TheDoctor90 Member

Unfortunately I started a new job working shifts plus final exams so eating/gym went out of the window. Back on it now. I want to be around 175lb by the time I finish. I'm 5'11 and when eating 3500 the weight would go on extremely slowly and held back my gym progress. At 4k I get a much quicker progression but once I start…

Also chicken. Chicken is the key.

It's a contentious one. I doubt anyone eating at a calorie deficit can 'build' muscle but they may lose a bit more BF making them more defined. My last bulk (before I gave up and went skinny again) I was eating 4k calories per day and went from around 140lb to 160lb with little fat increase. How much surplus that is I…

Definitely a difference, congrats. Just keep at it.

Other than what others have said my only advice would be not to buy weights and just get a gym membership. For the cost of the weights and the space they take up you'd be better going to the gym. You'll quickly outgrow the dumbell/barbell set and then you'll start having to pay for more. I tried it your way when I first…

Tooooonnnnneeeee. :grumble:

13/14hr shifts. Days/Nights/Weekends. Took me a long time to sort out a routine otherwise I'd just snack on my breaks.

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I reckon Edward or George

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Show off.

Clearly we are our own worst critics, as I see nothing 'bad' in these pictures. Anyone else?

DOMS - Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness. Could last a few days depending on your level of fitness/how often you target these muscles. It's get easier with time.

To elaborate on this, pick them up and put them back down in repetitions of 8-10, for three sets.

Except you only had this not taking it easy epiphany two months ago. Prior to that you were a lazy sod (your words, not mine) so perhaps you should limit the preaching.

You're all talk mate. You're one of those people who does 'two months' of weight lifting and then thinks he knows it all, coming out with sound bites about how far to push yourself or KNOW NO LIMITS. Come back when you've done it for a year, two years, five years, twenty years.

You've already lost 44lbs. That's more than most people could ever dream of losing for starters. Just keep at it and keep going, it's hard when you have to come from so far behind to catch up with people, for example, I was so slim that it took me ages just to get to a 'healthy' weight, and now I need to go on further.…

You can't spot trim, ie, you can't target the belly fat, you've just got to keep dropping body fat as a whole. The belly is usually the last thing to cling on, so keep doing what you're doing.

Not going to happen.

How can the USADA strip a guy of titles he won in a privately run race in Europe? I didn't realise they were that powerful ;)

I agree with the above. Beginners should be on full body three times a week. Stick with big compound exercises - bench press, squats, deadlift, military press etc.

I'm using body paint to look like superman/batman on Halloween. That is my goal.

I don't log weight lifting (and that's pretty much they only exercise I do) on MFP. Your goals should be increasing the weight and either losing weight or bulking up. It's difficult to get that to show on MFP so I just have a spreadsheet of my weights: Week 1, Exercise 1, Set 1,2,3 etc.

Not much you can do in two weeks other than continue to lose body fat.

If you have a genetic disposition to stretch marks you'll get them if you add more weight, even if that is much less than other people. I got some on my back at 17 because I went from 5'5 to around 5'11 in a relatively short period of time. You can't see them now. My brother is bulking up and he gets them around his arms,…

Not since Microsoft took away his Xbox Live.

And we'd be more efficient :tongue:

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Don't be so sensitive. A bit of friendly banter never hurt anyone.

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