ShooterJones:
Does anybody maintain a regular gym routine while gaining or did you quit the gym (if you went in the first place) to reinforce your commitment to fattening up?
I met my wife at gymbox in the UK when she joined a class I was teaching for a friend in my old regiment.
She wasnt naturally in to working out, however, she was keeping herself healthy.
After coming out and us settling down she dropped a lot of the healthy eating etc.
When baby 2 was on the way I was worried about her health and so consulted some friends who were larger but still fit and tried to adapt their training regimes to her.
Obviously she still stays active with the kids and the stairs in the house, however, to make sure she can carry that glorious belly. She planks, does dead lifts but slowly, no sweat, no sets, just pick a max-25%, brace up and lift. No more cleans.
For upper back, rows.
She does work up a sweat, but not weighted, just long walks with me on weekends either in the pennines when in the UK or in any hills around us when travelling.
on thing I would say is that keeping a good posture and a stron rear chain makes her both heavier and fuller in look.Most of her weight is subcutaneous so it sits ahead of the abs. Her posterior is fuller and shes pushed out hence her breasts and belly are carried forward.
With only 3 days a week and very passive working out with about 100 lbs on the bar, she has maintained a good resting heart rate and has no back ache despite closing in on being class ii obese
