The Journey of the Skinnies

[jantelo]

in4later

[5to9]

If you're really consuming 4000+ calories per day and not seeing any results you're not lifting heavy enough.

[caustin1986]

If you're really consuming 4000+ calories per day and not seeing any results you're not lifting heavy enough.

No he's not seeing results because he has a poor diet and is not consistent. DIET IS KEY.

[5to9]

Well...from what I read, he's trying to bulk, so what he's eating is less important than how much. I dunno, maybe his form sucks, overall diet sucks, or could be a lot of things, whatever. He's not giving us much to go on. :/

[caustin1986]

Well...from what I read, he's trying to bulk, so what he's eating is less important than how much. I dunno, maybe his form sucks, overall diet sucks, or could be a lot of things, whatever. He's not giving us much to go on. :/

It doesn't matter whether he's bulking or not. Just because you're bulking doesn't mean it's ok to eat crap food and have an inconsistent diet. There are macros that need to be hit EVERY day. How are you going to hit your macros if you're eating donuts and eating processed lunch meat? Really there's not much of a difference between bulking and cutting diets. The cut diet has less carbs, more protein, less fat and maybe more veggies. Bulking has more fat, more carbs, and maybe less protein. If you eat crap food, all the lifting in the world isn't going to help you. Hell, it can do more damage than good actually. By going to the gym and lifting heavy and really well, then eating crap food and not hitting calories and macros, you're going to become catabolic all the time and can actually lose muscle. Maybe this is why he's not seeing results.

[caustin1986]

Ohh hahaha sorry typo thursday is legs haha and my back I do when I do shoulders. I do the seated row thing and deltoid flys and stuff. I eat junk food only when I have to not something I crave...like right now I just ate I sat down and had almost 5 sandwiches(didn't finish the 5th :P) with butter spread and allootaa slices of meat I ate 6 servings according to the package and yeah just stuff I make like I buy steaks and I buy all of my food an cook whatever comes to my head so yeah I try nd eat ever three hours and it happens some days not all the time.

You should go to the nutrition thread and read the stickies there, make a GOOD diet, FOLLOW it and be CONSISTENT. I guarantee if your diet is on point along with your lifting you WILL see results. Good luck.

[SSGBigd28]

Hmmm...I need ppl that are better to work out with idk they jump around too much I have a schedule and everything...so I talked to a nutrition guy at nutrishop and he said stop running... I forgot to mention btw I run 3 miles a day and trying to get my mile time beter now that I'm at a 6 minute mile time I think I'm happy now haha...but anyways running=catabolic...I feel dumb -__- I'll let u guys no how things go in the next few weeks I stopped running and idk I'll check the scale again tonight nd just hope for the best thanks for the help! If anyone is as skinny as me nd wants to workout in my area hit me up! In so cal!

[nightmare69]

As far as lifting...the big 3 should be in your routine.

squat
deadlift
bench press

some more good exercises

bent over rows
military press
pull ups
dips
power cleans

If you do those compound lifts with good weight and form and eat a good diet you WILL grow.

Lift heavy, eat clean, and be patient.

Well idk my scale might be lying
Then i take a shake in the morning after my workout and one b4 bed like it says and then maybe if I'm craving one or if I'm busy nd miss a meal so not too often but in the afternoon. I workout monday to Thursday
Monday is chest
Tuesday is arms
Wednesday is shoulders
Thursday is chest

Abs and core I do ever day.
I'm a really skinny person idk if gaining fat might be a bad thing I tried to measure my fat percent and it shows an error most of the time or just recently it started to work and showed 4% fat which yes I know is horrible

Bad routine man, where are legs, back? See the top for the list of exercises you SHOULD be doing.

[SSGBigd28]

Ok update...either the scale is lying to me or it's working so I tried sticking to one scale and kept what I was doing but with little changes and I started off couple weeks ago with enormass and a change in diet I think at 136.5 now at 140 flat is that right or is it all crappy weight and not legit I did accurate measuring as in I was "empty" and stuff. So is it legit or no good?

[caustin1986]

Ok update...either the scale is lying to me or it's working so I tried sticking to one scale and kept what I was doing but with little changes and I started off couple weeks ago with enormass and a change in diet I think at 136.5 now at 140 flat is that right or is it all crappy weight and not legit I did accurate measuring as in I was "empty" and stuff. So is it legit or no good?

Don't worry about the scale so much. Focus on whether or not you are making strength gains and if your appearance is changing in the mirror.

[bobjenkins777]

Today I can feel a new PR on deadlifting in my near future! I hope! :-)

[brian1570]

thinking about becoming a certified personal trainer. there are tons of gyms in my area back home, im sure i could get on with one.

[caustin1986]

thinking about becoming a certified personal trainer. there are tons of gyms in my area back home, im sure i could get on with one.

I was contemplating the same thing but I just enrolled in school for something different Plus the crazy hours and crappy pay at a big gym would interfere with my own goals. I def. have an interest in helping others though, so you never know, I might take it on as well.

[brian1570]

yeah didnt look into the pay, got any idea what they make? but yeah i really like helping ppl. i'v already helped my sister lose a bunch of weight and given more than a few friends some pointers.

[caustin1986]

yeah didnt look into the pay, got any idea what they make? but yeah i really like helping ppl. i'v already helped my sister lose a bunch of weight and given more than a few friends some pointers.

At bigger gyms they make like $12 an hour. They work some crazy hours too because you are going off the clients schedules, not yours. Most trainers work a split shift like 5am to 9am then come back at 6pm to 10pm. A lot of the time the hours are crazier than that and change weekly. The key is to get your own clients that you take to a gym. I'd go the private route. The best way to do that is to open your own gym or find a very small one that you can go into and scoop up clients. Check Barthel Fitness on ********. He's a PT and has been very successful at it, and he'll answer any questions you have too.

[brian1570]

At bigger gyms they make like $12 an hour. They work some crazy hours too because you are going off the clients schedules, not yours. Most trainers work a split shift like 5am to 9am then come back at 6pm to 10pm. A lot of the time the hours are crazier than that and change weekly. The key is to get your own clients that you take to a gym. I'd go the private route. The best way to do that is to open your own gym or find a very small one that you can go into and scoop up clients. Check Barthel Fitness on ********. He's a PT and has been very successful at it, and he'll answer any questions you have too.

yeah ultimately i want to open my own gym. 12/hr is not too bad, i think i could survive on that. the schedule doesnt really bother me too much as i wont be going to school for a while so no biggie there. i'v worked way worse hours for the marine corps.

[kkrx]

I'm in on this, new starter - my journey hasn't even started.

As you can see my stats make me more than skinny hopefully I can change for the better!

[brian1570]

I'm in on this, new starter - my journey hasn't even started.

As you can see my stats make me more than skinny hopefully I can change for the better!

EAT BIG, LIFT BIG. any questions?

[caustin1986]

Once again...Why is this thread STILL not stickied?? LOL who the eff do I need to talk to around here haha.

[driley145]

Some progress to report. I'm up 3.5 lbs. since 10 days ago. I'm just starting, so I'm attributing the gains to a better, larger intake of food as I haven't been through my workout cycle 2 full times yet. That said, I'm encouraged and excited to start steve poynters mass construction plan next week to see what a proper diet this time can do along with the work done in the weight room.

[caustin1986]

Some progress to report. I'm up 3.5 lbs. since 10 days ago. I'm just starting, so I'm attributing the gains to a better, larger intake of food as I haven't been through my workout cycle 2 full times yet. That said, I'm encouraged and excited to start steve poynters mass construction plan next week to see what a proper diet this time can do along with the work done in the weight room.

That's good man! Yeah that means your diet is on point most likely. Once you start working out hard you'll feel great! Get some!

[usertrack]

I started eating more and working out from February this year. Started the year at just under 140 pounds and just did everything I could to get bigger. The diet was clean for the most part but it could've been cleaner. Then, after 6 months I managed to get myself up to about 160 pounds. I had hit my first target of gaining 20 pounds. What then? Well, life took a sharp turn and my goals dried up and I've only had a few proper gym sessions this month and the diet slipped up accordingly. Am currently skinnier and less lean than a month ago as a result.

This has made me realise how important goals are for motivation. Turning around this week, I'll begin a 2 month clean muscle gain diet working out 5 days a week then come October, a 2 month fat loss regime before switching back to gains for the rest of Winter and Spring so that by next summer (and a bit of extra cardio to help), I'll be leaner and bigger than I am right now.

Thought I'd put my goals on here to mark the start of a new set of goals for the coming year.

[nightmare69]

Once again...Why is this thread STILL not stickied?? LOL who the eff do I need to talk to around here haha.

P.M. a mod and give him a link to the thread. If he dont do it, pm another.

[Jeankartel]

Hey guys, ill jump in here, started at about 140lbs. Working my way up. Some progress pics in my profile. Keep up the amazing effort everyone. Helps keep us all motivated.

[nt4sell]

what ever happen to the contest, and redmond? who won and what did they get?

[nuketurnal]

added another 2.5lbs! 137 > 142.5 in 2weeks

[caustin1986]

what ever happen to the contest, and redmond? who won and what did they get?

Nobody knows. Apparently most people didn't send in pics to be judged. Haven't heard from redmond for a long time. Oh well, we ALL run this thread, and hell, I'll be open to sponsoring or running a contest.

[nightmare69]

Ive been working out for nearly 5 months strait now. Ive gone from 128-150. Im taking a week off due to my forearm tendonitis starting to really hurt working out. Suck cause I hate not being able to go but my body needs a break.

[kkrx]

EAT BIG, LIFT BIG. any questions?

Yea of course I got a lotta questions:

- Is it necessary to take supplements i.e. weight gainer, protien shake etc.. Part of my goals is to be healthy/eat healthy and I would like to avoid if poss...

- Should I expect to get fat during the bulk, like is it poss to bulk but pure muscle without having to cut afterwards? I'm assuming if it is done properly the former should not occur...

- OK obviously I am going to have to increase calorie intake more than usual to gain weight, but as i'm going to start working out (which at the moment I do hardly any exercise at all) do I need to account for this as this is likely to burn a lot of calories?
Because say I started working out but did not increase my intake enough I could actually end up losing weight due to burnt calories?? Which obviously I cannot afford to do!

- Is a full body workout OK for a bulk, I know everyone is on SS but to begin with I am just going to start firstly on simple bodyweight exercises + a simple dumbell routine

[SilentOneOne]

kkrx,

Protein shakes will help you get enough protein, hard to eat enough using solid foods. If you eat healthy and clean, you will not get fat.

3rd question- just eat a ton. You are taller and thinner than when I started. Eat as much healthy food as you can.

I started with full body workouts for the first 3 months and made great progress. When you plateau, then move on to a different routine.

My progress-off creatine for the another month and took a 3 week break but back in it now. My school just build a huge new gym. Will hit the creatine again when school opens and hopefully make some more huge gains.

Keep it up guys.