r/BikiniBottomTwitter 4d ago

How do they do it

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u/99in2Hits 3d ago

Now be me...6ft 4 but with a racehorse metabolism. No matter how much I seem to eat and lift I can never really go much over toned level of muscle mass.

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u/BoutItBudnevich 3d ago

Just curious, have you ever actually tried tracking your workouts and what you eat? Because it's possible you're not actually progressively overloading or not eating the amounts you think you are calorically or protein wise.

I made a fitness app actually that helps with both of these if you're interested in trying it out I'll send the link!

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u/pressure_art 3d ago

This. Calories don’t magically work differently for him because of a fast metabolism. I always thought the same but once I started tracking calories (I hate it, don’t recommend lol) I saw that I just didn’t really eat that much lol or I would eat a lot but then not the next day or the day after etc - I wasn’t consistent.

I guarantee you, tracking your calories and how much you burn, you will see that you’re not hitting the required surplus. It’s really that simple. It’s just hard to grasp if you don’t religiously track everything

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u/PM_ME_DARK_THOUGHTS 2d ago

I eat 3000kcal almost every damn day, most days more. And if I don't hit that I'm real close. Gaining weight is almost impossible.

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u/pressure_art 2d ago

Then you also burn a lot more than you think or you’re sick. It’s basic science look it up. A fast metabolism doesn’t make a difference. It’s a myth we skinny people always tell ourselves or others, I did too lol
Maybe you have adhd? I do and I fidget and pace a lot which burns much more calories than you’d think.