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I ate I ate ice cream too - as often as possible

In his case it is OK to eat the cereal - The OP is a thin college age athlete , who is wanting to bulk up = he needs calories - lots of them.. When I was younger & training more, a post squat meal might be a turkey breast - or a thigh & drumstick + potatoe & veggie, or 3/4 - 1 lb hamburger + a couple, 2-3 cups of rice ,…

I assume you are following a lifting program and not something that you made up. You look young and lean in your picture, so I would set your cals for a 1lb per week weight gain to start. eat 1 gm or protien per lb of body weight per day - meat, eggs,milk, 50 + gms of fat per day, Fill in the rest with carbs potatoes ,…

Sardelsa gave you some great advice as always. For your glutes you might want to Google Bret Contreras and look at his Strong Curves program. Nothing beats hi rep squats for building your legs. If your bulking then cutting is done properly the end result is more muscle / less fat. If you feel you have fat to loose now you…

or this way - 1 stone = 14 lbs 17.07 x14 = 238.98 16.9 x14 = 239.6 238.98 - 236.6 = 2.38 lbs 0.12 lbs difference = close enough

Hi Jen - let me be the first to say Hi - 90 lbs is great

Let me know if I can help

Herschel Walker did when he was growing up - in college & Pro he had trainers & a gym

As a general rule the wide stance will hit the posterior chain harder , powerlifter generally use wide stance/ low bar to move more weight, A body builder may use a narrower stance/ high bar to hit the quads harder, this will give you a more vertical stance. The best advice I can give is to squat. Jump so you land on both…

You controll your weight up or down with your calorie intake vs activity level - calories in / calories used. Lifting weights will determine the amount of muscle you have. If you are gaining weight , eat less. 6 months of body weight exercise for a female, you probably didn't actually gain much muscle. Eat slightly below…

Hi to you Kelle

The first thing that comes to mind would be hi rep squats - leg presses - think Tom Platz

At 5'3" 129 lbs , I wouldn't worry about gaining or loosing weight but more like a re- comp. Set your MFP cals to maintain your weight. Eat 130 gms of protien per day , a minimum of 50 gms fat , and the rest can be carbs or what ever. For weight training look at Starting Strength, Grey Skull LP. and Strong Curves. Pick the…

You probably need to eat more . - You are young, and active - lifting weights and rowing. You said you are trying to bulk up - so increase your cal intake untill the scale goes up. Don't do it all at once - add 500 cals per day, stay at that level for a couple weeks, and see what happens, increase if needed. Be sure to get…

+2 on what Sardelsa & Lemon said - Look up Starting Strength , Strong Curves & Grey Skull LP and follow one of these programs for a few months. Keep your protien intake up , eat your veggies, and you will make good progress.

Today was OH press, chin ups, Squats, then light dumbell curls and dumbell press

If you go over in fat , just take the cals out of your carbs - the starchy carbs - bread, pasta etc. keep the veggies and fruits

You have made great progress !! - A couple things to think about - plateaus will happen - have you readjusted your cals recently? The last few lbs will come off slower that the first lbs, maybe much slowly. Sometime you might benefit by just doing something different , if you are doing steady state cardio ,try some sprints…

This will work fine

are the donuts Krispy Kreemes?

The old time body builders used to do it . - Think Steve Reeves

Agreed on the full body workouts - 2X per week would be OK . be sure to include an upper body push ( bench or overhead press), upper body pull(row or pull up) squat , and a hinge (deadlift) Those 4 movement will cover most of your bases, you can add some arms if you want to.

look for Allan Thrall if you are looking for weight lifting stuff. He also has a good one about improvising when you are stuck are home due to the virus.

one more thing you can do is hike with a ruck, maybe once a week to get used to it. Gradually increase the weight or distance.

You will be fine then - you look like you are in shape - you will want to score high on your PT test. It's fine if you want to lift, it's good to keep your strength up. - Semper Fi

Good choice -Thank you - I would work on your running, cardio, body weight stuff, push up , pull ups. I wouldn't worry about getting real lean - boot camp should take care of that. If you are real overweight , then that's a different story. Wear good running shoes - don't injure yourself , be smart, don't over do it.

+1 on Quiksylver's advice - have a peanut butter sandwich for a snack - protien drink with whole milk, banana

Hi there East Coast Girl - welcome - Eastcoast JIm - I coudn't resist , I got that name years ago

Good job finishing it - What are you doing for a workout ?