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Bulking - increase carbs or fats?
Well, my bulking progress has stalled again at 2650 calories. I'm looking to bump up to 2800ish. Right now I'm following a macro split of 50C/25P/25F. At 2800 calories, I think I'm going to put protein at 20%. That would still put me slightly over 1g/lb body weight. However, should I increase carbs or fats? At 25% fat, I…
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Mass gainer and bulking
So, I'm looking to bulk up to 150 lbs from my current weight of 129 lbs (I'm 5' 7"). I was talking with someone at my new gym and said I should include a mass gainer in my diet. I started bulking a few weeks ago at 2500 calories. I just upped my calories recently as I wasn't getting any real results. He also mentioned that…
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Canned Beans - How to log?
I got a food scale recently. I drained a can of black beans with a net weight of 15.5 oz. After draining it, It came out to 237 grams. In terms of logging, should I log an equivalent serving from the drained portion, or use the actual weight of the drained portion when logging. For instance, serving is 1/2 cup which comes…
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5' 7", 139lbs, 16.2% BF. Should I do a slow cut?
So, I found out I'm 16.2% body fat at ~139 lbs. I have been eating at what is supposedly my maintenance (which will likely increase) over the past several weeks and I actually ended up losing around 3 lbs. I am making progress in the gym though and I'm not losing strength at least. My PT suggested a goal to get under 15%…
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Logging Strength Training for Exercise
When logging Strength Training in your exercise diary, do you include minutes of rest in between sets or not? I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but hat would be the most accurate way to track this?
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Cucumbers - fruit or vegetable?
I've learned that cucumbers are technically a fruit, but I've also heard of it being counted as a vegetable. Do you count cucumbers as vegetables? Depending on the size, I can eat a whole cucumber. Would those be servings of fruit or vegetables?
