Pretty much every food you listed except the rice and turkey could be causing the issue. Peanuts and almonds give me gas. Too much oatmeal or string beans will give me gas (from the fiber). The whey...
Do you like the way you look with a shirt on? If you want to be more muscular looking with a shirt on then eat close to maintenance for a while then switch to lean bulk (gaining no more than 2 pounds...
My personal opinion is to not cut, focus on building muscle for now. Your body fat is already pretty low. The body you likely desire will need more muscle, doubtful you’ll see what you want by...
2,000 calories might be a bit low for your weight. If it’s sustainable for you that’s fine; the most important thing is it be something you can stick to.
Neither. Smart scales are notoriously bad, and most other methods aren’t very accurate either. Use your scale for weight, mirror and pics, and strength as a guide of if you’re gaining or losing any...
Great. There are pros and cons to dumbbell and barbell bench. Dumbbell won’t allow one arm to overcompensate for the other and with the range of motion is easier on the shoulders, but is much more...
Congratulations on getting started. First, read this guide on nutrition - https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=173439001 It helped me a lot when I first started looking for info. My...
Pushups hit shoulders indirectly, not hard. However, after doing 10 sets of anything to failure you’re going to have overall fatigue and will be able to lift less. Whatever lift you do first will...
I only ever took it all at once as a preworkout also. Got tingling every time, potentially a bit of a boost for my workout but I did hate the tingling. I switched to citrulline malate that has no...
That’s encouraging to hear. I’ve been doing dumbbells and machines for the last 6 months as barbell bench was causing shoulder pain every time. It was my favorite lift, but my goal is to get stronger...
