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Barbell Hip Thrust - 50 lb to 135 lbs - how much muscle gained in glutes?
I'm female, 45, 5'8", 129 lbs, 19-20% body fat. Eating 80 grams protein a day; 2200 cals in total. Two months ago, I was able to hip thrust just the Olympic barbel and I was in a lot of pain for 3 days afterwards. As of yesterday, it's two 45 lb plates on the Olympic barbel = 135 lbs!!! I did 1 set of 8, 1 set of 10, 1 set…
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How do you go from bulking to shredding? How often do you do it and how?
So, once a person has gained their desired muscle; they go into shred mode? Or do you shred every 6 months while maintaining? How do you shred without losing muscle? Same weight, same reps while shredding? Lower weight, higher reps while shredding? Thanks
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Can you just do weight training and cut out cardio?
I hate cardio. I'd like to cut it out and just concentrate on lifting heavy weights. I'm about 20% body fat, 45 years old and female. I don't need to lose body fat. I have read that the most important things (in priority sequence) are: 1. diet 2. weight training 3. cardio The article stated that cardio is not important if…
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Over 45 years old, you pick your *kitten* or your face and optimal body fat %
I pick facial fillers. haha What is your optimal body fat percentage for your face to look healthy? Mine is like 30% bc once I hit 40, my face became very gaunt even at 22%. I am now about 19% body fat with fillers in my face. It looks really natural too; people never guess I've done fillers. So I have picked both :wink:
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Building Glutes without Building Quads - can be done; I'm 45 and doing it
Hey guys, I haven't posted here in a while :) I finally found out how to build glutes without building quads. You will still have nice quads even with these exercises, but they won't bulk up your quads. You'll get that beautiful booty you always wanted. I'm 5'8" and 129 lbs. I started 3 months ago at 128 lbs, but my waist…
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Daily calorie intake INSANE!!!
I am 42, 5'8", 127 lbs, 18% BF. I workout 4 X week and work HARD. 35 min cardio, Pilate's, weights...squats, etc. Fitness Pal says I need to eat 2060 cals a day. If I ate that, I'd lose a pound a week. To maintain, it seems I need like 2300 cals a day. Isn't that insane??? I'm a middle aged woman!!! Can working out really…
