main aim is to lose fat, but i have been doing activities recently like crossfit and have enjoyed them. I have been wanting to go for a 'bodybuilders figure' and could really do with friends and tips (mainly on eating)?

As for exercise, I work full time and am a single mum so i can't spend loads all my time in the gym, however, after pay day this month i am buying some home gym equipment.

nknjansen

I find bodybuilding.com to be very useful.

Please remember that it takes eating at a surplus to build appreciable muscle, so you'll probably want to eat a deficit (and strength training of course) until you're happy with your body fat, then start eating at a surplus with serious strength training to build the muscles.

I'm on a "cut" right now (with 4 days strength training and cardio 5-6 days) but will be bulking in the fall. Feel free to add me!

ew_david

I'm not a bodybuilder, but I am a single mom that lifts and doesn't spend loads of time at the gym. I pieced together a home gym and it was the best money I ever spent.

Diet: eat at a reasonable calorie deficit for you. If MFP gave you 1200 calories as a goal, change your settings to lose .5 pounds/week. There's no reason to starve.

Exercise: I started with Stronglifts 5x5. I read Starting Strength and Wendler 5/3/1. IMO, this is the best place to start. It looks easy and may start out feeling easy, but it doesn't stay easy.

Patience: it takes time. When you think nothing is happening, keep going.

Good luck!

SezxyStef

I am not a bodybuilder by any stretch of the imagination but I do lift heavy.

To lose fat (not just weight) you need to be in a deficit...getting in at least 0.8grams of protien per pound of LBM and doing some sort of resistence training, either heavy lifting or something else, just to tax the muscles...all of them.

That's about it.

George_Baileys_Ghost

I am not a bodybuilder by any stretch of the imagination but I do lift heavy.

To lose fat (not just weight) you need to be in a deficit...getting in at least 0.8grams of protien per pound of LBM and doing some sort of resistence training, either heavy lifting or something else, just to tax the muscles...all of them.

That's about it.

Not too many....we're mostly catfish.

But pound for pound, Stef's advice up there is solid. Look into a program designed for beginners, Starting Strength, Stronglifts, New Rules of Lifting,..they all have pluses and minuses, but are all solid, and the first two especially emphasize learning good form early.

Go git it.

ETA: The programs I mentioned above emphasize building strength, which it important early on. After you get some solid foundational strength, and learn good form, you can move on to some more hypertrophy-focused workouts, or start adding in accessory work.