1 Year Progress, have I peaked in muscle growth?

[csanped411]

Left pic was last summer in July 2015 and right pic is July 2016. From August 15 until April 16 I bulked, took a 2 week maintenance and have been cutting ever since. Left pic I weigh 142 lbs and right pic I weigh 145 lbs. I do not see much progress between the pics, however when I am working out I can tell some size and definition difference. Also, the lifts that I am significantly stronger in are deadlifts, leg workouts [ (no squats) leg presses, smith machine squat, curl / extension machine / calf raises] and curls for biceps; all other upper-body exercises - shoulder press, bench press , pulldowns and seated rows pretty much my lfits are the same as last year (trust me, I tried to push/pull more). I think most (if any) muscle growth I had is in my glutes / hammies / quads. Any thoughts?

[relejia]

Left pic was last summer in July 2015 and right pic is July 2016. From August 15 until April 16 I bulked, took a 2 week maintenance and have been cutting ever since. Left pic I weigh 142 lbs and right pic I weigh 145 lbs. I do not see much progress between the pics, however when I am working out I can tell some size and definition difference. Also, the lifts that I am significantly stronger in are deadlifts, leg workouts [ (no squats) leg presses, smith machine squat, curl / extension machine / calf raises] and curls for biceps; all other upper-body exercises - shoulder press, bench press , pulldowns and seated rows pretty much my lfits are the same as last year (trust me, I tried to push/pull more). I think most (if any) muscle I had is in my glutes / hammies / quads. Any thoughts?

not to be rude, but i dont see anything different. but you look gud imo

[bandit1980]

Great physique. Do you change your routine sometime? The human body is a mo*her f*cker and adapt to anything cause he is lazy lol. Try to break your routine there is so many type of training and exercise sometime it's great to change to progress

[Kewbrah]

You look good, but you look the same in both pictures.

[fotv]

How tall are you?

[csanped411]

I am 5'-7", 38 years old and I have changed routines quite frequently. For my upper-body lifts, I notice if I hit a muscle group twice or more in a week my strength progresses the next week, but I have to continuously hit it multiple times a week to maintain the new lift levels otherwise my lifts will decrease. I am thinking about doing one more long bulk / cut and focusing on strength for the bigger / compound movements. Thanks for the input guys!

[SRR61]

How much weight did you gain during your bulk? Surely your lifts increased along with your calorie intake, right?

You look like you could clean bulk for life and never exceed 15% bf.

You look great by the way.

[csanped411]

Thanks. I got up to 156-158 lbs while bulking. My lifts were at its peak while bulking-- however, my upperbody lifts are about the same as it was when I bulked the previous year; also my lifts decreased while cutting and are now about the same as last year during my cut. I do notice more definition, but you cannot tell in pics.

[JackStat]

What weight did you bulk to? You have good definition but lacking size in terms of progress. The potential is there. Interested in how you bulked though.

[bjlrphotography]

You look great, but to determine if you peaked, it will help to into some of your lifts stats...if you are benching 225 for 5 for example, you may be close to peaking...but if you are at 180 for 5, you definitely haven't peaked and should buy some micro plates and work on increasing for sure. Throw us some stats for your lifts

[Vytt]

If cut done right, you shouldn't loose any strength and your lifts should remain the same. in your case you've lost strength means you also lost muscle mass during a cut ...

I guess that might be the reason, you've gained little muscle during this year

[unplugged]

Yea man like others have said it's hard to see if you made any progress this year but nevertheless you look great! Your chest looks awesome but I would hit delts hard as those seem to be a weak point imo. Other then that don't give up man, keep working hard