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Yes it can, if you're extreme dieting and your metabolism is adapting to be more and more efficient.

Keep in mind that your metabolism is not static - it adapt and compensates to be as efficient as possible. Your mintainence will likely go DOWN overtime, if you're calorie restricting and increasing...

I have in my hands 2 bottles of Pre Jym.

Other than the flavor (one is Natural fruit punch, the other is Cherry Limeade), and the sweetener listed in the ingredients (Natural Fruit Punch used...

Really great points - thanks for sharing.

How do you measure your body fat, or even estimate it? Since I used to be so large, and have only recently had all the skin removed after losing 200+lbs,...

Makes sense - I figured the slight surplus I've been in whilst trying to stay at maintenance (what I calculated to be mintainence, but as stated many times over no calculation or measurement is exact...

Thank you for the link to the study - fascinating!

Mind = blown - I've based all of my training and nutrition decisions on the (perceived, apparently) fact that a caloric surplus is required for...

Everything I've read indicated a calorie surplus is required for new muscle growth. The question is, is there a sweet spot in that surplus/what's the point of diminishing returns :).

Do you reduce the amount of cardio you do when bulking to create a partial surplus in addition to adding food to increase kcal, or do you maintain the same cardio structure year round

Interesting perspective re: strength. I always understood strength to be more of a function of the central nervous system and movement engrams, not necessarily tied to calories the same way new...

Yo!

I'll be pivoting to my first real gaining phase in a few months - I was wondering what everyone found worked best for them from a surplus stand point - and - if they found better results...

What's your daily deficit?

eyeballing it and assuming some, I'd guess you're too light on kcal, and you need more fuel (carbohydrates) around gym time. I'd have something that digests quickly and...

- Chest/Core/HIIT
- Back/Core/Steady State Cardio
- Shoulders/Traps/Core/HIIT
- Bicep/Triceps/Core/Steady State Cardio
- Legs/Heavy Core/Steady State Cardio
- Start over with Chest

Daily core...

You can do anything you put your mind to, sir. Don't let my high volume throw you off - it's just how I did it, and I would have done it differently if I knew then that I know now.

- Have a plan...

I'll tell you that the way I lost all the weight would have been vastly different if I knew then what I know now. I had about a 1000-1500 kcal deficit every day for 11 months, and casually lifted...

I had my belt lipectomy and diastis repair surgery from losing all the weight on January 11th - about 3 months ago. Was the most pain I've ever felt in my life, but I was back up and walking on the...

Thank you - hope it helps someone.

Hey.

I just put this together. I'm thinking about taking some serious time to write and reflect on the past 8 years, but I wanted to get these visuals onto these boards and perhaps begin a...

Hey,

Long story short - I've been around these boards for years, and I've learned a ton of information. Thank you!

I'm hoping to learn a bit more:

Summary:

- Used to be 425 lbs
-...

Hey,

Long story short - I've been around these boards for years, and I've learned a ton of information. Thank you!

I'm hoping to learn a bit more:

Summary:

- Used to be 425 lbs
- Now...

I work out and live in Overland Park.