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@emeline I don't think anyone's suggesting you are a liar. But if you are tracking your cals and in a deficit, you lose weight. Here's a couple of articles that may help you get your head around this: https://physiqonomics.com/eating-too-much/...

@foxmulder In the graphic, 6 weeks. 5 weeks on, 1 week deload

Here's the part of RP's approach (I've heard it from several of the RP folks on their podcasts) that I don't understand. How can there be a "delayed growth effect and muscle growth" during a deload? You're not pushing enough weight and/or reps to stimulate anything. If Muscle Protein...

@rockmanjl9981 Hey, I'm just a random internet stranger responding to your post. I've read your post twice, and my wife read it also. We both agreed your post lacked any real goals and that you obviously have a fear of injuring yourself. Three exclamation mark fear. Your words, not mine...

@rockmanjl9981 Good health and balance aren't goals. They are fuzzy descriptors. Building muscle, now there's a goal. The best way to do that is a calorie surplus and a progressive lifting prism program (damn mobile). And, IMO, nutrition is very much calorie-based. Are you getting enough...

@rockmanjl9981 Can't figure out what your goals are. Do you want to gain weight? Whatever your goals are, the best way to stay on track is count your calories. You could have counted calories for an entire week in the time you took writing this post. I suspect your lower back issues come...

Dr. Mike Israetel posted an interesting graphic on Instagram yesterday. For those of you that don't IG, here's the graphic and the associated text: Graphic: In order to best progress, we increase the stimulus each microcycle in the accumulation phase of a hypertrophy mesocycle...

@pondsbb I like the Pull Push Legs split, too. And I only conventional deadlift once/week, so I hit it on the first Pull Day, the second Pull Day after Legs starts with heavy rows, followed by pullups and snatch grip deadlifts, etc

@btyler101 As you progress through your lifting career, your gains will slow to a crawl and the only way to stimulate new growth (I literally have a great year if I add 2 lbs/year) is increased volume. With increased volume comes some serious fatigue. Deloads are pit stops in your...

@horserider4ever Yes, I've "stacked" both. Literally. With creatine in the middle. I wouldn't worry about these two supplements breaking your fast. While there's arguably some merit for IF from a general health perspective, I don't think there's much evidence that fasting does anything...

@ashvinne You could argue that they have a few cupcakes on top and the person that doesn't have a few cupcakes over their TDEE will have better weight loss results. Why is the alcohol "on top" of the rest of the diet? Here's a quote: "This debate has been spurred on by the fact that...

@joecass Alcohol is not the key to losing weight. There is no metabolic pathway for alcohol to turn into fat with any meaningful efficiency. Its the stuff mixed with alcohol and the poor diet choices made when drinking that will slow your weight loss progress. You can quit drinking for a...

@nicole198 https://www.muscleandstrength.com/expert-guides/bodybuilding-genetics Not saying you're fat, just that your bulk has likely reached a glorious end. And I'm with you, cutting is much easier than lean/slow bulking

@gmojis You didn't mention your height, but I suspect you have further to go than 15-20 lbs for a six pack. There's a lot of talk about your workout and very little about your diet. "Sweating good afterwards" is not how you uncover a 6 pack. It is literally as simple as being accountable...

@nicole198 At 6'2", you have a lean body mass potential of 183 lbs. Even if you've hit your genetic potential (you haven't), you're bulked to over 20% body fat percentage

@nicole198 At 6'2", you've learned an important lesson. 220 lbs is too far to go on a bulk. Sounds like you've run out of progressing with a linear program, and its time to periodize your training.

@jbrad01x Your name sounded familiar. I remember you back in the day on the DD on bodybuilding. I think we're both 4 stars.

@jbrad01x Uh, ... no idea where you came up with 16 sets. 10 sets of back work, and some bis and rear delts thrown in, with a dash of hams at the end. I wouldn't consider snatch grip deads at RPE 7 as "high fatigue." And his MAV is going to go up each training session of the mesocycle...

@jbrad01x OP's not untrained, this is his second bulk. And 10-15 sets per muscle group/week definitely in the wheelhouse. For back, 6 sets for vertical pulls per week, 6 sets for horizontal pulls per week seems reasonable. And starting with snatch grip deads at RPE 7 seems fine. Plus, on top...

@jbrad01x I would guess that the trainer is suggesting a rep range to dial in the right intensity. For example, with the exercises 3x10, and the RPE at 8, trainer wants client lifting 70% of 1RM and leaving a couple reps in the tank. He's just using the 10 reps as a starting point. And I...