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  • Then what happens when you go off it? Find a way of life you can maintain for life, not just as long as you are on a certain program.
  • her foot placement is what is making the exercise hit her glutes, the leg press you can vary your foot placement to target different muscles in your leg...single leg or both legs.
  • Increasing your carbs can make your body hold on to water as well...I don't know what your carbs were before maintenance but if they increased that could explain some of it.
  • I think a lot of people feel that weight training will make an already overweight person larger. Or for women that weight training will make them bulky when they just want to be "toned." I also think that the weight section of the gym can be intimidating for new lifters, especially if you go to the gym during peak periods.…
  • I had a circumferential abdominoplasty after losing about 150 lbs. There was honestly nothing that would have shrunk my skin. The skin and tissue my surgeon removed weighed 10 lbs. I paid for it. Some insurances will pay for a portion of the work if you have back pain or frequent infections, the key is documentation. I…
  • I get up 3 days a week at 5 to train at 6 for about an hour and 40 minutes. I hate eating before training so I don't, I just drink my preworkout on the way to the gym and once I'm there I mix some BCAAs and sip them during my workout and follow my workout with some quickish carbs and protein. I have a ton of energy once I…
  • Kudos to you for what you've been doing! I used to be 332 so I know how hard it is to do these things. If I were you I would look at changing up your split. You're doing more volume on shoulder day than chest and back day and chest and back are significantly larger muscle groups. You could devote an entire day to chest and…
  • I have pretty advanced arthritis in my knees from being overweight for about 16 years and being a lifter I was heartbroken when I started having knee pain and my entire exercise routine was destroyed. I had to stop running, squatting, deadlifts, everything. After going through a course of PT twice I have learned some…
  • Got my bench up to 100, trying for 110 before a meet in April.
  • I think you need to get a different program. Doing the same thing 6 days a week in addition to being boring is not giving your muscles a chance to recover and grow. The ones galgenstrick suggested are all great, check them out.
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