Definitely not. I have no trouble reaching macro targets but putting by body through the rigamarole of constantly digesting something is legitimately tiring in of itself.
Do you really think you've provided enough info in your opening post for anyone to give you real sound advice?
What is your end goal, weight gain, or cutting?
What does your training consist of?
How much are you eating?
My goal is to put on lean mass, aiming to get to 82kg (I weigh about 79.5-80kg before eating, 83kg+ after). I train full body b*dyweight training. My calorie requirement is 3400cal a day, which is just 3 square meals + protein shake.
Did you get stronger? Did you gain weight?
In the absence of these two, you will see no positive changes. Simple as.
Stats went up and so did my weight but my physique has not changed one bit. Only time I notice it is with pump + lighting.
3400 is on the upper end of the scale as far as weight gain goes. 3000-3500 is what I've got down, and like I said, having to fulfill that is tiring so I often swing under 3000cal.
Your maintenance level would be around 2700~ calories, even at 3000 you'd be gaining weight month over month. If you were eating anywhere near 3400 calories semi regularly you would be packing on body fat noticeably even if you were gaining no muscle. Doesn't add up, chief. Your story is full of holes
What don't you understand about the "not eating enough part"?
2 years ago
Anonymous
Yeah, nah. You're not blowing through 700 or more additional cals during your bodyweight workouts, you lying gaylord.
2 years ago
Anonymous
the lie, mainly. if i had to guess, someone training 2x bodyweight weekly (no other info given, probably works a desk job too etc) is barely breaking 2000kcal TDEE. if op was really eating 3000-3500kcal despite swinging below 3000kcal the weight gain would be incredibly noticeable in 8 months.
anyways someone aiming to gain weight and not succeeding in it is genuinely moronic. stop trying to drink protein shakes, fricking buy pringles, snickers bar, bag of candies. eat pizza/mcdonalds, then fill the rest with "real food". it's literally so fricking easy to eat +5k kcal per day. stop trying to reach it only by eating boiled chicken, rice and steamed broccoli.
2 years ago
Anonymous
>Just eat like shit bro
I do the same, fullbody workout, Stronglifts 5x5, 3 times a week, where I add pull-ups and chin-ups to training A and B alternatively.
If anything my strength has gone up since I do Progressive Overload
Tell me, do you find your exercise hard? Do you fee it strains your body?
>Tell me, do you find your exercise hard? Do you fee it strains your body?
Yes, absolutely. But I also feel like I'm spinning the wheel with it, should probably start progressing to harder exercise groups. For the first 3 months I did splits 2x a week and the feeling between that and doing fullbody for those 2 days is substantial. I'm going to try going for bodyweight 3x a week, but it really does feel like the only way to put on lean mass is with weight training. The only caveat with that is that a gym membership is something I'd rather not spend money on and buying power rack and becoming homegym chad is out of the question too.
2 years ago
Anonymous
Bodyweight training (calisthenics) can be incredibly efficient if done right. You need to put in a lot more effort into literally every aspect of training than you are doing now.
Seems like your workouts, your nutrition and your rest is less than suboptimal. Go back and start again.
Do you really think you've provided enough info in your opening post for anyone to give you real sound advice?
What is your end goal, weight gain, or cutting?
What does your training consist of?
How much are you eating?
Clearly not. Have you been eating enough?
Definitely not. I have no trouble reaching macro targets but putting by body through the rigamarole of constantly digesting something is legitimately tiring in of itself.
My goal is to put on lean mass, aiming to get to 82kg (I weigh about 79.5-80kg before eating, 83kg+ after). I train full body b*dyweight training. My calorie requirement is 3400cal a day, which is just 3 square meals + protein shake.
Stats went up and so did my weight but my physique has not changed one bit. Only time I notice it is with pump + lighting.
>bodyweight training
Lift you fricking brainlet
>TDEE is 3400 cals
DOUBT
3400 is on the upper end of the scale as far as weight gain goes. 3000-3500 is what I've got down, and like I said, having to fulfill that is tiring so I often swing under 3000cal.
Your maintenance level would be around 2700~ calories, even at 3000 you'd be gaining weight month over month. If you were eating anywhere near 3400 calories semi regularly you would be packing on body fat noticeably even if you were gaining no muscle. Doesn't add up, chief. Your story is full of holes
What don't you understand about the "not eating enough part"?
Yeah, nah. You're not blowing through 700 or more additional cals during your bodyweight workouts, you lying gaylord.
the lie, mainly. if i had to guess, someone training 2x bodyweight weekly (no other info given, probably works a desk job too etc) is barely breaking 2000kcal TDEE. if op was really eating 3000-3500kcal despite swinging below 3000kcal the weight gain would be incredibly noticeable in 8 months.
anyways someone aiming to gain weight and not succeeding in it is genuinely moronic. stop trying to drink protein shakes, fricking buy pringles, snickers bar, bag of candies. eat pizza/mcdonalds, then fill the rest with "real food". it's literally so fricking easy to eat +5k kcal per day. stop trying to reach it only by eating boiled chicken, rice and steamed broccoli.
>Just eat like shit bro
>Tell me, do you find your exercise hard? Do you fee it strains your body?
Yes, absolutely. But I also feel like I'm spinning the wheel with it, should probably start progressing to harder exercise groups. For the first 3 months I did splits 2x a week and the feeling between that and doing fullbody for those 2 days is substantial. I'm going to try going for bodyweight 3x a week, but it really does feel like the only way to put on lean mass is with weight training. The only caveat with that is that a gym membership is something I'd rather not spend money on and buying power rack and becoming homegym chad is out of the question too.
Bodyweight training (calisthenics) can be incredibly efficient if done right. You need to put in a lot more effort into literally every aspect of training than you are doing now.
Seems like your workouts, your nutrition and your rest is less than suboptimal. Go back and start again.
Do you really think you've provided enough info in your opening post for anyone to give you real sound advice?
What is your end goal, weight gain, or cutting?
What does your training consist of?
How much are you eating?
Did you get stronger? Did you gain weight?
In the absence of these two, you will see no positive changes. Simple as.
I assume you took progress pics OP, let's have a look at you.
2x a week isn't a lot but you should still see a difference after 8 months.
I didn't.
Sometimes I don't even reach eating 700cal in a day, forget additional calories. Do you understand now?
your story went from 3000-3500kcal to eating 700kcal a day and wondering why you are not gaining muscle
yeah im thinking delete thread
I do the same, fullbody workout, Stronglifts 5x5, 3 times a week, where I add pull-ups and chin-ups to training A and B alternatively.
If anything my strength has gone up since I do Progressive Overload
Tell me, do you find your exercise hard? Do you fee it strains your body?
>does light exercise twice a week
>eats below bmr
>>wow why am i not gaining weight?
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based Op is a homosexual
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