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@learningasigo You can step back from the machine and perform these unilaterally. Makes a great lengthened bias lat focused row.

@togetherinhim Yes. Using my own personal experience, I'll usually continue to make strength gains going into the beginning of a prep, but towards the end is when my strength will start to drop.

@togetherinhim Some strength loss is to be expected while cutting. You also significantly reduced your training intensity, which isn't the greatest idea from a strength and muscle retention standpoint. Higher rep work tends to suffer more during a cut due to the glycolytic demands of such work...

@sinnersavedsaint There's nothing wrong with starting at 1600 kcal and slowly adding calories. Honestly if more people took a more methodical approach they'd be much better off. Just monitor average bodyweight and make adjustments. Muscle gain is a slow process and even slower for a female, if...

@dawn16 Maintenance seems reasonable. Cutting calories would depend on the rate of loss you’re aiming for. A 500 kcal daily deficit would theoretically result in 1 lb of fat lost per week (1 lb = 3500 kcal) Really these numbers should just be seen as an educated guess at best and the only way...

@dawn16 Glad to help. Feel free to ask any follow-up questions and I'll do my best to answer them.

@jdawg37659 Assuming you're a novice 3 full body sessions per week is a smart choice. So what you're doing now sounds solid except that's a LOT of cardio. Am I understanding correctly that you're doing 1.5 hours of cardio on rest days? So 7.5 hours total for the week?

@brendan3248 Adherence is everything so pick what you think you'll enjoy the most and be able to stick to with your schedule. There are some pros/cons between the two, but in the long run I don't think one would be superior to the other.

@dawn16 How long have you been lifting? If you're just getting started it wouldn't be a bad idea to just eat at maintenance. With consistent hard training you should be able to recomp for a bit and maybe 6 months down the road you can reassess and decide to cut or bulk. Lifting should always...

@selenad No reason to change programs. With more food you should have higher recover-ability, but I would systematically add training volume as time goes on to further progress rather than throw a bunch more volume in right off the bat.

@decibyte If she wants to look good in yoga pants that's completely achievable through resistance training. It'll also look proportional as well. A disproportional look with zero hamstring or quad development would have to BBL, but it's also a pretty bad look imo.

@kennethe62 I think the best route to take regardless of muscle group is pick only a handful of exercises and rotate every couple mesocycles if you wish. Most of the progress seen when you start a new movement is simply developing the skill to perform that movement more effectively and until you...

@davidtoma Makes sense. I think having the option in user settings to input known 1RM's for at least SQ/BP/DL would be a good idea.

@davidtoma Sweet. I notice the avg. intensity is showing 100% though. Shouldn't this be a % of estimated 1RM? Also, any plans on making this based of a known 1RM as opposed to an estimated?

@davidtoma I set it to lb in the log itself, but my settings were still set to kg since I didn't adjust my settings first. Since I thought this was the issue to begin with I deleted the log after changing settings to lbs, but even after reentering the log I get the same thing. EDIT - I deleted...

@ruthofzion This is going to vary quite a bit depending on the severity of the cut. Cutting down to sub 10% and a contest prep are two very different things. Also, pretty much all methods for testing bodyfat are poor for tracking individual changes, this includes DEXA. The Pitfalls of Body Fat...

@davidtoma This is a great idea and with it being text based it removes a lot of the limitations a lot of other trackers have. Once problem I'm having right now is with the units. I've selected lbs in the settings, but it keeps assuming the loads in my log are in kilos. For example, here's my...