the fitness industries obsession with who is natty or not is deadset the most stupidest things ever im convinced half of these mfs dont even lift

Damn complete opposite for me, I wake up easily and I’m more alert/less sleepy.

Yeah idk why it does that to me. Garlic is honestly something that makes me feel better in the morning

how the f***???

been on a 3000 cal daily diet + focusing more on weights rather than reps sets and i’ve gained like 3 pounds in a month MAX

what does focusing more on weights mean?

Higher weight lower volume is better for weight gain IMO but i do not know s***.

Make homemade mass gainer. half in morning half post-gym. i posted my recipe earlier in thread somewhere

i used to up my reps with every set but yeah then i found up upping the weights of your machines/dumbbells is alot better for weight gaining

@jd whats your diet looking like?

and if you could post your massgainer, that’d be appreciated

yea that’s ass backwards.

I do low reps but up weight nearly everyday. I’ve been able to add 5 lbs to my bench on every chest day, but i only do 3x5.
Also i was mad underweight when i started so the quick gains were in store. I’m 6’1” and was 130 at my lowest lol

everyday I make a shake with these things (mostly eyeball all measurements except the oats)

Raw Oats (1 cup) put in blender first and make it into powder (pumpkin seed, flax seed good with that)

Full fat greek yogurt (thick ~2 tablespoon)

Natural peanut butter (thick ~ 2 tablespoon)

Eggwhites (pour out like 2 tbls worth)

2 scoops of Whey Protein (vanilla)

Some fruit/berries for flavor (i.e. I buy big bag of mixed berries from costco and divide them in cup size ziploc and freeze them)

Fill the rest of the space with WHOLE milk. (or whatever almond milk etc)

I eyeball it, but that s*** comes out to like 6 cups of liquid when I’m done. That s*** will be like roughly 1300 cal and like 80+ grams of protein.

Drink half after breakfast and half after coming back from the gym.

Besides that I just try to eat sizable meals in addition. don’t really overthink it

jesus. you use gold standard whey?

yea but i haven’t tried anything else, so i have no reccomendation bc no point of comparison.

Anyone ever had an experience with chondromalacia patella (inner knee pain)? My knee has been f***ed for a few months now and based on self diagnostics I think that’s what’s going on. Trying to find some good stretches or somethin to help

I was working at home but I'm messing my whole body by not being able to work out my back.

need to go on a pre-workout detox

man same lmao i am going bare minimum caffeine preworkout but i just can’t get myself to cycle

YEP, dealt with this for ages, was an absolute b**** to get over. rest, stretching, foam rolling and icing really helped. stretching the IT bands instant relief
do you have flat feet?

i can never seem to feel fully loose no matter how much i roll, warm up, stretch, etc
any tips?

airon be like they coming for my boy dlaid

:stare:

best workout / lifting app?

is there a good youtube channel that just posts workouts not a bunch of other random s***

Gym motto: Kill yourself but don't die

Let's get this work

What area are you specifically right in? Sometimes it could be that the area where you’re getting pain isn’t the source. Like yesterday my neck was super sore but I ended up relieving it by massaging my traps