Lightly active?
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storyborey
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I am beginning my first bulk, looking to increase muscle mass after dieting my way to skinny fat. I mostly do heavy lifting, 3 times a week, and do a few hours of walking on the weekend.
When calculating my calories, am I lightly active because I do heavy lifting, or is this mostly for cardio? Or do I pick sedentary and log my strength training to eat back the calories?
When calculating my calories, am I lightly active because I do heavy lifting, or is this mostly for cardio? Or do I pick sedentary and log my strength training to eat back the calories?
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It's probably most accurate to use sedentary and then log the walks and the lifting.
Unless your other day/night activity/job involves a reasonable amount of moving around rather than sitting at a desk all the time, in which case you need a higher activity level selected.0
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