CS Fitness Homies

[night widget]

740 cal :0

[silver swallow]

2 Tbs of pb
And 2 servings of protein

Ez bulk haha

I’d use myfitness pal. It’ll give you a rough calorie goal on if you wanna gain or lose weight. Then it’s all about just reaching the goal

[night widget]

yee

the problem with me is im too much trying to min max

if it is too much effort to plan meals, i lose momentum

so thats why i tried to look up premade portion controlled meals

or meal replacement shakes

since its easy

and low effort

[sharp kiln]

Instead of the Isoflex vanilla will whey protein work?

So peanut butter, whey protein, and milk that’s genius

[silver swallow]

True
That shake is pretty easy haha
Probably take 5 min to make
And calories can go up so easy
Add another serving of pb and it would be 570 calories of just peanut butter so total calories would be 930 calories haha

Yee any whey protein will work

Isoflex is why

Whey*

Just a brand I like

I use it cause it only has 1 g of carbs and no sugar

[sharp kiln]

That’s insane

Didn’t know peanut butter had that many calories lol

[silver swallow]

Yeah it’s S tier for calories haha

Nuts are also another high calorie food and decent protein
And granola

Would be good also to in the shakes throw in a couple handfuls of spinach or something just to get in vegetables

[night widget]

Have any go to other meals for lunch and dinner

If that's your breakfast

[silver swallow]

Yee

Egg and ham burritos

Standard chicken and rice but just season both and it’s delicious

Using bbq sauce is good too

Pb&js are also easy calories cause of the peanut butter lol

These are mainly for weight gain (aiming for muscle gain)

So those 3 meals above come out to 2112 calories, 147.1 carbs, and 189.7 g of protein

[sharp kiln]

So if I’m 150lbs and how many calories should I be eating a day? Or ig protein too

If I wanna bulk

[silver swallow]

Eating around 200-300 calories above your maintenance calories should yield you some weight gains. Around half a pound. Go above that and you’ll gain more.

[silver swallow]

Protein 150 g should be plenty

[silver swallow]

How tall?

[sharp kiln]

5’10

[silver swallow]

How many days a week are you working out?

Getting an estimate haha. Body scan would be more accurate

[sharp kiln]

4 times

[night widget]

My work pays me to do a biometric scan

Doing it as soon as I can

[silver swallow]

Maintenance 2,549

So no weight gain or weight lose

Loss*

So you gotta eat haha

[silver swallow]

Yeah I would do that haha def more accurate

[silver swallow]

So I’d shoot for 2800 calories

[night widget]

I'm starting at a higher starting point but hopefully that means I will fall faster :p

5'11" 385lb

[silver swallow]

And if you do that you’ll def see weight gain weekly

[silver swallow]

Are you aiming to gain muscle then lose weight?

Building lean muscle def helps with weight loss

[night widget]

Loose weight honestly first. Muscle can come later

I just need less stress on my heart first

[silver swallow]

Yeah def find your maintenance then start out with maybe eating less than 200 calories of that
So if it’s 2,000
Eat 1800 calories

Lose it slowly at first then as you get healthier you can increase to lose it faster
I’m at an extreme level rn
Losing two Lbs a week

[night widget]

i dont have a appetite and i usually only eat 1-2 meals a day. so not sure what my calorie count is. id have to figure it out

[jade fiber]

weight advice?

[night widget]

@jade fiberyee the new #fitness

join us in tormenting our bodies on the treadmill

[jade fiber]

Wait there’s a fitness channel? Lmao

Didn’t even know

[jade fiber]

Cardio is my bane of existence

[night widget]

no there isnt lol

ppl wanted one

never added

[night widget]

same

[silver swallow]

If possible try starting your day with a workout

Should help build an appetite in the morning

[night widget]

dont know if i can unless i go at 5am

i start work at 7am

[silver swallow]

Desk treadmill also pretty nice

I’m assuming a lot of us work at one haha

You can work and walk at the same time. Doesn’t have to be at a fast pace

[sharp kiln]

2800 calories sheesh

I got some eating to do lol

But yeah that breakfast shake should help

[silver swallow]

If possible that workout routine should last roughly an hour. Def help build an appetite

[sharp kiln]

Yeah I definitely work out at least an hour

[silver swallow]

Yeah you can easily make that shake 1,000 calories

[silver swallow]

If you like peanuts 😂

200 grams a lot though

[vital dragon]

plus macros are ass. you're getting like 0.5g protein per 10 calories

[night widget]

bah back to my delima about what to eat

lumen bb

welcome

[vital dragon]

sup

u wanna eat rn monti?

[night widget]

nah

diet planning

[vital dragon]

oh just in general

yea i just found it easier to eat what i usually do with tiny subs

[night widget]

a big issue is keeping motivation to diet when it takes so much to plan

or buy shit

[vital dragon]

small fries instead of regular, sugar free ketchup, etc

adds up

[night widget]

i want just a easy no effort buy and eat solution lol

am lazy

[vital dragon]

ahh there's a lot of nice ways to do that

some cooking still required

but it's mostly chucking frozen things in the air fryer and assembling if you'd like to try

i can shoot you a page i follow for ez stuff

[night widget]

sure

[sharp kiln]

Yes pls

[vital dragon]

oh btw

it's a tiktok page

forgot to mention

[silver swallow]

You said you are only eating one meal a day right? Is it like a huge meal?

[night widget]

not by my standards but may be big for small ppl. like 4 eggs

[vital dragon]

also, if you've been eating in a huge deficit for a while now, i'd consider getting ur metabolism checked

[silver swallow]

4 eggs is only like 300 calories

[vital dragon]

ik mine got fucked up when i used to have one tiny meal a day

[sharp kiln]

4 eggs isn’t much

Even for my weight lol

[night widget]

cup of coffee, 4 egg sammich with cheese

creamer

butter

[silver swallow]

It may sound weird but you can eat more and lose weight
But like you said it’s an appetite thing
How’s your water intake?

[night widget]

i drink like a cammel

[vital dragon]

good

[night widget]

i consume water by the pitcher

legit forget to eat bc no appetite

but 1 - 2 meals a day rn

no exercize

sleep 12 hours a day

[vital dragon]

yea thats not good my guy

[night widget]

typical meal would be 4 bread, 4 eggs, shredded cheese, coffee with creamer

[sharp kiln]

Should we be drinking tons of water to bulk

[silver swallow]

If possible for one day maybe track your calories just to see where you are at calorie wise

[night widget]

or just a meal of pure protien

[silver swallow]

Yes

[vital dragon]

u should be drinking enough water to stay hydrated

[night widget]

such as 6 chicken legs

[vital dragon]

regardless of whether ur bulking or cutting

[silver swallow]

2 liters + should be fine tho

[vital dragon]

depends on person to person

[night widget]

lol my ||piss|| always be clear or light

[vital dragon]

but i think avg recommendation is 4 litres

[silver swallow]

True but 2 liters will def have most people hydrated haha

[vital dragon]

idk

but yea. if it works for you, no need to change it

[night widget]

how much is 2 liters to gal

[vital dragon]

ummm

[silver swallow]

Vitamin waters zero sugar godly

[vital dragon]

i think

[silver swallow]

Yeah that’s just of water

[vital dragon]

1/2 gallon?

0.5

[silver swallow]

I drink other fluids

[night widget]

i drink way more than that a day

[sharp kiln]

Alright I just peeked at my checking acct and we have enough to splurge on protein, will go shopping tomorrow 🙏

[vital dragon]

bro u want quick tip?

get those fairline protein shakes

amazing

[night widget]

we doing this pawg

[vital dragon]

40g protein for like 250 cals or sth

[silver swallow]

Protein is up so much haha 😢

[vital dragon]

tru tru

[sharp kiln]

Yeah I always get protein shakes, definitely need more lol

[sharp kiln]

Even in Utah of all places

@silver swallow I’m doing that my fitness pal app rn, wondering what goal weight should be

Is going from 150 to 170 reasonable

[silver swallow]

Yee

I’d shoot for .5-1 Lbs a week

Or else you’ll have to be eating Eve more

Let’s say you burn 500 calories in a workout. That’s more calories you gotta eat to gain weight haha

[sharp kiln]

This is for 1 lb a week

[silver swallow]

Looks good
Have you tracked how much you burn during a workout?

[night widget]

how do u do that5

[silver swallow]

Easiest way is a fitness watch

[night widget]

fitbit?

[silver swallow]

You can have it track your workout

[sharp kiln]

Around 500-600 calories

[silver swallow]

Yeah Fitbit should

[sharp kiln]

So I need to eat like 3100 calories?

[silver swallow]

Yeee

[sharp kiln]

Ah shiet

[silver swallow]

Add another serving of pb and that shake will take care of 1,000 calories 😂

[night widget]

peanut butter end all

[silver swallow]

Yeah I’d look up some high calorie foods and try and incorporate them as much as possible

[night widget]

why eat anything else

[silver swallow]

Gotta eat them greens 🥬

[night widget]

u hungy? peanut butter
start of day? peanut butter
dinner? peanut butter

[silver swallow]

Gotta hit them gains haha

On a cut I would eat pb

Currently I’m on a cut

[sharp kiln]

I’m gonna have to buy a lot of chicken lol

[silver swallow]

Wouldn’t*

Yeahhh

Mix in some steak a lil more calories

Salmon too 🤤

[sharp kiln]

Trader Joe’s it is

[night widget]

1 legg of chicke is 448 cal

[vital dragon]

imma dm u vids for shopping @night widget

[silver swallow]

On a cut :
Egg whites, chicken breast, carb balance flour tortillas, no fat cheese, oinkos yogurt, rice cakes, keto bread, mustard
Just some things I eat

300 grams of egg whites is 163 calories but you are getting 32.6 g of protein, not fat or carbs

[vital dragon]

yea but egg whites taste like nothing

wish i was as disciplined as u @silver swallow

u must be ripped

[silver swallow]

Gotta season 🤤 throw in some lean ham

Not yet haha

I gained roughly 30 Lbs on a bulk that probably shouldn’t have happened

But atm I’m down 37

So I’m at 186 ish at 5’9’
Gonna get down to 160 which I should hit end of September

Bulks are fun

Down 37 since April 4th 🤣
On that extreme weight loss. I average 2-3 Lbs loss a week

[vital dragon]

same bro. im 179 rn at 5'9"

[vital dragon]

damn

im mostly stuck rn 🥲 since i've become so sedentary these days

[silver swallow]

You trying to lose or gain?

[vital dragon]

but started swimming and gonna start basketball again too so should be back on track

[vital dragon]

lose while gaining muscle

so basically body recomp essentially ig

[night widget]

i hope i avg 3lb minus a week

would be pog

but first need to control diet

then exercise

[vital dragon]

should be chill 4 u imo

[silver swallow]

That’s what I’m doing haha it’s rough trying to squeeze in so much protein on like 1000 calories a day but that’swhy you gotta get a diet plan going

[vital dragon]

dude im telling u fairlife protein shakes are your friend

[night widget]

my biggest concern is food. i have no stress about getting to the gym and doing something there

[vital dragon]

down 2 of those with each meal and u have like half ur protein goal for the day basically on like 500 cals

[silver swallow]

Yee I drink em here and there

My protein is 29 g of protein for like 120 calories

[vital dragon]

oh that's not bad

damn

[silver swallow]

Starting out can be a little nerve racking but if you can keep a routine you’ll eventually kinda get addicted
I feel so off if I don’t go my 6 times a week

[vital dragon]

also, if u use milk, get the fairlife one with 15g protein

[night widget]

i feel better that i now have money i can throw at my problem ngl

[silver swallow]

27g*

[vital dragon]

still pog bro

[night widget]

before hand i felt so bad to ask parents to change our groceries to or limit certain items

bc of self control issues

[night widget]

like if your buying a bunch of junk food and leaving it in the kitchen

its hard not to touch it

but now i can throw money at the issue and just buy my own food

[silver swallow]

Yeah I feel that shopping for yourself is much better because just don’t get the bad stuff haha

I can down an entire bag of sun chips garden salsa which is like 1200 calories

[onyx flint]

This is true for bulking also imo

[silver swallow]

Haven’t had them in forever

[onyx flint]

Except in reverse lol

[vital dragon]

tru

[vital dragon]

just get better alternatives

the vids i sent monty have a bunch of subs

[silver swallow]

Popcorn is goated

[vital dragon]

that don't make u wanna kys

[vital dragon]

tru. even then skinny pop the way to go

[silver swallow]

At some hot sauce just no butter

Add*

[vital dragon]

but i meant for chips

[silver swallow]

and salt lol

[vital dragon]

tf kinda monster are u

hot sauce on popcorn

[onyx flint]

Gold standard from Costco is goated too

[sharp kiln]

You guys have Costco memberships?

[onyx flint]

Leeching off parents

[silver swallow]

Check out the macros on the Isoflex tho pretty Goated for a cut at least

[silver swallow]

Try it bro soooo good

[night widget]

leaching off brothers

[silver swallow]

Valentina

[vital dragon]

i have this one but choco flavor

[onyx flint]

I mean tbh it’s only my second protein brand I’ve tried, before that I was using that organic shit from Costco and it tasted like ass but gold standard tastes so good

[vital dragon]

21g for 150 cal

[sharp kiln]

When I go home to parents house for a month imma leach lol

[vital dragon]

if i hate it, u owe me $10

[onyx flint]

Bro fuck this shit with a ten foot pole

[vital dragon]

i'll dm u my venmo

[vital dragon]

why lol

i haven't tried it yet

[onyx flint]

Tastes horrible

[vital dragon]

i just go with fairlife

oh fr?

[silver swallow]

Isoflex chocolate pretty tasty
I’m a degen tho and just use water 💦

[vital dragon]

imma try it tomorrow and see how shit it is

[onyx flint]

Yeah nah I make fruit smoothies lol

[vital dragon]

ur bulking bruh

[onyx flint]

You need to drown out the flavor with other shit else you’ll just have to deal with it

[vital dragon]

hope ur wrong

i don't have a blender btw so idk how imma mix this shit

[silver swallow]

🥲

[vital dragon]

holy fuck

[silver swallow]

But it lasts like 2-3 months taking daily

[vital dragon]

so like.... ~$30 a month

[silver swallow]

Get a blender bottle

[vital dragon]

nah

i don't wanna

[silver swallow]

At least for like the protein

[onyx flint]

Bro if you like it more power to you

[vital dragon]

imma just stick with fairlife since i won't have to clean it

[silver swallow]

Use to be $65 for the 5 Lbs

[onyx flint]

Bro that’s like twice the price of gold standard goddamn

[onyx flint]

Buy like a $10 shaker

[vital dragon]

i don't wanna have to clean it

[silver swallow]

It’s that scoop lock technology 😂

[silver swallow]

Dishwasher 👀

[vital dragon]

tru tru

[onyx flint]

Gold standard is same calories at 24g

[vital dragon]

i thought shaker bottles were supposed to be hand washed tho

[onyx flint]

Pretty similar

[onyx flint]

The little balls are at least

[vital dragon]

also, salmon is a cheat code for low cal high protein food

[onyx flint]

And forget dish washing that shit if you’ve let it sit for more than an hour

[vital dragon]

just fyi

[vital dragon]

yea i'll just stick with my fairlife shakes then

[onyx flint]

If you do get a shaker lum wash it ASAP

[vital dragon]

my adhd says no

[silver swallow]

If you bought a 5lbs of gold standard you’d pay $83

[vital dragon]

i'll def forget

[silver swallow]

So it’s only $10 more

[onyx flint]

Otherwise you’ll have some biological warfare

[onyx flint]

Yikes it went up that much?

Damn

[silver swallow]

No sugar no carbs

For the Isoflex

Yeah at least on Amazon haha

[vital dragon]

u need sugar tho

for the pre-workout kick

[onyx flint]

I mean I’m bulkin so 🤷‍♂️

[silver swallow]

I keep my sugar intake under 50 g a day atm so whenever I can I skip em 😂

[vital dragon]

my sugar intake is still not ideal

but as long as im maintaining or losing, who cares

[onyx flint]

I’m admittedly not doing the best at bulking but the gains are still slowly coming in at least

[silver swallow]

Yee just something I like to do
All that matters in weight loss is calorie deficit
You could eat pizza for your only meals but as long as you are in a deficit you should see weight loss
Just not optimal lol

[vital dragon]

progress is progress my man

[vital dragon]

exactly. i eat whatever i want. just small subs help me stay in deficit

[sharp kiln]

Damn I’m really gonna have to eat peanuts I think

Literally eating my TC

[onyx flint]

Bulking hard af in Europe, nothing has calorie labels bro

[vital dragon]

lmao

[onyx flint]

I’m just eating as much as I can

[vital dragon]

yeah tbh bulking is harder than cutting imo

stuffing ur face with shit when you're already full is torture

[sharp kiln]

Yeah and my appetite is trash

Tomorrow is gonna hurt

[silver swallow]

Do you get good sleep? 8 hours

[onyx flint]

Yeah like im not one of those people that stress eat, if I’m stressed it’s even harder for me to eat lol

I think my stomach has been expanding lately tho, been getting hungry more often

[sharp kiln]

Yeah, solid 8 hours at the minimum

Damn I just ate a 700 calorie breakfast and I feel ready to burst

Cause usually I barely even eat breakfast

[jade fiber]

How do people bulk without eating breakfast? Shit makes no sense to me

[sharp kiln]

Have no idea lol

3k+ calories in 2 meals?

Maybe like a MASSIVE dinner lmao

[jade fiber]

My appetite is too cheeks to overload on a meal

I need to balance it out

[sharp kiln]

I think small meals throughout the day is much better anyway

[silver swallow]

A lot of small meals if you trying to eat 3,000 calories haha

[onyx flint]

2-3 big meals + snacks is the move imo

[sharp kiln]

[jade fiber]

hol up, y u in that server? 🤨

[night widget]

Morning brothers

[sharp kiln]

Gm

How’s it going so far

More calories is actually giving me a lot more energy

[night widget]

Lol legit

First day of work is tomorrow

Once I get my first paycheck I can enroll in gym pass

I don't have the money to do a monthly subscription rn till I get first paycheck

[sharp kiln]

Makes sense

[night widget]

Then I have been researching more premade calorie controlled meals

[sharp kiln]

Enjoy your last day of freedom

[night widget]

Lol, we will see

Wfh

So it's like college

Xd

Would it be SUS to start clocking hours a hour before my first orientation

Like 7am on first day

But first meeting at 8am

Lol

[sharp kiln]

Lol I wouldn’t risk it tbh

Even though it’s tempting

[silver swallow]

Get them gains boys

[sharp kiln]

1500 calorie dinner possible?

Lol

[night widget]

simply eat 3 chicken leggs

1300 calories

[sharp kiln]

Ok imma buy chicken legs real quick then

That sounds good too

[night widget]

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/calories-in-chicken

"Chicken breast: 165 calories
Chicken thigh: 209 calories
Chicken wing: 203 calories
Chicken drumstick: 172 calories"

[sharp kiln]

I’m about to burst

[jade fiber]

[silver swallow]

How easy was it 🧐😂

[sharp kiln]

Not as hard as I thought, but definitely had to force dinner down a bit lol

Working out made me hungry

[silver swallow]

Niceee keep it up man!

[onyx flint]

Any accessories that can help out with improving in overhead press

[silver swallow]

Why accessories?

If you wanna improve your strength on it increase your calorie and protein intake. Should easily get stronger on it after the first week

Also make sure you are progressively overloading the lift
And try and take it to failure as much as you can

You could also use a smith machine to put on more weight and not have to worry about the stabilization part of the lift

[onyx flint]

Well I’m progressing but like slightly below my weight target, whereas all my other lifts I’m hitting the targets

I’m doing GZCL

[silver swallow]

Don’t think personally you’d need accessory workouts. As you improve in other lifts, like bench press and shoulder press, this should also translate in an increase in strength of your overhead press
Everything muscle in your body isn’t gonna have the same muscle growth. A lot of reasons for this but mainly the ability to overload on weight is easier on some lifts than other. Like squat a bicep. Your leg muscles are a lot bigger than your arm muscle so as you train you should see faster growth in your legs just because it’s bigger haha

[silver swallow]

Early gains today

[sharp kiln]

Wow 600 calories just from strength training?

That’s wild lol

[silver swallow]

Just gotta keep that heart rate up ⬆️
I try and only take 30 second break from each set
But then as I increase weight I can go to like 1 min in between

[night widget]

That means you get a 600 cal meal to make up

Wack

That's like two butter and cheese sammiches

[sharp kiln]

I had to make up 400 yesterday lol

Not too bad

[silver swallow]

If I don’t exercise I only eat 600 calories a day 😂
So it’s actually nice to get those calories burn during my workout
Bc now I get to eat 1500 🤤

[night widget]

Bruhh

U must weigh like 13 lb

[silver swallow]

But that’s also why I workout 6 days a week

Naaaa

On a cut atm

Pretty extreme one

I’m currently at 186

At 5’9

[night widget]

That's a sexy build

[silver swallow]

Aiming for 165 and should get there sometime in September 😂

Thanks 😏

[night widget]

You legit trying to fight toddlers with going down

When they say fight someone your own size, that doesn't mean shrink so you can fight the elementary school

[jade fiber]

Im trynna get to that

maybe higher

gonna take a fat minute tho lmaoo

[silver swallow]

Where you starting from?

[silver swallow]

They need to be taught a lesson

[jade fiber]

im like 160ish rn

[silver swallow]

Niceee
Do you have a goal for how much you are trying to gain a week?

[jade fiber]

Not yet lol, just trying to eat more than I usually do and gym 3 times a week

[silver swallow]

Well as long as you are eating more than usual should see some gain. If possible you should weigh yourself every Monday or just consistently on the same day 1 week apart. Just to see if you are going up, down, or staying the same in weight

[jade fiber]

yea good idea, I should keep doing that

only have checked once in the last month

[sharp kiln]

It’s so hard to work 10 hours days and bulk

Weekend was a cheat code 😦

[jade fiber]

bb wlb better clutch up

10 hours is unnaceptable

[sharp kiln]

Dude it’ll for sure be so much better than this shit

It’s not even the hours it’s the constant stress, but actually the gym is awesome to release stress so that’s nice

[jade fiber]

fax, also y r u bulking?

arent you like 150 5'10?

is that skinny idk

[sharp kiln]

Yep I am. It’s regular weight but for my body I appear a little bit skinny. I wanna get to like 170lbs at least, it would just be much easier to put on muscle mass that way

I used to be like 120 lbs and 5’10 so I’ve already come a long way lol

[jade fiber]

goddamn, well done tho

[sharp kiln]

What I’ve realized is genetics is pretty important. Unfortunately I come from a long line of small brown guys, so I need to push hard if I want to get a bigger frame lol

Then you have these guys that have huge dads and grandfathers, so they’re already naturally big

[jade fiber]

my dad is actually big lmao, but we was skinny af when he was around my age

so, unfortunately gotta deal with the stick situation myself too

[sharp kiln]

Yeah that’s actually very similar to my situation, my dad was 5’5/130lbs at my age but he said around late 20s he got huge and I’ve seen pics, he looked like a football player lol

But it took time

[jade fiber]

lmao yea my dad is like 220 6'2, ig thats just the pattern with the brown bois

[sharp kiln]

Holy fk your dad is massive

I just went shopping for high protein, calorie-dense food and am now broke lol

It’s gotten so expensive

Hopefully itll last me at least 1.5 weeks…

[jade fiber]

I swear bulking is so pain man

Force feeding expensive as shit

[silver swallow]

Yeah it’s pricey but the gains 😂

Protein bars are easy calories also

I like Atkins and pure protien

Not as tasty as normal candy bars but can help crave sweet tooth

There’s a pure protein bar thats 200 cals and 20 g of protein

[vital dragon]

Or make Kodiak cakes

[silver swallow]

Those are yummy

[sharp kiln]

@silver swallow you think working out 4 days a week is good enough?

During bull

[silver swallow]

Yeah 4 is plenty
Just making sure you are going to failure if you are only gonna be working out certain muscles groups once a week

Well just go to failure in general haha

[jade fiber]

wb 3, if ur on the big bulk

Im more focused on eating more tbh

[silver swallow]

3 is aight
Work the muscle more = it’ll get bigger faster

[sharp kiln]

So I usually do 3 sets of 10 reps but I should do 3 sets where I go to failure instead?

[silver swallow]

That’s fine
I’m assuming you are increasing weight each time?

I would do a fourth that increases what you are doing by 10

If on your third set you are knocking out 10 you should be able to get close to 5 if not more on that 4th set

Push until you physically can’t

[sharp kiln]

Oh uh I actually start at a heavy weight for the first 2 sets then lower it on the 3rd cause i get tired and it’s like a cool off

Should I be reversing that?

[silver swallow]

Yeah def reverse

You’ll be prone to injury starting off heavy

Muscles aren’t warmed up

[sharp kiln]

Got it, ty

[silver swallow]

Yw lmk if it feels better doing it like that

[sharp kiln]

Today was much easier to hit my calorie goal

Just focus more on liquids is the trick lol

[silver swallow]

Did you feel hungrier when doing liquids? I usually am so I try and stick to solids. But on a bulk that would be beneficial haha

[sharp kiln]

I didn’t workout yesterday so didn’t have much of an appetite

That’s why liquids helped

[vital dragon]

Smoke weed. You’ll be hungry in no time

[onyx flint]

Is weed the secret for bulking

[sharp kiln]

Say no to drugs 😤

Schools really thought ppl are gonna give expensive drugs out for free lol

[onyx flint]

I mean depending on the parties you go to…

[vital dragon]

Rob goes to some sus parties

[onyx flint]

Bro I only had weed offered to me

Never been to some project x shit lol

[sharp kiln]

I wanna go to at least one project x type party before I die

[onyx flint]

I’d say if people are offering weed or coke at a party that’s pretty standard but if they start offering shit like crack or meth get the fuck out lmao

Shrooms pretty typical for parties too I think

[sharp kiln]

I thought some cocaine is expensive. Ig you just don’t get offered the good stuff

[vital dragon]

U really need to reevaluate ur social circle if ur being offered meth at parties lol

[onyx flint]

Well yeah I’ve never been to a bougie enough party where they’re offering coke lol

[onyx flint]

That ain’t a party, that’s a trap house

[sharp kiln]

So $125 for around 2 weeks of stuff in Utah

And like protein-heavy, neat foods mostly

Not bad actually

[silver swallow]

That like $3 a meal

Lol assuming you eat 3 meals a day that consist of the same stuff lol

[sharp kiln]

Yeah honestly it’s a steal now that I think about it. I bought this big piece of bulgogi that was like $20 so that was a large part of the total lol

It looked too good not to buy

[sharp kiln]

Wtf

I did 40 minutes of weights and burned 500 calories rip

[vital dragon]

U burn more calories at rest too bb

[sharp kiln]

I have to eat 1800 calories by today

[night widget]

You can eat 8 pop tarts

[sharp kiln]

I brought it down to 900 but I’m dying lol, just have to space it out

Yeah clean bulk is torture

@silver swallow thanks for the weight training suggestion, it worked a lot better going to failure and slowly incrementing weight rather than decrementing

[silver swallow]

You’re welcome bb
Yeah you can usually burn 100 cal per 10 min of weight lifting
As long as you aren’t resting too long

[ionic crater]

Lmao y'all made your own channel

[humble bolt]

Underground club

[vital dragon]

Yea now gtfo. Thnx

Jk jk. Everyone’s welcome

[humble bolt]

@vague python

[vital dragon]

Yea ugly unemployed ppl as well

[sharp kiln]

When it feels like I’ve been doing this for a year and I see “streak: 3 days” on MyFitnessPal

[night widget]

Lol

[onyx flint]

We gotta let @simple kelp know

[sharp kiln]

Wait is that Tony’s alt account

[simple kelp]

SlumDawgggg Millionaire

[sharp kiln]

Ayy my brother from another mother

Good to see you man

[simple kelp]

cheers bro

[jade fiber]

U know it’s him coz he used his famous exclamation point react

[onyx flint]

Do you guys breathe in and brace core during high volume sets too? Or only during heavy weight

For like bench/squat/DL

[silver swallow]

For each movement you should definitely have a good breathing pattern
Bench: breath in on the way down and breath out in the way up
Squat: same breath in on the way down and breath out on the way up
DL: breath in before pulling up
I think naturally breathing correctly your core will be braced
I prefer to inhale through the nose and exhale through my mouth

[onyx flint]

How do you do breathing when doing like 10 reps

Breathe in before each rep or like after 3-4 reps

[silver swallow]

Def after each rep

I would be winded trying to do 4 reps on one breath

So for bench

On each rep

Breath in on the way down and out on the way up for each rep

You’ll def be able to hit more reps if you have been doing 3-4 reps on a single breath

[onyx flint]

Yeah I do each rep for high weight low rep sets, was just confused about high rep sets lol

Thanks

[sharp kiln]

Yep this is exactly how I do it

I think it’s the optimal way

My god I literally look pregnant right now with how much I’ve eaten 💀

[silver swallow]

How are the gains boys

[humble bolt]

[sharp kiln]

Today gonna be tough for me to hit calorie goal 😦

In office until 9

[onyx flint]

Had a good arm pump today

[night widget]

Y'all think I'm going to die if I go to the gym at 5am then start work at 7am

[humble bolt]

I did this all the time but it takes some getting used too

[sharp kiln]

It was nice knowing you

[silver swallow]

Nah you’ll be chillin

[onyx flint]

Early morning workouts feel awesome

[night widget]

Sup

2am gang gang

[onyx flint]

Boutta do a workout at noon lol

Fueled up on two pieces of toast

[onyx flint]

Bois I just breached 200lb on a lift for the first time

I know it’s noobie shit but I’m so fuckin hype rn

[humble bolt]

bench pr?

[onyx flint]

Nah deadlift lol

Bench pr is currently 125

Slowly but surely

[night widget]

Morning

[sharp kiln]

200 lbs noobie

Idek if I could do 20 lbs

[onyx flint]

I’ve only been lifting for 3-4 months so I def still think I’m a noob

[onyx flint]

I’m confident you can deadlift like 95 without any prior deadlift practice

[jade fiber]

What did u start on?

[onyx flint]

Uhh so when I reset after the gyms opened up again I was at 70

Way back in freshman year i started at like 55 lol

[humble bolt]

Starting is so fun because you can see so many gains so quickly. I remember when I started with only the bar, good times

[onyx flint]

Yeah I’m at the point in deadlifting where my grip is almost giving out before my actual lift is lol

Might consider getting straps idk

Or just going ham on grip exercises

[onyx flint]

How long did you take before using straps / belts

[humble bolt]

Straps for resistance or to aid with carrying the weight?

[onyx flint]

Aid with carrying heavy weight

Like all the powerlifting/bodybuilding dudes on YT I see are using belts / straps

I’m wondering if I should be using them

[humble bolt]

My weight lifting coach encouraged used to make us wear them once we had good enough form and tried pushing our max

I don’t use them anymore though

That was like 1 year + of weight lifting maybe

[onyx flint]

Yeah I’ve been doing weighted crunches to help with bracing core

And reverse curls to help with forearm strength

[humble bolt]

Rotate between weight and no weights for great burn on core

I always do that. Weighted crunch turned to weighted leg raises then immediately drop weight for other exercises like reverse crunches

[sharp kiln]

I don’t mean to brag but uhhh check out my name 😎

[onyx flint]

Same session? Like a superset?

[humble bolt]

Yeah, superset