sleep and eating keep fking with my gym gains

[Angstrom4]

lift numbers have barely budged over the last 8 months. stuck benching 245 x5 on a good day for example.

never get too hungry so i dont eat enough to put on weight (185). sleep is a bish with life getting in the way often

[Angstrom4]

misc doesnt lift

[crupiea]

You have lifted the same amount for 8 months and havent done anything to fix it?

Obviously its your diet and routine. It will help your sleep as well.

[Angstrom4]

You have lifted the same amount for 8 months and havent done anything to fix it?

Obviously its your diet and routine. It will help your sleep as well.

no chit

my workout routine is fine. its the sleep and diet that screw me over. i got no appetite and insomnia

[StainlesSon]

no chit

my workout routine is fine. its the sleep and diet that screw me over. i got no appetite and insomnia

well you identified the problem already thats progress, so what you doin about it?

[kimm4]

How many days a week do you train and what program are you running? If you're having trouble getting the food down, throw in some liquid calories. You can also use fattier cut meats, pb, nuts, cooking oils, salad dressings, butter, etc...this will help to get your calories up.

[GaryRidgway]

Reset to 135 and build back up

[LethalGunz34]

no chit

Rude!

[Angstrom4]

well you identified the problem already thats progress, so what you doin about it?

trying to consciously eat more. sleep is a bish tho no matter what i just live with it

How many days a week do you train and what program are you running? If you're having trouble getting the food down, throw in some liquid calories. You can also use fattier cut meats, pb, nuts, cooking oils, salad dressings, butter, etc...this will help to get your calories up.

4 days. heavy upper + lower followed by hypertrophy days. ex 5x3 bench monday 3x8-10 bench thursday.
i mix olive oils into more stuff now

Reset to 135 and build back up

srs? how would you build back up

[GaryRidgway]

srs? how would you build back up

I was kidding. That was stupid advice that I remember hearing like 10+ years ago.

[bigbtree]

245 is pretty strong dude. But perhaps when you are to that level you need to make gains more minimally.
Like when you are newer to lifting you can db press 50 one day then do 60 the next maybe but for you I would try just adding a pound on each side and if you have to just shoot for less reps then try to do your normal rep range the next time.. Or try to do more reps at 245 if even one then next time add a pound or two.

[Angstrom4]

I was kidding. That was stupid advice that I remember hearing like 10+ years ago.

thanks garold

245 is pretty strong dude. But perhaps when you are to that level you need to make gains more minimally.
Like when you are newer to lifting you can db press 50 one day then do 60 the next maybe but for you I would try just adding a pound on each side and if you have to just shoot for less reps then try to do your normal rep range the next time.. Or try to do more reps at 245 if even one then next time add a pound or two.

i feel weak af doing 245

[kimm4]

4 days. heavy upper + lower followed by hypertrophy days. ex 5x3 bench monday 3x8-10 bench thursday.
i mix olive oils into more stuff now

Have you taken anytime off? Do you schedule deloads into your programs? Maybe take a deload week and start fresh with a 3 day power/strength type routine. Scrap the hypertrophy work for a bit and focus on building more strength.

Good luck

[bsrkoacar2]

Do you train at a high intensity even when you don't feel like it?

[Nicklol]

Maybe because you do some queer routine called "upper/lower" you heard on reddit. Probably very low volume too.

[monster0ultra]

Inb4 retards who don't understand that everyone plateaus eventually and tell OP that he isn't training hard enough and should be adding 5lbs a workout until he's at 1048x3.