Add more calories in then. I'd suggest for now a moderate increase, because if you just go for 1,000+ you're in danger of putting on too much added fat with muscle, that would be hard to shift. If you aim for about 300 more calories a day, assuming you're eating 6 meals a day, you could add another...

What do you mean by new diet? Do you mean a different diet plan, like one of those ones endorsed by famous people or literature, or do you just mean increasing calories. No, I do not read that kind of magz. I mean: I know I have to eat a defined amount of prots/carbs/fats. The new diet would be try...

Hi:

I have been in a plateau for a long time. I tried a new workout and diet, but didn't work - I mean, I didn't gain even a pound.
So I wonder if something else could be wrong (do I need supplements: NO, BCAA...?)
OR should I try again a new change in workout.

Thanks!!!

Hi: I feel bored of the gym since about 3 weeks ago. I tried changing workout, but finally, I was beated by laziness, and I have not exercised since last Wednesday. I know it is wrong, but I do not find enough motivation. I used to try gaining weight, but now I think I got goal. I know I should stil...

Hi: About 3 weeks ago I stopped a 1-month creatine cycle, during which I got great results (+2kg: that's a lot for me!). Seems it is not water retention, since several people have told me I do look bigger and in fact stats did grow a little bit (in proportion to 2kg). Ok, I also was on a hight prote...

Hello: neighbor trains hard and does have big arms (he is about height). However, despite big dumbells, his chest is undeveloped. Weird, isn't it? Something similar happens to me: for some exercise I can lift more than others, but I have less muscle than them. When I started the gym first months I d...

OK, thanks swanso5, but it's too much information. Let's see if I understood: Training - 3 leg, 3 rowing, 2 core, 2 chest, 2 pull up/down, 2 shoulder, 2 bicep, 2 tricep and breaking them up into a 3 day plan so 6 exercises per day: Mon: 2 Chest + 2 Biceps Wed: 2 Back + 2 Triceps Fri: 3 Leg+ 2 Should...

OK, here is the full plan: TRAINING: Mon: Chest [4 exercises] Tue: Back [4 exercises] Wed: Legs [3 exercises for Quads & 1 for thighs. I get really tired this day] Thurs: Shoulder [4 exercises: raises/press with machine, dumbell, barbell... Shoulders are weakest assets] Fri: Arms [3 exercises fo...

Hello everybody: First a quick background: I am 170cm/ 5'7". I have been exercising since 2001, starting at only 49Kg. In first 3 months I gained like 6 kg, then gains were slower. I had also ulcerative colitis for 9 years, so I was usually very sick (bleeding, diarrhea, weight loss), and I had...

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There might be something in what you're saying. If you're bothered by the process just use an electric shaver, if you're using a blade. I can't understand why people blade shave anyway, it's possibly more expensive, depending on the price of a cheap shaver, in relation to disposable blades. and it ...

Hello: I read in Men's Health that shaving frequently (2-3 times a week) is good for men 's skin, since shaving stimulates the production of some substance that makes skin look younger. father and uncle do shave very often and their skin shows their age. In case, I just shave about each week, becaus...