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Guess I traded in my natty card without even realizing it. See ya guys. It's been fun.

I've been running upper lower 4 times a week for forever. Want to throw in a weak point day to mix things up, planning to start with side delts and triceps. Any tips on programming to minimise the impact of reduced rest days? I'm used to U/L/REST/U/REST/L/REST which always allows 2-3 days...

Same exercises on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday in order. It’s extremely unconventional and I’ve only ever met one other person that does something similar. Whenever I talk about it, people try and tell me that it’s bad or I’ll get injured. I’ve been doing this for 3 years now, and I...

Edit: I found out I was eating about 1000 calories on PBJ with milk. 400 Calories with the amount of peanut butter I was putting. I was drinking 2 glasses of milk. Which equaled to 3 cup of milk=360 calories. Not including the 2 slices of bread or the jam. I was overeating without realizing on...

I don’t have an insane amount of volume, I simply just take my time and rest probably a bit too much

Anyone had good results from this type of programming? Do i understand it correctly? First week you start at 3 rir and use just enough volume to get gains (MEV) then each week add load or reps to drop rir by one, while also adding set you recover. Week 1: 100 x 8,7,6 (3 rir) Week 2: 105 x...

From the IG post below. Was planning to start this but wanted to get some feedback. He acknowledges he takes peptides but would like to keep this focused on macros and not about PED's. His physique has been consistent and that's mainly what I'm looking for. 225g protein, 100g Carbs (sometimes...

So turns out I only have 45 minutes in the morning starting next week to get a good workout in. Was trying to build muscle and shred some fat. About 30 and have on/off 8 year experience due to work schedule. Does anyone advice what program to best use to reach my goals in my new allotted time frame?

tl;dr I tried something akin to Mentzer's consolidation program for 6ish weeks, I could see how it could probably work in the appropriate situation given some tweaks. Like most of us, I have been hearing about Mentzer's ideology from the fitness talking heads over the past 6 mos - 1 yr. I read...

How are we doing Natty Fam! It’s been awhile since I’ve updated, and these types of updates are what originally brought me to the subreddit years ago. I love reading into the decision-making processes and journeys of others like myself, more so than a simple Q&A forum – so here goes. My last...

After only doing cardio on/off the last few years, I decided to force myself to start lifting instead, not using my schedule as an excuse anymore. I try to, if possible at least do 20-60 mins on the cross trainer a day, 50 ish minutes of e-biking daily to/from. I aim to loose about 20 kgs and...

Hello everyone, I hope you are fine. I started bodybuilding (24 M / 1m 75cm / 68 kg). I want to bulk. Can you tell me please what you think about my nutrition plan please? Breakfast: 100 g peanut butter 1 Banana 2 yogurt Activia Lunch: ·Salad: 300 g potato + 100 g carrots 3 eggs...

I get it, we’re natties. Not being obviously muscular in normal clothes is our cross to bear. But, dangit, it’s happened twice this week and it sucks. I’m 2 years in and am still getting these comments. I mean, I’m relatively happy with my progress but still. Ugggg! Edit: Thanks for the...

I’m still at novice levels of strength (22kg bench press) and I gain strength soooo slow it’s ridiculous! I get over 1g/1lb of body weight in protein, I get good sleep, I’m doing a good amount of volume, I’m not deficient in nutrients, form is great. Why the hell do I progress so slowly? It’s...

Ive made posts about this before but it seems time and time again the guys who are adding the most LBM/density to their physique are the ones focused on moving big loads in their training (regardless of rep range). AJ Morris' recent post is a perfect example, and it confuses me b/c his style...

For all of my high school years I drank whey protein and got significant mass and strength gains. I was the heaviest I've ever been and pound-for-pound stronger than I've ever been. I realized I was allergic to whey and it gives me bad acne (verified again 2 months ago @22 y/o), so I stopped...

Is this okay to workout upper lower 3 days in a row? It won't affect recovery or anytbing? I usually see upper/Lower for two days in a row and then rest for one, then upper/lower again for two more days. My schedule would be Lower Upper Lower (Tue-Thur), Off Fri, Upper (Saturday), Off Sunday and...

Apologies for the long post, but I just wanted to share with you all my journey to stepping on a bodybuilding stage for the first time. I'm 25 and I've been training for around 10 years now, but most of this time was spent messing around without any tracking or specific goals in mind. I got into...

Hypertrophy means 3x12 or 6-8 Reps and is supposed to be the best rep count for muscle growth. But I do not really feel my muscles burning after like 6-8 Reps. Now you would say, put on more weight. Makes sense, but with more weight, I feel like uncomfortable joint pain or the tendon hurt...

I recently finished the 3DMJ's books - the training pyramid and the nutrition pyramid. They're so awesome! Probably the best books I've read so far on lifting and nutrition. It felt a bit tricky to apply the program building principles in practice. For nutrition, they have FitGenie app (which...