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Cutting while injured
Hey all I started a planned 7 week cut just over 2 weeks ago. It was going well, I was keeping protein high, my strength hasn't suffered yet, and after 1 week I wasn't cranky all the time. Then today I saw a physio about some wrist issues I've been having, and she asked that I stopped strength training using my hands for…
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Learning olympic lifting during a cut
Starting assumption It's my understanding that during a cut, in order to retain as much muscle as possible, it's important to: 1. Eat sufficient protein; 2. Lift heavy things. Background for my question I've been training 4-5 days a week in a surplus for 7 months or so, following a variety of programs focused around heavy…
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Going vegan
Going vegan cured my athlete's foot and taught me how to love again. How has going vegan improved your life?
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Help me estimate my bf% & a question!
Hoping you can help me with 2 things today: 1. What do you think my body fat % is? I took a couple of photos to help, in a bunch of different lighting because I am paler than pale. 2. My goals this year are to put on muscle, and to lift heavy things. But before I got to putting on muscle, I agreed with my trainer to cut…
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4 months, 10 lbs down
The title doesn't make it seem like much, but I'm really happy with the change so far. Today marks the official end of my calorie deficit, and the start of a small surplus. I'm celebrating with pizza :smile:
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Alan Thrall video on the accuracy of body fat testing
https://youtu.be/1oWcpweTuXs Watching this I've concluded that either: 1. Body fat testing is highly innaccurate (actually i already thought this); or 2. Your body fat has almost no bearing on your appearance, and is pretty damn meaningless. What are your thoughts?
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Advice on cutting and exercise
Background Hi. I'm a 170cm (5'8) 31 year old guy weighing in at 68.5kg (150lbs) with 17.5% body fat. My TDEE seems to have been at around 2,200 over the last month of logging. I've been weight training for the last 10 years or so without any particular goal/direction, and have fluctuated between ~66kg and 73kg. I had a 6…
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Any tips on estimating calories?
I buy my lunch every weekday from various small places and find myself having to estimate the calories. Because they dont have entries on MFP I end up creating a recipe with all the ingredients and weights I imagine went into my sandwich. Today i realised that I could possibly be wildly off, as i have no idea how many…
