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@nathan2018 My 2023 goals were: to achieve 10 pull-ups; to bench my body weight. Secondary: to squat 1.5x and deadlift 2x my body weight, to stretch more. What I achieved: I can do 10 pull-ups! I benched my body weight in August (now I can't do it again). Didn't achieve any secondary goals...

@rumiakthar One more thing that no one mentioned for some reason: people have different appetites. Hunger and satiety cues are highly dependent on hormones and psychological factors. Some people forget to eat, while others constantly think about food. This isn't exactly about metabolism, but I...

@rumiakthar One more thing that no one mentioned for some reason: people have different appetites. Hunger and satiety cues are highly dependent on hormones and psychological factors. Some people forget to eat, while others constantly think about food. This isn't exactly about metabolism, but I...

@greg67 I started supersetting pull-ups with my main lifts (which require 3-5 minutes of rest anyway). As rest time increases due to supersetting, I am getting more total reps. It may not be optimal for the main lifts, but now I'm achieving around 50 pull-ups per workout (in 6-7 sets), and I...

@uticus No specific goals, I just want to continue following my program (GZCLP) and keep progressing. It would be nice to achieve an 80 kg squat, a 100 kg deadlift, and a 57.5 kg bench press. Also, I want to improve my pull-ups and work towards muscle-ups (I am not even close, but I want to...

@dawn16 Maybe it's social media fooling me and the feeling that I could've done better 😅 Yes, I feel like I'm now at more or less the same bodyfat % as I was before the bulk. Thank you so much!

@meow69 Thank you so much! It's really encouraging to hear 🥹 My posing has also improved a lot, e.g., I learned how to spread my lats better. Funnily enough, I've never focused that much on my calves, I mostly trained them once a week. Calf raises and adduction are two funny exercises that I...

@christian2011 Not much. My employer compensates my gym membership, all my sports clothes are like €30 in total (and I haven't bought new ones for ages), knee sleeves were €12, grips €6, chalk is ~€8 a year, protein powder I usually receive as a birthday/Christmas present, creatine is not that...

@spiritualsun Thank you! I feel like the glutes are one muscle that, for some reason, resisted growing the most, although I trained them quite hard

@meloni Thank you!

@zach17 I've always wondered what your motivation is for putting in so much time and effort in answering these endless posts. Thank you for your contribution!

@daisymaisey Thank you! The back is my favorite body part to train!

@kleronomos I go to the gym after work, but I usually have some rest in between, usually about half an hour (during which I eat). But I don't have any studies right now, only work, which makes it easier

@ch3apshad3s Thank you so much, I'm glad it's noticeable to others! When I showed my progress pictures to my parents and asked whether they see the difference, they were like, "hmm, not really." I guess the fitness people know what to look at 😊

@lorice Thank you! Yes, I think it did improve to some extent. I think it's also not even posture per se, but posing. These before photos are screenshots from one of the first progress videos I took. After that, I took many more. So now I know how to pose for the resulting shots to look better 😅

@tiptoeloudly I used to have anorexia, and it's not fun. Good you're careful with it. In my case, newbie gains came with intuitive eating, but I made sure to eat enough protein-rich foods. Initial strength gains can mostly be neuromuscular adaptations; muscle growth is very gradual and takes a...

@jelynemarie Thank you! Yeah, bulking was a mental challenge for sure. I've heard that bulking is somewhat therapeutic, and it turned out to be true - I can accept and love my body even at a higher weight with some extra fat. But it still wasn't the most enjoyable thing to do. And cutting as...

@royalpriestess Haha, for me, it was the first time in several months when I was actually doing some cardio xD Something is always better than nothing.

@royalpriestess I got a shoulder injury several months ago, and well, it was quite bad. I wasn't able to do ANY upper body exercises, because shoulders are needed literally in EVERY exercise. Furthermore, I realized that shoulders are actually very much involved in the majority of lower body...

@cant_think_of_a_name Thank you!