Genetics?

[Bdawg22]

Not really sure where to put this so i'll just go for it. Lately I have been extremely frustrated with my progress, I eat right, sleep right, lift right (or at least I think I do) and feel that I'm doing all I can to improve. Now it wouldn't bother me if I didn't have a roommate who made 2x the gains that I do while eating ****tier (macaroni, top ramen...basically a college diet), staying leaner and making bigger gains than me. He doesn't take any protein, i'd be surprised if he takes in 70g a day. How is this possible that he puts on 20 lbs of pure muscle in the 8 months we've been roommates and I'd be surprised if I have put on 5...if that with 100x the effort...Maybe I'm just bein a bitchh feel free to tell me so, just really frustrated right now.

[PTCFAIRFIELD]

How much activity do you both do during the day? If you are constantly moving and using energy it will probably be hard for you to make great gains but then again that may not be the case at all...

[Bdawg22]

He plays basketball at the college we go to. I dont do a whole lot other then the gym as far as physical activity.

[PTCFAIRFIELD]

Damn that is weird. Basketball burns a **** ton of calories so it should be the other way around. Guess he just has some really good genetics. You are a getting to have an awesome body though man, great V, so don't worry about it just keep doing what you're doing. Everybody is different.

[Farley1324]

I don't know man, but at 6'1" and 171 pounds I have a hard time believing that you are getting enough FOOOOD if you've been at this for at least 8 months.

You say you think you are lifting right, does that mean 3 or 4 days a week concentrating on heavy compound movements like squats, press, bench, deadlift, chinups, dips, pullups...?

[jgreystoke]

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This.


Not really sure where to put this so i'll just go for it. Lately I have been extremely frustrated with my progress, I eat right, sleep right, lift right (or at least I think I do) and feel that I'm doing all I can to improve. Now it wouldn't bother me if I didn't have a roommate who made 2x the gains that I do while eating ****tier (macaroni, top ramen...basically a college diet), staying leaner and making bigger gains than me. He doesn't take any protein, i'd be surprised if he takes in 70g a day. How is this possible that he puts on 20 lbs of pure muscle in the 8 months we've been roommates and I'd be surprised if I have put on 5...if that with 100x the effort...Maybe I'm just bein a bitchh feel free to tell me so, just really frustrated right now.

Are you doing some kind of split you found in Flex or other muscle comic? You know, one based on mainly isolation or machines, with maybe bench thrown in as one of the only big basic barbell moves?

Are you limiting calorie intake, because you are afraid of losing sight of your sixpack? Strength athletes, and off-season bodybuilders, typically have over 10% bodyfat, which keeps them as strong and healthy and injury proof as possible. Bodybuilders are the only strength athletes who compete AT THEIR WEAKEST AND LEAST POWERFUL. Since most bbers will never step on a stage, they don't need to go to such low BF, and they don't need AAS, CLEN, HGH, Insulin, adrenaline boosters, etc, or unhealthy diets.....

Do you have a plan? Are you using a real program that has stood the test of time, and has put muscle and strength on thousands of trainees? We're talking SS, WS4SB, Bill Starr 5 x 5, Reg Park 5 x 5:), Squats and Milk.....

Do you get your scheduled reps in the big basic barbell movements in good form, and reward yourself by adding a tad of iron next time?

And again, I have to ask, have you eaten a calorie surplus to help sustain those gains?

Do you treat:

Squats
Deads
Benches
Rows
Presses
Power cleans

ie, the biggest multi-joint barbell movements, as primary or core movements......never to be neglected, because they deliver 80%(at least) of your gains?

Do you treat:

Machine exercises
Smaller barbell or dumbell exercises

as secondary or accessory exercises.......great, but not as important progress wise as the big basics, because they deliver 20%(at most) of your gains?