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Ladies around 5'5-5'7 - at what weight do you have abs?
Obviously you have them all the time, but at what weight are they visible for you? I'm 5'6, & they weren't visible at my lowest weight of 106. Is this my genetic fate, or do I just not have enough muscle for it to show?
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Injured from car crash - what to do?
Hi everyone, I recently finished my first bulk/cut cycle & was beginning to raise calories in preparation for my fall bulk. Unfortunately, my progress has come to a sudden halt, as I was involved in a car accident on Tuesday. (Rear-ended by an SUV who plowed into stopped traffic at 40 mph, pushing my car into the car in…
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Jade B's lifting journal
Starting a journal today, even though I've been lifting steadily since Jan-Feb of this year. I bulked for about 3 months & have just recently gotten to the point where I feel like I should lean out a little bit & see how I feel about my progress. So, I'm going from 2200 calories to however much below maintenance (about…
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how to plan for backpacking trip away from the gym?
hey everyone! just posting because i'm leaving for a 10 day trip, half of which will be backpacking in utah in 90-100 degree weather. i'm a weightlifter, currently on my first cut after my first bulk, so i'm concerned about having to take a break from lifting. i leave on thursday, so i plan to go to the gym that morning &…
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Newbie lifter gaining more than anticipated!
Hello to all of you lovely lifting ladies! I'm a chick who's pretty new to lifting (started mid-January) & I've been keeping my diet consistent at 2000 cal (I've found that I maintain at about 1800, depending on activity level). So, this should be giving me gains of roughly .5 lbs per week. However, I've noticed that I've…
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Is my body fat too high to bulk?
Hi ladies! I've been slowly increasing my calories lately, hoping to do a bulk, but today I put my measurements into a few body fat calculators & got 24%, which seems much too high to be bulking. Am I right? I honestly thought I was lower, just judging from the way that my ribs & spine stick out, but I'm not going to put…
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GNC Protein Number - do you find it helpful?
So, I recently got a GNC gold card (to support my Quest Bar habit, haha), & I happened to take their "Protein Number" quiz online. I put in my weight, sex, and goals (muscle gain) & was surprised to get 45 g as my number. That seems super duper low, especially for a protein pusher like GNC! To be honest, I'm not sure how…
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Gaining weight too fast?
Hi, I'm a fairly new weight gainer with a quick question - when I signed up 3 weeks ago, I set all my info to the correct settings (put my activity to sedentary & added in exercise manually for greater accuracy), & put my goal to 1/2 lbs gained per week. The problem is, I've gained 3 lbs in 3 weeks, when I should've gained…
