Announcements
Intermittent Fasting
Something I wrote over at my Facebook page which helped transform me, thought some of you might like to read it if you haven't seen it already. I thought i'd get onto doing a little few paragraphs about something that was staple in my fat loss, some of you may have heard of it! You may find this extremely useful for you,…
About ritch
So I thought if I'm going to have a group, I kinda need to tell people about me before they can ask questions so they know if I'm the right person to ask.. so.. all what i mention will be complete honesty, I hide nothing from no-one. I'm ritch, I'm from the United Kingdom, 24 years old, unemployed, weight training is my…
Useful websites & Links
Ok, I thought it'd be a good idea to have some useful websites for you guys to read and some websites which were staple in my learning progress. http://rippedbody.jp/ - The website which changed everything for me, it has the same concept as Leangains just more explained and simple to understand. The owner is a guy called…
Simple Steps To Success
1. Get rid of your misconceptions - http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=136691851 2. Calculate your calories and macro-nutrient needs - http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=121703981 3. Eat about 20% less calories than you burn each day while still meeting minimum protein and fat. Get the remainder of…
ritch BULK Log
Ok, some of you will not care about this, infact, maybe all of you - it's just a good place for me to keep my progress and make myself update it on my PC rather than just in my stupid little notebook I keep in the gym.. My waist when I started: 28.5 inches My waist 3 weeks later: 28.5 inches My current BULK macros are…
Discussions
ritch bulk update photo comparison
Strong aware that I have got chubby, don't need to point it out :P it's to be expected after eating like a monstrous pig. 7 weeks left, this so far has been about 9 weeks apart these photos, maybe 10. Left photo was between 140-144 lbs and second is around 162. Most notable thing so far is my bench press has gone from 198…
BooM!
So I haven't been active lately, only been doing my food diary and just getting on with stuff really. How's everyone doing with their goals?! :-) Remember if you need any questions I'm still around to answer them! :)
Clueless when it comes to protein shakes
Any guidelines i should consider when starting on protein shakes? All i want is to tone/ lean out . Dont wanna bulk up!
Help
I decided to start intermittent fasting today but several people tell me there is no benefit to it. That in the long run it will cause me to gain weight. They said it would cause my muscles to break down because it wont receive the nutrients. Now I'm nervous to continue. What should I do?
Optimal eating times
So, Is there really any "optimal times " to eat when satrting weight training? Eating before/after good or bad. Amounts of food before after? Just thought i would throw it out there for advice ;)
Length of time for Intermiitent fasting
I did my first day on Monday. I stopped eating at 6pm up until 11am. I don't know if its because of fasting but when I woke up I felt more energetic! I practically bounced out of bed. I did my strength training and had energy. I worked today and I had so much energy and felt alert. Also I couldn't find info on how many…
best way for me to reduce body fat.
i have pretty much hit my goal weight wise. I am still trying to lose some body fat, i am currently about 22-23% and i'd love to be 20-21% max. i did clx ( chalean extreme) to work on building some mucle and keeping my lean muscle mass as everyone told me i needed to lift to lose body fat especially when you are close to…
Two useful videos by a MFP user! [Must See]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDyY8mfrjP0 - Weight loss & Gain is SIMPLE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBdCLXxeKT0 - Setting Macros is SIMPLE! Yes, some of his views are slightly different (he says lower fat guideline, but its nothing major and his recommendation is lower than other views over at bodybuilding.com) and…
Should i stop dieting?
I was told today that I needed to stop dieting. In 7 months I have lost about 60 pounds. My goal weight is 175 before I was planning to bulk. My body fat is around 24% or so. I'm 5'9 193.7. I was told that if I kept dieting I would end up with lots of flab on my chest and stomach and that I needed to get my calories to…
Newbie looking for more friends/motivators
So i have only been here since May 2013 but am really enjoying the wealth of knowledge out there :) I have logged constantly from 6th of may apart from the last three weeks where i didnt have access to the internet. im now back on so if you would like to help/advise me on my journey send me a request. Cheers
