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Lifting with injuries
Okay I know the title sounds idiotic but most of us have been there! We lift and then somehow find ourselves with a nice tendon, joint, muscle tear, some type of injury, some mild and some pretty bad. I'd classify this current one has more mild. It appears that I have caused some irritation/inflammation to my R.…
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Macros
Hi everyone! So I keep reading about macros and the consensus is to keep fat at around 20-30% and higher in carbs and protein? Now presently I’m bulking so I’m looking to maintain at a caloric surplus. I find that I tend to like foods higher in fat than carbs. My protein is around the rule of 1 g / lb of body weight now I…
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Whose bulking right now??
Anyone trying to feed the muscle? Finding it hard to get in those calories? I'm at 3,200 on rest days and 3400 on work out days, I'm eating basically every 1-2 hours. It's exhausting! Anyone else having difficulty or know what its like to stuff your face all day every day??
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Hitting on Women at the gym?
Alright ladies, let's talk about getting hit on at the gym? Dudes know what I'm talking about, there's that really nice looking lady hitting the weights in those nice tight leggings. When do you start up a convo, how do you start up a convo, is it even appropriate to even try at the gym? Let's hear it people :)
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Bulking goals
Hey everyone, I'm 5'7", currently weighing around 152-155 lbs with a bf % of 11-13 %. My goal for now is to be 160-163 lbs at 10% bf or lower. Right now I decided to bulk. My question to you all is for those who know a lot about doing this, is to what weight should I aim to bulk at. Ive been told 190 or even 200?? But idk.…
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Garmin VIVO fit watch
Hey guys, so I just got this fit watch VIVO Garmin. So the Garmin app has the My fitness pal information, but the steps aren't showing up on My fitness pal diary and I was hoping that my steps and stuff would show up on my exercise diary. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this?
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Coffee w/cream and splenda??
Hey everyone, so I needed a coffee in the morning before work and usually I can make my coffee at work, but today I couldn't, so I order an extra large coffee with cream (not sure how much cream) and SPLENDA, so WHY does MFP say that coffee has 37 grams of Carbs?? Where are the carbs coming from isn't Splenda sugar free? I…
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Body fat %
Hey everyone so my goal is to get my body fat % at 10 and to how puddly maintain that. I use those handheld devices to measure, while I know those aren't always the most accurate I have been consistently using the same tool for some time now. Can anyone explain how my weight is maintaining but my bf has increased by 1-2%…
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Cardio?!
Hey guys, so although I'm cutting weight right now, I felt this would be appropriate in this section as I think most of us on here have the same goals, get big and lean, look muscular, right? Those who have experience "cutting" as they call it, obviously cardio is part of this, does anyone have a good cardio routine that…
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Cardio: Sprinting
Hey guys, so I don't like long distance running and I would like to start implementing cardio in my lifting routine. I read that Sprinting is a good method especially for those that want to maintain muscle and lose fat. I started doing a few sprints, I don't have access to a track so I am currently using an abandoned…
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Lost weight but can't lower bf%
Hey guys so I've cut down my calories to a deficit, the mfp recommendation setting and go strict by that. I HAVE lost weight steadily but my bf % has stayed the same and even sometimes is higher?? I'm using one of those hand held devices where you hold it straight out. Anyone have a clue as to what I'm doing wrong?? The…
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Consistent effort but still NO WT LOSS!
Hey guys, so my gf doesn't feel like going on these message boards so I thought I'd help her out by asking you guys myself. She is consistently eating under her calories that MFP sets up for her based on her current weight and what her goal weight is. She has noticed a small difference in her size, specifically her pants…
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MFP calories
Hey everyone so I had a goal to get from 165 to 160 lbs. I'm currently 160.8 lbs and just changed my goal to 155 lbs so why is mfp increasing my daily total calories??? Shouldn't it decrease it??
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TDEE and BMR article
Hi everyone, so yesterday I found this awesome article about TDEE and BMR, does anyone know where to find it? It talked about realistic numbers and that people often use too low of a number and that the body tends to stop metabolizing due to "starvation mode." It had good links which I wanted to use, but sadly I can't find…
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Chest
Hey guys any of you weight lifters out there or Bodybuilders no a good chest routine? Also does anyone workout the same body part more than once a week? I've been doing a 4 day split and that's only one body part per week.
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Fat
hey everyone so I am faced with a dilemma. I've gone from 154 to 167 so 13 lbs which is awesome. My ultimate goal is to be 170 with 8-10% body fat. Right now I'm at 14-15%. So it's a dilemma because I don't rly want to stop gaining weight but also don't want a bigger stomach. While glad I got bigger like I wanted I have a…
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How to approach a girl at the gym?
Hey everyone so the guys know what I'm talking about; you're in the zone working out, lifting, you look around and all of a sudden over by a squat rack, you see this smoking hot girl wearing these high tight gym shorts. You kind of stare but trying to be a creep about it and she stares back at you. This happens multiple…
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Fat intake
hey gainers! So I'm trying to figure out why fat intake should be no more than 30% even when bulking at least that's what I keep reading in my research. But I also know that fat doesn't necessarily make you fat so what does it matter the % of fat in your daily calorie consmption compared to the other mighty macros; carbs…
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Still want to gain muscle, but putting on some fat
Okay guys so I've been making some progress within the last 6 months. I have been recently been putting on more weight. I'm at 14% body fat and 165 lbs at 5'7." Ideally, I want to basically be the same weight if not 170 but less than 10% body fat. How is this accomplished?? Do I need to just continue to bulk more then…
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Need some guidance please!!
Okay hello everyone, so I'm 28 y.o. always have had a hard time gaining weight which has been my goal for awhile now. However as most of us want, I want to GAIN MUSCLE weight, NOT FAT. I'm prepared to put on some fat while doing this what we call "bulking." Right now, I aim for about 3,000 calories per day, usually right…
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Body Fat percentage
Hey everyone, so I have a few concerns. I want my abs to show more, but at the same time right now I'm currently trying to bulk. This will be my first real bulk. I know that if you want to gain weight you have to accept the excess belly fat that may come with it. Is there any way around this probably not right? Anyways my…
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The journey of thin lean turning into big and mean!
Okay people, I'm back on here! I decided on a new approach to accomplishing my goal. Starting Monday, I'm going to start the P 90X. This will get me conditioned and strong. Once I finish the entire P 90X (without slacking) I will start hitting weights. Some think this is a bad idea and others agree with this idea. Still…
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Anyone in my shoes??
Okay so first of all I want to thank anyone who is reading this post and please add me as a friend..I actually do need support lol. Now I know all of you are probably going to say to yourself after reading this.. "oh I wish I had his problem." Well I understand why people would say that and I get that a lot, but I feel the…
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Trying to bulk up!
Hey everyone, just signed up onto this site and wanted to make some friends and see if anyone else is in the same boat (slim and trying to fill in). I will put a picture up soon!
