Post body and stats. Also what have you been doing training/diet wise? If you want help you gotta give us some information brah.
I sleep 8+ hours every night
Go to the gym 5 times a week
Diet is ok but I don’t eat that much. When I first started working out I made sure to eat a lot but it just made me gain more fat than muscle so I don’t eat that much anymore. I have like 3 protein shakes a day and eat eggs and chicken but I’m not really getting any bigger. I look pretty good with a pump and other gym goers have told me I got big and I look good but I’m still dyel as shit compared to the other people at my gym
What are you doing when you’re in the gym though? Are you training hard, heavy, and until/past failure consistently or are you just going through the motions? Also what’s your height and weight it’ll be easier to gauge how much you need to be eating to gain good weight.
I guess I’m just going through the motions. When I try to do heavier weight I don’t feel it working out my body parts at all. When I do lesser weight I can actually feel the form and shit if that makes sense. Also I’m 5’9 and around 177 pounds. I don’t know if this matters or not but I have long limbs but a short torso, so I always look fat and kinda awkward so it really ruins my aesthetics. I look decent in a tank top but when I remove it I look pretty bad
Try switching your routine up. Try doing 2-3 heavy working sets per workout with the target rep range being 8-12 reps where by the end of each set you can barely finish the last rep, with the last set going until failure, then maybe a slight rest, then rep out as many as you can until failure once again. Not sure what your cardio routine is but try getting at least 30 minutes of medium intensity cardio in per day (I prefer stationary bike). Trust me, this will help burn off some of that stomach fat. I’d say eat around 3200 calories per day, maybe a bit more maybe a bit less, you’ll have to gauge that yourself, but try to get in a minimum of 150g of protein in per day. Eat clean as best you can, avoid processed foods.
Ok, I’ll try to keep all that in mind. Yes just find it weird how I actually look decent in a tank top and some shirts, but the minute I take it off I legitimately look like I haven’t lifted more than a couple of months. My main issue is that I have quite a bit of fat in my chest and belly button area. I also have mild gyno but it’s enough to ruin the way my chest looks despite the fact that I bench and do lots of dumbbell presses. I’ve gotten mired from quite a few people but I stg when I’m shirtless I look like a complete skinny fat dyel. It’s making me feel like I wasted 3 years of my life with barely anything to show for it
4 months ago
Anonymous
Just stay consistent. Train hard and train heavy. You get out of the gym what you put in. If you don’t take your training or diet seriously, unless you have great genetics, you can’t expect great results. It’s hard, and it takes discipline, but it’s admirable that you are at least trying. Don’t be too hard on yourself, but also be strict with yourself. Demand the best and you’ll get the best.
4 months ago
Anonymous
I’m not a shredded god like the IST icons, but I have made progress over the past 10 years. I’ve turned from lean twink into beefy man. No serious dietary regimen, no supplements, no Olympian weightlifting routine. Just dedication and a mediocre bro-split setup.
>Go to the gym 5 times a week
uh oh someone fell for the "the sticky is a meme" meme and surprise surprise doing nothing a bunch of isolation exercises and machines at light weights has in fact NOT gotten him results
Ngl bros I’m feeling pretty demoralized right now. I’ve been in the gym locker room for half a hour just staring at myself in the mirror and I kind of just want to give up. I really should look way better for working out for 3 years. I did a before and after pic and while I did gain some muscle, I gained a shit ton of fat as well. I’m debating if I should just fast till I’m a skeleton and completely restart from there.
4 months ago
Anonymous
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4 months ago
Anonymous
How the frick am I supposed to eat 177 grams of protein a day? Like I literally don’t have enough food for that shit lmao. Should I just chug protein shakes or some shit
4 months ago
Anonymous
I’m gonna be honest man, if you can’t find a way to eat 177 grams of protein in a day you’re not gonna make it. Literally just eat like 2 chicken breasts and you’re already 1/2 of the way there, it’s really not hard at all. Also solid food is better than protein shakes.
4 months ago
Anonymous
>2 entire chicken breasts >a day
That sounds disgusting. I legitimately think I would puke if I ate that much dry ass chicken every day
4 months ago
Anonymous
ask mommy to teach you how to cook
4 months ago
Anonymous
Alright this has to be a demoralization thread cuz no way you’re actually complaining about having to eat two chicken breasts.
I'm in a similar position, if that's your case, AND considering this
you should start focusing on movements you like to do.
In my case I only do close grip bench, pull ups with all grips, squats and deadlifts.
Choose excercises you like and get good at them. Try to choose compounds do, if you feel anything lacking you do slight grip changes, etc
>you should start focusing on movements you like to do.
I never got why David goggins and other IST genius's say you have to do incredibly difficult and complex lifts if you're ever going to make it. Why should someone do an upside down pistol squat when they could use a leg press?
>Go to the gym 5 times a week
uh oh someone fell for the "the sticky is a meme" meme and surprise surprise doing nothing a bunch of isolation exercises and machines at light weights has in fact NOT gotten him results
>doing nothing a bunch of isolation exercises and machines at light weights has in fact NOT gotten him results
Oh no. I only just figured out forearm curls and calf raises were a waste of my gym time and I've replaced them with push ups and pull ups.
Post body and stats. Also what have you been doing training/diet wise? If you want help you gotta give us some information brah.
What are you doing when you’re in the gym though? Are you training hard, heavy, and until/past failure consistently or are you just going through the motions? Also what’s your height and weight it’ll be easier to gauge how much you need to be eating to gain good weight.
Try switching your routine up. Try doing 2-3 heavy working sets per workout with the target rep range being 8-12 reps where by the end of each set you can barely finish the last rep, with the last set going until failure, then maybe a slight rest, then rep out as many as you can until failure once again. Not sure what your cardio routine is but try getting at least 30 minutes of medium intensity cardio in per day (I prefer stationary bike). Trust me, this will help burn off some of that stomach fat. I’d say eat around 3200 calories per day, maybe a bit more maybe a bit less, you’ll have to gauge that yourself, but try to get in a minimum of 150g of protein in per day. Eat clean as best you can, avoid processed foods.
https://i.imgur.com/uhlq3Ta.jpg
Just stay consistent. Train hard and train heavy. You get out of the gym what you put in. If you don’t take your training or diet seriously, unless you have great genetics, you can’t expect great results. It’s hard, and it takes discipline, but it’s admirable that you are at least trying. Don’t be too hard on yourself, but also be strict with yourself. Demand the best and you’ll get the best.
Post body.
Don't take advice from anyone who won't.
I’m not a shredded god like the IST icons, but I have made progress over the past 10 years. I’ve turned from lean twink into beefy man. No serious dietary regimen, no supplements, no Olympian weightlifting routine. Just dedication and a mediocre bro-split setup.
Tell us a bit about your rest and diet.
I sleep 8+ hours every night
Go to the gym 5 times a week
Diet is ok but I don’t eat that much. When I first started working out I made sure to eat a lot but it just made me gain more fat than muscle so I don’t eat that much anymore. I have like 3 protein shakes a day and eat eggs and chicken but I’m not really getting any bigger. I look pretty good with a pump and other gym goers have told me I got big and I look good but I’m still dyel as shit compared to the other people at my gym
What are you doing when you’re in the gym though? Are you training hard, heavy, and until/past failure consistently or are you just going through the motions? Also what’s your height and weight it’ll be easier to gauge how much you need to be eating to gain good weight.
I guess I’m just going through the motions. When I try to do heavier weight I don’t feel it working out my body parts at all. When I do lesser weight I can actually feel the form and shit if that makes sense. Also I’m 5’9 and around 177 pounds. I don’t know if this matters or not but I have long limbs but a short torso, so I always look fat and kinda awkward so it really ruins my aesthetics. I look decent in a tank top but when I remove it I look pretty bad
Try switching your routine up. Try doing 2-3 heavy working sets per workout with the target rep range being 8-12 reps where by the end of each set you can barely finish the last rep, with the last set going until failure, then maybe a slight rest, then rep out as many as you can until failure once again. Not sure what your cardio routine is but try getting at least 30 minutes of medium intensity cardio in per day (I prefer stationary bike). Trust me, this will help burn off some of that stomach fat. I’d say eat around 3200 calories per day, maybe a bit more maybe a bit less, you’ll have to gauge that yourself, but try to get in a minimum of 150g of protein in per day. Eat clean as best you can, avoid processed foods.
Ok, I’ll try to keep all that in mind. Yes just find it weird how I actually look decent in a tank top and some shirts, but the minute I take it off I legitimately look like I haven’t lifted more than a couple of months. My main issue is that I have quite a bit of fat in my chest and belly button area. I also have mild gyno but it’s enough to ruin the way my chest looks despite the fact that I bench and do lots of dumbbell presses. I’ve gotten mired from quite a few people but I stg when I’m shirtless I look like a complete skinny fat dyel. It’s making me feel like I wasted 3 years of my life with barely anything to show for it
Just stay consistent. Train hard and train heavy. You get out of the gym what you put in. If you don’t take your training or diet seriously, unless you have great genetics, you can’t expect great results. It’s hard, and it takes discipline, but it’s admirable that you are at least trying. Don’t be too hard on yourself, but also be strict with yourself. Demand the best and you’ll get the best.
Ngl bros I’m feeling pretty demoralized right now. I’ve been in the gym locker room for half a hour just staring at myself in the mirror and I kind of just want to give up. I really should look way better for working out for 3 years. I did a before and after pic and while I did gain some muscle, I gained a shit ton of fat as well. I’m debating if I should just fast till I’m a skeleton and completely restart from there.
How the frick am I supposed to eat 177 grams of protein a day? Like I literally don’t have enough food for that shit lmao. Should I just chug protein shakes or some shit
I’m gonna be honest man, if you can’t find a way to eat 177 grams of protein in a day you’re not gonna make it. Literally just eat like 2 chicken breasts and you’re already 1/2 of the way there, it’s really not hard at all. Also solid food is better than protein shakes.
>2 entire chicken breasts
>a day
That sounds disgusting. I legitimately think I would puke if I ate that much dry ass chicken every day
ask mommy to teach you how to cook
Alright this has to be a demoralization thread cuz no way you’re actually complaining about having to eat two chicken breasts.
I'm in a similar position, if that's your case, AND considering this
you should start focusing on movements you like to do.
In my case I only do close grip bench, pull ups with all grips, squats and deadlifts.
Choose excercises you like and get good at them. Try to choose compounds do, if you feel anything lacking you do slight grip changes, etc
>you should start focusing on movements you like to do.
I never got why David goggins and other IST genius's say you have to do incredibly difficult and complex lifts if you're ever going to make it. Why should someone do an upside down pistol squat when they could use a leg press?
>Go to the gym 5 times a week
uh oh someone fell for the "the sticky is a meme" meme and surprise surprise doing nothing a bunch of isolation exercises and machines at light weights has in fact NOT gotten him results
>doing nothing a bunch of isolation exercises and machines at light weights has in fact NOT gotten him results
Oh no. I only just figured out forearm curls and calf raises were a waste of my gym time and I've replaced them with push ups and pull ups.
Post body.
Don't take advice from anyone who won't.
Now you brah
Post body and stats. Also what have you been doing training/diet wise? If you want help you gotta give us some information brah.
I bet you don't even lift and just post this shit to demoralize people. What a homosexual
I’m not a shredded god like the IST icons, but I have made progress over the past 10 years. I’ve turned from lean twink into beefy man. No serious dietary regimen, no supplements, no Olympian weightlifting routine. Just dedication and a mediocre bro-split setup.
Is natty lifting a joke? Should I just get on roids
Yes and yes
Where do I get them
No matter how much I lift or improve I will never be respected or liked or have sex because i'm 5'6
you can still find a 5'5 girl