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    Originally Posted by Willnotquit View Post
    how do you guys do this?
    I know your feeling. Plate and bar weights (in my experience) seem to very from gym to gym and brand to brand. It seems like every time I change gyms, the weights feel completely different than I remember, even if I take no time off. It's alright though, just know this and give yourself time to adjust to what your gym has. Consistency is key, so even if the plates you're using aren't exactly the weight they say they are, adding weight will always be adding weight. You'll get back to the numbers you had before, for now just focus on form and utilizing proper technique. You don't want to establish any bad habits that are going to injure you later.

    To answer your question, serving sizes bro! Everything that comes in a package will have the serving size and calories per serving right on the nutrition facts label. You might just have to adjust the numbers if you're eating 2 servings or 1.5 servings.
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    Originally Posted by Willnotquit View Post
    Journey of me. I started working out in August, started at 84 and am now 110 pounds.

    My finals lifts at whilst working out at a friends house were:

    Squat - 120 - 130
    Bench - 75
    Dead Lifts - 135
    Military Press - 60

    I believe almost everything doubled. But recently, I joined a gym just to have the convenience of working out when ever I want, unfortunately to my disappointment, my lifts at the gym were no where near my lifts when working out at my friends house.

    I think the bar I was using at home was probably at max 7-15 pounds. The bar at the gym is pretty heavy, I don't know what the standard is at gyms but my guess is it's greater than 15 pounds, maybe 20-30?

    But, yeah, my lifts at the gym are terrible, and I was so emo when I couldn't do what I did before.

    My Squats were 100, Military Press was 60 but I struggled to complete full reps, I went until failure, Bench was measly 40 pounds. It's disappointing, I feel as if I started over and no gains were made. God I am so weak, its pathetic.

    I am also starting to track my caloric intake/Macros but it's hard to track like eating a bowl of rice or slices of meat you put in a Sammich, how do you guys do this?
    gym bars are 45lbs, typically.

    Dont worry man, i had sh*t lifts too. Could hardly bench the bar the first time i went to the gym. I recommend alot of pushups for the first week. That will get you close to benching the bar. Then work your way from there.

    Take the calories slow. Add 200-300 every week or two everday for the coming weeks. Peanut butter and jelly is a great way to get more calories, and it is cheap.
    Lots of eggs! I eat 6 a day.
    Oatmeal for carbs, bananas have 100calories if you buy big ones.
    And as usual chicken and other meats. Protein powder is good too, but try getting the chicken in first, and use the powders if you want more protein in your diet.

    Since you are so new to this, stay away from the powder. Just start eating the foods listed above and youll see results. The powders are more so in a year or so when getting the food in at 4000calories is just too damn hard.
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    Originally Posted by ChrisElkins View Post


    Succesful bulking... Bulk so hard muh-fuggas wanna fine me. Subscribe to my channel for more info, and tips on adding mass. I'll start cutting at the end of January.
    overall, great bulk. YOu didnt put on TOO much BF, and put on real mass. You have good genetics, and with hard work it's paying off.
    Whats your split like? id be curious to know.
    what are you doing for shoulders that might cause imbalance?
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    Originally Posted by thatswhatshesed View Post
    overall, great bulk. YOu didnt put on TOO much BF, and put on real mass. You have good genetics, and with hard work it's paying off.
    Whats your split like? id be curious to know.
    what are you doing for shoulders that might cause imbalance?
    Thanks man.

    Split is Legs, Push, Pull and then after the 6th workout I usually do a shoulder and abs only day. I don't think there is necessarily any real muscle imbalance. I do receive disability from the Marines for the right neck and shoulder so I think it may just sit higher. In my most recent posing video I have almost completely corrected that. Check it out on my channel.
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    Hey guys, I believe my gym uses Hammer Strength Equipment and the Bar looks like this

    and I believe it's the same type of bar being used for the actual free bench, but it might be shorter in length for the actual Bench Press, not sure, if anyone has info, let me know please.

    http://www.lifefitness.com.au/upload...1337571762.jpg

    So those are 15 or 45 Lbs?

    Also, these bars rotate in the middle, I tried doing Deadlifts and the bar rolled off my fingers, I felt so dumb. Don't know what else to use for DLs.
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    Originally Posted by Willnotquit View Post
    Hey guys, I believe my gym uses Hammer Strength Equipment and the Bar looks like this

    and I believe it's the same type of bar being used for the actual free bench, but it might be shorter in length for the actual Bench Press, not sure, if anyone has info, let me know please.

    http://www.lifefitness.com.au/upload...1337571762.jpg

    So those are 15 or 45 Lbs?

    Also, these bars rotate in the middle, I tried doing Deadlifts and the bar rolled off my fingers, I felt so dumb. Don't know what else to use for DLs.
    45lbs. You can always compare it to the dumbells, and see which is heavier.

    As far as the bar rolling, that is natural, and a good bar will have that spin. Im assuming you are taking a double overhand grip with the deads. You need a very strong grip to double overhand deads. Instead, i would recommend a switch grip, or if you can tolerate pain, a hook grip.
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    Originally Posted by Conquer92 View Post
    45lbs. You can always compare it to the dumbells, and see which is heavier.

    As far as the bar rolling, that is natural, and a good bar will have that spin. Im assuming you are taking a double overhand grip with the deads. You need a very strong grip to double overhand deads. Instead, i would recommend a switch grip, or if you can tolerate pain, a hook grip.
    Well, if it's 45, now I can at least measure my gains and start with the appropriated weight now. Makes me feel less crappy on how low the weight was in terms of plates when lifting.

    Yeah the bar rolled off my hands, bars I used at home were static, this bar you can literally spin it in the middle, not just roll, but spin.
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    Originally Posted by Conquer92 View Post
    Instead, i would recommend a switch grip, or if you can tolerate pain, a hook grip.
    I disagree. Double overhand grip works on your grip strength. It's good to use it on all of your warmup sets so that you keep training your grip, and only use Mixed grip/baseball grip, on your heaviest work set. Everyone is different and your body will tell you what to do. If you can't grip it, your body won't let you pull it.
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    Originally Posted by HoneyBadger300 View Post
    I disagree. Double overhand grip works on your grip strength. It's good to use it on all of your warmup sets so that you keep training your grip, and only use Mixed grip/baseball grip, on your heaviest work set. Everyone is different and your body will tell you what to do. If you can't grip it, your body won't let you pull it.
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    Originally Posted by ChrisElkins View Post
    Honey badger, nice lifts man. Semper Fi. I served from '03 to '08. Did you go to the 'Stan?
    Thanks a lot, yeah I was there from Nov '11 to June '12. I only got to go once because my training took so long.
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    Anyone have a meal plan that has worked best for them for bulking? (4000+ cal). Looked all over the internet and there are barely any, hard to find people with metabolisms like ours haha. The one on the first page looks pretty solid but just lookin for any others that have worked for you guys, preferably busy college student friendly
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    Originally Posted by Coltt45 View Post
    Anyone have a meal plan that has worked best for them for bulking? (4000+ cal). Looked all over the internet and there are barely any, hard to find people with metabolisms like ours haha. The one on the first page looks pretty solid but just lookin for any others that have worked for you guys, preferably busy college student friendly
    No matter what plan you find, you're probably going to have to be "that guy" who brings a lunch bag with tupperware containers everywhere and eat between classes. I don't have anything to give you right now, but I'll be starting school mid Jan. so I'll keep you posted on what I do.

    Update. Got a new squat (full squat) and bench max today
    squat- 350x1 Attempted 365, and stopped the bar at the bottom, hovered for a second or two, then had to sit down on the stops.
    bench -238.5x1 Attempted 250 and was almost there, got stuck 2 inches off my chest and spotter had to give it a tap, but can't count the rep.

    56.5 lbs from the 1000 pound club. I hope to be there before my Birthday, so I've got all of January, and all of February. I think I can add another 20 - 25 if I max on deadlift. We'll see, so close!
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    Originally Posted by HoneyBadger300 View Post
    No matter what plan you find, you're probably going to have to be "that guy" who brings a lunch bag with tupperware containers everywhere and eat between classes. I don't have anything to give you right now, but I'll be starting school mid Jan. so I'll keep you posted on what I do.

    Update. Got a new squat (full squat) and bench max today
    squat- 350x1 Attempted 365, and stopped the bar at the bottom, hovered for a second or two, then had to sit down on the stops.
    bench -238.5x1 Attempted 250 and was almost there, got stuck 2 inches off my chest and spotter had to give it a tap, but can't count the rep.

    56.5 lbs from the 1000 pound club. I hope to be there before my Birthday, so I've got all of January, and all of February. I think I can add another 20 - 25 if I max on deadlift. We'll see, so close!
    You can do 330 X 5 but not 365? And 220 X 5 on bench but not 250? That's weird.
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    You can do 330 X 5 but not 365? And 220 X 5 on bench but not 250? That's weird.
    Yup. 335x5 was about 6 weeks ago (and it was shy of parallel, there's a vid in my log, page 4 I think), I've since deloaded and been focusing more on depth and form. 220x5 was also about 4 weeks ago. The next week I acquired myself a supraspinatus impingement from OHP'ing with a grip that was too wide, and from benching with elbows flared like, "holy chit" straight out. Deloaded bench and OHP, focused more on form. No more pain, but my numbers are diminished. Strength is coming back though. I'm pretty confident that I'll be able to hit my goal pretty soon. Especially now with proper form and depth on all exercises, my deadlift should shoot up because of the increased posterior chain activation from doing proper full squats, and Texas Method 5x5 squats instead of the Madcow measly 1x5's. Check out my log if you want to keep up to date on my progress!
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    I'll play, another skinny checking in. I'm quite new to hitting the gym again but prepping for the new rugby season and I'm tired of being scrawny. So throughout the time.. I'll be posting up and following the journey with the rest in my position and will have more before pics uploaded later on.

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    Originally Posted by JDI2004 View Post
    I'll play, another skinny checking in. I'm quite new to hitting the gym again but prepping for the new rugby season and I'm tired of being scrawny. So throughout the time.. I'll be posting up and following the journey with the rest in my position and will have more before pics uploaded later on.

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    Have some time to kill so thought I would share with the misc how lifting has changed my life for the best.

    Going to fast forward to highschool where if you looked in the dictionary you find the me under the word beta.

    Warning: You will cringe from the awkwardness in the next 2 photos.

    A huge gamer (halo 2, world of warcraft, cod 4) I never wanted to go outside and rather live in a fantasy world. So some pics of what I looked like at around the age of 17-18ish.

    Pic 1:

    This is me losing to a girl in an arm wrestling match. Of course my friends laughed as they knew I was small, pathetic weak.



    Pic 2:

    This is about sophomore year in college where I started to grow. Weight didn't come with the height and I was very very depressed about my looks.



    As you can see things were looking down. No hope. No future. A skinny lanky beta ******* was going to be apart of the older generation that was laid out before me...



    But phuck that ****gy time chit. I went to college and found the gym. I player 4 years of college baseball and made some great friends in the progress. Found a wifematerialgf/10 as well...and gains were made, and gains to still be had.


    A 6'5 master race alpha male was born and the lifelong battle had begun. In the fight now and forever, but glad I have found out what bodybuilding is all about and I have never been happier.

    Pic 3:

    Strong lighting of course. But still looking joocy nonetheless



    Feeling good brahs. Real good.

    Pic 4:

    No i am not a chest and biceps *******




    So there is hope misc. Stick to the gym. Never give up. Eat your brains out. Learn what to put in your system and what to not.

    I'm thankful I have found the light at age 22, and wish I found it way earlier but at least I'm living the lifestyle now.
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    Originally Posted by Coltt45 View Post
    Anyone have a meal plan that has worked best for them for bulking? (4000+ cal). Looked all over the internet and there are barely any, hard to find people with metabolisms like ours haha. The one on the first page looks pretty solid but just lookin for any others that have worked for you guys, preferably busy college student friendly
    any other replies lol
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    So I went to the gym today and did my workout, I kind of aimed a bit low for my weight and good thing I did, some of the stuff translated in the gym is way heavier than the amount I was doing at home. Such at a straight up 60 pound Barbel is heavier at the gym than using one with plates that I did for Military Press.

    I also, found the warning sticker on the Smith, and it stated that the machine has a 20 lbs resistance.

    And the Bench barbel is a long one, so I believe it's the 45 one, it's from InTek.

    Here are my results for today, I hope I get stronger in the near future.

    Squat: 2 x 8 - 110 was 125 and was going to increase to 130 at home
    Bench: 2 x 8 - 65, but on the last set, I failed to do the 8th rep and looked foolish. . Was 75 at home.
    Rows: 2 x 8 - 40, I did 50 last week, but I felt I wasn't doing it properly so I decided to go lower this time.
    Military Press - 2 x 8 - 40, at my home gym, I did, 60 pounds.
    BB Curl 2 x 8 - 30

    These are some measly lifts, but, I hope to increase, I don't know when I should increase, but I hope I can increase my lifts as I progress.

    I am 5'4-5'5 at 110 if anyone is curious.

    I also think part of the reason, I can't dish out higher weight is because I am resting shorter, during my home workouts, I rested between 5-10 min, because my friend and I shared equipment so the wait was a while, and SS program stated, you should rest how ever long you want in a reasonable frame, so as long as you complete your sets/reps.

    Advice appreciated. Gonna keep making progress .
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    Originally Posted by Willnotquit View Post
    So I went to the gym today and did my workout, I kind of aimed a bit low for my weight and good thing I did, some of the stuff translated in the gym is way heavier than the amount I was doing at home. Such at a straight up 60 pound Barbel is heavier at the gym than using one with plates that I did for Military Press.

    I also, found the warning sticker on the Smith, and it stated that the machine has a 20 lbs resistance.

    And the Bench barbel is a long one, so I believe it's the 45 one, it's from InTek.

    Here are my results for today, I hope I get stronger in the near future.

    Squat: 2 x 8 - 110 was 125 and was going to increase to 130 at home
    Bench: 2 x 8 - 65, but on the last set, I failed to do the 8th rep and looked foolish. . Was 75 at home.
    Rows: 2 x 8 - 40, I did 50 last week, but I felt I wasn't doing it properly so I decided to go lower this time.
    Military Press - 2 x 8 - 40, at my home gym, I did, 60 pounds.
    BB Curl 2 x 8 - 30

    These are some measly lifts, but, I hope to increase, I don't know when I should increase, but I hope I can increase my lifts as I progress.

    I am 5'4-5'5 at 110 if anyone is curious.

    I also think part of the reason, I can't dish out higher weight is because I am resting shorter, during my home workouts, I rested between 5-10 min, because my friend and I shared equipment so the wait was a while, and SS program stated, you should rest how ever long you want in a reasonable frame, so as long as you complete your sets/reps.

    Advice appreciated. Gonna keep making progress .
    We seem to be in the same boat. Good luck on your lifts!
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    Originally Posted by Coltt45 View Post
    any other replies lol
    This is what i eat roughly everyday, and it comes to about 3200 calories. I am throwing in a shake in a week when i get my powder to up my calories to 4000

    morning: 6 eggs+1 pita bread
    between classes: 2 peanut butter jelly sandwiches (Best food ever, so easy to eat these and packed with calories!!!)
    at work: 1-2 turkey sandwiches (5 slices of turkey in there)
    at dinner after workout: Chicken and rice
    before bed: 2 cups oats and 2 bananas
    soon to be added throughout the day: *Shake filled with protein powder, fruit, oats, etc.

    As you notice, i like sandwiches because theyre so easy to take to school and work. Bread is not the best choice, but im just looking to gain weight, my body composition is irrelevant right now. I also need to find some sort of snack i can just munch on throughout the day. Possbily yogurt.
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    Originally Posted by Whyyousoskinny View Post
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    Time frame?
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    If you can all post or remember your lifts when you started I liked to know, and where you're at currently, I feel as if my lifts that I just posted above are so weak and that I don't think I'll be getting strong, I don't know how people can increase 5 pounds per week. I could hardly do that w/o failing or unable to lift.
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    Originally Posted by Willnotquit View Post
    If you can all post or remember your lifts when you started I liked to know, and where you're at currently, I feel as if my lifts that I just posted above are so weak and that I don't think I'll be getting strong, I don't know how people can increase 5 pounds per week. I could hardly do that w/o failing or unable to lift.
    you weigh 110 lbs... I'd focus on lifting what you can and not worry so much about others and EAT a lot more. Nutrition and training go hand and hand.
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    Originally Posted by SkinnyBeast24 View Post
    Jimmy V

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    Great progress dude, this is very similar to my journey so far. Keep working hard!
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    anyone elses preworkout keep them up all night? ive started taking niquil and even if i workout at 11 in the morning i srill cant sleep.. it may not be the preworkout i just cant sleep it sucks
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