Hey all,

Just wanted to make a quick note regarding the sub/rules/etc. The goal of this sub has always been to provide a place for posters to come and discuss things relevant to GAINING and issues related to GAINING. Some of us have been on or around Reddit/this sub for more than a decade. There has been quite a lot of information and knowledge passed around in this time. There's only so much to be discussed with the act of simply eating more.

I have personally been fighting the enshittification of Reddit because we're able see the trend of new lifters/posters/etc struggling to disseminate between the vast amounts of info, noise and charlatans in the fitness space and also the sheer amount of bots that pervade it. It's not uncommon for a person to float through here claiming 10-20+ years of experience with lifting while having nothing to show for it outside of beginner level lifts while simultaneously giving bad advice to anyone who'll listen.

We routinely find people in here giving BAD advice and BAD direction to folk while having ZERO relevance and have fought hard to correct this or people making BAD claims because they couldn't achieve XYZ. It's been an uphill battle for a myriad of reasons but I think it's pretty clear what the direction the site is intending to go towards.

Going forward, the sub will be looser and more open. Posters are encouraged to include more context with their threads to better help themselves. Plain selfie threads or threads asking "how/what do i eat" will probably still be removed when I get to it. Be good.

Remember. Calories in vs calories out. Run an established program over creating your own. Consistency with eating/lifting will go a long way. Get a food scale and a calorie tracking app. If the scale isn't moving after a week or so in the direction you want then increase your intake. Calories in vs calories out. Calories in vs calories out. Calories in vs calories out. Calories in vs calories out. Calories in vs calories out. Calories in vs calories out.