The Journey of the Skinnies

[redmond3]

im confused by the order of your pics, and cant really tell by the time frame.. Either way, amazing progress. 15lbs in 2 months is CRAAZZYY! i need to start eating even more....
What routine you using?

sorry for the confusion!

If you look at the progress pictures the pictures taken on OCT 21, Those are my before pictures, I started back up the next day (the 22nd) that is the beginning of my 2 months. and the ones taken today are the after.

I actually make my own routines up, Currently doing 4 days a week.

Chest/Tri
Back/Bi
Quads/Ham
Shoulder/Calv

I change it up every month, and change the order depending what my goal is for that month whether it is concentrated on the width of my back, or thickness and so on. If that makes anysense.

thanks though, still a long way to go, I see your stats are 191, ahhhh need to hit that , but its going to take awhile. Looks like you will hit 205 before me

[y0lked]

I'll keep it close to maintenance. My hormones are still pretty good so I don't loose much muscle at all during a cut.

hormones dont have anything to do with it brah, post ur before/after pics after ur cut. take measurements too.


skinny brahs, i want to say one thing to all of you!


LIFT HEAVY TAKE MULTI IS A COMPLETE JOKE. Lifting heavy doesnt do chit for adding mass. The only time you should lift heavy is for deadlifts and squats. Everything else, should be pure MMC not worrying about weight. You can listen to me now, or waste years figuring it out yourself. Its no wonder kai and phil and jay lift in the 10+ rep range. its not only because they are juiced up.

[orca23554]

LIFT HEAVY TAKE MULTI IS A COMPLETE JOKE. Lifting heavy doesnt do chit for adding mass. The only time you should lift heavy is for deadlifts and squats. Everything else, should be pure MMC not worrying about weight. You can listen to me now, or waste years figuring it out yourself. Its no wonder kai and phil and jay lift in the 10+ rep range. its not only because they are juiced up.

I am tending to agree with this. I've seen better mass after I started lifting in 8 rep range with MMC, from the sets of 5 I would initially do while on SS. Squats is the only exercise where I stick to sets of 5 that too because I recently started front squats, intend to keep up the progression till I stall and then hit higher rep ranges. Key thing to note is that my diet was actually better 3-4 months ago than it is today

Too early to say the same conclusively but I should have an opinion based on personal experience on this 5-6 months from now

[Conquer92]

LIFT HEAVY TAKE MULTI IS A COMPLETE JOKE. Lifting heavy doesnt do chit for adding mass. The only time you should lift heavy is for deadlifts and squats. Everything else, should be pure MMC not worrying about weight. You can listen to me now, or waste years figuring it out yourself. Its no wonder kai and phil and jay lift in the 10+ rep range. its not only because they are juiced up.

What if i WANT to lift heavy and take a multi?

[nolonger]

hormones dont have anything to do with it brah, post ur before/after pics after ur cut. take measurements too.


skinny brahs, i want to say one thing to all of you!


LIFT HEAVY TAKE MULTI IS A COMPLETE JOKE. Lifting heavy doesnt do chit for adding mass. The only time you should lift heavy is for deadlifts and squats. Everything else, should be pure MMC not worrying about weight. You can listen to me now, or waste years figuring it out yourself. Its no wonder kai and phil and jay lift in the 10+ rep range. its not only because they are juiced up.

Did take before pics and measurements. Will post back with results at the end of my cut.

Completely agree with you. Arms grew the same in 2 months of doing anything between 8-20 reps as ~6 months on 5-3-1. Can't compare the strength gains, but at the moment I'd rather look like I can bench 2 plates than be able to bench 3 and not look like it.

What if i WANT to lift heavy and take a multi?

Just don't complain you're not growing then.

[Donut Juice]

Who is making the rules? Everyone is different, if i stay in the 8 rep range, i don't get much of a work out. I've been doing better in the 5-6 rep range with higher weights. And i feel everything growing...

Everyone is different, learn to listen to your body and what it needs for it to grow.

[HoneyBadger300]

It just depends on your goals. My goals are more strength oriented than size oriented. I don't care how big or small I am, I want my lifts to progress. Which means, lift heavy, eat a ton, sleep a lot, and repeat. Not everyone wants to look strong, some of us want to be strong.

[Whyyousoskinny]

Dumbbell Bench
6x70
6x90
6x110
10x100


Beasting

[nolonger]

Dumbbell Bench
6x70
6x90
6x110
10x100


Beasting

GJ! Benching those 100lb peanuts is one of my goals for sure!

[caustin1986]

I probably don't know any of you anymore, but I was on this thread when it first got started. I stopped the gym for some stupid reasons (divorce, moving, getting out of the Navy, etc.) I'm back and ready to jump back in the gym. I haven't hit the gym yet though. I'm getting back in the routine of the diet right now. I decided not to count calories every day, just go back to what was working before. 4-6oz of protein with each meal, about a cup to 1 1/2 cups of complex carbs, and veggies like spinach and broccoli with each meal. Eating 5-7 times a day depending on rest days or workout days. 2 of those "meals" are shakes. Every day I'll drink a mass gainer shake, and on the workout days I'll add a post workout shake. Basically the diet looks like this:

Workout days:

7 meals

5 out of 7 meals are whole food meals

the other 2 are a mass shake in the morning and post workout shake.

Non Workout days:

6 meals

5 out of 6 meals are whole food meals

the 6th is the gainer shake.

My diet is strictly chicken breast, lean steak, fish, tuna, brown rice, whole wheat pasta, spinach, broccoli, and asparagus. Post workout I'll have a snack with the shake that has a fast carb like a bagel, bread, etc. that restores my glycogen. Right now, I'm 155 and shooting 175 by end of winter. Doing a 3 day split. I'm not new to this but just thought I'd share the beginning of my 2nd journey.

[nolonger]

I probably don't know any of you anymore, but I was on this thread when it first got started. I stopped the gym for some stupid reasons (divorce, moving, getting out of the Navy, etc.) I'm back and ready to jump back in the gym. I haven't hit the gym yet though. I'm getting back in the routine of the diet right now. I decided not to count calories every day, just go back to what was working before. 4-6oz of protein with each meal, about a cup to 1 1/2 cups of complex carbs, and veggies like spinach and broccoli with each meal. Eating 5-7 times a day depending on rest days or workout days. 2 of those "meals" are shakes. Every day I'll drink a mass gainer shake, and on the workout days I'll add a post workout shake. Basically the diet looks like this:

Workout days:

7 meals

5 out of 7 meals are whole food meals

the other 2 are a mass shake in the morning and post workout shake.

Non Workout days:

6 meals

5 out of 6 meals are whole food meals

the 6th is the gainer shake.

My diet is strictly chicken breast, lean steak, fish, tuna, brown rice, whole wheat pasta, spinach, broccoli, and asparagus. Post workout I'll have a snack with the shake that has a fast carb like a bagel, bread, etc. that restores my glycogen. Right now, I'm 155 and shooting 175 by end of winter. Doing a 3 day split. I'm not new to this but just thought I'd share the beginning of my 2nd journey.

Keep us updated!

[HoneyBadger300]

Good workout today. Tried front squats for the 2nd time ever. 135x5, 185x5, 205 1x2. Deloaded my deadlifts recently and pulled 325 2x5. Felt great. Hopefully increasing my sets to 3x5 once a week will keep my gains going.

What'd you guys do today?

[nolonger]

Good workout today. Tried front squats for the 2nd time ever. 135x5, 185x5, 205 1x2. Deloaded my deadlifts recently and pulled 325 2x5. Felt great. Hopefully increasing my sets to 3x5 once a week will keep my gains going.

What'd you guys do today?

Pull workout. No PR's since I'm cutting. Also ran 2km after lifting.

[HoneyBadger300]

Pull workout. No PR's since I'm cutting. Also ran 2km after lifting.

Not bad, why are you cutting? Are you still 177 like avi says?

I'm thinking of switching from Madcow to 5x5 Advanced. Haven't gained much strength after 12 weeks of Madcow, so I'm thinking of changing it up. Advanced has more Squat volume, and 3x5 Deadlifts, so hopefully I'll see some gains again.

Thoughts? Anyone tried Advanced before?

[nolonger]

Not bad, why are you cutting? Are you still 177 like avi says?

Yep, 177 after bulk. I'm at ~15% body fat, it's summer in Brazil. Will go back to bulking in February or so.

[HoneyBadger300]

Yep, 177 after bulk. I'm at ~15% body fat, it's summer in Brazil. Will go back to bulking in February or so.

Sounds good I guess. I'm still a skinny brah. Gonna perma bulk until bear mode (so... forever)

[nolonger]

Sounds good I guess. I'm still a skinny brah. Gonna perma bulk until bear mode (so... forever)

I'm skinny fat I guess. When I get to 9-10% I'll be able to say I'm skinny.

[orca23554]

Killed chest today, PR on BW as well. I was kinda plateauing on bench but over the past 30 days my 1RM is up by 10lbs

BW up by 3-4 lbs since I am almost back into the groove on the diet, I can feel the BW packing into the right areas. Motivations levels up!

[HoneyBadger300]

Killed chest today, PR on BW as well. I was kinda plateauing on bench but over the past 30 days my 1RM is up by 10lbs

BW up by 3-4 lbs since I am almost back into the groove on the diet, I can feel the BW packing into the right areas. Motivations levels up!

5'10" 168... 'Mirin.

Good job on bench workout and diet!

[thatswhatshesed]

cot dayum...
any of you look in the mirror some days and think "holy **** im still skinny", then on other days look and think "wow, im looking big"?. seriously, i dont know if its me or the mirror, but my body seems to fluctuate like this weekly..

[Coltt45]

in.

[LNorris82]

cot dayum...
any of you look in the mirror some days and think "holy **** im still skinny", then on other days look and think "wow, im looking big"?. seriously, i dont know if its me or the mirror, but my body seems to fluctuate like this weekly..

^^^yup

[Conquer92]

cot dayum...
any of you look in the mirror some days and think "holy **** im still skinny", then on other days look and think "wow, im looking big"?. seriously, i dont know if its me or the mirror, but my body seems to fluctuate like this weekly..

Or when i see a silhouette of myself with my shirt off in the house (like on a wall via a shadow), i actually see i have nice proportions. but then in a mirror im still skinny and it doesnt portray the same.

[HoneyBadger300]

Or when i see a silhouette of myself with my shirt off in the house (like on a wall via a shadow), i actually see i have nice proportions. but then in a mirror im still skinny and it doesnt portray the same.

You need fun house mirrors. Make me look wide as fuark!

[redmond3]

Signed up for a new gym since its winter break! Found a pretty good gym, still looking to hit that 400 on deadlifts :/ going to seriously kick my ass

[TheCzech]

I was 90lbs my freshman year of highschool. ****s tough to put on mass but the only trick to putting it on is wanting it bad enough

[LNorris82]

I was 90lbs my freshman year of highschool. ****s tough to put on mass but the only trick to putting it on is wanting it bad enough

tell me bout it

[LNorris82]

i was 5'4 my freshman year, and junior year grew to 6'3 makes it even harder to put on weight when growin that fast

[redmond3]

SOME MOTIVATION. IF IT DOESN'T WORK GTFO


http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/2013...challenge.html

[LNorris82]

SOME MOTIVATION. IF IT DOESN'T WORK GTFO

danm i want 100k