If I have 500 grams of meat that's 100 grams of protein I cook it It turns to 250 grams, do those 250 grams still have 100 grams of protein? I juet realizds I've been weighing my meat cooked and using the nutrition labels for the raw meat so I must've been eating 300 grams of protein a day submitted by /u/Longjumping_Ad6629 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hi, I have been mostly consistently training for a bit over 2 years now doing mostly "powerbuilding". I have made decent progress in all my lifts (245/325/405) but I am not super happy with how I look. I am 6ft3 and 220lbs in the attached photos and would appreciate some advice on what muscles I should work on to look more aesthetic. I feel that my waist is pretty wide which makes it harder for my physique to look good overall so any advice on that point would be appreciated. Any other advice on improving my physique would also be appreciated. https://imgur.com/a/FRvlh8N Thanks! submitted by ..read more

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Hey everyone. I have medical school exams coming up and obviously very busy. I enjoy training a lot however not so much leg days. I am wondering over the next 3 weeks about reducing my leg days from 2x to 1x in an effort to just maintain muscle so I could replace one of them with a run, which i find is better for endorphins, stress, and less time consuming, both ideal for exam period. I would return to normal training after this period. Are modifications like this to go into maintenance during busy or difficult periods reasonable? Is there anything else to be aware of during such periods? su ..read more

I really want peoples advice here on what you think the amount of protein per day someone should consume to prevent muscle loss during a cut I completely get the .8 - 1g per lb of lean body mass rule. However, which one is it?! .8 or 1? I’m 175 lbs so it’s either I consume 140 grams of protein or 175 grams! That’s a huge difference that’s 35 grams of protein difference and as someone that’s on 1600 calories for cutting every single calorie counts. Which means if i can save that extra 300 calories from that protein, i can instead fill that 300 calories if volume food such as water melons, stra ..read more

So I’ve been training for 4 years now consistently (15 years total) and I wanted to try a new method of bulking. Typically when I bulk I’ll gain 30 lbs over my 9% bf weight, then after reaching this point after 10-12 months of bulking I cut. This time I’m thinking of bulking up to around 20 lbs over and just maintaining this higher bodyweight for a long period of time. Has anyone here bulked up and maintained a heavier set bodyweight rather than continuing to gain past a certain point and cutting? I’m thinking that towards the end of my bulks, if I just maintained that heavier weight instead ..read more

Currently doing chest & back, legs, shoulders & arms, rest and repeat. What would be the ideal day to add a forearm exercise such as a reverse curl? Currently doing 6 exercises on my shoulder & arm days (2 shoulder/2 biceps/2 triceps) so ideally I’d prefer not to add another exercise to these days. If I add 1/2 sets of heavy reverse curls at the end of 1 (or both) of my leg days would this have a negative impact on my arm day the next day or would 24 hours of rest be sufficient? Cheers submitted by /u/Skxnk [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I have Cronometer, love that it’s FREE, but looking into MacroFactor and RP diet, to help me as a mock coach/using the nutrition coaching option for nutrition to go on a proper bulk and cut. Has anyone tried either of these, or should I just stay with Cronometer and try to figure the bulk cut by myself? submitted by /u/B0urn3D3ad [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

For almost 7 months I have been adding weight to the scale and to my hypertrophy exercises. Three weaks ago I felt really weak and I decided to deload, but my strength keeps going down. It is normal to feel that way for so many weeks? submitted by /u/Stoa_11 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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