reemslaw Member

Leeds here, no southerners please (just kidding ho ho ho)

So those of us who have specific macros to hit, we should: 1. Check the macros of everything that we are entering 2. If we have done number 1, we can safely ignore the calorie total? Is this right?

Well, there is. But its largely irrelevant unless you're looking to get down to a ridiculously low BF%.

Woah. Loving your abs and your tattoos look so much better on you now. Good job.

ahhh, I was expecting before and after pics of your progress. Nevermind, keep up the hard work.

I quit in July 2011. At the same time I changed jobs from working on my feet all day to one sitting on my *kitten* all day. I started going to the gym in month 3 to use the extra cals (from quitting and less exercise) to build muscle and put on 2 stone over the next 2 years. I was quite underweight thought at 9 stone 5ft…

Do you mean strength loss? I see. I'm doing the same as you. Dropped from 3500 to 3000 to begin with, and now onto 2800. 2700 next week. I expect my metabolism to be fairly high atm so I should start dropping soon. My last cut I was eating 1900 and not dropping weight because metabolism was so low so I'm looking forward to…

Is that the best way to start a cut? Will dropping cals slowly do the opposite of adding them back in slowly after a cut? Ie will it reduce metabolism bit by bit to make losing slower? Or is it the best way to hold on to your muscle? Thanks

I didn't post twice, not sure why it's duplicated. Thanks I'll have a look.

Spot on.

30. Exercises are more difficult with free weights due to more stabiliser muscles recruited.

What lifts would you suggest to take their place? If i did say an incline press after a flat bench, instead of the flyes like I do atm, I feel like it would weaken my shoulder press, because my triceps would be exhausted.

I do all the variations of deads, OHP, bench and rows I can with DB's already so that's good. Would you say a goblet squat is better than walking lunges? I feel like I've been hit by a train after going 16 steps with a 17.5kg in each hand.

Yeah it does suck. Until I move to an area I can get to a proper gym I'm trying to make the best of it. To be honest I put the program together myself so that I hit everything, and ran it past my work PT. I struggled to find a program given the equipment I have access to. I'm certainly not married to it if you guys can…

No squats no, unfortunately no conventional deadlifts either. I think I said in a different thread, I only have access to my work gym, which has basically a good range of dumbbells, cable machine, lat pulldown, leg press and the rest are pretty much cardio based. No barbells. I used to enjoy deadlifting as well. Rep range…

Sounds good, only adding cardio when you plateau. I find it boring!

Thanks, cant post a pic because I'm at work, but I can do a quick breakdown of the P/P/L Push: Bench, Incline Fly, Shoulder Press, Lat raise, Tricep Extension, Rope Pulldown and I finsh with as many press ups i can do. Pull: 1 arm Bent-Over Row, Lat Pulldown, Cable Row, Shrug SS with Face Pulls, Incline Dumbbell Curls &…

Yeah, when I said liquid, I meant alcohol... hence the skinnyfat, lol. I have some muscle now yes, but you wouldnt know that I have been in the gym for 2 years at all. My scales (i know they're hardly accurate but still) tells me I'm at 17% BF, so if I could drop the BF to 10% and hold on to the muscle I have gained Im…

Thanks Jypo, what you've said there makes sense, although I'm not new to lifting - Ive been in the gym since 2012. Does that change anything? I was 9 stone in 2011 and had a terrible diet (mainly liquid) and I put on 2 stone in the first yearish, just from eating more healthily and going to the gym. Although at that time…

I don't care about the number 163 really, it's the composition I want to be better. If I could lose 10lbs of fat and add 5lbs of muscle I think it would make a huge difference. Push/pull/legs, to hit everything twice, so to be honest it's a 6 day split unless I can't make one session because something comes up.

At the moment I've been doing a push/pull/legs routine twice a week. So surely enough recovery inbetween working out the same muscles. I'll do all 6 days if my schedule permits, but sometimes have to drop a session. I was told to hit everything twice a week, but train for no longer than an hour. How else can I do this?…

Yeah I am cutting now, I just wanna do it right. Seems like my body is primed for fat gain when bulking. What stats do you need? 33 yrs old 163lbs 5 FT 10 Workout 5 days a week, pretty sedentary other than that.

Between 180-200g of protein a day at my weight which is currently 163lbs. I have tried to progress my lifts and have managed to do that on some movements but I feel as though I've been stalled on the same weights now for ages.

After just doing what a PT gave me for about a year, I did follow allpros from bb.com for about 6 months, and then tried this split http://www.healthandfitnesstalk.com/the-reverse-pyramid-training-philosophy/ for about 6 months again. Last couple Ive been following a push pull legs program. I only have access to my work…

anyone familiar with the bulking and cutting process, Id be happy to take your advice!

Great to hear you're doing so well! For me it was the opposite, I was 148lbs in 2012 (5ft 10), and I bulked up to 173 was my heaviest, but went from a 32" waist to feeling uncomfortable in 34" jeans. My lifts hardly went up either. Im not sure what I was doing wrong, 1 hour gym sessions 5 times a week, I did iifym and hit…

I should say I lift weights 5 times a week and have done for several years.