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PHUL and extra glutes work
I ended my bulk 3 weeks ago and stuck with the same routine I was doing during my bulk. the routine was very lower body focused with legs split into one day focused on glutes (hip thrust and various accessories), one quads, and one hams. Personally I loved it because I prefer an extra focus on lower body. The other 2 days…
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Upping calories during bulk
How many days of the scale showing no gain before you decide it's time to up mid-bulk? I expected there to be a gradual slowing of gain to indicate it's time to up calories. But I've oddly been at the same weight this week after having a steady half pound a week average. Not sure if it's just an odd coincidence or an…
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Tera's Bulking Journal
Woohoo, bulk time! I started Monday and started a journal on bodybuilding.com but figured I'd start one here as well. A little background on me: I lost 30 pounds and have been maintaining for the past 6-ish months. Started lifting in October of 2014 with Strong Curves. I loved my results with Strong Curves. Went through…
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Squat form video and frustration
Another squat form post I'm so embarrassed to post this honestly. I thought I'd made a lot more progress than this and from my angle in the mirror, it looked a lot better. Decided to video myself today. I have seriously tightness in my Achilles/calves. It affects my form so much. I've come a long way but this just isn't…
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Started bulking soon and would appreciate any advice or recommendations
I’m just little over a month out from when I’ve been planning to start a bulk. I thought I’d go ahead and post my ideas here and get a little feedback since I’m getting a little anxious the closer I get. Background I’ve only been lifting for a little over 8 months. I started lifting after getting down to a middle range BMI…
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Mentally preparing yourself to maintain
I'm having a hard time believing it's ok for me to maintain at my current size. A month or so ago, I decided I wanted to and would move into it (not hard because I've always been someone who had maintenance days on a regular basis). I love to eat so finding the calories isn't the hard part. I'm having trouble not thinking…
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Just finished c25k. Now what?
I just finished c25k - which is pretty thrilling for me because I used to consider a quarter mile long distance lol. My new goal is to improve my pace for a 5k. I did some googling but it's kind of all over the place. I did find one specific plan but I don't want to go with the only thing I found and hope you guys have…
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Quad dominant lifters?
Are there are very quad dominant lifters out there? How do you combat it? I was a swimmer for majority of my life and I'm discovering just how quad dominant I am and that it won't be easily to adjust. I'm working on pushing myself on deadlifts and I'm utilizing elevated glute bridges to really hit glutes. But I struggle to…
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Advice on TDEE?
I'm thinking about switching to TDEE for my calorie goals after reading several posts of people saying it's easier to manage. I would be nice to just see one calorie goal and not worry about the exercise part. I'm just having trouble determining what activity level I should pick (I'm using this calculator…
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Bread
What kind of bread do you eat? I've been bringing sandwiches to work to stop eating out, which has been awesome. But I probably need to now focus on getting a healthier bread option. So I'm curious as to what other people eat.
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Calories in chicken breast
Silly question but I'm a bit thrown off because I haven't really done much cooking in the past. I know know 4 oz is a serving of chicken. But is that 4oz the "full" chicken breast or the thin half cuts? I scanned the barcode of a package for the thin sized breasts and its throwing me off.
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20s - 30s Career People?
Looking for MFP friends :) I've been using myfitnesspal off and on for a long time and I'm really want to dedicate myself to using it, eating right and exercising on a regular basis. I think the longest I've actually kept it up has been a couple of months. I'd love to add some friends with similar lifestyles because I know…
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Advice for getting back into swimming?
I was a club swimmer much of my youth and did high school swimming but once I got into college, I stopped all together. Eight years later, I recently started back trying to swim a couple of times a week and I'm SO out of shape (really out of shape for fitness in general so that's the major problem). I've come up with my…
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Does this sound normal?
I've spent that last 3 - 4 weeks changing my diet to spread my food more throughout the day. I'll eat a small breakfast (100 - 200 calories; usually eggs), a mid-morning snack (100-ish calories; usually nuts), moderate lunch (300 calories), afternoon snack (100 calories; usually oatmeal) and then a dinner (300 - 400…
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Question about Abs
How often should you work out abs if you are looking to do a significant amount of toning and strengthening there? I've read some that some people say you have to give your abs a rest day and I've read that others say it's not an issue to work them every day so I'm not really clear on what's best / most effective. And what…
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Smaller Goals and SERIOUS Toning
Hi! I joned MFP about 2 weeks ago but I used to track on another website a year ago and I forgot how much tracking helps. I'm not overweight for my size but I've gotten to the point where many of my clothes are starting to not fit, especially jeans and I've decided that instead of "accepting" the weight gain and getting…
