kessler4130 Member

Core compound movements, deadlift, squats are the best way to train your core. However you are simply training to maintain it while in a deficit. Proper diet to reduce body fat will bring them out.

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More grains for me!

When my carbs get to high while bulking I get super gassy, so yeah that is a thing.

I would always side with lifting over cardio.

If I only had 30 minutes, I would spend it on one of the big 4, dead, bench, standing overhead press or squats.

It is better to lift along your journey, sure it is not much fun seeing no progress when lifting on a deficit (aside from newby gains) but it is your best bet in completely changing your body composition. You will also aid in maintaining lean body mass if you train while cutting.

Completely natural, most people who claim to build muscle or maintain it while cutting are on gear, or do not know what their 1RM's are all together. You may want to train your weakest points on your refeed days to try and maintain as much of that lean body mass as possible, but there is no guarantee that will even work,…

In my opinion, gym and walking. I know a lot of people who run, they are all dangerously thin, suffer joint pain, and barely have the strength to curl their tooth brush. I prefer lifting heavy for the big 3 movements (Bench, Dead, Squat) and then all hypertrophy based 8-12 reps for almost all other movements with the…

I would recommend something else, you might be able to do some minor delt work with 2lb dumb bells, but you would have to do 100 reps and probably still not reach the minimum threshold, you would just deplete your glycogen and fatigue the muscles. As the adjustables can be rather expensive you could simply get a cheap…

As you introduce carbohydrates back into your diet on a larger scale you will retain more water, and store more glycogen so you will see an increase in weight, that does not mean it is necessarily fat. The appetite could be determined by the types of carbs you are eating, if they are high on the glycemic index they will…

Ab's suck, the only way to build them is through a caloric surplus and training, the only way to see them is to achieve a low enough BF%. The down side to all of this is if someone has not done a lot of core exercises in a window when they could have been building muscle, even at a low BF% they may not be as prominent. My…

Amazing, truly inspiring sir, keep up the hard work and never look back my friend.

Meh lost every bit of respect I could have had at the "used to bench 400 lbs", you should start with being honest with yourself. Best of luck.

I know plenty of people who do tons of cardio, they are skinny, look like they are malnourished, most complain of joint pain, and you flat out would not even associated them with health and fitness passing them on the street. If I wanted to look like I don't exercise or was health minded I would do tons of cardio, fact of…

Artificial sweeteners being so controversial are one of the most studied additives on the planet, there is absolutely zero conclusive evidence to back up any of these claims. I dropped 115 lbs, and have substantially recomped my body, and I use the hell out of artificial sweeteners. Would you like to buy some magic beans?…

If you take a ton of Anavar you might get huge thighs, otherwise you will be fine.

You were late, I am truly sorry, but it doesn't matter if others were late, doesn't matter how many were late before and or after you. You are not everyone else and should not strive to be, you should strive to be the best you can be and the best you would not be late. She should have thrown you all out for being late.

Stress causes me to do the same thing, fortunately I am bulking at the moment so if it happens, well it happens. The only way I can control it when stressed out over life stuff is to simply occupy my time in some manner. Simply leave the house for starters, I don't care of you go stare at the sky, remove yourself from the…

Your logs are not visible to the public, but based on what you have stated, you are probably very high in carbohydrates and very low in protein. A lot of fruits are very calorie dense, and mostly carbohydrates, I understand people get into the whole fruit and veggies are healthy thing.... a carb is a carb, doesn't matter…

At the end of the day, it is simply a math equation, if you do not know the number you are either gaining weight that day or losing weight. I eat with a purpose, to either get leaner, or build muscle (depending on if I am cutting or bulking), you cannot intuitively cut or bulk, you will simply spin wheels unless you go to…

Some fruits are very carb dense, you need to be more concerned with your macros, not just whether or not its a fruit or vegetable. Now I will get some popcorn and wait for the hippies to start talking about sugar.

Just don't lift super heavy, and plenty of rest between sets. Unless you are dead lifting or squatting near failure, it is very unlikely your heart rate would be elevated any higher than doing low impact cardio. Honestly, chances any trainer who works for a gym is qualified you advice are basically zero. you should consult…

Most likely just water retention, regarding the it being muscle comment ... you can't build 4 pounds of muscle in 3 days on all the anabolic steroids on the planet, let alone at a caloric deficit. If estrogen levels increase, so will your water retention, coupled with sodium, low potassium, food density in bowels etc. It…

Well I guess im done on MFP for the day, no one can possibly say something more retarded than this.

I am sorry but coming from 315 lbs to 199, and failing several times prior (now its my life, I eat to get stronger or leaner, always with a purpose), I simply cannot buy into the whole it was my only option thing. If you want something bad enough, you will achieve it, and to insinuate that a 500 lb person would need to eat…

Just take it to the shower, done.

hmmm I have enough macros for 51 reeses pieces, or 5 rice cakes and 2 table spoons of coconut oil. Pass the candy please, you all can have the coconut oil, my body doesn't care where the macros came from, it doesn't live on planet hippy.