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I understand and feel similar. I had shoulder surgery last Dec and was told to not even try a BW Bench until this Dec. Before surgery my 5 RM was ~1.5X BW. Patience patience patience.

Thanks...but...yeah, I'd read all that and my take-away was, "it depends". Lots of info on squats and "near maximal" effort. Lately I've been doing DL with and without a belt. I don't think my top, working sets are even 75% of an estimated 1RM. With a belt seems to help me think about and concentrate on increasing IAP,…

Any thoughts on submaximal deadlifting with or without a belt?

You've asked the same thing numerous times over the last 3 months and gotten good advice. Eat more, keep lifting, keep an eye on the scale. Look at average weight, track accurately, eat more or less as needed.

While I object to your blanket "never healthy. Period." comment, I limit, measure, and log my alcohol when losing weight. A couple ounces of bourbon on the rocks, daily calorie deficit, no problems.

When bulking, extra protein is wasted, carbs will provide more fuel for workouts and recovery. Calories are king though, too many and you'll be gaining more fat, too few and no gaining.

Bollocks

Seems a lot have moved to NC. :/

5 days being Mon thru Fri?

I had shoulder surgery and could likely have the other one done. "Safer" shoulder, chest and back work for me means narrow, neutral grip and no pushing or pulling directly overhead (no OHP or pull/chin-ups).

Yes. While I've been doing full body workouts I've tried to add mass to my legs by doing accessory leg work, and it's worked.

Mental break. Yes. I take a day or 2 off every couple of months whether I'm bulking, cutting, or maintaining.

Any leg pics? I guess a bit higher than 10% but less than 13%. Congrats on your loss!

Nothing is good at estimating calories burned during weight lifting except your personal experience. If you have a relative consistent weekly routine, I would just set a calorie goal and track your weight, adjust calorie goal accordingly.

Diet>any exercise

^This And regardless if you are a beginner or advanced lifter, if you only have 40 minutes over lunch 3x a week, a full body workout would still be your best bet.

Your best use of time would be a full body workout utilizing compound movements M-W-F.

Can't see your diary but it's been a week since your original post. What's the past week looked like calorie and weight wise? For comparison, I'm 5'10" and bulked from ~155 to ~165 at ~2900 to ~3200 calories, lifting 3x a week, no cardio, desk job.

Yes and yes.

Here's a good beginner full body at home routine: http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/12/09/beginner-body-weight-workout-burn-fat-build-muscle/

First rep looked decent but after that pretty poor. Try to set-up for each rep like the first. My DL sets are more like a string of singles, completely resetting before each pull.

Personal preference. But. ..I'll bet if someone restricted sodium for a month they wouldn't go back to using as much as previously.

Fasted exercise does not burn more fat. It's recommended that women start with a 10 hour eating window and 14 hour fast. It doesn't matter how many meals you eat in your window. Give 10:14 a try for a few weeks and then gradually increase your fasting if desired.

Too low fat would be my guess too. I would consider trying 0.4grams fat per pound of body weight as a minimum for a few weeks.

Not me, a friend. Cals/Carbs/Fat/Pro Totals 4,004 504 133 210 Daily Goal 4,000 500 133 200

Didn't watch. youtube, not natural.

You may want to up your protein intake. More protein is beneficially for muscle preservation in a deficit.

New lifters may be able to add some muscle mass in a deficit. Regardless, as mentioned, strength training will help preserve existing muscle and if lifting is new to you, you can make tremendous strength gains while in a deficit.