Hey man,
I think you tried to gain weight too fast because your bf% just went sky high. Its okay though but 30lbs in 4 months? I thank 25 - 27lbs of it was fat and the rest musle, but i think you gained some decent strength. Hit the cardio, eat 0 junk food, and hit the weights super hard.
Good luck.
Question tho:
Why does the article say for the home made weight gainer "A few bags of low fat milk " ?
A few bags lol?
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03-01-2009, 11:30 AM #121
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03-01-2009, 11:31 AM #122
ok well to be honest school was really tough and I got sick a few times.. so I was out of the gym for maybe 4 weeks TOTAL spread out over the 6 months..
But still, everything else was good. I followed my diet to a T, never missed a workout (except for the 4 weeks at different points), and got plenty of sleep (mostly on the weekends though, school was killer)
Still going strong guys!
..at least this is better than that "Brucester" dude.. right?
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03-01-2009, 11:32 AM #123
I strongly advice a recomp. its for the best.
I just dont get it, you followed a diet made by a total jock that was soley aimed at keeping the fat gain low when bulking, and it looks like probably all of your weight gain was fat, did you follow his diet to a T or make sure you changed the volume of food to fit your weight?1k+ people.
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03-01-2009, 11:33 AM #124
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03-01-2009, 11:38 AM #127
- Join Date: May 2008
- Location: Commack, New York, United States
- Age: 31
- Posts: 1,031
- Rep Power: 208
OP I don't want to be mean, and I'm not skinny either(how ever at 8% body fat I'd weih 175lbs so I am a bit more muscular than most of the people on these forums in the teen section) you gained a lot of fat. Bulking shouldnt be about adding weight necessarily.
When I "bulk" what I do is I still do CARDIO every day but sunday. My diet is increased to about 4500 calories a day. Now for someone with my training regiment that is slightly above the amount I need to eat to maintain. (Generally I burn 1000 calories + a day exercising) I watch my lifts to see if I'm making progress.
An example was my "bulk" when I went from a 275 dead lift 5 rm and a 165 5rm bench and a 185 5rm squat to a 225 5rm bench, 255 5rm squat and a 345 5rm deadlift. This took from october to now. I also lost 20 lbs while doing that. Granted I had fat but my point is don't watch the scale, the scale lies. Look at your lifts and body fat percentage.
Don't listen to everyone elses negative comments. Unless they have good advice take it, but if it's a d-bag comment just tune them out.
Good luck!PRs:
Power Clean 275x1
Dead Lift: 585x1
Squat: 700x1 not raw
Raw Squat 525x1
Bench 470x1
Dip:140 lbs + bw
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03-01-2009, 11:38 AM #128
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03-01-2009, 11:45 AM #133
- Join Date: May 2008
- Location: Commack, New York, United States
- Age: 31
- Posts: 1,031
- Rep Power: 208
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03-01-2009, 11:54 AM #144
- Join Date: May 2008
- Location: Commack, New York, United States
- Age: 31
- Posts: 1,031
- Rep Power: 208
My form is perfect first off, with ****ty form I can get up over 400 lbs. Second off my other lifts are in proportion, I can 5rm 225 on my bench and 5 rm 255 on my squat. My squat is only low because I hurt my knee 2 monthes ago and I lost 2 monthes of squatting and dling, but mostly squatting.
and for one I don't rep 55lb dumbbells. I incline 75's...PRs:
Power Clean 275x1
Dead Lift: 585x1
Squat: 700x1 not raw
Raw Squat 525x1
Bench 470x1
Dip:140 lbs + bw
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03-01-2009, 12:04 PM #150
- Join Date: May 2008
- Location: Commack, New York, United States
- Age: 31
- Posts: 1,031
- Rep Power: 208
well first off i'm also 2 years younger second off, you "bulked" to 205. Now realistically, how much of that was muscle seeing as most 200 lbs people bench atleast 200 lbs and squat atleast 250 lbs and dead lift atleast 300 lbs. You fall shy of all 3 of those. Next time focus on lifting more weight and the results come with it. Also GOOD FORM!
PRs:
Power Clean 275x1
Dead Lift: 585x1
Squat: 700x1 not raw
Raw Squat 525x1
Bench 470x1
Dip:140 lbs + bw
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