6 months progress

[Tal106]

Good or bad? For the first 5 months I bulked up and for the past month I have been working on cutting a bit of body fat (and perhaps gain some strength and maybe a bit of muscle if I'm lucky? Don't know if noob gains are over for me as I still progress in strength)

I am on the Icecream Fitness Novice routine, I gained a lot of strength:

(5 reps)
Bench: 50kg now 67.5kg (though I am currently doing 65kg as I am really really trying to focus on my chest, form > weight etc)
Squat: 80kg now 107.5kg
Deadlift: 60kg now 140kg
Overhead press: 30kg now 50kg (almost had 52.5kg today)


Anyway feedback appreciated

[2am]

very noticeable strength & mass gains, nice work keep it up man

[Tal106]

very noticeable strength & mass gains, nice work keep it up man

Thanks man appreciate the feedback

[Chrisy1427]

Weight before after? Pretty good 5 months work and there solid lifts. Wat rep range are we talking for your maxs? 1 rep max 5 or 8 etc

[Tal106]

Weight before after? Pretty good 5 months work and there solid lifts. Wat rep range are we talking for your maxs? 1 rep max 5 or 8 etc

Thanks man

My weight when I started lifting was about 134lbs I think, now 152lbs. Not too sure about maxes because I've never attempted them, when I started I just picked a weight that was heavy and that I could accomplish 5 reps with and advanced from there. Same with assistance exercises but for 8 reps.

[BrandonRamsey]

Keep up the good work, man! Definitely made some gains in the past 6 months!

[Chrisy1427]

Thanks man

My weight when I started lifting was about 134lbs I think, now 152lbs. Not too sure about maxes because I've never attempted them, when I started I just picked a weight that was heavy and that I could accomplish 5 reps with and advanced from there. Same with assistance exercises but for 8 reps.

Solid bulk that mate you look alot more thicker im sure people have noticed. I didnt mean maxes i meant what range where you doing for the numbers you posted above, so 5 yeah that's good lifts then. Are you going to continue on the same program? Good work all round

[JaredMTyler]

Nice work man, keep up the good work.

[Tal106]

Solid bulk that mate you look alot more thicker im sure people have noticed. I didnt mean maxes i meant what range where you doing for the numbers you posted above, so 5 yeah that's good lifts then. Are you going to continue on the same program? Good work all round

Thanks man, yeah on my bulk I was doing 5x5 for my main compound lifts and 3x8 for my assistance lifts. Since I started cutting it's now 3x5 and 2x8.
I was thinking to move on to a split routine when I finish cutting because I started training in the morning and may not have time before work to do all the 5x5 and 3x8 lifts. I *think* I am almost at the intermediate stage (according to strstd all my lifts are intermediate apart from bench which is slowly approaching it).

I think after I finish cutting I will be strong enough to move to a split, what do you think?

My mate (inb4 broscience) who has trained for years and apparently has a few British powerlifting records and has always sort of been a bodybuilder (even more serious about it now) reccomended me to switch to a split, so I'm kind of inclined to try it out.

I need to find a good split to be doing after though, especially when training chest and back (particularly lats) I want to be hitting it hard, maybe even shoulders too to get me a bit wider, I think I have a broad sort of shoulder structure though.

Nice work man, keep up the good work.

Thanks man, you know I will

[Chrisy1427]

[QUOTE=Tal106;1061445351]Thanks man, yeah on my bulk I was doing 5x5 for my main compound lifts and 3x8 for my assistance lifts. Since I started cutting it's now 3x5 and 2x8.
I was thinking to move on to a split routine when I finish cutting because I started training in the morning and may not have time before work to do all the 5x5 and 3x8 lifts. I *think* I am almost at the intermediate stage (according to strstd all my lifts are intermediate apart from bench which is slowly approaching it).

I think after I finish cutting I will be strong enough to move to a split, what do you think?


Ah nice workout im doing a similar thing though no assistance apart from chin ups. Yeah your at around intermediate stats i usually see , squat 120kg, bench 90-100kg - and i think deadlift is a bit higher like 160kg.
So basically i think youve exploited your beginner gains really well and you could move to an intermediate program such as Mascow 5x5 though you might be a bit bored of these 5x you could always try a spilit. Im like at the same place as you i have two more months of bulking and im doing just compounds which i will cut on the same program then i want to try a Split/Hydrotherapy program.

Have you researched any hydrotherapy programs there just basically for throwing on size rather than strength so i am down for that.

Just noticed you are from Northern Ireland where you from?

[Tal106]

[QUOTE=Chrisy1427;1061819561]

Thanks man, yeah on my bulk I was doing 5x5 for my main compound lifts and 3x8 for my assistance lifts. Since I started cutting it's now 3x5 and 2x8.
I was thinking to move on to a split routine when I finish cutting because I started training in the morning and may not have time before work to do all the 5x5 and 3x8 lifts. I *think* I am almost at the intermediate stage (according to strstd all my lifts are intermediate apart from bench which is slowly approaching it).

I think after I finish cutting I will be strong enough to move to a split, what do you think?


Ah nice workout im doing a similar thing though no assistance apart from chin ups. Yeah your at around intermediate stats i usually see , squat 120kg, bench 90-100kg - and i think deadlift is a bit higher like 160kg.
So basically i think youve exploited your beginner gains really well and you could move to an intermediate program such as Mascow 5x5 though you might be a bit bored of these 5x you could always try a spilit. Im like at the same place as you i have two more months of bulking and im doing just compounds which i will cut on the same program then i want to try a Split/Hydrotherapy program.

Have you researched any hydrotherapy programs there just basically for throwing on size rather than strength so i am down for that.

Just noticed you are from Northern Ireland where you from?

Sorry man didn't see your reply, I'm from Armagh, around Craigavon if you know where that is.. how about you?

I think once I finish cutting I'll do the same thing because I really want to see what the results are like for a split, or see if I like it more than full body. I'm sure it wouldn't be much different, as long as you're sticking to all the compounds and stuff.

[JeffyDOS]

not bad not brad for 6 months. core looks way stronger.

[Chrisy1427]

[QUOTE=Tal106;1062006121][QUOTE=Chrisy1427;1061819561]

Sorry man didn't see your reply, I'm from Armagh, around Craigavon if you know where that is.. how about you?

I think once I finish cutting I'll do the same thing because I really want to see what the results are like for a split, or see if I like it more than full body. I'm sure it wouldn't be much different, as long as you're sticking to all the compounds and stuff.[/QUOTE

Mate where are you from in Craigavon? Im from Craigavon but i live in England now left for uni and stayed here. Random that tripped me out. Is Columbia the gym you use?

[BoringWesley]

nice progress

[Parmezans]

Now that's great work!
This should be pinned with a title "This is why you clean bulk when skinny fat!"
Good job, you look great.

[LordIkon]

Looking good bro!