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Any fruit is made up of pretty much all carbs. You should aim for a minimum of 1g of protein per lb of your lean body mass. You can go as low as .82 IF it is all from super high quality protein sources. Going to 1 makes up for any lack of quality with quantity.

and water. you should expect a few lbs gain in the first 2-3 weeks.

You aren't in starvation mode. You probably have slowed your metabolism a bit. Up calories by 100 per week to within a couple hundred of your estimated maintenance and stay there for a few weeks. Adjust based off of what happens. Expect a few lbs of water weight gain starting out.

In general the extra burn from lifting and from adding muscle mass is overstated. That said, I am all in favor of lifting and gaining muscle.

pretty much constantly and usually within a few minutes after weigh in

You personally should probably lose at most 1lb\week if you want to maintain whatever muscle mass you have.

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40 sets? a new lifter can get great results doing 7-9 working sets per workout. even an intermediate would't need to be doing 40 sets in a workout. Probably no one would. Rather than adding more and more sets to workouts, people add training days as they advance.

short answer: no longer answer: If you had every other aspect absolutely perfect, there might be a suppliment or 2 that would enable you to gain an additional ounce per year or so. (yes i typed what i meant) Bonus: even illegal substances don't enable you to gain muscle a lot faster unless you use A LOT of them, and if you…

That chick in the gif isn't natty. The olympics, just like "natural" bodybuilding and drug tested power lifting, are riddled with drug users. they just don't fail tests.

Step 1. Join another gym Step 2. Alternate A and B routines 3 non consecutive days per week. (Ex. Mon\Wed\Fri, week one ABA week 3 BAB, etc.) A routine Mandatory: Squat 3x8 Superset Standing barbell press 3x8 Chins 3xfail\3x8 weighted or assisted\lat pull downs 3x8 Optional: Superset Any curl 2-10-12 Lying tricep extension…

This is mostly true with caveats A. You need to make sure you get a good dose of MICROnutrient. Carbs would be the actual food source to do this. A multivitamin can be used to make it matter much less. B. A sedentary person will start to show signs of diabeties if they consume over 50g of fructuose daily (which is a lot).…