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No gain after 4 months of continuous excercise
First of all, you're not working out the other half of your body...your legs. When you're a natural lifter (no anabolic supplements like 90% of the instagram and gym rat population), the most ...
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should I continue weightlifting even though it makes my body bigger?
Your muscles haven't gotten any bigger, they are slightly swollen (or "pumped") after your workout, because of inflammation. This is a standard response of your body to this new challenge you are ...
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Diet chart to gain 10-12kg weight
Let's break it down. Credit:myfitnesspal & reddit
This is bad for a whole host of reasons:
Micronutrients? One serving of salad and veg is not enough. You need to have more variety or get a ...
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What is the correct measure of a heaped scoop for protein drink
A typical serve of protein powder is 30g, or around 1/4 cup. Weight gainers have larger serving sizes, because they need to fit significant amounts of both protein and carbohydrates into a serving. ...
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Is there something that I'm eating that is causing weight gain?
I have done a lot of legwork for you here, lets take a look at the meals mentioned in myfitnesspal's calorie checker:
I have assumed 2 tbsp of each dried fruit & nuts with lunch. Ignore the goals ...
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Can weight lost be sustained through exercise influenced metabolism changes?
Warning, wall of text incoming. Sorry, but there's a lot to look into. TL;DR at the end.
Let's first take a look at what seems to influence (base) metabolic rate the most. For starters, when we look ...
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How does one gauge progress in bodybuilding?
The total muscle mass that you've built is THE determining factor in whether you are progressing in bodybuilding. The size of certain muscle groups is secondary to this, but also very important. ...
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Is this overtraining?
Some people can train the same muscle group three times a day, every day, for months on end and see significant hypertrophy. Yet others may train a muscle group with such intensity that days are ...
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Is this overtraining?
"Is This Overtraining?"
There is no general answer to this question. Overtraining is not dependent on a program, but rather on the relationship between the trainee, their program, their recovery ...
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All things being equal, does muscle build faster than fat burns?
Muscle does not build faster than fat burns.
It sounds like your main issue is not that you are not burning fat or gaining muscle, but instead you're not actually measuring those things. Your body is ...
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What is the meaning of: 5 sets of 3, 2, 1 reps?
It's an inverse pyramid strength-training workout. Although this seems to be fairly low reps, it's used to encourage muscles to build volume.
I wouldn't suggest hitting these kinds of reps though. ...
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protein in the rest days
It's not like your protein intake on rest days is actually zero (unless you eat NOTHING on your rest days). I assume you are talking about a supplement source like whey protein.
It is considered a ...
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Weight gaining with or without gym
TLDR: Yes, joining a gym to work out and eat more (good) food will help you gain weight, and I'll explain how to start off.
First off, 4 years ago I was right where you are. I'm 184cm tall and would ...
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What is the correct measure of a heaped scoop for protein drink
Yes, you've been doing it wrong ;)
Note that the serving information (for one of the Pro weight gainers) looks like the following:
182g is 0.4 lbs 👏 per 👏 serving 👏.
Weight gainers work by ...
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How is the weight gain formula consistent with the law of conservation of mass?
Firstly, it's worth noting that the 3,500 kcal/lb figure comes from a 1958 review paper, and only applies to weight loss on a high protein diet or weight gain that is not immediately following a ...
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I am a physically disabled person and I want to gain weight
The most important thing about gaining muscle mass with a skinny physique ('ectomorph body type') is the diet. Your diet has to be both high caloric and high protein, use an online calorie calculator ...
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Does it become harder to lose weight as you age?
Basing these on my own experience and observation, obviously not all will apply to everyone.
Appetite doesn't slow down with your metabolism.
For many people, alcohol becomes another huge additional ...
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What kind of food can help someone gain weight easily but also would be easy to lose
There is no food which makes future weight loss any easier than any other.
If you want to gain weight, you need to construct a diet where you have a caloric surplus over any given period of time.
If ...
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Can weight lost be sustained through exercise influenced metabolism changes?
I've unwittingly done a long term experiment on myself. The answer, in my case at least, is yes. I used to weigh about 63 kg and eat about 3000 kcal/day a decade ago. Today I eat about 3800 Kcal/day ...
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Can weight lost be sustained through exercise influenced metabolism changes?
Maintaining Weight Loss: Who is the biggest loser?
Introduction
There is a lot to consider when examining the impact of changing lifestyle in the short or long term with the goal of losing weight. In ...
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Can too much calories pose a health risk?
TL/DR: You must change your goals and mindset so that you can gain lean weight in sustainable manner - longterm. If you gain 7kg in one month, it will be either mostly water retention (bloating) or ...
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No gain after 4 months of continuous excercise
You are lifting very light weights, so your body is not working hard enough to break down muscle. Because you are not working out heavily, your body will not need a lot of food to keep up with this, ...
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Should I bulk up or keep cutting fat?
TLDR: You should eat a small caloric surplus and lift heavy weights.
If you cut down to 10% bodyfat now, and start adding calories later to gain mass, you will also increase your bodyfat again. Even ...
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Will weight lifting affect speed and flexibility?
Will I gain weight by doing weightlifting?
Yes and no. Doing weight lifting will set the stimulus your body needs to grow (gain muscle mass), but lifting alone will be of no use. Imagine that your ...
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Are exercises for muscle gain the only way to increase weight in men?
Exercise does have a very important role in both stopping the loss of bone mass and density and in increasing bone mass and density, as described in (among other papers) The effects of progressive ...
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Have I really put on 14 lbs after only 4 Crossfit sessions?
Pretty much been addressed in the comments, but for a full answer:
Short answer, no. You most likely did not gain that much weight in a short period of time.
Things that can effect scale ...
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What is the meaning of: 5 sets of 3, 2, 1 reps?
For anyone actually wanting to do that workout
None of these answers are correct when applied to the workout linked above.
The bodybuilding.com email response is also wrong when applied to this ...
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Intermittent fasting and body building. Do they work together?
My answer is based on my own experiences, as well as those of the people I train with. For completeness, references are at the end.
Short answer:
For endurance training, eat before you train and fast ...
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Effects of 0 calorie drinks on weight loss
One study reflects that 0 calorie drinks may actually cause weight gain:
“On average, for each diet soft drink our participants drank per day,
they were 65 percent more likely to become ...
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