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Postnatal - Ladies advice please
Hi all, I had my baby girl 3 weeks ago with assisted delivery with episiotomy and forceps. I'm healing really well and have been out on long walks the past couple of weeks and am feeling great. I really want to get back to training and lifting. I can't get to the gym for a few weeks yet as I'm breastfeeding and don't feel…
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Post Partum Body - Excited
Hi all, Just wanted to post as I'm currently 10 days post partum and am amazed by how quickly I have lost my baby weight. I've got a few more weeks of recovery from the birth but I'm so excited to get back into bodybuilding!!!😁
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BACK day
Hi Guys, I'm currently 20weeks pregnant and I'm really struggling to stay motivated on back day. I'm currently struggling to deadlift due to slight pressure on my sciatic nerve and a bit of hip movement which results in it collapsing & can only use the trap bar otherwise I feel like I'm squashing my stomach and it's…
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Any Pregnant Ladies still lifting?
I'm currently just over 4months pregnant. I was training to be a bodybuilder before I fell on and was in my bulk cycle. I'd obviously gained some size and weight, I did a mini-cut when I found out I was pregnant. My morning sickness and exhaustion played a huge part in what I could still do exercise wise? I didn't feel…
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Curious - How often....
Just curious, how often do you all add cardio in whilst bulking? Do you drop it completely or reduce significantly from a cut or keep it pretty much the same? I lift 5x a week, do cardio the other 2 and try to add cardio in twice atleast post workout in the gym on the stair master usually. What do you do and how often?
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Front Delt Strain
Hi Guys, I need some advice. I've started training to be a bodybuilder. My form was really good and my weights were going up nicely, I'd just got upto 22kg dumbbells on incline chest press. I then went on holiday and was still training in bits whilst away and doing press ups, I've come back with a front delt strain. My…
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Bulking - getting full
Right, I'm on my first ever bulk and have just upped to maintenance and then will keep upping over the next month and abit until I'm at a good surplus for my bulk but I'm struggling already. I've not changed much in my diet, gone from egg whites to whole eggs on a morning and changed my afternoon salad to chicken and veg…
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Travel Food
Hi all, I'm having to travel to London for 2 days with work. leaving on a Sunday evening and not back until Tuesday evening. Need some ideas of meals I can take down with me as i'm not a fan of the lunches they provide. Staying in a hotel so need foods I can easily prep before I go down on the Sunday, can take a cool bag.…
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Winter Food
Hi All, Looking for some meal ideas for at work. I normally have a salad at 12 and a salad at 3 at my desk. It's getting too cold for just having salads now we're getting into winter and just trying to find dishes to replace my salads. I have started to make soups, mainly stock based soups rather than cream based ones. I…
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Help....
Hi All, Needing a bit of help, i'm doing quite well at the moment, got my eating right and doing really well. However; i'm having a bad run of illnesses this year, nothing I can avoid. Really bad migraines, trapped nerve in my neck & just been diagnosed with ovarian cysts which are incredibly painful. I can't get to the…
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Sugar Goal
Hi All, I've been using MFP for a few years now and have lost a substantial amount of weight. I'm plateauing at the moment and can't seem to budge it. I am 5ft 4" weighing approx. 160lb. I am pretty active (Gym 3-4 days per week doing full body weight sessions - I do keep a diary of what exercises I'm doing and have a…