First pic is one year into lifting and second pic is two (almost). I feel like I've barely made progress in 10 months.
Is this really how natty lifting is? When will I be a 200 lb jacked dude?
Steroids are out of the question.
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10 months later
shoulder and chest look better but yeah for 10 months seems a bit weak.
Literally just eat more. Only reason you're mad at the way you look now is because you probably weigh no more than 180lbs of lean muscle at best.
These are literally just before and after the haircut. Also long hair was better
you fell for the powerlifting/strength meme, didn't you?
Read the thread im weak af
we have a progress thread already up
Yeah and I already posted my back there.
Sonuva b***h I just want some advice
Alright man, chill.
>are you training with enough volume and intensity?
>what are your strenght numbers?
>is your routine strength or hypetrophy focused?
>is your diet and rest optimised?
My diet is 90% organic with a focus on meat and dairy with fresh fruits and veggies. Not eating as much as I want because I'm a wagie. My routine (
) is doing one set of each everyday unless I'm too beaten up: hack squats x8 @ 225 lb (my quads are already huge from cycling), then pullovers ×12 @ 80lbs (will increase weight after i get a tricep bar) then t rows to failure at 180 lbs (15-18 reps currently; once i get to 20 i increase by 10 lbs) then French press to failure (9-12 reps) @80 lbs, then calf raises to failure (15-20) @ 250 lbs, then reverse grip floor press @ 170 lbs to failure (5-8) then reverse curls ×20 @120 lbs and then I finish with a standing press to failure (5-8) @ 110 lbs.
Thank you for encouragement
And thank you too. My shoulders are fricked from slap tears and such, can't do lat raises or normal bench, what's your recommendation for lateral delts in that case?
> is doing one set of each everyday
>going to failure
>EVERY DAY
There's your problem dude. Your muscle has surpassed your ability to recover in such a short time period. Simply take every exercise you do to failure and stop exercising every fricking day. You need to recover. I know you said you were on roids at one point. If you are on them right now, just exercise every other day or every 2 days. If you aren't, then add even more time between sessions. If you're bot getting bigger or stronger then just keep adding more rest days until you do get bigger and stronger. All of that lifting is completely useless if you don't allow your muscles to recover and then supercompensate
Lmao no roids ever. I do cycling as in bicycling. I bike to work a lot as it saves on gas.
But yeah I'll try to put more recovery days in. Doing one set of each exercise keeps me consistent though.
>Doing one set of each exercise keeps me consistent though.
Doing one set gives you literally the exact same gains as doing multiple sets, so long as you take those sets to failure. You'll save a shitload of time by just doing one set. You're effectively doing High Intensity training right now except for the resting part. You're going to blow up when you start including rest days
I'll try that out. I'm glad I can keep doing one set of each exercise because I hate getting doms in just one area as i with manual labor. Thanks for the advice! I hope you're right about me blowing up lol
This is false. He's already doing only one set which is likely one of the reasons why he is making zero progress. You need to do multiple sets
this is stupidly low weight/high rep. Just do 5 with weight so heavy that you almost fail on number 5. Also,
>everyday unless I'm too beaten up
get on an actual schedule. i bet you are "feeling too beaten up" more often than you think.
Dang I like doing high rep because i have a lot of injuries like herniated discs, a torn meniscus and an aforementioned slap tear. I usually workout 5-7 days straight with one recovery day but I'll add more recovery days between training days as per the advice in the thread.
Why is doing one set less good if I'm doing one set of every exercise in my repertoire as opposed to three sets of specific exercises spaced out between 3 or 4 days?
You're not doing nearly enough volume. Academic studies show 15-30 weekly sets per muscle group is optimal. You're doing half that.
Follow an actual program written by someone with more than 1/2 a brain.
Studies are easy to cook, I prefer experiments. They're easier to read, as well. According to my math I'm currently doing 20 sets for back, 15 sets for chest, and idk how I'd calculate the number of sets for arms (don't care about legs that much because biking).
Yeah I guess I'll have to swallow my pride or whatever and follow a routine not written by a dumbass at some point. This routine is just so fun.
This post makes me lose hope for you.
Keep doing dumb shit and deluding yourself. I'll listen to the multiple PHDs and professional coaches with the massive supporting evidence of athletes they train.
Stay small brainlet.
NTA but post body, soiboi
you won't tire out your muscles with just one set.
Your routine is dogshit. Consider something less moronic. Also eat more homosexual.
It took you an entire year of mediocre gains to consider you might be doing something wrong. You're either stupid or don't care enough
I am pretty stupid, to be honest. What's moronic about it? The reps and sets or the exercises or both?
Reps, sets, exercises. Look up a real routine it's not fricking hard. Go follow a real PPL
Where the frick did you come up with this routine? Just find a proper PPL.
You're also not eating enough, given that you didn't get fatter nor gained any muscle.
I made it up based on what felt good.
Food costs money though. What's a cheap way to bulk up? I hear a lot about oats.
Eggs, egg whites, ground beef, rice, dried beans, potatoes. Easy.
>What's a cheap way to bulk up?
Gorilla chow.
>Food costs money though. What's a cheap way to bulk up? I hear a lot about oats.
I am doing buttermilk powder and oatmeal. It costs me $3.8 per day over my normal maintenance food costs
>oatmeal
*olive oil
oatmeal is too filling
>My diet is 90% organic
Mostly bullshit to make you spend more. If you really care about muh pesticooods, just buy regular food and avoid the "dirty dozen". Eat more milk and eggs for proteins, if you want to spend more on food, fish is a better money sink than "organic food"
>I go to failure every day
No, you dont
I do reps until I can't move the weight anymore, homosexual.
You are being too self critical. Your shoulders, biceps, forearms, triceps are all noticeably different and you look leaner. Your "problem" isn't really a problem but you could eat a little bit more and see more muscle gain but then you will have to cut some fat after.
You want to look bigger faster? You need to focus traps and side delts. That will give you that bigger topside making your v taper more pronounced.
Keep it up brah, we're all gonna make it.
lol please dont feed into OP's delusions. the progress is disappointing and barely noticeable. Post routine OP. You training close to failure every day?
OP's "delusion" is that he has barely made any progress. You're a Black person.
Post legs and height.
>natties following a roidtroony brosplit
>ending up with shit progress
Many such cases.