r/workout

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Until someone complained that I left the weight stack pin on a high weight.

I'll give mine:

High reps tone muscles while low reps build muscle.

For those of you who have achieved your desired aesthetic (other fitness goals aside), what matched your expectations in terms of the difference it’s made you and what surprised or maybe even disappointed you?

Yes, this is a good thing! I am FTM (female to male) and because of my raging dysphoria, working out has made me feel more manly. Today i went to the dollar tree to pick up some fruit for breakfast. I ran into an older woman (bless her heart) and i smiled and said good morning like i always do when i bump into someone. SHE LOOKED AT ME, SMILED BACK AND SAID "good morning young man" i have never felt so good in my life. This is my motivation, i feel manly and look manly now. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

I've been trying for about a year now. As a guy in my twenties I'm very small (116 pounds and barely 5'4) so I only need around 2500 calories according to TDEE calculators to be at surplus. I get full quite fast and I can't think of things to eat. I eat all the foods that are recommended for bulking including milk and peanut butter.

For breakfast I have a smoothie: 250ml milk, 50g peanut butter, 50g oats, 5 cocoa powder, 10g honey = 650 kcal

Lunch: 200g rice, 200g ground beef (75/25) = 700kcal (I don't always manage to finish it)

Dinner: 150g greek yogurt (10% fat), 50g peanut butter, 20g whey protein, 20g dark chocolate, 50g blueberries, 50g strawberries = 700 kcal

This is about 2000 calories in total. I think I'm achieving my protein intake for my weight but it's just the calories. I still need one more stable 500-600 calories that I can add everyday and idk what to even add. I don't like nuts of any kind to eat throughout the day I can only tolerate peanut butter mixed in things. I don't eat eggs since they always upset my stomach. I tried mass gainer and I can't tolerate it either. I'm not sure what I want to eat throughout the day. I always find myself with nothing.

It sounds very easy for many people but I'm seriously struggling to think of adding something that I can eat everyday.

Over the last few years, I have lost a significant amount of weight (roughly 50kg). Although I have always been physically active ( regular gym goer, sports etc) I fixed up my diet which unsurprisingly made a major difference with weight loss.

However I find myself being terribly judgemental regarding larger people - I saw a man eating a tub of ice cream straight out of the tub on the bus and felt somewhat disgusted. Then I self reflected, thinking who am I to judge. Obviously I don't know him, and I know from first hand experience how uncomfortable and damaging for people to make assumptions about you and your lifestyle purely based on a few minutes that they see you.

Has anyone ever dealt with this? Developing a judgemental streak towards larger people after weight loss, whilst also know what that judgement is like.

Please share thoughts.

I'm planning to start going to the gym but i have no idea what exercises to do, how much i should eat, etc.

Tought about hiring a personal trainer for the first month but its really expensive so id rather avoid that if possible.

Any tips?

(Im 193cm tall and 95kg if that helps in any way)

Hellooooo, I wanted to ask if anyone has any knowledge that's backed by scientific studies. This is also a bit of a rant for me as I'm in a sorta pickle?

So I've been going to the gym more often. I've always had a bit of a desire for more muscle tone, and I've been overweight for most of my life, so I've been more motivated to go to the gym. I try to include cardio in my workouts for at least 20 minutes each time, either running or using a stepper, depending on what sports bras I have available and such. I've also been using the weight machines, focusing on heavier weights for legs and a balance between moderate weight, longer reps, and a good challenge weight for my upper body.

I think I've settled on the idea of recomp versus straight weight loss, and I've calculated my calorie deficit to around 1650-1700 cal. The calculations have me aiming for 140g protein a day. I try to track my calories and protein daily, and I've had more good days than bad days, so I consider that a win :). In case anyone is curious, I'm f24, 5'1".

I'm partly frustrated because I'm in a transitional stage in my life. I'm back home after finishing an educational program, and all I'm doing is studying for upcoming important exams. I'm very lucky to have a place to stay and have family willing to take care of me, but... It's a lot. My family is very upset if I don't eat organic and whole foods, which is understandable, but to the point where they lectured me repeatedly after I got a Fage or Chobani Greek yogurt from Safeway. I'm especially frustrated today as one of my family members saw me put whey isolate into my shaker, which I drink right after my workout, and when I came back from the gym, my entire new-ish container was gone. They urged me to just eat lean and small for a month, not go heavy on protein, and then get rid of my container, like taking away my choice to even decide if that was a better alternative...

The thing that I'm conflicted about is that I don't know what's correct here. I don't know if it would be better for me to try to focus on just exercising without having to put in 140 grams of protein, and when I do, I get constant talks about how I'm slowly destroying my organs with all this extra protein, especially my kidneys. I don't think I would be so conflicted if it were from someone who knows nothing, but this is the family member with a science background and is by far one of the healthiest people in my family. However, I do know that their background with exercise has been exclusively running and Bar/Pilates, so... whats the science? Would I be better off just ignoring it and being sneaky with my protein intake, or are they right about limiting myself to fiber-rich foods and a certain amount of protein, despite all the stuff I've been told? I'm not sure what to do. I feel very frustrated at this point, I'm feeling almost... I don't want to say gaslit, but nothing I say is really sticking with them. I just want to know whats the best, and even tho its very nuanced with each person, whats the 'right' thing to do? For context, I've only been working out consistently for almost 3 months after a long hiatus (I was in a difficult academic position), so I know it'll take a lot longer to see real change and results.

And please don't say anything about family being overbearing and stuff. I'm used to the body talking a lot, have had it all my life, and I'm trying to brush it off. It's simply one of those things you have to learn to deal with, and I know it's not the healthiest from some people's perspective, but I am very lucky to have family who do care about me a lot. Even if it sometimes upsets me.

Life is getting busier with work, school, and family, so I’m trying to simplify my training.

I came from a 5 day bro split with cardio after every workout, which I loved. I recently switched to a minimalist full body routine so I can lift 3 days a week and do cardio on my off days.

Full Body A
Pull-ups
Dips
Squats
OHP
Biceps/Triceps superset

Full Body B
Bench
Barbell Rows
RDLs
Lateral Raises
Biceps/Triceps superset

I’m 6’3”, 169 lbs, and my goal isn’t to be huge just build an aesthetic physique. Assuming I’m in a calorie surplus and progressively overloading, is this enough to build muscle, or is it more of a maintenance routine? Most people I lift with say full body is mid for muscle growth, so I’d like to hear some opinions.

I don’t want this I was just curious

Programs for Busy People

Looking for something that a busy person can do.

Been lifting for about 6 months now with a mosh pit of just DIY stuff learned over time from HS, college, random gym training sessions.

Been skinny fat (belly) my whole life and hovering around 51kg (110lbs) at 163cm (5’5)

Love doing the following:
\- Incline Bench Press (90lbs)
\- Overhead Press (45lbs)
\- Hammer Curls (25lbs)
\- RDLs (80lbs)

Is there a good workout split or program I can follow that respects time (3 times a week) and isn’t full body? I never have the energy for full body and end up abandoning it before how tired I am for work every time I workout the day before.

How do you take small creatine ammounts with yout while traveling (air travel)? Having a small transparent plastic contairer with creating inside looks far from nice?

Any suggestion?

Before I had a kid, I used to do 4 workouts/week. During my pregnancy I kept them on, after a while I had to reduce to 3/week but I did it til labour day. Postpartum, of course I skipped a few months but then went back to 3/week. These are not super professional or super hard workouts, the goal is always to have a nice and fairly tiring one that works on my muscles + cardio.
Together with starting motherhood, a constant fatique also started but I knew this is part of the job…

A few weeks ago (baby is a toddler now) surprisingly I had a ’don’t give a f.ck’ week where I simply wasn’t in the mood and just didn’t do any workouts. And holy cow!!! I suddenly had SO MUCH ENERGY! I didn’t have to fight myself to move around, I could walk and run much more… etc.
So I realized OMG, these workouts eat up my energy and that’s the reason for the constant fatique!

I reduced their duration by 5 minutes and went back to doing 3/week. Two weeks later, I’m freakin tired again. The 3rd of this week should be today and I just can’t make myself do it.

They always say workout is key to stay energized but I feel the complete opposite. I should reduce them even more or doing just 2/week??! But I don’t want to! I like my workouts and I need them for my sanity!

Anyone had the same problem?

Hi All, ive been going to the gym seriously now for about a year and have been getting some really good results with targeted muscle group workouts. I.e. for Biceps I'll do sets of incline curls, hammer curls, preachers, etc. But recently ive been really into Kettlebell complexes, halos, curls, overheads, etc. My question is; do you think I'd get better gains from targeting muscle groups or from the sorta full range of movement stuff with the kettlebells. Cheers!

Ok I saw a tiktok vids about long head and short head. And i need a 2 workout exercises that one exercise target one of the heads. The thing is I don't have any bench at home to do the some of the curls.

I just bought an adjustable dumbbell and I'm thinking of just doing African curls or hammer curls. After seeing the TikTok vid, I'm kinda overthinking wheter i should just continue my plan or start searching for exercise that target either short head or long head.

Pardon for the bad English

I used to squat 345lb 5 months ago and deadlift as much as well, I quit because I felt like unwell mentally.
I returned to the gym last week and I feel embarrassed! I have retained all my
muscle but my strength is gone!
I can barely squat or deadlift two 45lb plates and I struggle with pull-ups now.
What do I do?