A guy at my gym

[Johnbodybuilder]

Ok the when i first started my gym about 1 year 3 months ago, there was a guy there who always trained with weights. Ok now i see him there now 1 y 3m later, and he looks literally no different, and he struggles to put 2 plates on t bar row for reps. He does like 20 sets per bodypart and i feel real sorry for him,
you know guys like this?

discuss.

[darksymbiote]

Ok the when i first started my gym about 1 year 3 months ago, there was a guy there who always trained with weights. Ok now i see him there now 1 y 3m later, and he looks literally no different, and he struggles to put 2 plates on t bar row for reps. He does like 20 sets per bodypart and i feel real sorry for him,
you know guys like this?

discuss.

I don't know anyone neccesarily like THIS where I remember seeing them but I know a few guys that will NEVER go anywhere in terms of improvement because of the way they train

[DJS2]

I'm a hardgainer so I feel their pain. If hes training/eating ****ty than its their fault and I don't feel so bad but if they're doing everything right and they see little to no improvement thats when I feel bad because I [somewhat] know what theyre goin through

[AlexCoombes]

thats me alright (not the actual person) but a hard gainer
My diet is squeaky clean, take supplements and i train like arnold but in my opinion i've made next to no improvement.. may jst be me being a really harsh critic on myself.. i'll post some progress pics (after my next shoulder workout because thats when i think i look best....)of my 8 month annerversary at the gym,. ( i know its not that long but surely you should see some gains >.<)
13.5" arms are depressing but luckily barely anyone lifts in england

[walkinbazooka]

Aware.

thats me alright (not the actual person) but a hard gainer
My diet is squeaky clean, take supplements and i train like arnold but in my opinion i've made next to no improvement.. may jst be me being a really harsh critic on myself.. i'll post some progress pics (after my next shoulder workout because thats when i think i look best....)of my 8 month annerversary at the gym,. ( i know its not that long but surely you should see some gains >.<)
13.5" arms are depressing but luckily barely anyone lifts in england

This is the problem.

[_AustrianOak]

I feel bad when someone is working out hard as hell but is eating and doing everything else ****ty and they dont even realize it.

[ImBruno]

Aware.


This is the problem.

how?

in 3 years training, i have gained about 60-70 lbs.
4 inches in my arms.
boobies.
etc.

but i am a hard gainer, very hard. for how hard and how much i workout, one would expect me to be giant.

[AlexCoombes]

Aware.


This is the problem.

How is was that the problem? When i say train like arnold i dont mean in a literal sense of 5 hours a day with teh ROIDS.. i have a good routine and i'm always strict on my form... despite my little gains i am still motivated 10/10

[jdawg80]

aware

[Johnbodybuilder]

How is was that the problem? When i say train like arnold i dont mean in a literal sense of 5 hours a day with teh ROIDS.. i have a good routine and i'm always strict on my form... despite my little gains i am still motivated 10/10

Your not , NOT making gains because your a hardgainer. Its becuase you have the wrong routine. Simple power based routine. Google it then do it. Also go to the teen section of that forum and read the stickies. Trust me man. If your not benching 100kg squating 130kg and deadlifting 150kg then theres something wrong with your training.
Hope this helps.

[dzvero007]

Ok the when i first started my gym about 1 year 3 months ago, there was a guy there who always trained with weights. Ok now i see him there now 1 y 3m later, and he looks literally no different, and he struggles to put 2 plates on t bar row for reps. He does like 20 sets per bodypart and i feel real sorry for him,
you know guys like this?

discuss.

So, you estimate to have better body than him, why you didn't give him advices ?

[singyay4ed]

90% of the people in my gym never increase the weights they use. I'd say that 99% don't even record the weights they use.

[ice_man89]

90% of the people in my gym never increase the weights they use. I'd say that 99% don't even record the weights they use.

this ^ as of monday i will be taking a note book in with me

[dzvero007]

this ^ as of monday i will be taking a note book in with me

Hhahah, that's a cool reply !

[piszczel]

I do see guys like this around my gym actually.

There's this one guy that when I first joined the gym, I thought he was huge. Now I see he's got chicken legs, no traps, and works out his arms and shoulders like 5 times a week (yet still no traps). He made NO progress whatsoever in the past year or so.

[KRILLEN91]

Your not , NOT making gains because your a hardgainer. Its becuase you have the wrong routine. Simple power based routine. Google it then do it. Also go to the teen section of that forum and read the stickies. Trust me man. If your not benching 100kg squating 130kg and deadlifting 150kg then theres something wrong with your training.
Hope this helps.

I don't get this post. U say there's something wrong with the guys training if he's not benching 100kg and squatting 130kg right. But than on ur stats it says that u only bench 75kg or sumthink. Or am i just unaware?

[Johnbodybuilder]

I don't get this post. U say there's something wrong with the guys training if he's not benching 100kg and squatting 130kg right. But than on ur stats it says that u only bench 75kg or sumthink. Or am i just unaware?

No exactly. correct. i have been doing 90% of my training incorrect, and now i have corrected it im on my way to getting thoose stats easy. So yes if your not moving towards them numbers your going nowhere. I know jaxxed fibraz is probably gonna come in and say thats not true. But hows a guy meant to progress if hes still benching 80kg a year later from benching 70kg. So yeah although i give out the advice i would still class myself as a noob in any category of weightlifting. but i have finally found the answer to the no progress question.

[dtboxy]

yeah, there are these nerdy looking guys, bout 16/19 and thier dad. well they do onli a little less weight than me which is respectable but they are skinny as rakes and look like they are wasting there time

[Langy]

thats me alright (not the actual person) but a hard gainer
My diet is squeaky clean, take supplements and i train like arnold but in my opinion i've made next to no improvement.. may jst be me being a really harsh critic on myself.. i'll post some progress pics (after my next shoulder workout because thats when i think i look best....)of my 8 month annerversary at the gym,. ( i know its not that long but surely you should see some gains >.<)
13.5" arms are depressing but luckily barely anyone lifts in england

Yep next to no one seriously trains in england iv got 14.5" arms which in my opinion are tiny but most people at my school seem to think there pretty big.

[Currrtissss]

The few people I remember from like a year ago don't look any different tbh... machines FTL.

[ice_man89]

it is always good when you join the gym there are people you look at and thought were big, and then quite a few months on they dont look as impressive any more, as you are progressing and they are not

[ImBruno]

it is also great when a much bigger guy is struggling with a weight and after they are done you let them leave the weight on, only to do the same weight, except you are a skinny guy. Like on, lets say military press for example :uhh:


And about recording the weights you use on a notebook? Not necessary, i remember how much i do for every exercise i do.

[gainweightnow]

And about recording the weights you use on a notebook? Not necessary, i remember how much i do for every exercise i do.

And you can remember how much you did a month ago to see if you are making progress?

[ptwa9]

Ok the when i first started my gym about 1 year 3 months ago, there was a guy there who always trained with weights. Ok now i see him there now 1 y 3m later, and he looks literally no different, and he struggles to put 2 plates on t bar row for reps. He does like 20 sets per bodypart and i feel real sorry for him,
you know guys like this?

discuss.

I know tall guys who think that they're the sh*t because they're heavier than guys half their height. But then they post a back shot and you wonder if they even work out at all. Sort of feel sorry for them.

[timothybryce]

that was me for a while. too much cardio and a ****ty diet. since december ive been training/eating better and have made more gains than i ever have. and no they are not newb gains, those were about 1.5 year ago

[ImBruno]

And you can remember how much you did a month ago to see if you are making progress?

actually yes, I have a great memory(iq test proven :lol: )

Barely anyone in my gym brings a notebook, maybe 1/15 people, if even that, and it is always the new guys.

[anonymous]

And you can remember how much you did a month ago to see if you are making progress?

The amount of weight you're lifting doesn't really matter as long as you're destroying the muscle, i dont need a lil notebook to know what's heavy or not

[LankedOut]

I just record what I did at the gym when I get home. It's easier to remember things exactly after a day or two, but after a month things get hazy and harder to remember.

[collintech]

it is also great when a much bigger guy is struggling with a weight and after they are done you let them leave the weight on, only to do the same weight, except you are a skinny guy. Like on, lets say military press for example :uhh:


And about recording the weights you use on a notebook? Not necessary, i remember how much i do for every exercise i do.

hahha bro i love this im so skinny and this dude was doing a tricep excercise and he was huge and my friends like go do that he was moving like the whole stack and right when he was done i did it so easily lol.

[Chicko]

When I first started going to the gym with my mates, we were doing around the same weights for almost everything. We do the same sort of exercises and everything but I can lift alot more then him now. He was getting into 27.5kg dumbells for a dumbell bench press and i was on 40-42.5kgs. In as little as 3 months that happened, so its strange how some people can adapt the the routines and others cant.

He has changed up his routine now and he gives his body more time before working out again, and it is working really well for him now.