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Female 31yo 3 kids (youngest is 9mo) 6yrs lifting Active/sports: elementary into hs
Just getting back consistent in the gym since my 3rd baby. Hit PRs throughout my pregnancy. Ready to start building for competition in the coming yrs (not any time soon!)
https://imgur.com/a/aFBrIDT Left: 1mo consistent lifting, macros & rest. Right: 2wks consistent. I’m assuming attribute the visible increase to posing? Which would still be a win in my books bc hello competing :)
Macros are great, until it’s time to prep for stage. Absolute consistency so your coach knows the variables. I won’t prep most girls until I can get their calories up to a 2000 calorie maintenance. I have to have something to cut from. Also I need to know my bikini girls have a relationship with food and don’t try to starve themselves when it’s off season.
It can get mentally and emotionally evil if you don’t have a relationship with food, a good body image of on season and off season.
Posing posing posing. Don’t do this show on your own. You need someone to walk you through the process.
Budget about 2500 for the show outside of hitting a coach. This isn’t a sport for the poor.
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Body fat% is a difficult topic. It can vary from measurement to measurement. For females over 25% I say cut. I don’t often do mini cuts. I may slowly lean out until I’m more at a maintenance and leaning out from there. Mini cuts sometimes get overused and cause yo-yo ing.
It very hard to beat biology. If you have a medication that raises ghrelin or suppresses leptin, you’re trying to fight instincts to snack. The poor relationship with foods is usually either a binge or starve, or both. The other poor relationship I see is labeling foods good or bad. Healthy or unhealthy. There’s no such thing as a bad food just bad relationships with food. It just comes down to “does this food align with my goals at this moment?”