Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:.OP could you be experiencing the 'pump' effect? Lifting weights can temporarily cause your muscles to look bigger for up to a day or 2 after a workout because they're filled with blood. Bodybuilders will do an intense weightlifting session right before they go on stage for competitions because a pump can make them look so much bigger.

I hadn’t thought of that. Maybe. If I’m working out every other day, is this just my perpetual state now? I’m not sure I like it.

Every other day may be too frequent for weights if you're hitting the same muscle groups each time. The muscles could be swollen and inflamed from not having enough time to heal before being aggravated again. What is your current routine?

M; 10 minutes cardio + full circuit (bench, row, shoulder press, lat pulls, inner and outer thighs), hamstring curls, quad extensions, squats/leg press)

T: Yoga

W: Repeat M

Th: Pilates

F: 10 minutes cardio + lower body circuit 2x (eventually I’ll add free weights and resistance bands when I know what I’m doing)

S: Repeat F but focus on upper body

Su: Rest

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:.OP could you be experiencing the 'pump' effect? Lifting weights can temporarily cause your muscles to look bigger for up to a day or 2 after a workout because they're filled with blood. Bodybuilders will do an intense weightlifting session right before they go on stage for competitions because a pump can make them look so much bigger.

I hadn’t thought of that. Maybe. If I’m working out every other day, is this just my perpetual state now? I’m not sure I like it.

Every other day may be too frequent for weights if you're hitting the same muscle groups each time. The muscles could be swollen and inflamed from not having enough time to heal before being aggravated again. What is your current routine?

Anonymous wrote:.OP could you be experiencing the 'pump' effect? Lifting weights can temporarily cause your muscles to look bigger for up to a day or 2 after a workout because they're filled with blood. Bodybuilders will do an intense weightlifting session right before they go on stage for competitions because a pump can make them look so much bigger.

I hadn’t thought of that. Maybe. If I’m working out every other day, is this just my perpetual state now? I’m not sure I like it.

.OP could you be experiencing the 'pump' effect? Lifting weights can temporarily cause your muscles to look bigger for up to a day or 2 after a workout because they're filled with blood. Bodybuilders will do an intense weightlifting session right before they go on stage for competitions because a pump can make them look so much bigger.

https://wellbeingport.com/how-long-does-water-retention-last-after-exercise/

A little bit of water in new and growing muscle tissue is not the same thing as retaining water due to bloat or overeating. A 5 lb gain is normal, since women can grow 2 lbs of new muscle tissue per month, so only about half of that is water. You are replacing fat with tight muscle. Focus on a shift in inches instead of scale weight. Basketball players can gain and lose up to 20 lbs of water weight in a single game, and they don't have an ounce of fat on them.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sugar in any form contributes to inflammation. In order to see the muscle you have built, you must decrease the percentage of fat. When I want to lose weight I just eat less fruit and honey. You would think that cutting out alcohol and cane/beet sugar would ensure that my weight does not increase, but it does if I consume more sugar of any kind.

This is bro science at its worst. The statement that "sugar in any form contributes to inflammation" is false.

m

If added sugar does anything positive for anyone, i have yet to hear of it.

PP didn't say anything about added sugar. PP made the outlandish claim that sugar in any form contributes to inflammation.

Also, added sugar is certainly beneficial in certain scenarios.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sugar in any form contributes to inflammation. In order to see the muscle you have built, you must decrease the percentage of fat. When I want to lose weight I just eat less fruit and honey. You would think that cutting out alcohol and cane/beet sugar would ensure that my weight does not increase, but it does if I consume more sugar of any kind.

This is bro science at its worst. The statement that "sugar in any form contributes to inflammation" is false.

m

If added sugar does anything positive for anyone, i have yet to hear of it.

Anonymous wrote:Sugar in any form contributes to inflammation. In order to see the muscle you have built, you must decrease the percentage of fat. When I want to lose weight I just eat less fruit and honey. You would think that cutting out alcohol and cane/beet sugar would ensure that my weight does not increase, but it does if I consume more sugar of any kind.

This is bro science at its worst. The statement that "sugar in any form contributes to inflammation" is false.

Sugar in any form contributes to inflammation. In order to see the muscle you have built, you must decrease the percentage of fat. When I want to lose weight I just eat less fruit and honey. You would think that cutting out alcohol and cane/beet sugar would ensure that my weight does not increase, but it does if I consume more sugar of any kind.