The goals section should tell you how to build muscle.

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  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
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    I think it would be a good idea for this site. Many people once they lose weight start focusing on building muscle. If you go to reset your goals there is nothing available that tells you how to do it. By keeping track of your carbs, fats, protein and so forth according to your height, weight and exercise per day. Along with how much muscle you want to build.

    Wat?


    My fitness Pal should show people how to build muscle along with losing weight. Say a guy comes on here who has reached his goal weight and now wants to focus on building muscle. My Fitness Pal should give him the tools to do this. Instead of keeping track of his protein intake, carbs, and fat for example to lose weight, it also would have people change their settings to building so many pounds of muscle by entering their new weight and of course their basics such as height and how much strength training and cardio they plan on doing a week. It would tell them you need so much protein and so many carbs and so much fat intake per day to help you reach your goals when it comes to building muscle. Building muscle is a science and many people really need help with it. Its just not about eating protein. Its not that easy! There is much more to fitness than just losing weight.

    Eat in a surplus, get adequate protein, engage in a progressive resistance program, profit. Not sure what else one would really need

    Can't get any easier than this.
    Exactly. So why would it be so difficult for MFP to actually put "To increase skeletal muscle, eat in a surplus, get adequate protein, and engage in a progressive resistance program," on the "goals" page?

    Would you like somebody from MFP to come set up a workout and then do it for you as well?

    There is no magic formula for a person to gain X pounds of muscle based on an online caloric input guide. Building muscle takes work. Losing weight is doable through nothing more than diet. Big difference.
    Yes. Because that is exactly the same thing as what I suggested. Plus I'd like to see someone from MFP do my squats.

    And you should stop using a website/app/calculator to count calories. In fact don't even use pencil and paper for it, because how lazy do you have to be to expect someone to manufacture pencils and paper and put them on the market just for you to buy and use? Perhaps next you will want them to come to your house and chew your food for you as well?
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
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    as much as I like food- sometimes- if someone could just eat for me- that would be great.

    because yeah- it's 1100 PM_ I have to cook and eat yet tonight and I wanted to be in bed by 1030. :/
  • stephenryan758
    stephenryan758 Posts: 72 Member
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    Bottom line is , this site is marketed towards people who want to manage and lose their weight, not build muscle. That is one of the things this site lacks to be completely honest. They don't even have a section that explains BMI and the science of building muscle. You would think they would have that on here. It would be a good starting point. What do you see when this site shows people? Its always how much weight they have lost. You never have seen anything on a person who went from a skinny twig or overweight, to competing in their first bodybuilding competition.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
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    Bottom line is , this site is marketed towards people who want to manage and lose their weight, not build muscle. That is one of the things this site lacks to be completely honest. They don't even have a section that explains BMI and the science of building muscle. You would think they would have that on here. It would be a good starting point. What do you see when this site shows people? Its always how much weight they have lost. You never have seen anything on a person who went from a skinny twig or overweight, to competing in their first bodybuilding competition.

    I don't understand why the site should though. I mean, it would be nice if it did, but there are other sites for that specifically. This site isn't geared towards bodybuilding and I would say that the majority of people here aren't interested in that. But if you come to the forums you can certainly find that. There are tons of success story threads involving people who lift and tons of people who share their success story *cough, cough* (overweight to first bodybuilding competition).

    The site also does have a BMI calculator but out of all the information the site could provide, I don't really see the relevence of that one.

    I'm a weight lifter, but I am also a runner and triathlete. Should the site also explain to me the basics of building a good cardio base and improving VO2 max?
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
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    They don't even have a section that explains BMI and the science of building muscle. [/b] You would think they would have that on here.

    You never have seen anything on a person who went from a skinny twig or overweight, to competing in their first bodybuilding competition.

    The section that explains BMI and building muscle is called Fitness and Exercise. Example here:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1293634-how-to-build-muscle

    The section where you see people that reached goals and competed in physique comps is called Success Stories. Example here:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1306316-from-fluffy-mom-to-npc-women-s-physique-competitor-w-pics


    This is a calorie counting site with a forum. It's great at both of those two things. Complaints about what this site isn't are confusing to me. Should this site also have a section to teach me how to negotiate a used car deal? Pass my LSAT? Change a diaper?
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
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    They don't even have a section that explains BMI and the science of building muscle. [/b] You would think they would have that on here.

    You never have seen anything on a person who went from a skinny twig or overweight, to competing in their first bodybuilding competition.

    The section that explains BMI and building muscle is called Fitness and Exercise. Example here:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1293634-how-to-build-muscle

    The section where you see people that reached goals and competed in physique comps is called Success Stories. Example here:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1306316-from-fluffy-mom-to-npc-women-s-physique-competitor-w-pics


    This is a calorie counting site with a forum. It's great at both of those two things. Complaints about what this site isn't are confusing to me. Should this site also have a section to teach me how to negotiate a used car deal? Pass my LSAT? Change a diaper?

    Um, I vote for the change a diaper one....
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,268 Member
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    Bottom line is , this site is marketed towards people who want to manage and lose their weight, not build muscle. That is one of the things this site lacks to be completely honest. They don't even have a section that explains BMI and the science of building muscle. You would think they would have that on here. It would be a good starting point. What do you see when this site shows people? Its always how much weight they have lost. You never have seen anything on a person who went from a skinny twig or overweight, to competing in their first bodybuilding competition.

    Naw bottom line is this..if you want to know bad enough you will find the answers yourself...not be spoon fed them.

    I wanted to know so I found out...how...looking for information, reading it, checking links, listening to those who have had success...

    And yes I have seen people who have gone from twig to muscled...on this site...why because I was interested enough to find them and didn't expect to be spoon fed it.
  • stephenryan758
    stephenryan758 Posts: 72 Member
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    Bottom line is , this site is marketed towards people who want to manage and lose their weight, not build muscle. That is one of the things this site lacks to be completely honest. They don't even have a section that explains BMI and the science of building muscle. You would think they would have that on here. It would be a good starting point. What do you see when this site shows people? Its always how much weight they have lost. You never have seen anything on a person who went from a skinny twig or overweight, to competing in their first bodybuilding competition.

    Naw bottom line is this..if you want to know bad enough you will find the answers yourself...not be spoon fed them.

    I wanted to know so I found out...how...looking for information, reading it, checking links, listening to those who have had success...

    And yes I have seen people who have gone from twig to muscled...on this site...why because I was interested enough to find them and didn't expect to be spoon fed it.

    Does this site provide the reader information on how to build muscle without having to search for it? No it does not. It does that for weight loss goals though. You go to your goals and put your settings in. Setting them to how much weight you want to lose a week and how much exercise you are going to do every day.

    This site could help people out the same way when it comes to building muscle. But they choose not to. I love this site, it was a big reason I lost 100 pounds. Now Im at a point along with many others who don't need to lose anymore weight and want to focus on building muscle. There is nothing when it comes to your settings to keep track of how much weight training you need to do each day, along with how much cardio, and how many macros you need to hit to build muscle. Not everyone is made the same. Building muscle is a science. This site is called "My Fitness Pal", not "My weight loss pal".
  • stephenryan758
    stephenryan758 Posts: 72 Member
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    Bottom line is , this site is marketed towards people who want to manage and lose their weight, not build muscle. That is one of the things this site lacks to be completely honest. They don't even have a section that explains BMI and the science of building muscle. You would think they would have that on here. It would be a good starting point. What do you see when this site shows people? Its always how much weight they have lost. You never have seen anything on a person who went from a skinny twig or overweight, to competing in their first bodybuilding competition.

    I don't understand why the site should though. I mean, it would be nice if it did, but there are other sites for that specifically. This site isn't geared towards bodybuilding and I would say that the majority of people here aren't interested in that. But if you come to the forums you can certainly find that. There are tons of success story threads involving people who lift and tons of people who share their success story *cough, cough* (overweight to first bodybuilding competition).

    The site also does have a BMI calculator but out of all the information the site could provide, I don't really see the relevence of that one.

    I'm a weight lifter, but I am also a runner and triathlete. Should the site also explain to me the basics of building a good cardio base and improving VO2 max?

    Reason why you don't get the bodybuilders using this site is because it does not market towards that group. Start marketing towards that group along with people who just want to lose weight , and you would see the members increase even more. This site should allow a person the tools to atleast know how much exercise they need per day along with diet to build muscle if they would want to do that.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
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    Bottom line is , this site is marketed towards people who want to manage and lose their weight, not build muscle. That is one of the things this site lacks to be completely honest. They don't even have a section that explains BMI and the science of building muscle. You would think they would have that on here. It would be a good starting point. What do you see when this site shows people? Its always how much weight they have lost. You never have seen anything on a person who went from a skinny twig or overweight, to competing in their first bodybuilding competition.

    Naw bottom line is this..if you want to know bad enough you will find the answers yourself...not be spoon fed them.

    I wanted to know so I found out...how...looking for information, reading it, checking links, listening to those who have had success...

    And yes I have seen people who have gone from twig to muscled...on this site...why because I was interested enough to find them and didn't expect to be spoon fed it.

    Does this site provide the reader information on how to build muscle without having to search for it? No it does not. It does that for weight loss goals though. You go to your goals and put your settings in. Setting them to how much weight you want to lose a week and how much exercise you are going to do every day.

    This site could help people out the same way when it comes to building muscle. But they choose not to. I love this site, it was a big reason I lost 100 pounds. Now Im at a point along with many others who don't need to lose anymore weight and want to focus on building muscle. There is nothing when it comes to your settings to keep track of how much weight training you need to do each day, along with how much cardio, and how many macros you need to hit to build muscle. Not everyone is made the same. Building muscle is a science. This site is called "My Fitness Pal", not "My weight loss pal".

    Again - should this site also tell people how to improve cardiovasular fitness as well? That is also part of fitness, and a lot of people are interested in it and it is also important to health.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
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    Bottom line is , this site is marketed towards people who want to manage and lose their weight, not build muscle. That is one of the things this site lacks to be completely honest. They don't even have a section that explains BMI and the science of building muscle. You would think they would have that on here. It would be a good starting point. What do you see when this site shows people? Its always how much weight they have lost. You never have seen anything on a person who went from a skinny twig or overweight, to competing in their first bodybuilding competition.

    Naw bottom line is this..if you want to know bad enough you will find the answers yourself...not be spoon fed them.

    I wanted to know so I found out...how...looking for information, reading it, checking links, listening to those who have had success...

    And yes I have seen people who have gone from twig to muscled...on this site...why because I was interested enough to find them and didn't expect to be spoon fed it.

    Does this site provide the reader information on how to build muscle without having to search for it? No it does not. It does that for weight loss goals though. You go to your goals and put your settings in. Setting them to how much weight you want to lose a week and how much exercise you are going to do every day.

    This site could help people out the same way when it comes to building muscle. But they choose not to. I love this site, it was a big reason I lost 100 pounds. Now Im at a point along with many others who don't need to lose anymore weight and want to focus on building muscle. There is nothing when it comes to your settings to keep track of how much cardio you need to do each day and how many macros you need to hit per day to build muscle. Not everyone is made the same. Building muscle is a science. This site is called "My Fitness Pal", not "My weight loss pal".

    You seem to have no idea what you're talking about. Cardio per day and macros per day to build muscle? None of that is even relevant without the proper stimulus. There's no magic ratio of macros that will make one build muscle, thus what you are requesting is moot. You've already been told in this very thread what is required of you to build muscle
  • stephenryan758
    stephenryan758 Posts: 72 Member
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    Bottom line is , this site is marketed towards people who want to manage and lose their weight, not build muscle. That is one of the things this site lacks to be completely honest. They don't even have a section that explains BMI and the science of building muscle. You would think they would have that on here. It would be a good starting point. What do you see when this site shows people? Its always how much weight they have lost. You never have seen anything on a person who went from a skinny twig or overweight, to competing in their first bodybuilding competition.

    Naw bottom line is this..if you want to know bad enough you will find the answers yourself...not be spoon fed them.

    I wanted to know so I found out...how...looking for information, reading it, checking links, listening to those who have had success...

    And yes I have seen people who have gone from twig to muscled...on this site...why because I was interested enough to find them and didn't expect to be spoon fed it.

    Does this site provide the reader information on how to build muscle without having to search for it? No it does not. It does that for weight loss goals though. You go to your goals and put your settings in. Setting them to how much weight you want to lose a week and how much exercise you are going to do every day.

    This site could help people out the same way when it comes to building muscle. But they choose not to. I love this site, it was a big reason I lost 100 pounds. Now Im at a point along with many others who don't need to lose anymore weight and want to focus on building muscle. There is nothing when it comes to your settings to keep track of how much cardio you need to do each day and how many macros you need to hit per day to build muscle. Not everyone is made the same. Building muscle is a science. This site is called "My Fitness Pal", not "My weight loss pal".

    You seem to have no idea what you're talking about. Cardio per day and macros per day to build muscle? None of that is even relevant without the proper stimulus. There's no magic ratio of macros that will make one build muscle, thus what you are requesting is moot. You've already been told in this very thread what is required of you to build muscle

    Everyone is different. A person that is 210 pounds is going to have to eat way more protein per day than a person who is 150. Don't you know that? Also a person if they do too much cardio will eliminate all the hard work they put in the gym when it comes to lifting. Too much cardio can prevent protein synthesis and lead to muscle breakdown. Did you know that? Each person is built differently. Each person alive would not eat the same amount of protein, carbs, or fats as another person. Do you even know what Macros are?
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
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    It's a calorie tracking website with message boards, not a compendium of how to articles.

    May I suggest "teh Google"?

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    Good luck on your epic quest.
  • stephenryan758
    stephenryan758 Posts: 72 Member
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    Bottom line is , this site is marketed towards people who want to manage and lose their weight, not build muscle. That is one of the things this site lacks to be completely honest. They don't even have a section that explains BMI and the science of building muscle. You would think they would have that on here. It would be a good starting point. What do you see when this site shows people? Its always how much weight they have lost. You never have seen anything on a person who went from a skinny twig or overweight, to competing in their first bodybuilding competition.

    Naw bottom line is this..if you want to know bad enough you will find the answers yourself...not be spoon fed them.

    I wanted to know so I found out...how...looking for information, reading it, checking links, listening to those who have had success...

    And yes I have seen people who have gone from twig to muscled...on this site...why because I was interested enough to find them and didn't expect to be spoon fed it.

    Does this site provide the reader information on how to build muscle without having to search for it? No it does not. It does that for weight loss goals though. You go to your goals and put your settings in. Setting them to how much weight you want to lose a week and how much exercise you are going to do every day.

    This site could help people out the same way when it comes to building muscle. But they choose not to. I love this site, it was a big reason I lost 100 pounds. Now Im at a point along with many others who don't need to lose anymore weight and want to focus on building muscle. There is nothing when it comes to your settings to keep track of how much weight training you need to do each day, along with how much cardio, and how many macros you need to hit to build muscle. Not everyone is made the same. Building muscle is a science. This site is called "My Fitness Pal", not "My weight loss pal".

    Again - should this site also tell people how to improve cardiovasular fitness as well? That is also part of fitness, and a lot of people are interested in it and it is also important to health.

    Why can this site tell a person how much cardio per day and how many macros they need per day to lose weight. But it can't do the same thing when it comes to building muscle? Explain that to me. Why is that so hard ?
  • stephenryan758
    stephenryan758 Posts: 72 Member
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    It's a calorie tracking website with message boards, not a compendium of how to articles.

    May I suggest "teh Google"?

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    Good luck on your epic quest.

    It would be in each persons goal settings. What is so hard about that? Are the people incapable on this site to put that together? Sounds like it. Or they just do not want to market to that target group even though it would bring more publicity to this website with more members. You may even be able to charge money one day to join since it got so big! Money Money Money. People take nutrition very seriously. Many people have money they want to invest if it indeeds helps them reach their goal.
  • isp3986
    isp3986 Posts: 21 Member
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    I have not gone through all of the posts to see if this has already been suggested. If it has, disregard this:

    There are a lot of sites that can help you to build muscle. Bodybuilding.com is one example. I agree with those who have said you should not wait until you have achieved your weight loss goal. I personally think the number on the scale is motivational only after a certain point. A muscular person SHOULD be much, much heavier on the scale than someone slight. It's more about how you feel and how well your clothes fit.

    Good luck!
  • Janlo26
    Janlo26 Posts: 30 Member
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    Cut the pissing match, guys, and Ryan, go look at the Muscle & Strength website - a web site specific to building muscle. (Much like this one is specific to reaching an identified weight goal.)

    http://www.muscleandstrength.com/forum/
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
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    Bottom line is , this site is marketed towards people who want to manage and lose their weight, not build muscle. That is one of the things this site lacks to be completely honest. They don't even have a section that explains BMI and the science of building muscle. You would think they would have that on here. It would be a good starting point. What do you see when this site shows people? Its always how much weight they have lost. You never have seen anything on a person who went from a skinny twig or overweight, to competing in their first bodybuilding competition.

    Naw bottom line is this..if you want to know bad enough you will find the answers yourself...not be spoon fed them.

    I wanted to know so I found out...how...looking for information, reading it, checking links, listening to those who have had success...

    And yes I have seen people who have gone from twig to muscled...on this site...why because I was interested enough to find them and didn't expect to be spoon fed it.

    Does this site provide the reader information on how to build muscle without having to search for it? No it does not. It does that for weight loss goals though. You go to your goals and put your settings in. Setting them to how much weight you want to lose a week and how much exercise you are going to do every day.

    This site could help people out the same way when it comes to building muscle. But they choose not to. I love this site, it was a big reason I lost 100 pounds. Now Im at a point along with many others who don't need to lose anymore weight and want to focus on building muscle. There is nothing when it comes to your settings to keep track of how much cardio you need to do each day and how many macros you need to hit per day to build muscle. Not everyone is made the same. Building muscle is a science. This site is called "My Fitness Pal", not "My weight loss pal".

    You seem to have no idea what you're talking about. Cardio per day and macros per day to build muscle? None of that is even relevant without the proper stimulus. There's no magic ratio of macros that will make one build muscle, thus what you are requesting is moot. You've already been told in this very thread what is required of you to build muscle

    Everyone is different. A person that is 210 pounds is going to have to eat way more protein per day than a person who is 150. Don't you know that? Also a person if they do too much cardio will eliminate all the hard work they put in the gym when it comes to lifting. Too much cardio can prevent protein synthesis and lead to muscle breakdown. Did you know that? Each person is built differently. Each person alive would not eat the same amount of protein, carbs, or fats as another person. Do you even know what Macros are?
    for someone who wants every bit of info given to them without any effort you sure are asking alot of sarcastic questions.

    do some research dude. this site is a free service, and all the info you have asked for is in the forums. what more could you want
  • stephenryan758
    stephenryan758 Posts: 72 Member
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    I have not gone through all of the posts to see if this has already been suggested. If it has, disregard this:

    There are a lot of sites that can help you to build muscle. Bodybuilding.com is one example. I agree with those who have said you should not wait until you have achieved your weight loss goal. I personally think the number on the scale is motivational only after a certain point. A muscular person SHOULD be much, much heavier on the scale than someone slight. It's more about how you feel and how well your clothes fit.

    Good luck!

    I'm not here saying to spoon feed me how to build muscle. You have to figure that out yourself. But it surprises me that you can't change your goal settings to allow you to be more informed on what you must eat every day and how much cardio and weight lifting you should do in the gym per day. If you can change your settings to only losing 1 pound per week, why can't you have a setting that gets you to build a pound of muscle per month?
  • CoachDanJudge
    CoachDanJudge Posts: 19
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    Hey guys, regardless of whether or not the site is perfect, at least it has the right intention. However, it is definitely important to understand that building muscle reduces your body fat, and tracking your progress through simply your weight isn't the best idea. Instead, like a few other users have stated, testing your body fay percentage and moving forward from there would be the best place to start.

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