Okay so, I am a female that's 5'7" and I weigh 115 pounds. I go to the gym regularly but I have gained no progress.. I'd really love to bulk up and I am considering trying some steroids.. But, I do not want a lot of side affects, i'm not trying to grow facial hair or anything I'd just like to get my weight up to about 130-135 and bulk.. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I NEED HELP!!! Is steroids the right choice for me?!
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carverelli
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Gaining weight is a no brainer. If your 115 lbs and you want to be 130 lbs then you have to stArt eating like someone that is 130 lbs. your training will dictate if the weight you add is fat or muscle.
The opposite is also true, say you're 250 lbs and you stArt cutting 2 lbs a week on 2500 calories. As you approach your goal weight of 200, progress will slow because now your 225 not 250. Activity level or calories will need to be adjusted to maintain steady progression towards your goal
The opposite is also true, say you're 250 lbs and you stArt cutting 2 lbs a week on 2500 calories. As you approach your goal weight of 200, progress will slow because now your 225 not 250. Activity level or calories will need to be adjusted to maintain steady progression towards your goal
Yep, talk with someone who knows bout proper diet for bulking. Just eating healthy is not going to cut it. You need protein, cals and carbs. 3J is awesome. Or just start reading and hang out around here and lern some things. I would say just how it sounds so far that you are not anywhere needing steroids right now.
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Your maintenance is around 2,000 calories since your quite active, so to bulk you need to be eating more than this - eating clean has nothing to do with it.
As a natural, start with a small 10-20% surplus so you minimize the fat gain - that means 2200-2400 calories per day.
The training does NOT dictate if you gain fat or muscle, the size of the surplus on your diet does - naturals cannot get away with "dirty bulking" like enhanced guys/girls can.
In terms of macros, start at 0.8g/lb of protein, 0.4-0.5g/lb of fat & the rest being carbs - you can make changes later one depending on how you react to carbs, weekly measurement results, etc.
Alternatively, you can simply hire 3J who will save you a bunch of time & do all the hard work
As a natural, start with a small 10-20% surplus so you minimize the fat gain - that means 2200-2400 calories per day.
The training does NOT dictate if you gain fat or muscle, the size of the surplus on your diet does - naturals cannot get away with "dirty bulking" like enhanced guys/girls can.
In terms of macros, start at 0.8g/lb of protein, 0.4-0.5g/lb of fat & the rest being carbs - you can make changes later one depending on how you react to carbs, weekly measurement results, etc.
Alternatively, you can simply hire 3J who will save you a bunch of time & do all the hard work
carverelli
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So what yur saying is it doesn't matter if someone doesn't train and eats a surplus of calories? But it does matter once the surplus reaches a magical number. I would think the size of the surplus would dictate the amount of fat gained. But then again I'm no self proclaimed nutrition guru, just using. Little common sense
Mrrippedzilla
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Please find where I said it doesn't matter if you train and eat surplus of calories - don't put words in my mouth
What I said was "training does NOT dictate whether you gain fat/muscle".
Here is what you said:
As a natural, does training allow you to eat a large surplus and mainly gain muscle because of the training? No.
Therefore the training will not dictate what sort of weight you add - the diet will.
Naturals have a very strict limit as to how much muscle they can gain in a fixed time frame - which is why the caloric surplus needs to be small because a larger surplus will NOT lead to more muscle gains, regardless of training.
Do naturals have a limit to how much fat they can gain? No
Will training alone limit fat gain? No
So if a natural eats a large surplus they will gain the same amount of muscle as he would on a smaller surplus but with a bunch of extra fat to along with it.
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If you are going to venture into the world of steroids (which i'd vote against, you being female) then I would stick to the more anabolic compounds. Anavar, winstrol, primobolan, those are mainly the three steroids women usually take, at low doses. With that said, PLEASE DO NOT get into the more androgenic drugs such as testosterone, tren etc. There is no reason what so ever for a woman to do those drugs. Hope this helped.
btw, just a warning... if u did the more androgenic drugs, you'd get horrible sides right from the start. You'd have hair growing on your chin and in other places, your voice would deepen, your clit would grow, just awful. Dont do it.
btw, just a warning... if u did the more androgenic drugs, you'd get horrible sides right from the start. You'd have hair growing on your chin and in other places, your voice would deepen, your clit would grow, just awful. Dont do it.
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carverelli
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Please find where I said it doesn't matter if you train and eat surplus of calories - don't put words in my mouth
What I said was "training does NOT dictate whether you gain fat/muscle".
Here is what you said:
As a natural, does training allow you to eat a large surplus and mainly gain muscle because of the training? No.
Therefore the training will not dictate what sort of weight you add - the diet will.
Naturals have a very strict limit as to how much muscle they can gain in a fixed time frame - which is why the caloric surplus needs to be small because a larger surplus will NOT lead to more muscle gains, regardless of training.
Do naturals have a limit to how much fat they can gain? No
Will training alone limit fat gain? No
So if a natural eats a large surplus they will gain the same amount of muscle as he would on a smaller surplus but with a bunch of extra fat to along with it.
I think we're saying the same thing, just in different ways. My point was, that if someone were to eat a surplus of calories(over tdee) and your training(activity level) didn't increase, the weight gain would be more fat than muscle. You have to eat more to gain weight, and then train hard to make most of the weight you gained more muscle than fat.
I understand what you're saying about naturals vs enhanced and couldn't agree more
40% diet- 30% training-30% gear
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Thank you all! I appreciate the guidance and advice. But for now I'm going to try to eat a lot more & keep doing my normal training an see if advance any even though I've tried this before & had trounce gaining. A guy on my squad told me to eat a peanut butter sandwich every night before I go to bed so I'll give anything a shot
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