Hi

I would like to know why the price for my Platinum membership increase of about 17 cents each month.

Thank you in advance for your answer.

Well it is $7.99 a month USD. Are you in a different country where the exhange rate is changing?

Yes, I'm in France, but every month I pay a little bit more.

$7.99 is about 7 euros. I paid that after the free month, but now it's about 9 euros which is about $10.

@Tony016 Is it that your bank is charging you a transaction fee because it's an overseas transaction?

Well, I really don't know Scott. Maybe :/

I'll take a closer look at it.

Anyway, I'm still looking forward your new program! I hope it's coming real soon!

@Tony016 OK man, let me know if that is what it is! You're going to LOVE the Full Body program man. So many gains to be made! By the way, the app should be dropping for Android today (Tuesday) and then hopefully the iPhone version will be out later this week! Get ready!

Hey Scott or anyone who can help.

I am new to building muscle and I am 100% fully dedicated to becoming ripped. I have started with the push, pull, legs program.

I have a few questions.

My macros for hard muscle calculation is 2686 calories. 190g protein, 57g fat, 354g carbs.

All I eat is good quality food all day every single day. Oats, fruits, chicken breast, yogurt etc. I never eat anything bad.

So here’s my question. I find it very hard to keep track of exactly how many calories and grams of everything I am eating but let’s say I eat more than I’m supposed to is that bad? Like fats. I don’t ever check how much fat I’m eating because I just get the 57g from eating what I normally eat but say I eat 80g of fat but good fat because I eat avocados and almonds, does that matter?

My other question is that if I’m dedicated to eating the same boring discusting food every single day is there point bulking and cutting?

like what it the purpose of bulking and cutting?

ive looked this up and it’s seems to be all broscience.

final question: It litterally is impossible to eat that much grams of macros without using protein shakes right? Like 354g of carbs. THAT is SOO much oats.

thank you soo much in advance. Love your videos. Please help me out.

@DealWithIt Going over your macros for bulking can be a bad thing. If your calorie surplus is too big, then you'll put on too much unwanted fat along with the muscle you're gaining. Eating an extra 23g of fat is going to give you an extra 200 calories. If you do that every day, that's 1400 calories over your goal each week. Within two weeks that's almost 1lb of weight extra. So things like that can add up. I would try to stay 5 - 10g either side of your goal for any of your macros to keep things in check.

Bulking and cutting is done because if you're bulking, you will gain some fat. You can keep the gains lean, but there will always be at least some fat. So if you get to a point where you want to get leaner, you will need to cut. Does it have to be done? No, it depends on your goals and what you are happy with in terms of your physique.

I wouldn't say it's impossible at all. Carbs are very easy to come by. If you're eating lots of rice, sweet potato, oats, wholegrain bread, fruit and vegetables, 350g will come quicker than you think. But yes you will have to eat a lot of those foods - probably multiple servings.

As for protein, again, if you eat enough protein foods like white meat, red meat, fish, eggs, yoghurt and even things like beans and peanut butter, your protein count will be pretty solid. But if you can't get all the protein you need from whole foods, then a protein powder is a great addition to your @mealplan!

Also, if 350g of carbs is too much, reduce it. Cut the carbs back to 300g or so and increase the fats to 80g if that's what you're getting on a typical day anyway.

Hey Scott

thanks for helping me with my previous questions

i have a couple more...

So my macros are:

350g carbs

200g protein

60g fat

and im 19 and a skinny dude. I can eat a lot but once I poured 350g of carbs worth of oats into a bowl (500g) I realised there’s no way I could eat this much oats every day and a ton of chicken to get my 200g protein.

Ive seen your video on mass gainers and you say that they shouldn’t be used to supplement real quality food everyday, but there’s no way in hell anyone can eat that much. Like eating almonds and peanut butter and oats and chicken etc all day adds up to nothing you have to literally non stop eating. I saw your video 12 tips to eat more but I still can’t grasp how anyone can eat 500g of oats a day only for carbs. That not including protein obviously.

also I am new to the gym and fitness and I currently do not take any supplements. And I was considering buying a whey protein isolate, this is good for you right? Taking it every day as a source of protein is ok? Like I’ve heard some things like creatine isn’t good for you in the long run etc but I was wondering if there is any downside to consuming whey protein isolate every day.

@DealWithIt I'm not quite understanding why you think you only have to eat oats for carbs? There are plenty of other carb sources available my bro! You can mix it up, but like I said before, yes you will need to eat a lot of food to get there. But it's possible. Don't forget you can add in things like rice cakes / rice crackers too!

Do your best to get those calories in without the mass gainer. But if you REALLY need it, it's OK to use.

Whey protein is totally fine! I'll link you to a video below and I'm also going to link you to a list of foods you can use to fill your macros and calories. https://muscularstrength.com/article/healthy-shopping-list-for-life

Hey Scott.

First off I would like to say a huge thanks. You are literally the nicest person I know.

Ok so I am 19 and skinny fat and I just signed up to a gym about 2 weeks ago so I can’t really lift anything because I don’t really have any muscle.

I have started with month 1 of the push pull legs program

My goal is to look pretty much the same as you. Ripped all the time but not crazy huge as I don’t want to perform or anything.

1st question: Is there any point following the push pull legs program if I can barely do the excerises in the program or should I try to follow it to the best of my ability and push as hard as I can?

2nd question: Because I don’t really have any muscle, do I need to have a solid meal plan?

3rd question: I struggle with mind to muscle connection especially with core and abs workouts. I feel as if my arms do all the work when I am supposed to work my obliques etc. Have you got any advice for this? What I am trying to say is that I cannot tense/flex my core or abs when exercising that muscle is this because I have no muscle? But if I did sit-ups, over time I will be able to contract these muscles?

4th question: The PPL program is a bit confusing, so for month 1 day 1 you follow the video that’s easy enough and for day 2 you are doing a HIIT workout and that’s it right? 15minutes of training and nothing else?

5th question: If my goal is to have a similar physique as you Scott I should bulk and hard muscle gain till I have a physique I am satisfied with and cut so my muscles are visible and maintain that right? (This is probably a dumb question)

6th question: Say I complete month 1 of the PPL program, should I move to month 2 even if I feel I am still making gains with month 1 excerices? What would happen to the deload weeks in this situation?

I am fully dedicated to my goal this means that I won’t have no cheat meal or anything and I will go hard at the gym everytime. I know everyone askes this but how long roughly would it take to see noticeable results? Or to achieve my goal? How long did it take to achieve the physique you have? Not like the 9yrs+ you been training but you know to get to your size/physique.

And again a huge thanks Scott for all your help I’m sure I speak for everyone but you are definely the best.

Like if you died I would sacrifice my self to bring you back to life, that’s how nice and admirable you are. Huge props. You deserve everything in the world. If I was a billionaire I would buy you anything you wanted. Haha anyways man, thanks in advance. Have a good life.

@DealWithIt

1. Yes you should definitely do it man. That's how you get better and that's how you get stronger! Don't be worried about how much weight you're lifting - just lift as much as you can and push yourself to your own limits. We all start somewhere!

2. Yes! You ALWAYS need a solid @mealplan my bro!

3. The more you train your abs, yes the more you'll be able to build a mind-muscle connection with them. If you're taking about your arms doing the work, I guess you mean with things like wood choppers or standing oblique crunches? Just lower the weight and REALLY focus on your core. Maybe even put one hand on your core so you can actually feel the muscles contracting.

4. Did you look at the calendar for the program? That shows you what you're doing every day for all 3 months. But on the days you do the HIIT circuit, you can also do some HIIT cardio if you like!

5. Go for a lean bulk bro. You will still probably have to cut at some point, but you won't have as much to cut if you keep your gains lean. As long as your surplus is about 250 - 500 calories above maintenance, that's perfect!

6. If you are making gains with MONTH 1 (which you should), you should go to MONTH 2 because that's where the intensity gets taken up a notch! I would only repeat MONTH 1 twice if your first time through you didn't really feel like you made much progress.

It's different for everyone man. There's no way to put an exact time frame on it. Just be consistent with your training and your @mealplan and the results will come. Put that hard work in and get the rewards!

Thanks so much for the kind words. Merry Christmas!

Hey Scotty I’m gonna try and make this short

Meal plan.

My macros are 200g protein, 300g carbs, 80g fat.

I googled best sources of protein and carbs, and I prefer Chicken breast and oats the best. Is it okay to litterally eat 500g of oats a day every single day? The same food same amount.

529g of oats gives me 300g of carbs and 67.7g of protein.

protein shake 50g protein

and a few chicken breasts for the remaining 83g of protein.

Basically I don’t care what the food tastes like and I don’t care about variety, becuase variety takes time, time which I don’t have. I don’t want to have to eat say an orange and calculate it’s macros, it’s time consuming. I’d rather just eat the same stuff every day and calculate the macros I’m consuming once. Instead of everyday.

sure your meal plan app is a great help but it’s just not for me. Takes time to log everything even the smallest things. So I’d rather just not bother eating the smallest things. And make one set meal plan.

I am 20 years old with no health conditions or anything. I am worried that I might miss some micro nutrients and I’m not great and knowing what micronutrients I’m missing, if I am missing somethings will this affect my growth a lot?

All I eat is Oats, chicken breast, protein powder and occasionally a banana or some Greek yogurt.

What I am getting at is that I am 20 and I am basically invincible, some deficiencies isn’t gonna make a big deal is it? Like if I’m defieint in iodine or magnesium, what difference is it gonna make, what does magniesium even do?

You get the point right? Sorry, turned out longer than I thought. Thanks man, great help. You are a top bloke.

@DealWithIt Here's the thing.

Eating the exact same three foods like that is definitely going to be easy. And yes it will give you your macronutrients and calories for the day. But the micronutrients are just as important, if not more important, because they are actually going to allow your body to properly digest and utilize / absorb your macronutrients. So if you're not getting your micronutrients (and you won't be getting all of them with just chicken, oats and broccoli) then some of your macros might be wasted, for want of a better term.

Being 20 years old and feeling invincible is great. But you're not going to be 20 forever. You want to be fueling your body not just for now, but for longevity too.

If anything you would be better off making a @mealplan with a variety of foods, but then eating those same foods every day. Meaning you more or less only have to track for a week or a few days and then stick with basically the same foods, with some variance here and there.

Is the friend/unfriend feature working?

@JeffreyF It should be? Are you having trouble with it?