tricks and tips??
kingkam21
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I have been working out for almost a year now, gained 40 solid pounds.
I just got off a mini cut 3 weeks ago, I lost about 5-6lbs from 175+ down to 169+. I felt comfortable with my body fat percentage and decided to get on a lean bulk To try and avoid the bulking and cutting fases all together.
I went from 169.5+ too 171+ in 2 weeks of my lean bulk, I slowly bumped my caloric intake up on the 3rd week and weighed myself this morning and clocked in at 168.5 - losing almost 2lbs in one week.
I am currently not counting calories like I used to. Just got annoyed with breaking out the food scale every time I eat a snack or meal.
Any tricks or tips for my lean bulk? I am starting too get discouraged and annoyed with the hard work but no change.
I just got off a mini cut 3 weeks ago, I lost about 5-6lbs from 175+ down to 169+. I felt comfortable with my body fat percentage and decided to get on a lean bulk To try and avoid the bulking and cutting fases all together.
I went from 169.5+ too 171+ in 2 weeks of my lean bulk, I slowly bumped my caloric intake up on the 3rd week and weighed myself this morning and clocked in at 168.5 - losing almost 2lbs in one week.
I am currently not counting calories like I used to. Just got annoyed with breaking out the food scale every time I eat a snack or meal.
Any tricks or tips for my lean bulk? I am starting too get discouraged and annoyed with the hard work but no change.
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I personally would stick with the scale. I preferred to have control over my bulk, making sure I was gaining/not losing/not gaining too fast...mostly because I didn't want to be spinning my wheels.
Did you increase your training volume or add cardio in the past week or two?1 -
arditarose wrote: »I personally would stick with the scale. I preferred to have control over my bulk, making sure I was gaining/not losing/not gaining too fast...mostly because I didn't want to be spinning my wheels.
Did you increase your training volume or add cardio in the past week or two?arditarose wrote: »I personally would stick with the scale. I preferred to have control over my bulk, making sure I was gaining/not losing/not gaining too fast...mostly because I didn't want to be spinning my wheels.
Did you increase your training volume or add cardio in the past week or two?
If anything I have been training harder because I was excited to bulk again. Nothing else has changed.0 -
arditarose wrote: »I personally would stick with the scale. I preferred to have control over my bulk, making sure I was gaining/not losing/not gaining too fast...mostly because I didn't want to be spinning my wheels.
Did you increase your training volume or add cardio in the past week or two?arditarose wrote: »I personally would stick with the scale. I preferred to have control over my bulk, making sure I was gaining/not losing/not gaining too fast...mostly because I didn't want to be spinning my wheels.
Did you increase your training volume or add cardio in the past week or two?
If anything I have been training harder because I was excited to bulk again. Nothing else has changed.
So you train harder, possibly adding volume...your TDEE goes up. That happened to me when I started to bulk. I was cutting on a program with less volume, and when I switched to higher volume before the bulk it took me awhile to gain because my activity increased.1 -
I will beginmeasuring my food again!
I just need some motivation. I have no friends who go to the gym so I'm doing this solo. Any help from others impacts me greatly0 -
I will beginmeasuring my food again!
I just need some motivation. I have no friends who go to the gym so I'm doing this solo. Any help from others impacts me greatly
I know. I quickly learned that no one in real life cares about my macros. Even my gym buddies don't track food. I'd get out the scale.1 -
Do you have acess to a trainer at your Gym? Hang on you will get to your goal be sure to keep drinking that water to stay hydrated1
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I'm trying to put on 5 pounds of muscle in 2 months.... Weighing my food seems like a solid part of the plan. We're pescatarian so we don't eat red meat (only fish, veggies, grains, ect)0
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I'm trying to put on 5 pounds of muscle in 2 months.... Weighing my food seems like a solid part of the plan. We're pescatarian so we don't eat red meat (only fish, veggies, grains, ect)
That sounds awesome man! I am dairy and gluten free but I love red meat even this it is very bad for us. I'm curious how your weight gain will go from this diet. Sounds like some lean gains to me0 -
]I am starting too get discouraged and annoyed with the hard work but no change.
Welcome to the exciting world of recomp. Or "lean" bulk. Check out the giant recomp thread here.I just need some motivation. I have no friends who go to the gym so I'm doing this solo. Any help from others impacts me greatly
Anyways, solo here as well. I've always been surrounded by geeks, burnouts, and filthy casuals
. Fortunately, in the 21st century we have the collective hive mind online to be our fitness community! Until we are brains in jars, long may it reign - and enable our gainz.
huzzah.
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Getting a scale for your food will help to see where you are at for calories. Also, possibly try switching up some of your routines at the gym. It's good to shock your body when it gets use to something.1
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Even if you lean bulk, you are going to need to cut at some point. Fat gains are inevitable, even during g a lean bulk1
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I'm trying to put on 5 pounds of muscle in 2 months.... Weighing my food seems like a solid part of the plan. We're pescatarian so we don't eat red meat (only fish, veggies, grains, ect)
That sounds awesome man! I am dairy and gluten free but I love red meat even this it is very bad for us. I'm curious how your weight gain will go from this diet. Sounds like some lean gains to me
Why is red meat very bad?????0 -
Red meat is known to swell red blood sells causing pressure on our heart, liver and kidneys.I'm trying to put on 5 pounds of muscle in 2 months.... Weighing my food seems like a solid part of the plan. We're pescatarian so we don't eat red meat (only fish, veggies, grains, ect)
That sounds awesome man! I am dairy and gluten free but I love red meat even this it is very bad for us. I'm curious how your weight gain will go from this diet. Sounds like some lean gains to me
Why is red meat very bad?????
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Red meat is known to swell red blood sells causing pressure on our heart, liver and kidneys.I'm trying to put on 5 pounds of muscle in 2 months.... Weighing my food seems like a solid part of the plan. We're pescatarian so we don't eat red meat (only fish, veggies, grains, ect)
That sounds awesome man! I am dairy and gluten free but I love red meat even this it is very bad for us. I'm curious how your weight gain will go from this diet. Sounds like some lean gains to me
Why is red meat very bad?????
Got a link to some peer-reviewed studies for that? Because I've never heard of such a thing.0 -
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Red meat is known to swell red blood sells causing pressure on our heart, liver and kidneys.I'm trying to put on 5 pounds of muscle in 2 months.... Weighing my food seems like a solid part of the plan. We're pescatarian so we don't eat red meat (only fish, veggies, grains, ect)
That sounds awesome man! I am dairy and gluten free but I love red meat even this it is very bad for us. I'm curious how your weight gain will go from this diet. Sounds like some lean gains to me
Why is red meat very bad?????
Got a link to some peer-reviewed studies for that? Because I've never heard of such a thing.
Neither have I. It seems bogus.0
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