r/FTMFitness

I finally bit the bullet and got a gym membership to my local planet fitness a couple days ago after doing research on the few gyms that are available in my area, but now that ive done that I'm like, incredibly anxious about actually going i guess?

I havent been in a gym type setting since being in the weight room at my high school in freshman year (12 years ago) so aside from some home workouts here and there i dont really know much about the machines, gym etiquette, any of that stuff aside from what ive seen online

I also live in a city thats definitely on the small side and pretty conservative (not as much as it was in the past, but i digress) and there isn't a very big trans/genderqueer population here. I know theres a handful of us, but we're pretty spread out and theres not really any kind of community/support groups etc for it here 😪

I've been on testosterone for like 6 years and had top surgery last year, I pass well and dont really get misgendered except on very, very rare occasions now, but I guess im just worried about being clocked somehow and getting harassed or something, idk.

I would love to have a gym buddy to go with, especially if theyre transmasc/genderqueer themselves as that would make it less daunting for sure but all of my friends are cis and their schedules are either too busy already to add going to the gym regularly, or our schedules just wont ever line up properly in general

I know a majority of this is probably just me overthinking and probably sounds stupid lmao, but any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Ive just landed a casual job as a removalist and haven’t got much experience with regular intense exercise.

Looking for any pointers or things to watch out for. Obviously theres a lot to learn re. Safe lifting- I feel confident with my lifting and carrying safety usually but doing it for multiple 6-12h shifts a week is a whole other ballpark for me!

A friend suggested that taking ?glucosamine? may help ease some of the wear and tear on my muscles and joints? I have no idea what shoes are best to wear? Any advice welcome!

I see the most recommended split is push pull legs, but I have a disproportionately large ass compared to my underdeveloped legs so to remedy that and make my legs bigger, my split has been push, legs (quads), pull, legs (hamstrings and glutes). I do a three day gym week, and just do the next day based on the day I did before. But am I working legs too much? Will I prevent myself from actually building muscle if I’m doing a leg day every other visit to the gym? My legs are usually not sore by the time my next leg day rolls around, if that makes any difference.

Edit: well I guess today I learned that PPL is a 6 day gym week split, which I didn’t know - very much a gym beginner here, thanks for everyone who let me know. New question I guess is: if I’m still sore the next time I go to the gym, am I hampering my progress by working those sore muscles again? For example, my legs are usually still sore by the time I go to the gym for an upper body day on my current split. So I assume that I’d probably still be sore with each gym day if I did a full body day every time I went. Will that hamper my progress? Or do I just need to make sure I’m not pushing hard enough to get super sore? And sorry if these are dumb questions!

Hey guys, I'm currently trying to bulk but I'm struggling with the sheer volume of food I'm needing to eat. I have to walk around 10 miles a night at work, and I'm doing every other day weights at home (nearest gym is an hour round trip, and on top of a 12 hour shift that's not happening). Maintainance for me is already in the 2600 area. I'm getting in 130g of protein a day, but I'm struggling to up my calorie intake to 2900 in a clean way. Does anyone know of some calorie dense carbs I can add in? Preferably stuff I can take into work.

Hoping to start a new job soon (fingers crossed!) but the schedule realistically leaves only the weekends to lift. Would it be better to do upper/lower or full body twice in a row? I feel like my growth would be limited with 1x frequency but worry about fatigue training everything twice in a row. Any ideas? Cheers in advance!

Im 15 ftm, and i had some good beginner gains going for a few months until they suddenly plateued and i became really bony and small again. I have an ok frame right now but just small. Im starting T in a few months and im worried that me lacking now is gonna set me back or stunt bone changes. Or if anyone else who started around my age noticed differences in the gym at some point. Or or, if anyone my age did some lifting pre-t and got actual results.

When I first started, all the content was telling me track your macros, bulk, cut, maingain, calculate your TDEE, eat in a deficit or a surplus, get your protein, get your carbs, pre-workout carbs, post-workout meals, fibre, fats. Low reps high weight, high weight low reps. UL/PPL, FBEOD, failure, 1-2 RIR.

Lately it’s been stressing me out; I’ve been doing a lot of endurance work and losing loads of weight and my lifts have gone down. I’ve been stressing about nutrition and carbs and when to eat and when not to eat and how to make my training more optimised and tracking my weight and intake every day to get my true TDEE and watching nutritional science lectures to understand how best to fuel.

And then it hit me - my body is going to change throughout my life to represent where I am at in life and that’s okay. You actually don’t need to track anything. I know I eat healthily 80-90% of the time, I don’t have to have perfect macros and macro delivery every day. I can snack when I’m hungry and not when I’m not. I am not a professional, I’m just a guy with a hobby. I don’t need a professional-level nutrition plan. Why does all fitness content online make it seem like you have to be obsessive about this stuff?

Maybe it’s an obvious realisation that many of you have had but I do see a lot of posts on here about macros, especially pre- and post-T, etc., and just wanted to make this post for anyone else who’s in the same boat that I was - your body is just a body, you can do the sport for enjoyment and change nothing else about your life and your body will still change in the ways you want it to. Arguably we shouldn’t be doing it for aesthetics cos I reckon that’s how you make this stuff unhealthy - but that’s probably another post.

Idk maybe I’m just stoned. Love yourselves gang. Remember that this shit is not that serious it’s just a hobby.

Hi guys! Ive been on T for five years and am unsure about how to calculate my tdee. Do I put female or male? And also if I weight lift daily for 30 mins and do 1 1/2hrs of cardio (separately) then would I put lightly active? Thank you!

i stopped going to the gym recently, just after finally getting myself to go again because i was too busy with life before.

had an incident where some teenage girls just "so happened" to keep using the machines next to me and not actually using them, just staring googly eyed at me laughing to each other and doing those hand motions highschool mean girls do. made me feel like shi so i'm planning to cancel my membership. my ego is in fact too fragile for that, and i am too self conscious to deal with it. legit get anxiety trying to get ready to go to the gym now.

but besides that, likely not gonna go to the gym anymore. plus, i don't really know if i want to be paying for it anyway.

could i realistically loose weight and fat with only dieting? i've tried so many diets and none of them ever did anything, but idk if maybe i was just doing the wrong ones?

i really want to look more masculine, im still really curvy and it's just from how my fat sits on my body. butt & thighs. i also have a very fat stomach, it's always sticking out and it's super noticeable which i hate. idk if im considered skinny fat, but i might be. cuz those three areas are the only parts of my body that are fat.

i know you can't target specific areas but, idk. i'm not super knowledgeable about health, especially healthy eating, cuz i grew up with it just not ever being important.

Right now I'm only getting 40-60g a day 🥲 a lot of the food i eat is carbs but lowkey meat is so expensive i feel bad eating it more than once a day. (i am also allergic to tofu and other soy proteins 😃)

EDIT: especially i would love to get recommendations for high protein snacks bc i find myself eating like one actual meal a day and then destroying a bag of pretzels or some shit

I am about to start testosterone in about a month. I am 20 years old and have been very into sports/fitness my whole life and am very accustomed to calculating macros for different cutting/bulking cycles, but I'm not really sure how to go about calculating them after I start testosterone.

Obviously my BMR isn't going to go up overnight. Should I slowly increase or leave it the same? I just don't want to miss out on any potential gains by under eating but I also prefer to keep a fairly lean physique.

hi, Im 22y, 72kg, 1 1/2 year on T and last year had top surgery and had a revision last week.

I was hoping to go back to the gym the 2nd week after the revision but my surgeon just told me I should wait for at least another 3 weeks to hit any upper body muscles. So I am only allowed to hit legs.

I am planning on hitting cardio and some legs for this 3 weeks until I can head back to upper body, since I wanna lose some weight, but Im worried about losing also muscle.

Has anyone gone though something similar? What would you recomend me to avoid the most muscle lose?

I am a slim person but I have that annoying fat behind the hips. I always hated it and I wish I had straight hips.

I am not on T.

How long am I supposed to be in calorie deficit before that goes, more or less?

Also, what is meant by calorie deficit - is being a little bit below enough? Does being significantly below speed up the process? Thanks

Sorry if I'm breaking any rules, I'm very new to Reddit in general. I personally do not like gyms and much prefer following at home fitness videos.

For years now I've been doing Chloe Ting work outs 3 times a week, and although they've definitely helped me get more toned, her typical programs are rarely upper body focused in my experience. The only reason I've stuck to them is because I really like being able to workout immediately from home and follow along without an incessant voice over talking to me.

I know for a more masc body type I really should be strength training that area, so I was curious if anyone knows any other fitTubers that provide fitness programs that lean more into building muscle. Any suggestions/help would be greatly appreciated! 🫶

Hi guys, I’m not going crazy on the body building or anything just trying to keep up with my physical therapy and get into a bit better shape. Part of my physical therapy are exercises that strengthen supportive muscles around my knees, half of which I do supine and the other half I so standing.

Last time I did my exercises I had a HORRIBLE vasovagal reaction following my workout. This has never happened to me before ftr. I had started supine then did a couple of my standing exercises focused on my calves, basically. I’m almost certain I didn’t wait long enough between these exercises but yanno, you live and you learn. Anyways I got super nauseous, went to the bathroom and saw that my lips were blue so I went into recovery mode(I’m a phlebotomist so I know the drill) and got myself sat down with an ice pack on my neck. Almost passed out(was barely coherent to ask for a bucket/let my roomies know) and was dripping non-workout related sweat, 0/10 would not recommend.

Anyways I think it would be very chic to not experience that again! I am pretty sure my problem was in trying to do standing exercises too close to when I had done laying down exercises. With this in mind, does anyone know of any good cooldown exercises post supine exercise?

I struggle with derealization/depersonalization, and I think a lot of it can be attributed to the fact that I'm simply very uncomfortable existing in the body that I have. I've started the process of top surgery, so I'm hoping that will help.

But in the meantime, in the several years that I've done martial arts, weights, and physical activity in general, I don't have any confidence whatsoever when it comes to actually...moving. Does that make sense? I often feel like it's my first time on the planet, and I'm just kind of a meat sack stumbling around lol. Does this get better with time as you transition? Is it mainly a mental thing, or something I can actually physically improve through things like plyometrics or just regular weight training?

So I’ve recently started gym and I’m happy with how my upper body is toning up but my hips have not budged and I have proper child bearing hips (thanks mum). Any in gym or at home exercises that can reduce them? I feel like it’s one of the biggest things that outs me I pass pretty well apart from this

im 17, 2 years on T, 5’3 and 86 lbs. im naturally underweight and i don’t have much of an appetite but im trying to start eating 2100 calories/day with lots of fats to start gaining bc im insanely insecure of how small i am.

i used to lift weights (only like 5-7 lbs) when i was 90 lbs about a year ago, i stopped for top surgery and never really started again bc the surgery messed up my diet for awhile.

should i gain weight before starting to lift again, and how much should i gain? it’s incredibly hard for me to gain so it’ll be awhile before i can get in a healthy range and im desperate to start working out again.

edit: thank you all so much, gonna start lifting on monday lol

They said reduce your volume and your PO will increase and I had a hard time believing it, but I was lowkey forced to reduce my volume simply due to life getting crazy busy and now I’m progressing every session again after working out consistently for 3 years and it’s crazy. Like I’m happy but I’m also lowkey mad bc I actually enjoyed working out that much but wdym I would have progressed faster doing less lol

I'm 2 years on T and my monthly visit stopped already about a year ago+. I just wonder if it is normal to feel like some days at the gym you are completely overperforming or performing well, and other days you can't go further than 4 exercises because of the tiredness?

I always do my T shots on saturday, and I go Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays to the gym. On an average, I have been consistenly skipping 1 session a week... so realistically only going Tuesdays and Saturdays. It is a bad habit I want to break, but haven't managed yet. The tiredness is one of the issue why...

I have had a recent blood test done and everything was normal. I have also passed my yearly medical test for my job and the blood/urine was also fine.

I sleep well, but I am concerned about a few things of my health. I wonder if it has anything to do with being ftm (hormones, or what not).