Good afternoon all,
Bit of advice, pretty new to Weight Training. I have decided to go down the clean bulk route. But in your opinions, am I skinny Fat or just plain skinny.
Unsure on BF%
Cheers
J
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Thread: Am I just Skinny or Skinny Fat?
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01-17-2018, 08:53 AM #1
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01-19-2018, 07:23 PM #2
What information do you hope to gain from BF% or if you're "skinny" or "skinny fat"? You need to focus on building muscle, and at a much later stage, worry about BF% and looking shredded.
You're only trying to convince yourself of something no one cares about. If you worry too much about how you look now, you may never get to where you want. Look at my avatar. You want to look like that? Well, that's 7 years of lifting. You don't have much time to worry about these other things.
It'd be of more use to ask for feedback on your routine/diet to help you build muscle at an optimal rate. Lot's of us here on BB.com are willing to help.
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01-20-2018, 03:31 AM #3
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01-20-2018, 12:29 PM #4
That's great feed back to be honest.
Currently I'm working on a 4 day split.
Training early morning.
Back / Bi's
Shoulders / Tris
Chest
Legs
Couple of sessions 30 mins HIIT sessions and Ab work out twice a week
Diet
Breakfast
Weetabix
USN All in One Gainer with a tsp of peanut Butter
Mid morning
Chicken/Rice/Bro****
Mid afternoon
Chicken/Rice/Bro****
6/7pm
Steak or chicken breast, carbs either potato or rice / Bro****
Before bed
USN All in one Gainer with a tspof peanut Butter
Approx 2800/2900 calories
200g protein
300g carbs
80g fat
Thanks
JLast edited by JamieP1990; 01-20-2018 at 12:37 PM. Reason: Adding
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01-20-2018, 12:48 PM #5
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Routine is not optimal, training each muscle group 2-3x per week would be better; get on a more structured program. Ditch the gainer, eat more whole foods, get more variety too since your intake lacks many essential micronutrients (use cronometer.com to check that).
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Fish Oil
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