Hello everyone, this is my first time posting here. I am trying to open up my chest and define my abs. Dealing with some random drawbacks but committed to learning more about the gym. I am trying to implement progressive overload and increasing my weight to 170 lbs. Any advice for athletes at my level?
I started in a similar position as you at
5’8
170lbs
I personally don’t think you need to bulk, when you’re new you have newbie gains to get, I personally leaned down, but staying around maintenance calories while you get your newbie gains might be better, if you do decide to bulk, a lean bulk is the way to go, imo
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Thanks for the reference photos, I do see that we have a similar build. I am hoping to do a sort of recomp, and this is reassuring. I want to put on muscle, but I also enjoy some cardiovascular activities such as rucking and swimming. Just trying to get in the gym more in general. I hope to keep things lean, but I also want to become very strong. We will see. I just want to be in control of my weight at the end of the day, and it was always very hard for me to gain weight but now its becoming easier, so I hope if I do put on any extra weight that I can use it to build muscle and slim back down after I reach my specific goals for upper/lower definition.
How old are you? Are you even training right now? What does that look like? What did you eat yesterday, specifically ?
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What do you mean by this?
Which would you rather do first?
I can also tell you from experience, unless there’s a specific athletic goal, chasing an arbitrary scale number usually doesn’t get us where want to be.
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Work on getting consistent with food and training. Build good habits.
What are you currently doing?
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