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@romans5to8 What kind of exercise were you doing back when you felt energized? How does that compare to your routine now? What were you doing outside the gym during that time? How does that compare to what you do now? Like, were you a runner and now you only lift? Were you walking all around...

@taylors Totally fine.

@brokenjohninchrist You can pile on the accessories later! Start with just the basics and add extras over time. You also don't have to do all of your favorite accessories at once. Choose your accessories for this month, or even this 2-week period, and then swap them out for others. For...

@skilletboy Check out the sticky at the top of r/gainit - they're doing a program party that consists of three different programs that are high volume and notoriously good at making you want to eat. They are: 5/3/1 BBB Beefcake 5/3/1 Building the Monolith Deep Water Beginner Deep Water...

@brokenjohninchrist If you aren't able to go heavy on your barbell squats yet, I wouldn't count them as a main lift. Do them first in the workout, call them technique practice (but still go as heavy as your form allows), and then do leg press or whatever as your T1 squat.

@nikkimarie That's amazing. Use the opportunity!

@teofan They are percentages of total calories. Fat has more calories per gram. So you ate about 107 calories' worth of fat, about 105 calories of carbs, and about 72 calories of protein, for 284 calories total. 107/284 is 37%. Fat has 9 calories per gram, while protein and carbs have 4...

@pawel It is, and you don't seem to have a good understanding of it.

@pawel Fatigue doesn't necessarily mean more injury. In any case, my question was to OP. If I just wanted speculation, I could do that on my own.

@pawel I wouldn't expect any significant risk of injury from either, so I'm very curious where this statement comes from.

@iferexo What is this statement based on? Were you injured following either program?

@jrsinct As a former 17 year old girl (uhh 23 years ago) I WISH I had done a strength training class when I was your age. Imagine where I'd be now if I had, and if I'd stuck with it. Here's my advice. Go in there and take your training as seriously as the biggest toughest most hardworking...

@roland7777 Eat eat eat eat eat Ask your coaches for advice. This is a lot of work. You may be able to handle it but they will be able to gauge that better than a bunch of randos on the internet.

@twinmama 100%

@jewels77 Yes, absolutely. The idea of a "leg day" isn't universal, lots of people train legs on full-body days or otherwise don't have them split off. If you'd like this same answer but from an exercise science PhD, here ya go:

@twinmama Agree that the assisted pull-up machine isn't a solution on its own... But neither are negatives. What I had to do, and what most people who are strong but can't make progress seem to be missing, is BUILDING LATS. Kroc rows were hugely helpful for me (alongside foot assisted...

@goldenangeleyes23 Exercises for a specific body part don't "tone and tighten" that body part. They can give you some muscle there underneath the fat, which may help in your goal of looking "toned", but they won't do anything for the fat itself or the "flabby" look. That said, exercising while...

@chery49 They're at the end because they're the most fatiguing. Some beginners, if they're gassed from squats, wouldn't want to go do rows or bench afterward.

@tanya31 This is a great tip! It applies in martial arts too. Don't just punch the thing you're targeting, punch through it.

@bkrolex In squats, pushing knees out during the descent and letting them do whatever they want on the way up. This was a cue I got from a powerlifting coach right before my first meet, and instantly I could squat 10 pounds more. (This assumes that you are strong enough your knees aren't...