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Weight gain plateau on 3600kcals/day
Hi everyone Over the last 3 years, I have attempted to put on healthy weight through strength training and running. I am happy with the results. I have increased from 10st 10lbs to 13st 0lbs and I consider myself to be pretty lean at 15%BF. For the first time in my life, I am happy with my appearance; clothes fit me…
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Perceived exertion
I’ve performed a number of different exercises over the years. What has surprised me is the amount of perceived exertion involved in each of the exercises to achieve the same calorie burn. I first noticed this when I started attending a gym regularly. I used to love rowing and it would be the first piece of equipment I…
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New to this site - my introduction
Hi everyone. I got fat! Really fat! And I looked ill. I probably was. Then I went on a diet and lost over 4 st. A calorie deficient diet with no exercise at all that dropped my mass from 16st to 11st 10lbs. A very good friend of mine reckoned I looked like a "skinny cripple", and looking back on the photographs of me then,…
