I have been gym around less than a year, and I now my body fat percentage is around 20% (from my smart scales), and I still have the development of the load of the force even though it is slow.
Did I need to continue cutting or now I'm just maintaining? Or even bulking?
Hey guys, so I’m (19M) planning to really starting to work out, to diet, and to eat properly and healthy. I’m pretty new when it comes to fitness and nutrition goals, so I have no idea what’s best for me, so I apologize if I say anything weird or dumb. I have a really weird body type. I have face fat, fat cheekbones, fat cheeks, double chin, skinny flappy arms, flappy biceps, thin hands, thin fingers, fat stomach/belly, fat hips, thick skin, thighs are not bad looking, and legs are not bad looking.
My goal is to lose face fat, slimmer face, lose cheek fat, slimmer cheeks, lose cheekbone fat, slimmer cheekbones, lose double chin, slimmer and sharper chin, slimmer and sharper jawline, visible Adam’s apple, build muscle, good collarbone, broad shoulders, big biceps, big arms, big hands (thick hands), big fingers (thick fingers), lose stomach/belly fat, lose hip fat, stretchy skin, big model like pecs, model like v line six pack abs, slimmer hips, Greek God like back, toned thighs, toned legs, and weighting around 200 lbs. My current weight is about 155 lbs. Having my biceps and arms the most weighted body parts in my whole body, while having low body fat in the rest of my body. So basically my dream body would be a combination of athletic, male model, and Greek God if that makes sense.
With all that being said, what meal plan recommendations do you guys recommend? What 7 different breakfast meals and 7 different lunch meals do y’all recommend based on my goal? Is having dinner really necessary? Is having snacks really necessary? Should I not eat healthy carbs? What’s the best time of the day to stop eating before sleep/before night or is that not necessary? Do you recommend me supplements, if so, which specific ones? Is it better to workout in the morning or evening? Is it better to eat before or after you workout? What are the differences between lean, cut, and bulk, and are any of these beneficial to my goal? What stretches do you recommend before working out?
How long should I workout for a day? What other specific out of the gym exercises and workouts do you recommend or it’s all in the gym? I also plan to hang from a pull up bar for my back to improve my back and box a punching bag to know how to fight. Is it best to take it slow on the first day, first few days, first week, or just regularly train hard on the first day? What specific gym equipment should I spend more time on compared to others based on my goals? (For example: 40 mins here, 20 mins there) What specific gym equipment do you recommend and that’ll be best for my goal? (The reason why I ask is because my gym has a lot of gym equipment and I want to use to right and specific ones for my goals)
Thanks guys so much for your time reading all this. I really appreciate it. Sorry for asking a lot of questions. Hope y’all have a good day.
(21M) I’ve been working on them for months and they just don’t seem to respond. What are some methods/exercises to make them pop more?
hey all! i just started going to the gym a couple weeks ago and am looking for advice on what my workouts should look like. my goal is mainly to build muscle but i would also like to lose a little fat. right now i go 3x a week and have been trying to hit full body via 3 sets of 6-7 exercises every time i go. however, i haven’t quite been able to hit every muscle group every time. would it be more effective to pick more exercises and do less sets to hit everything? or should i do upper/lower/fullbody in 3 seperate workouts? thanks!
I really want to start taking the gym more seriously but I keep getting overwhelmed and stuck in comparison instead of actually staying consistent. I fail to be more consistent than 2 months.
I honestly don’t know what would suit my body best or what would make the biggest aesthetic difference. If you had my build, what would you personally focus on training? Would you focus more on glutes/hamstrings, overall strength, Pilates, posture, etc?
I added pics and between both the difference is 13lbs and I can’t figure out what looks better.
I also keep seeing mixed opinions online and now I’m overthinking everything 😭 I’ve been avoiding core workouts because people say they can make your waist look wider, and I’m also scared certain exercises make hip dips more noticeable.
I’d really appreciate honest advice/motivation because I feel like I keep getting in my own head instead of just starting.
Stats: 5’7 / 133 lbs / 26” waist / 38” hips
I have tried amazing hard to fix this issue and I can’t, no matter what my right pec is not firing. I can’t even just sit idle and squeeze and contract the muscle it just tenses my shoulders
This is basically summing up how I feel I’m tired of this stuff man this is the one thing I have going on for me in my life and even still I seems I can’t progress even after trying hard for 8 months and it’s not like I’m new to the gym I’ve been for years just consistent in the last 8 months genuinely what’s the point what am I not understanding
Maybe I’m just overthinking it but I’m not too impressed for 2-3 months of going gym. I am highly dedicated to keep going and stuff I’m just looking for advice. I eat 120g-150g protein a day and I feel like my arms haven’t grown. I have been doing a PPLRULR split for around 25 days.
sorry for the trash quality. My back camera was shaking. How’s the progress so far? Been running 14.5km for 2 years, and last year I added push-ups, sit-ups, leg raises, lower belly work, Russian twists, standing crunches, and recently pull-ups
I've been fat for the majority of my life, not obese just overweight. I'm 25 and around 184cm. I tried going to gym multiple times but never very seriously. around begin December i seriously started my cut weighing around 96kg (in the summer i weighed closer to 100KG)
Since then i kept discipline and motivation , 5 months later i weigh around 86kg. I do strength training 4/5 times a week with 10k steps daily. Nutrition wise i always tried to get atleast 1.7/1.8 gr per kg i also started creatine about a month ago. and i'm seeing results on the scale and physically. my waist got smaller so have my hips. And i genuinly thought i was making good progress , i tried guessing my bodyfat percentage with measuring tape around my body to get a good guess and it came around 22/23% which i thought wasn't so bad.
I thought it would be a good idea to do a DEXA scan and get an accurate result of my body. It turned out to be 33,1%. Which is ridicously high, i would have never guessed that ,neither would people around me i kinda have some muscle on me but also fat, the scan told me i have about 54kg of lean mass. Anyway moral of the story i obviously want to get my bf% down and my muscle weight up cause it's pretty low. After seeing these result today it feels like a blow to my motivation. After calculations i would need to be under 70kg to be like 22/23% bodyfat which still isn't super lean but it means i would need to lose another 15kg , sounds impossible for me.
Anyway thank you for taking the time to read this. If someone has any advice or been throught the same please let me know.
Im going to figure out myself wether to use high or low carbon,but I will just ask for some examples of food like this
I first tried a cut and got from 173lbs to 158lbs but I still wasn’t very lean at that weight so I figured I needed more muscle mass first, open to any advice. I’m 5’6” for height reference. Biggest thing I want to get rid of is probably most obviously my love handles and lower stomach fat, which I now there’s no way to spot reduce fat, but would building up my core muscles help make it look like there’s less fat in that area?
What can I add or do differently to tone my stomach more. I’m 5’3 110 pound female. I don’t have access to a gym but I have some lighter weights at home. I get my steps in and workout 5 ish days a week.
Can i also build this physique
I was watching YouTube shorts and saw this i wanted to ask can i also build a physique like this. If i can then what is the routine i need to follow
I am 5'10
Age:18 going to turn 19
Weight 74kg
I am chubby and have love handles i am skinny fat
For context I have been working out for 4months and haven’t seen any changes.
My routine:
- Hip Thrust
- RDL / Goodmornings
- Bulgarian Split Squat / Step Ups
- Single Leg Press
- Curtsy Lunge
- Cable Clamshell
- Seated Hip Abduction
I know its a lot, and Im so sick of doing everything because I can’t afford pt and I am only relying online, and they all say different things, so Im doing everything at the same time. I do this 2-3x a week.
Help me fix this!
im 5 seven 130lb stuck in this skinny fat era for ages like over 6 months im concufsed if i should cut or bulk i hit gym 5-6x a week and 10k steps a day