>Been lifting for 6 months
>suddenly hit a wall
>currently stuck at a certain limit with my workouts. Cant do any harder weights
>some days Im feeling weaker despite consuming a lot of protein and not skipping a single week
What the fuck do I do?
you have a nice day. next.
>wonky eye
what a punchable ugly face
Could be a few reasons.
Either you don't eat enough of the right foods, you don't train hard enough (you don't push your reps to failure) or you don't let your muscles recover by not sleeping enough or giving them enough rest days.
Everyone reaches some sort of plateau in their IST journey. The important part is to stay consistant and not get demoralized, ya smell me?
1. Take two weeks off then continue with the same workout you did last. You'll probably set a new rep max.
2. Do this every six to eight weeks to maintain progress.
3. Google Dorian Yates talking about his training methods.
If you're stuck after 6 months, it's your mind that is failing you and not your body (unless you're lifting like a complete retard).
Maybe lay out your diet and program and we can give some advice, but if not, I'll just assume you're a prototypical modern-day pussy who self-defeats the first time he has one workout that doesn't go as planned and you keep getting into your own head over and over which is ruining your progress.
>Cant do any harder weights
it took me a while going from iron to steel weights, but youll get there soon anon
permission to swag out?
jackass
This is where people start contemplating steroids.
Imagine living in the shadow of your 6'4 300 lbs of muscle, challenger rank league player autistic brother
take two weeks off of training
check the calories you've been consuming
check your sleep
Deload, sleep more, sleep more
Ay yo, If she's 15, I'm 15. ya smell me?
It's called hitting a plateau, not hitting the wall. Get your words right.
Newfag dyels populate this thread.
After noobgains ends, bulk/cut cycles begin. Bulk in the winter, cut in the summer.
try a different workout routine and new exercises to stim the muscle in new ways and that might help
loser
I heard the guy you posted really likes the last of us, something about that Ellie girl
De load or pick different exercises.
Also eat more calories and try not to be a pussy
if she’s15
Just periodize dumbass.
OP here. Appreciated the help. I think its just the diet really
he really does live rent free in my head, everywhere I go I see his face
you thought you can come on this degenerate website and escape him? Hes fucking everywhere. You will forever have that loser in ur head and you cant escape it
Ashwagandha. Tongkat ali. Fadogia Agrestis. Trenbologna.
eat more
can't get stronger without adding muscle
can't add muscle without gaining weight
can't gain weight without putting on some fat
there's only one way to get big natty and that's to eat.
welcome to hell.
so how do some fat people gain muscle and lose weight? I thought it wasnt a myth
body eats the fat to build the muscle. it only works to any significant degree at high bodyfat, like 25%+
what the fuck? Ive done a bunch of research and ur existing fat will stay on you until u burn it. You cant just turn long lasting existing fat into muscle
am i crazy?
Yes, but like
said, it mostly works when you are morbidly obese. It's not so much as gaining muscle, more than mantaining what you already have and losing fat.
Of course if you are morbidly obese it looks like you became muscular, but in reality you just shedded the fat.
as i said it's not a significant effect unless you're at fatass bodyfat levels. almost all of the advice you read in the fitness community comes from people who not only aren't fat but people who have NEVER been fat.
i started lifting at like 35% bodyfat, stayed around 95kg the whole time, put 2 inches on my arms and lost a lot of my gut while getting my bench up to lmao2pl8 for reps in ~8 months. didn't change a single thing about my lifestyle or diet, literally just started going to the gym.
eventually i did hit a plateau though, just like OP - couldn't get my bench much past lmao 2pl8. when i ate more i got stronger but i also got even fatter, because altho i lost some weight i sure as fuck never got anywhere even close to lean. you can't recomp forever you can only recomp down to the "floor" where it stops being possible, and that floor is way higher than lean. you have to be jiggleable-gut tier fat to be able to recomp to any effect and it stops working long before you lose the gut.
so while recomping does happen it's something way outside the experience of the normal fitness-interested person who gives advice. they're not fat and never have been so they don't know shit about lifting while fat. but on the other hand, even though it does exist it's not really a significant factor even if you're fat enough to do it because it wears off long before you hit your goal.
eh yes and no. definitely some muscle growth does occur, it's just that you can't see it because all your muscles are covered in fat. the only real change you see is that your shoulders and chest become a little bit "fuller". it's not like they're more defined because you're still fat as fuck, but there's just a little bit more mass up top of your torso.
but it's subtle, and you're right that most of the effect comes from losing the weight.
Because we trick the body into using the fat, but while doing strenght training we stimulate those muscles to be used (and most of the time are already bigger than the norm. For example my last visit to the doctor put me at 127kg with 80 kg of muscles... some people would kill to have that much pure muscle mass) so it ends up averaging out because you make the body not eat the muscle.
I've lost 15kg of pure fat while mantaining between 77 and 80 kg of muscular mass. It's slower than just losing weight, but more sustainable
deload, eat and sleep more
then search "periodization" on youtube
I have a half week soft deload every 4th week, with the 3th week culminating in the most work sets at the highest intensity.