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I'm female and a member of the 600 club (60% of 1000- typical scale for a female), so I'm pretty please! 303 lb. deadlift 213 lb. back squat 115 lb. bench
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Me too, +1
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I'm so excited for you! Reading Starting Strength should be really helpful- also maybe consider getting one or two personal training sessions if you can afford it. Don't be afraid to dig right in and start picking up some heavy stuff! I'm sure you'll get more and better answers from others. But welcome, and yay!
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Here's some information about intermittent fasting and women: https://www.bulletproofexec.com/a-bad-combination-for-women-intermittent-fasting-and-paleo/ Please be careful with it and pay attention to your body if you decide to go this route. Personally, IF did not work for me.
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One more thing- I never had the attitute of "I want to gain weight". I just wanted to be as strong as possible. As long as my lifts were improving I didn't worry about whether I was gaining or losing weight (although I was steadily gaining). And was probably eating between 2500 and 3000 calories a day.
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And by hungry between meals, I mean if I felt at all peckish, like "oh, maybe a snack would be good now." I ate. Usually a few hard boiled eggs and some sweet potato or some fruit. Maybe a handful or two of nuts. Breakfast was typically 3 eggs, 2 bacon strips, spinach and mushrooms. Lunch was a large salad with a full…
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I'm 5'7. I actually did not count calories at all, haha. I ate until I was full at each meal, and if I got hungry between meal I ate until I was no longer hungry. I stuck to 100% strict paleo, only recently switching to IIFYM. I did mainly oly lifting, with some crossfit metcons. I have really good coaches- I wasn't doing…
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Female 5'7 150lbs dead: 303 backsquat: 213 bench: 110 x3
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Just anFYI- eat to perform is not low carb AT ALL. It's what I follow. And they suggest 50g pre and 50g carbs post workout, at a minimum.
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Lululemon, the energy bra and the tata tamer are my faves. I've tried so many! Also, I'm a DD and the energy bra is still supportive enough without being sold by cup size.
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There is no magic number for this- but in general eat above your TDEE to gain muscle and weight and eat below it to lose. But there is a sweet spot, especially if you're active cutting more than 10% will compromise energy levels. What has worked for me is to eat 1 gram of protein for each lb of body weight, 75g fat (normal…
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I'm such a weiney that I will stop before I rip unless in a competition. I've discovered that Rogue makes a great grip with goat tape that has really helped my hands during TTB and kipping pull-ups. Otherwise, ashlando's advice is spot on.
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OMG, all that in only 30 days? You look amazing!! :happy:
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Can I join? I know I'm a little late coming. Goals: stick to calorie allowance, continue going to the gym 4 times a week but add 20 minutes of cardio to my lifting sessions, drink 8 glasses of water per day.
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Yep. You want to look skinny like a model? You're going to be underweight, end of story. I like looking at female athletes for inspiration instead. Personal favorites are Maria Sharapova and Gabrielle Reece. They have very little body fat, but are very fit and toned. In my opinion, healthy female athletes inspire me to…
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This makes more sense to me- My main goal is gaining muscle and tone, so eating around 1200 calories daily while my BMR was 1400 seemed weird (I was eating 1600-1800 per day without gaining weight or working out consistently, so it seemed to me if I ate the same and added in an exercise program I would lose a few pounds of…
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Thanks!
