1 1/2 year progress

[garret]

august of 05 Febuary 07
14 yrs old 15 yrs old
98 lbs. 140 lbs.
5'4'' 5'6''
8% BF 10-12 % BF
legs: 17 inch legs: 20 1/2 inch
calves: 12 inch calves: 13 inch
biceps: 10 inch biceps: 12 1/4 inch
waist: 28 inch waist: 30 1/2 inch
chest: 32 1/2 inch Chest: 39 inch
forearm: 9 1/2 inch forearm: 11 inch.

Bench: 95 x 5 Bench: 145x5
Squat: 115x 5 Squat: 185x5
Rest of lifts are unknown BB Curl: 70x 5
Lying tricep ext.: 70x5
Military Press: 95x4
Lat pull Down: 135x5

i went through 2 cutting cycles for about a total of probably 3 months cutting which i am very mad that i did. i know i could be alot bigger if i had chose not to do them.

the first picture is before and the last three are current

but anyways how do you think this is for 1 1/2 year progress??

[TheStuddMuffin]

Decent gains.

It doesn't look like you ate enough.

[That_one Kid]

looks ok..EAT MORE

[garret]

i think the two cutting cycles were two big steps backwards

[garret]

i just got off a cut. but im working myself back up to around 3500-3700 calories. here is my diet...

meal 1:
1 scoop whey
6 egg whites
1/2 cup oats
1 banana
1 tbsp almond butter

meal 2:
1 slice ww bread
6oz. extra lean ground turkey
1 apple

Meal 3:
2 slices ww bread
lettuce
6oz. turkey breast

meal 4: (pre workout)
spinach
baby carrots
4 oz chicken breast
1 banana
1/2 cup oats

Meal 5: (post workout)
2 scoops whey
130g dextrose
1/2 cup oats
1 banana

meal 6:
4oz pasta
7oz salmon
broccoli
green beans

Meal 7:
1 cup milk
1 tbsp pb
1 scoop casein


adds up to about 3500-3700 cals


Supplement:
no-xplode
green mag
animal pak multi
omega 3 pills
green tea pills
purple wraath




Workout routine:
currently -fortified iron hypotrophy 2.0
planing on starting 5x5 when i finish FI in 6 weeks


how does all this look

[Beowolf Agate]

Your skinny. Very, very skinny. And much of your weight gain was height.

But your still young. Eat more, lift more, sleep more. No cutting.

I repeat, NO CUTTING.

[garret]

yea i know im definatly not cutting again untill i at least gain like 50 pounds. the reasons why i cut earlier were for modeling gigs but im more serious about getting big than modeling so i wont do that again.

how does my diet look?/

[rippedmaz]

Well definatly don't cut again like you said. To be honest, you could've done better for 1.5 years but the gains arent bad. I would cut down on the supps because they're really not necessary. I'd just stick with the whey protein, the multivitamin, and the omega 3s. That is all you need at your age, the other stuff is unnecessary. Save the money and use it to buy food.

Now for your diet, I don't think it's bad but In my opinion and I say this with all seriousness, but I think you should just eat a lot and not worry about having an exact meal plan. Eat healthy food, but just eat a lot. EAT EAT EAT. Good luck.

[garret]

Now for your diet, I don't think it's bad but In my opinion and I say this with all seriousness, but I think you should just eat a lot and not worry about having an exact meal plan. Eat healthy food, but just eat a lot. EAT EAT EAT. Good luck.

to tell you the truth i definatly would do that except im like a freak about everything having to be perfect. its like ocd or something so i dont think that would would to great for me

[garret]

anyone see anything wrong with my diet

[twinposedown]

anyone see anything wrong with my diet

I was going to give you a snappy answer but if that is your real diet then you are a classic ecto

only advice I can give is to add plenty of milk - both low and regular. This seems to do the trick for most ecto's since you don't really have to worry about fat gain, only getting enough calories to grow.

Don't get discouraged dude and keep up the hard work.

[garret]

thanks and yes that was my real diet before i started cutting. i finished my cut 3 weeks ago and am adding anywhere from 250-500 calories a week till i get back to the diet posted

[garret]

also i forgot to mention that with this diet i gain around 1-2 pounds a week which is normal. so i have no problem gaining weight, it just is really hard for me to gain muscle. is there any explanation for this? i bust my ass in the gym. and i was recently using max-ot so its not like i was using some half ass home made workout routine

[twinposedown]

also i forgot to mention that with this diet i gain around 1-2 pounds a week which is normal. so i have no problem gaining weight, it just is really hard for me to gain muscle. is there any explanation for this? i bust my ass in the gym. and i was recently using max-ot so its not like i was using some half ass home made workout routine

Well I believe their are people who can not be genetically predisposed to put on muscle, just like their are opposites who are freaks at adding muscle.

IMO though if you work hard/eat big you should still see great gains nomatter what. Gaining a pound a week should be the upper limit as well IMO (considering that is is impossible to add 50lbs a year of muscle).

[Chino.]

gains look very poor for 1 and a half years of work. I started off at the same bench weight pretty much but got up to 170x7 within 8 months approx and my db press went up from like 30 to 65 and squat went from 105 ahahah to 245 so yah, food works. oh yah my body weight went from 150ish to 178

[garret]

ok one last question.... do you think i should start up rippetoes or 5x5 after im done with FI hypotrophy2.0?? i know rippetoes is for beginners who having lifted compound exercise before. i have been doing squats deadlifts and bench for a while so should i do 5x5 instead?

[Rival]

Well I believe their are people who can not be genetically predisposed to put on muscle, just like their are opposites who are freaks at adding muscle.

IMO though if you work hard/eat big you should still see great gains nomatter what. Gaining a pound a week should be the upper limit as well IMO (considering that is is impossible to add 50lbs a year of muscle).

agree

[rippedmaz]

ok one last question.... do you think i should start up rippetoes or 5x5 after im done with FI hypotrophy2.0?? i know rippetoes is for beginners who having lifted compound exercise before. i have been doing squats deadlifts and bench for a while so should i do 5x5 instead?

Do Rippetoes for a few months and then switch to 5x5. Both are excellent workout programs.

[Live2Lift87]

yea you deff shouldnt have cut, but good work keep pumping that iron

[garret]

Do Rippetoes for a few months and then switch to 5x5. Both are excellent workout programs.

i have been told not to do both back to back because they are both in the lower rep range. so if i did rippetoes i would probably throw in a workout with higer reps for about a month or two before starting 5x5. sound good?