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Overweight women with very high LBM?
I've talked in the past about how I've noticed that eating at a surplus unintentionally can cause overweight but highly active adults in their 20s to generate decent LBM gains over time along with fat, especially for men but also for women despite lower testosterone. I dubbed it "accidental bulking". When they slim down,…
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Female athletes/runners - muscular legs
Hey all- This is not a typical first post! It's my intro disguised under the title of a topic I find interesting. I'm a guy, 27, pretty much always been somewhat into fitness, but have gotten really into it in the past year. I'm currently focused on strength training and rebuilding muscle I lost due to not working out for…
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I can't front squat or clean due to low wrist flexibility!
What can I do to safely increase wrist flexibility over time so I can front squat and power clean/hang clean eventually?
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Easy Gainers and Hard Gainers?
Assuming there are really easy and hard gainers when it comes to muscle building... what is the factor that we use to say someone is one or the other? Is it the amount of calories someone needs to eat in order to make muscle gains, with easy gainers needing less calories and hard gainers needing more to gain the same…
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How can a type II diabetic gain muscle?
This thread got me thinking: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1232017-cure-for-diabetes There are type II diabetics who are thin, and could use more muscle. In fact, there is evidence in research that gaining muscle can improve insulin sensitivity. But it's a paradox. Type II diabetics are told to avoid weight gain.…
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Spacing out calories through the day?
I'm making a real effort to space out my calories better. Before yesterday, I was eating my last 2000 or so within the last 4-5 hours before bed...and it was making me stay up late, feel full, etc. Now I'm trying to get in half of my food in the first half of the day. But since I'm upping my calories again the past few…
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True? The first 5 lbs gained disappears instantly on a cut?
I've heard that when you start cutting, the first 5 lbs or so gained during a bulk disappears almost overnight because it's water, glycogen, bloat from food, etc. Is this true? It took several months to gain this 5 lbs. I've gained 8 lbs in total since the summer. That means that only 3 or so of those pounds are real…
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Going to bed earlier
One of the things I struggle with is staying up too late. I'm trying to change that and go to bed at a reasonable time (before midnight) so my body is rested better. Who else is struggling with this?
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Gaining vs. Maintaining - Which do you find harder?
There's a thread in the "Maintaining" section asking which people find harder...maintaining or losing. Link: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1214647-is-maintaining-weight-just-as-hard-as-losing-weight So I thought I'd ask those who have gained and are now maintaining the same question. Which do you find easier, and…
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How much weight gain f/MFP maintenance intake to increase?
I use the MFP default calorie goal (active setting) as my basis, and I was very surprised this morning that MFP hasn't automatically increased my calorie goal with each pound gained. As I understand it, each pound should increase maintenance by roughly 5 calories. How much weight does one have to gain before MFP's…
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MFP calorie burns from strength training way too low?
I had been eating a 400-cal surplus for several months and had gained weight on it. But in the past month, I started a much more intense lifting program (stronglifts). I increased to a 500 cal surplus most days once I started. But since I started 4 weeks ago, I have not gained any weight. In fact, that 1 lb or so of fat I…
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"Dieting" and losing LBM...and then bulking
Has anyone here who is bulking now, previously gone on a diet, but did it before you knew the right way to lose weight without losing LBM? And as a result you lost a good amount of muscle (say 5 or more pounds of it)... And now you're purposely gaining weight to get the muscle back. Has this happened to anyone here? I'm…
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Concerned about metabolic adaptation
I have seen some thoughts about metabolic adaptation when trying to build muscle. The most common scenario seems to be that the person eats the same amount of carbs everyday, and eventually, their insulin sensitivity decreases due to the steady-state condition. The result is less muscle gain and more fat gain. The solution…
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Bulking Psychology - Weight Fluctuations
I've been back at bulking for at least 3 weeks now, and am doing a great lifting program. When I weighed in once about a month ago, my weight was right where I had left off after neglecting food logging and workouts for a month or more. I was like, "Great! I'll just add another 25-50 more calories to my previous surplus…
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Rcomp question
Looking for advice for a friend... Can a person with low bodyfat (say a guy in the single digits or a woman in the 12-15% range) gain muscle at a sustainable pace long-term via a "recomp" and eating proper macros/micros? Or will the body eventually "burn out" and muscle gains stall due to lack of energy? I'm not looking…
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Always good to slowly increase calories?
I did a short bulk from August to October. Eating 300-350 calories above my MFP maintenance level has worked well. Then I started again around Christmas. But on New Year's I got sick from food poisoning and stopped tracking calories for a week. I probably ate 500-1000 less during this time but stopped logging b/c I didn't…
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Muscle Potential and Years Lifting?
Theoretical question with practical applications: Say you have 2 identical twins, and both eat a maintenance diet from age 18-25, but one lifted and developed strength during this time (with no muscle gain). The other played soccer during this time. Both are the exact same height, weight, body composition, lead the same…
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Can too much fat in one day cause...
diarrhea? A couple of days ago, I had to drink whole milk (instead of 1% because the store was out). I was over my daily fat intake by about 25g. That night, it started. It lasted 2 days--slowly got worse, peaked, and then slowly improved. I had also had a New Year's Eve dinner in a restaurant 45 hours prior. So it was…
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Why is bulking such a big secret to the general population?
I want to preface this by saying that since doing things correctly, I've been very successful at adding muscle. It's slow, of course. I mean you can't gain muscle at the rate you can gain fat, but it's still possible, and this is a big deal. Here's why... I never had success building muscle until I started counting…
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Romanian Deadlift vs. Rack Pull for lower back
I tried rack pulls and loved them over regular deadlift. My main goal is building lower back strength right now. The full deadlift is a waste of movement for my purpose right now. I'll graduate to it after I gain the lower back strength I want. But without a rack, I can no longer do rack pulls. I invented what I thought…
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Why do people under/overeat?
I've been trying to figure out why a lot of us habitually either undereat or overeat. Everything I've read says the body is a finely run machine, and hunger is balanced perfectly...so that we take in the exact amount of calories we need to maintain weight. It's not true! Personally, my tendency is to undereat. If I wait…
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Married people and opposite sex attention?
To all of you married folks... Do you still get attention from the opposite sex since you've been married? And is that something you look forward to or dread? What about your significant other? Do they work out and get attention, too? And how does it make them (amd you) feel?
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Fruit and veggie problem
So, my diet has been steadily degrading over the past couple of months. I'm eating a fraction of the amount of fruits and vegetables I should be. Anyone else been through this? How did you fix the problem, but still get enough calories for weight gain?
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Toxic Hunger?
Anyone heard of this? Or experienced it? I figured it might be especially relevant for people who are bulking. http://www.diseaseproof.com/archives/healthy-food-toxic-hunger-can-kill.html I'm a bit skeptical on some of the ideas...but I do think there are some good points, too. The problem is, if I waited to be truly…
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Ladies: Strong/rugged men or handsome/youthful men? :)
When push comes to shove, what look lights your personal fire and leads you to want to talk to a man-- A rugged-looking man with a few imperfections or an immaculately-groomed young-looking guy?
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Do maintenance intakes really vary from person to person?
If you have two people with similar everything--at least superficial stuff...sex, height, weight, LBM, activity level, exercise habits, eating history, stress levels, sleeping patterns, etc., can their maintenance intakes really vary that much? I know the somatotype thing is a total myth. But even in normal ranges,…
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The B-word is a horrible word...
...to describe the controlled eating of 100-400 calories above maintenance level. I really don't think bulking is a good word to describe what we're doing when we gain weight in a very slow, controlled manner. I eat 2900 to 3600 cal per day. But my intake is still low compared to how much most overweight men my height/age…
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Has anyone successfully bulked on a strength program?
I'm doing mostly 5-8 reps at this point, because I want to increase strength. Has anyone here successfully bulked following such a program for a few months? I'm not sure if it's sustainable long-term without increasing reps. But I prefer doing what I'm doing at this point. Thanks.
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Joel Fuhrman: low macro/high micro eating - reader thoughts?
I read through a good amount of one of his books on diabetes, and I have a lot of issues with some of what he advocates in terms of diet. I actually got the way I am now (skinny) due to a restricted diet (but nowhere near as restricted as his plan). This was unintentional on my part; I didn't set out to lose muscle mass…
