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So true Steph, I tried maingaining but it went nowhere. I was virtually slapped into bulking 🥴
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'Are you even real?'by James Blake
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I like cottage cheese mixed with canned tuna and red seedless grapes...much to my family's horror
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Muscle and fat weigh the same, it's density that changes.
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Awesome photos ladies! Here's my back so far after 2 years lifting...
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Overly sweet and a dry texture means I shouldn't bother.
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Yes then went back to eating meat, dairy, eggs and fish after feeling shocking.
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I have a uterus of steel (not balls)
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Just started after being virtually slapped for not eating enough and spinning my wheels. 2300 after maintenance at 1950 and loving all the food! I'm not keen on fat gain of course so will watch what happens with the sharp rise in cals. I was feeling permanently hammered from balls to the wall training for little gain so I…
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Certainly not Bulgarians or lunges due to single leg exercises being written off by OP. No one here is qualified to give you such advice and would recommend you see a professional who can refer to GP not some PT in a local gym.
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Weighted Bulgarian Split Squats 😫
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Might not be piriformis and glute minimus/medius instead. Look at Trigger Point Therapy for the quadratus lumborum and glute min/med.
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The thing is we're being told time and time again that having a lower body fat percentage is the ultimate in health but really a good strong heart and muscle strength wins the argument for me. If you feel comfortable in both body and mind with your BF percentage why fight against what your body deems 'normal'? Your bro…
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After 2 years, 2 days a week lifting of High bar Squats, Bulgarian Split Squats, Romanian Deadlifts, Single Leg RDL's, Smith Machine Stationary Lunge and Narrow Stance Squat, Barbell Good Mornings, Hip Thrusts, Sumo Squats, Leg Press, 45 degree Leg Press, Leg Extensions and Hamstring Curls I'm starting to see definition…
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I don't but I have to say I'm envious of your hike location!!
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Not necessarily, it could also be Pirifomis Syndrome where the muscle inflames and grabs onto the underlying sciatic nerve. Look into self administered trigger point therapy for the Pirifomis and glute minimus/medius. I have treated clients who were told there was nothing to help them as it was from L4/L5 sciatic…
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You might want to see what your iron & ferritin levels are doing as hard exercise can deplete these. Low stores can result in fatigue as blood oxygen is reduced.
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You're welcome, I forgot to add that B12 and Vitamin D are essential too.
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I have hypothyroidism with years of 'IBS' and have certain inability to absorb nutrients with bouts of gastritis and inability to feel hungry. I take HCL with pepsin with high protein meals, before eating, to help increase hydrochloric acid which seems to decrease with thyroid problems. Once a week I eat steak and drink…
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Look into trigger point therapy (self administered) of the medial and lateral head of the gastrocnemius, adductor brevis and longus, sartorius and rectus femoris and vastus medialis. I recommend 'The Concise Book of Trigger Points' by Simeon Niel-Asher.
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Look at hip flexor muscles, glute minimum/medius and biceps femoris with foam rolling and trigger point therapy.
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Thank you, I do have some neutrals as I was measured up for some ages ago but they were replaced recently. I live in a town and not a city so there aren't too many around outside right now.
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Ok...121lbs now, 160cms tall with arms look 15% whilst stomach looks 25+...cutting on 1650 cals. I'm going with how the bottom end of me looks to determine when to stop....it's hard being an older woman who has had children. It's a hypothyroid roll of belly fat, probably a bit insulin resistant too. I don't want scare…
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I reduced fibre and water intake, increased stomach acid with digestive enzymes/betaine HCL, apple cider vinegar with water in between meals. Increased number of meals, smaller portions. Chewed food properly, no liquid with meals but before or after by half hour. My issues were connected to underlying hypothyroidism, once…
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Trigger point therapy into glute min/med & quadratus lumborum
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Woop! Awesome work lady, if only I could have a stomach like that at my age 😤
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Thank you! I read that some hit PR's in a cut, not me I'm losing it and it's hard to watch.
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I'm mithering about body fat percentage, I'm now around 22% as a female, 123lbs and 160cms. I've now been cutting for nearly 16 weeks, 0.5lb loss per week. I stalled for 1 month recently, that didn't sit well with me, especially at 1500 calories a day more on lifting days. I was told recently to forget scales, rely on the…
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4lbs to go...then I eat all the food to rebulk 😏
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'Normal' for GP's, get yourself a fingerprick test from Blue Horizon. I've just found out that I'm hypothyroid with low ferritin.