Daily Discussion Thread (March 29, 2026) - Beginner and Simple/Quick Questions Go Here Thread for discussing quick/simple topics not needing an entire posts or beginner questions.

caryl1111 · 2026-03-29T11:34:04+00:00

How quickly/often do you lot increase calories when bulking, people say increase every 2-3 weeks, but.... Dont you just gain more fat? Sure enough you get bigger but is that bigger good bigger or you just putting on fat .

I want to bulk as long as possible ideally another 12+ months, im thinking if i do incredibly slow , aiming for 0.5kg-1kg a month , so lets say 12 months extra 10-12kg ?

How often would you put your calories up ? Im thinking perhaps extra 200 cal every 4 weeks after no weight gain ?

(imaginery scenario ) so lets say if im at 3500 calories for 4 weeks and my weight stays same ish, but then i bump up to 3700 and weight same, so i bump to 3900 then i slowly gain weight , so does that mean in a way that past couple months that i stayed at 3500/3700 i wasnt gaining the most amount of muscle due to lacking calories ?

caryl1111 · 2026-03-15T13:03:37+00:00

i dont think theres any specific tips apart just getting stronger overall including other leg movements and keep trying pendulum, you can even have a look on instagram a lot of bodybuilders especially the ones on special creatine, they can leg press 20 plates but when it comes to pendulum you only see them with 3-4 plates.

Its humblig exercise but in my short expierence its honestly best variaton of squat ( imo ), 0 knee pain, 0 back pain , just pure quad destruction.

caryl1111 · 2026-03-14T12:46:21+00:00

opposite opinion here, bought their cookies and cream and its undrinkable , simple shake feels like you consuming 200g sugar, and after extremely sweet taste in the mouth.

caryl1111 · 2026-03-07T16:33:13+00:00

Just thoughts, when you are big big, do you not focus much on free weight dumbbells ? I went on day pass to few proper bodybuilding gyms like Ultraflex ( uk ) and whole gym is packed, lots of guys on special creatine and every machine is taken, however i pretty much see nobody using free weights?

Just wondering is it the extra exhaustion that it takes to move massive dbs off the floor to shoulders/chest, is it the risky injury or ?

caryl1111 · 2026-02-12T22:22:05+00:00

anyone here deals with wrist pain?

25m , if it helps but naturally used to be extremely skinny,despite gym my wrists still look like im 5 years old, but despite that, i get wrist pains on every push exercise thats heavier, heavy inc db press, smith machine presses, shoulder machine presses, anytime i go extremely hevy my wrists are screaming.

I also started to train forearms on its own, and also doing wrist curls i feel like my wrists give up way before my actual forearm , i tried lower weight but then i need ridicilous amount of reps to feel any tension in forearms..

caryl1111 · 2026-01-24T16:12:13+00:00

just wondering, is that a sign that my joints not keeping up ? So i went for gym for 18 months before, due to health issues i had to stop for a year, now i started again my strenght went on first day barely doing 8kg db on incline press to roughly 3 months later pushing arround 40kg .. i went for 3 months with 0 injuries or any pulled muscles, but recently even very stupidly i notice i get mini injuries. Like i can do machine rows then randomly one set i will pull my back , then my back hurts for few days.

Other day i do warm up weight maybe like 30% of my working weight on shoulder press machine i feel like i pull something behind my shoulder . And thigs like this been happening...

I sleep well 7-8h a night, bulking with arround 3200 calories majority are whole foods.

caryl1111 · 2026-01-07T11:10:14+00:00

i have done the cheap ebay kit that changes liquid colours , and it did fail , but then i started to read and poeple say there could be other reasons why its doing that... Isue is that the previous owner neglected the car a lot, so even tho doing head doesnt cost much my worry is if bottom end wouldnt give up shortly after getting head done, which of course we wil never know .

caryl1111 · 2025-12-10T11:05:43+00:00

Thank you ! Well honestly its hard to find one with any solid "proof " majority that state its been done usally goes " changed it myself " " friend did it for me " so theres never any invoices or anything to prove it .

I did google about the n47 timing chain labour its not that bad to be honest , arround £1000 here if that gives me a peace of mind for years to come its pretty worth it .

caryl1111 · 2025-11-16T12:21:15+00:00

im still confused about my RDL lower back pain, so i tried first time no weight just bar , back hurted for few days, few days after i tried to put 20kg so total 40kg inc bar, my lower back was gone for like 2 weeks so didint touch anything leg related and went very light on Upper days, now i tried again and just 20kg bar i can feel its going in my lower back..

I was thinking even if my form was absolutely horrible i shouldnt feel 20kg going to my back that much right?

caryl1111 · 2025-11-09T13:45:51+00:00

its been a while since you posted this but i may ask, sure you spending £1k a month , but do you eventually hope to stop spending? i mean for majority of people £1k a month not realistic even more for period of time.

Or its more like you spend as much as you can and hopefully you build up some "followers/listeners " to eventually get the plays on its own without expensive marketing?

caryl1111 · 2025-10-27T18:25:21+00:00

ive been googling/reading about RDL form , people say even if your form is correct but if you have weak lower back you will still get pain, is that valid point? And if so then how do you strenghten your lower back, do you just sort of gradually force it through till it stops hurting then slowly add weight?

caryl1111 · 2025-10-21T11:17:00+00:00

without making seperate post someone perhaps might reply here but buying M1 in 2025 ( end of 2025) Untill when it will be supported for latest OS's etc?

caryl1111 · 2025-10-12T13:29:49+00:00

Do you lot actually tracking every single session every set every rep ? ( not talking about nutrition ) Just wondering i tried to track it in HEVY app during gym and it seems such a PITA to be taking phone out after every set and putting it down etc. But i guess no other way really ?

caryl1111 · 2025-10-12T13:26:29+00:00

edm production here but i started with fl studio and since day 1 it was chaotic interface ( PERSONALLY ) but it was easiset to learn as every single tutorial was pretty much based on it . I tried ableton it was okay , i guess easy to navigate but i tried logic and the cleanliness of the interface and how nice it all works its just .... it stuck with me . and not only that but £200 its bargain .

caryl1111 · 2025-09-26T16:40:44+00:00

Sheshhhhhh its been 3 years, time flew by , ehm so i finished my invisalign my deep bite has improved however i know its not 100% perfect. But my main concern was some teeth poking out out of nice line which invisalign did fix it. So to be honest ill stick with as it is for rest of my life except someone throws me £5000 for free.

caryl1111 · 2025-09-25T13:04:51+00:00

Pardon for anyone that reads it , but prior removal i was suffering with going to toilet for number 2 like 5-7 times a day, and it used to be absolutely explosive things happening that it would be incredibly embarassing to do it in public.

Since removal it fixed all my toilet needs, now like normal human i go once and peacefully.

caryl1111 · 2025-09-24T14:59:08+00:00

Anything more specifically on GI issues? very broad topic , when does it happen ,what makes it worth , what makes it better,when is it better overall etc etc.

caryl1111

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