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The way I would do it is cut first at 200-500 calories below maintenance and when the mirror tells you you’re where you want to be bump up the calories to a few hundred above maintenance and start gaining muscle. Just watch the mirror and scale to make sure you’re not gaining too much fat.

Hopefully I’ll keep the weight gain down to 2 or 3 pounds.

I’m going on vacation next week but I’m gonna try to keep logging my food. If I eat 5000 calories it’ll be in the log.

I only use these 2 testeeze baby please!

Wow. Never heard of it but I see a bunch of restaurants have it around here.

*goes to google poutine.

Sooo...you want her to panic? :smile: Great job! Keep up the good work.

47 male. Main goal is to build muscle. 1. 1.5 hours 2. 2-6 exercises per muscle group (2 for easy gain muscle, 6 for hard gain muscle) 3. 3 sets per exercise. 6-20 reps (I usually start light then add weight and reduce reps each set) (I feel I get more out of higher rep sets like 10-20 reps) 4. I try to hit the same muscle…

Ok. Let me try this a third time. 3 I tried that I like are Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Pre Workout (pre only), Optimum Nutrition Essential Amino Energy and Scivation Extend Energy(BCAA’s).

I just typed a whole response and when I sent it it only the quote showed up.

Your strategy is just what I try to do. 250 calories and if the results slow down, bump the calories up another 200 or so. I would think there’s a limit on the cutting side though. I have a friend who’s 150 and cutting. He’s down to 1300 calories a day and not really as lean as he wants to be. I told him don’t cut calories…

Eat less calories, lose weight. It’s literally that simple.

This is the perfect app to use for losing weight. If you weigh everything you eat for every meal, every day and don’t go over your calories, you can’t help but lose weight. Keep at it, you can do it!

I’ve been using BCAA’s with caffeine. Scivation Extend Go or Optimum Nutrition Essential Amino Energy. Both worked good for me but if coffee does it for you, go for it!

Dumbbell High pulls and 3D Crossovers. Check out Jeff Cavalier at Athlean X on YouTube. He does those and a bunch of other exercises that are unorthodox.

You could try bringing the weights down a little further out from your body. Like a wider grip would be on a straight bar. Also, flaring the elbows out wider puts more stress on the pecs and less on the triceps for me. I can’t go straight out anymore because of shoulder pain but I go about 45°.

I take it. It seems to make your muscles more full and round. It gives you a better look. It’s supposedly increases strength but I haven’t really done a test to see if I lose strength off of it and gain strength on it. All in all I like it and been on it for years.

I’d like to know about the scan. Was it the DEXA scab? Where did you go to have it done? How much did it cost? Would like to try something besides the little hand held machine.

Sounds like cardio to me. I would add another 100-200 calories to my exercise calories burned in MFP.

I see some people need a safe zone when they get online. Facepalm

I've been using Strong now for about a month. I like it. I was using a log book before at $17 each so the app was a no-brainer. The graphs are nice and informative to track progress. I haven't tried any other apps so I don't know if there are better.

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That seems unnecessary. Not to mention possible knee injury. I go to parallel. That's far enough for me.

^^^^^^ What he said. For a little variety, I've been doing one heavy day and one light day. Heavy day is flat bench for 3 or 4 sets, 3-5 reps and incline Dumbell for about the same. Light day I'll do incline bench 2 or 3 sets, 8-15 reps and flat Dumbell for about the same. Then throw in a fly or a crossover last. It keeps…

I don't think it matters much. I think that 1 hour window thing is a myth. I watch my protein over 24 hours. I think it works fine.

My original stats worked for me for a months but when my weight loss plateaued, I lowered my activity level one notch and got it going again.

Supreme Protein Caramel Nut Chocolate. 30 grams of protein and tastes close to a Snickers bar.

I bulk from Ocober to March and cut March to October.

You can also try "rest-pause" technique for free weights. If your goal is 10 reps but you're not sure if you can do 8, 9 or 10 reps, do 5 or 6 reps and rack the weight. Rest 20-30 seconds and do 3 or 4 more reps and rack the weight. Rest 20-30 seconds more and do a few more reps. You can do as many rest-pauses as it takes.…

I used to use 100 calories as a guess for weightlifting calories but when my weight loss plateaued, I quit adding them.