Muscle Knot? Help please?

Hello, I am new so I am sorry if this is posted incorrectly, I need some advice over what I think is a muscle knot:

Before this issue I was really good about waking up early and working out before school, in march I developed extreme anxiety over a family matter and this anxiety lasted 24/7 for 2 months. I also developed sharp stabbing rib pain around the second month, when I felt the area of pain I noticed a tiny lump. The lump is the size of a BB pellet, it is firm, movable, smooth, and round and feels a little deep under the skin. It never hurt directly but once I calmed my anxiety the rib pain stopped but the lump seemed to stay. I have gone to 3 doctors asking what it could be and none of them would feel it or give me an answer.

I was wondering if this lump sounded like a muscle knot? Some of the things that could've caused this:

-Extreme emotional stress
-inactivity (I stopped going to the gym because of this)
-poor eating habits (also stopped eating well because of my issue)
-bad posture (new desk thats too low for my chair I've been using for a few weeks prior to this)

Does this sound like a muscle knot and should I be concerned at all? my last doc scheduled me an ultra sound and I am just terrified for the results... I appreciate any input on this situation. Thanks.

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No Thyroid, no Gallbladder but struggling to build muscle

I'm 37, male and had two operations. One 2 years ago and the other last year.
Many without a thyroid told me that I will find it difficult from now on to lose weight. Many without a gallbladder told me the same.

It so happened to me that I had to have these two organs removed. After 2 years I noticed that I am losing weight and in order to maintain it I need to it A LOT ! By a lot I mean more than what my hunger asks for. I don't go easy on fat or carbs. My pre-existing muscles start to disappear together with body fat.
Before the operations many people noticed my physique and kept asking me if I visit the gym. I don't get this now anymore.

My thyroid hormones are very optimal and the only times that I have clay-colored stools ( because of no Gallbladder) is when I don't eat green salads together with my meals.

My B12 and Vitamin D were really low but after therapy went back to normal. I keep taking some multivitamin just in case. The Gastroenterologist told me that if it was a tapeworm I would never be able to raise this B12 so we didn't check.

I did this celiac test and it was negative. I even went to a diabetologist and run some blood tests for 2 days and told me it's very optimal.

Of course I never skip meals. Anyone with same experience ? How do you maintain your muscles or body weight without thyroid or gallbladder ?

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Muscletech Clear Muscle 12 Week Log

Big thanks to the folks over at Muscletech for giving me this great opportunity. I'll write a bit about me and what I've done in the past couple of years before I actually get started with the log.

Growing up I was always heavily involved in sports and lifted a lot in high school. My diet was pretty awful though. I played hockey in college and for about half of that I lifted seriously as well, but again my diet was seriously lacking. After graduating I didn't lift for several years and became skinnyfat and had virtually no muscle mass. I really hated the way I looked and saw an ad for a gym membership so I signed up. This was in February 2016. I did a self created workout for a while and did a cut that was probably too aggressive, but that did cut out a good chunk of body fat so I was in a good position to lean bulk for a year. I ended up moving to the Fierce 5 beginner program and got my macros in check and made good progress. I bulked over a year and went from 169 in May 2016 to 188 in May 2017. I had a vacation to the Caribbean coming up so I cut down to 178 over about 2 months and resumed bulking right after vacation. In March I was at 192 and carried a little more fat than I wanted so I decided to do a brief cut again before a week in Europe. That was supposed to last a month but when I got back I decided to do another 5 pounds or so. Overall I cut for a little under 2 months and I just finished last night. My goal (which honestly I lowered a few times) was 180 and my moving average was 180.3 this morning so I'll call that a win. Now, I can resume another lean bulk.

With regards to training, after a year on the Fierce 5 beginner I started slowing down my progress which was expected. I moved to the F5 U/L split and still made some progress, but about a year ago I started stalling heavily. I tried deloading but no bueno. I moved again to the 5 day F5 split and still stalled. My auxiliary lifts and bench were increasing slowly, but with a few back injuries thrown into the mix, I have actually dropped weight on my squat and dead lift in the last year and can't seem to get above where I was. Being 100% honest, I haven't pushed myself 100% on those 2 exercises out of fear of messing up my back yet again. Recently, I moved to GST training 4 days a week and it seems to be helping me get some progress back even while I was cutting. It's slow, but I'll take it. This was during a cut so now that I can up my calories I'm hoping the progress will resume.

Here are a few of my 1 rep max that I really want to improve on:

Bench - 265
Squat - 315
Deadlift - 260 (really needs work)

I'll likely eat at maintenance for a couple of weeks (or at least attempt to this weekend when I'm out of town) and go into a slight surplus around 3000 calories after for the duration of the summer. I have a bachelor party and another trip to the Caribbean in October so I don't want to blow up too much. Being in the ballpark of 185-190 should be good. I'll also try to upload a couple of photos I'm where I'm at now so I'll have a comparison in 12 weeks.

I just started taking Clear Muscle 2 days ago and had 1 workout while I was still on the cut. I'll do another workout tonight and continue taking it through vacation and once I return Monday I'll start logging and eating normally. Let's see how this goes!

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Different muscles, different recovery time?

As per thread's subject, I was wondering if different muscles have different recovery times.

I am alternating weeks of muscle groups splits to full body workout weeks. I

In the full body workout weeks I go 3 days per week to allow for recovery, but in the rest days I am itching to go and do at least *some* workout.

So in the end, my question boils down to "are there muscles that are fine with 24 hours or recovery or less?

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Muscle Memory studies?

Are there any studies that have showed muscle memory to be real? l de trained guy's gaining muscle at a much faster rate than normal? i know lots of people anecdotally report this but just wondering if there are actually any studies?

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Not lifting heavy = muscles not hard anymore.?

Guys this isn't a joke.
About a month ago i changed my weight lifting routine.
Instead of doing a combination of strength and hypertropthy i've switched completely to hypertropthy.

So what i mean is that now i'm training in a higher rep range with more sets.

The thing is though, it's like my muscles look softer and i look smaller
Do you think this is in my head?

I haven't lost weight too.
It's really freaking me out.

Did i lose all my strength/hard muscle density ?

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Intermittent Fasting can help you lose weight and build lean muscle

The power of intermittent fasting, unfortunately, tends to be missed by the public due to our sensationalist, quick-fix, faddish cultural obsession with dieting.

However, As a health and fitness professional, I take a scientific approach to things; studying, experimenting and taking notes on the intermittent diet on myself before I recommended it to any of my clients.

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As intermittent diet has become more and more popularized I’ve found myself spending more time correcting preconceived notions or errors made from people exploring this dieting style.

Given that, the success of intermittent diet lies in the nuance.

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When training two muscles per day, how long should my sessions last?

On a good day I can spend an hour and 20 minutes and I feel crazy, I'll stretch it two hours but that rarely happens. I was doing one muscle per day before but I my shoulders and triceps need way more work.

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How is this meal to gain muscle?

I am 19 years old , 173 cm , 62.7Kgs , 15.6% Bf as per Inbody Machine.
History of Obesity - Was over 100Kgs 2 years ago
Want to gain muscle without too much fat.
I don't Know what is my maintenance calories as every website says it different.
But i was able to maintain at 2100-2200 kcal before for 6 months . So, i guess that but my W/O now has changed, so i don't know.



Macros(Calories-2454 , Carbs-275 , Fat-87 , Protein-175, Fiber - 40g )

Morning Drink & Before W/O meal(265 Kcal , Carb- 57 , Fat- 1 , Protein- 14 ,Leucine-0.2)(5:30 a.m.):-
1 Lemon
Cinnamon
1 bag Green Tea
2 Bananas
1/2 scoop Whey protein isolate(Myprotein)
*


During W/O(6:30 a.m.):-
Scivation Xtend Bcaa 1 scoop

After W/O:-(240 Kcal , Carb- 16 , Fat- 0.1 , Protein- 43 ,Leucine-5.3)(8:30-9:00 a.m.)
(Read that 40gms helped recovery after W/O)
2 scoop Whey protein isolate
3 Dates

Breakfast(660 Kcal , Carb- 72 , Fat- 32 , Protein- 34 ,Leucine-2.23)(11:00 a.m.):-
1/4 cup Brown Rice
3 Egg Whites
4 cups Mushroom
1 Cup Green Beans
1 Cucumber
1 Green Bell Pepper
3 Walnuts
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 Tablet Trunate Probiotic
1 Tablet Vestige Flaxseed
1 Tablet Twinlab daily one caps with iron(MultiVitamin)
(Worrying- B3 Levels are 3 times RDA UL)

(Rest types of veggies i have tried and do like but it upsets my stomach . I don't know why , it causes bloating and stomach aches. Maybe because of pesticides . These are the ones that don't do that)





Lunch(421 Kcal , Carb- 71 , Fat- 4.3 , Protein- 27 ,Leucine-2.32)(3:30 a.m.):-
1/4 Cup Brown Rice
10 tbsp Red Kidney Beans
50gms Cottage Cheese(Low Fat)
2 Egg Whites (Low fat meal , should i add peanut butter to this replacing from before sleep meal?)
1 Cucumber
Green chillies
1 Tablet Vestige Flaxseed



Evening (250 Kcal , Carb- 15 , Fat- 9.7 , Protein- 24 ,Leucine-2.34)(7 p.m.):-
3 Egg Whites
2 Whole Eggs
1 Large Onion
1 Tbsp Green Chilli Sauce
1 Tablet Vestige Flaxseed

Before Bed(550 Kcal , Carb- 30 , Fat- 36 , Protein- 35 ,Leucine-0.61)(10 p.m.):-
400ml Cow Milk
1 Scoop Whey Protein Isolate(Myprotein)
1 Spoon Adam's Peanut Butter
20 almonds


Sleep at 11 p.m.(Usually 6-8 Hrs of sleep)

On Rest Days , What to do ?
Should i take +200Kcal for Maintenance on rest days? +100? or Maintenance cal ?

*I will now add Myprotein Creatine Monohydrate . 20g for first 5 days. Then , 2g everyday before Workout.
My Water intake would be 8 litres .
Is this how to take Creatine ?

So , Is this good ? I would strictly maintain it , no problems . Any additions ?

Now very important Q . How much weight should i gain each week to not gain much fat?
This would tell me to remove some brown rice or not.

And can i do some cardio after my W/O ?

So , 5 Questions asked :)
Thanks for your help.

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Serious Question, How Did Trump's Win give Supporters "BEER MUSCLES"?

It's the craziest thing I've seen in my life. STONE COLD SOBER people with Beer Muscles and Liquid Courage.
It's Trump Supporters of ALL ages from High School to Senior Citizens.
Before Trump's Election these people would think "That guy's WAY Stronger, more Athletic, Bigger Than Me, I'd better not make him mad". After Trump's election, these same people think they can now beat up (people who are bigger, faster, stronger, quicker, etc) simply because Trump won.
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The Trump supporter said something like Trump's President "N Word".



Listen to the white guy literally SAY "TRUMP" at 0:06 in the video as if it will give him superpowers just saying that name.

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[Help] Muscle recovery

Ive been working out for quite a while lost already 15kgs and have more to lose,
This is my cureent plan:
Day 1: Full upper body workout +hiit cardio
Day 2: Full lower body workout +hiit cardio
Day 3: Rest +10k walk
Day 4: Full upper body workout +hiit cardio
Day 5: Full lower body workout +hiit cardio
Day 6: Rest +10k walk
Day 7: Rest +10k walk
am i resting too much or working out too much?
i feel like i can push more workouts but ive read alot about how good rest is sometimes better then more workouts... so any advice?

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Trilixton Muscle Builder Supplement

Anyone heard of this Tillixton Muscle Builder???

Iv researched and nothing comes up other than fake reviews, well no real reviews that i could find.

As its my first post i cannot post the link but any google search shows up this product.


Anyway just wanted to get anyones feedback if they have used or heard of this product???

Peace out
chris

Sorry should of given some insight to what i am trying to achieve

Im 5.8m M.45 years 185 pound
have been lifting for 1 1/2 years to cut (was 216 pounds)
Approx 19% body fat

I know i haven't been lifting long but am really enjoying it and were just looking at natural products etc to ramp up my training

currently lifting 3-4 times per week - 45 to 60 min per session

I currently take Creatine before and after workout 5mg
plus 50 mg of Protein after workout



Thanks

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Tryharding to lose fat and not muscle. Am i on the right path?

Hey! I am 25 years old and my bodyweight is 155lbs/70kgs I`m 5.7ft/ 174cm with 10%-12% bodyfat (according to Tanita machine).

Goals: Reach 7%-8% bodyfat, but not lose to mutch weight. Since i`m getting to skinny for a guy my size i think.

What to do? I have 2100-2400kcal daily intake and my macros are 40%carbs, 30% protein and 30%fats.

I eat mostly clean food, I won`t bother with details. I just wonder if I`m on the right track? Or if I should change something?

Suppliments I use: Creatin and Beta-alanine (Recomended dose)

I used to be fat like over 20% bodyfat and a weight around 185LBS/83kgs. So I like being around 70kgs. Just need a little help..
Thanks in advance!

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Best routine to gainback muscle memory?

Hello guys I've been working out consistently keeping track of the macros hardcore for about a year until about last summer of 2017 leading into college where it got a bit hectic and I couldn't workout as much and ate like sht so I lost a lot of gains.

Lifts:
*Squat*: Previous 255lb Now: 185lb

*Bench*: Previous 165-175lb Now: 145lb

*Deadlift*: Previous 275-295lb Now: 205lb

*OHP*: Previous 125lb Now: 105lb

*Bent-Over Row*: Previous 165lb Now: 135lb

As you can see my gains have significantly reduced moreover on my squat/dl since I got injured on my leg and with school being stressful. Now that I'm healthy and finished my question is should I go back to my old roots doing ICF 5X5 3x a week? Or do an Upper/Lower or 5x program which I've been thinking about doing. The upside is the amount of free time I have now that I feel like could be used to maximize gains but I make fast linear progress.
 

Thoughts on what I should do and what you guys have done when you've lost significant gains and need motivation to workout again? I was thinking of doing Metallicadpa's / Cools PPL routine to maxamize the time I have.

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