Is This Why I Cant Gain Fuking Muscle?

[james@uk]

i currently need 650-750 cals per meal in order to gain weight, because of my ****ing metabolism.... (ecto)

I am working a job which involves physical activity.... ok its only stacking shelves at a supermarket, but i am required to work quite fast at times and surely must bee burning cals?

If walking for an hour burns 200 cals i must be walking for at least half hour between meals...so thats 100 cals gone straight away. Then if u add up all the other stuff i do...like lifting boxes/opening them puttin #### on the shelves i mus b burning i dunno at least another 100 i think.

So am i supposed to make my meals 950 cals each at work....i only have 30 min breaks how the fvk can i eat 950cals in 30 mins?!?!?!?!

[Jimineye]

Originally posted by james@uk
i currently need 650-750 cals per meal in order to gain weight, because of my ****ing metabolism.... (ecto)

I am working a job which involves physical activity.... ok its only stacking shelves at a supermarket, but i am required to work quite fast at times and surely must bee burning cals?

If walking for an hour burns 200 cals i must be walking for at least half hour between meals...so thats 100 cals gone straight away. Then if u add up all the other stuff i do...like lifting boxes/opening them puttin #### on the shelves i mus b burning i dunno at least another 100 i think.

So am i supposed to make my meals 950 cals each at work....i only have 30 min breaks how the fvk can i eat 950cals in 30 mins?!?!?!?!

My protein shake has 1038 calories and I drink that in 10 seconds.

If you're an ecto you probably need anywhere from 3.5k+ calories a day to gain. Try eating every 2 hours, they don't have to be high calorie meals either.

[meathead198]

Originally posted by Jimineye
My protein shake has 1038 calories and I drink that in 10 seconds.

Thats 1 hell of a protein shake. What is the macro breakdown?

[Zensuji]

Originally posted by meathead198
Thats 1 hell of a protein shake. What is the macro breakdown?

bump

[Nick666]

>> If walking for an hour burns 200 cals...

Walking for one hour burns 270 to 400 cal, depending on your weight and at which speed you walk..

Concerning your caloric intake, shakes are the way to go. Take a shake in the middle of the night also.

[james@uk]

great....so i need even more prob lke an extra 400 cals per meal at work...thats a joke!!!

[meathead198]

How many meals do you eat?

[james@uk]

6 a day

[meathead198]

Weight?

[james@uk]

160lbs

btw my routine is

Monday- Chest/Tri

2 set Flat Bench press
2 set Incline dumbell
2 Set dips
3 set close grip bench*
3 set skullcrushers*


Wednesday- Legs/Shoulders/Traps

2 set squat
2 set Deadlift
2 set Front squat
2 set SLDL
2 set Military press
2 set Lateral raises
2 set Shrugs

Friday - Back/Bi

2 set pullups
2 set chins
2 set rows
2 set rev grip rows
3 set Barbell curls*
2 set hammer curls

[meathead198]

That all looks good, a little high on tricep/bicep volume, but nothing OTT.

Lets recap:

160lbs ecto
6 meals a day 4200cals in total
Good workout

Do you sleep well? thats the only other factor I can think of. Also, how long have you been doing this? It takes a month or 2 before you will see results.

[james@uk]

ive been doing it for about 3 weeks....

I can see a bit of progress in the mirror, but the tape measure says i havnt really increases in size at all.

[Zensuji]

three weeks is nothing bro. the routine looks good, cals look good

just more time is needed

[meathead198]

Originally posted by tetsuo
three weeks is nothing bro. the routine looks good, cals look good

just more time is needed

Agreed. 3 weeks is not long enough to get considerable size.

[james@uk]

i added 1 set of bench press and 1 set of incline today....

do u think this is overtraing now?

3 set bench press 4-7reps
3 set incline bench 4-7reps
2 set dips 4-6reps
3 set CG bench 4-7reps
2 set skulls 4-6reps

Do u think thats too much now?

[Zensuji]

looks good to me

i'd just do 2 sets for close grip bench and 3 sets for skulls

[Swedish dude]

Originally posted by james@uk
i added 1 set of bench press and 1 set of incline today....

do u think this is overtraing now?

3 set bench press 4-7reps
3 set incline bench 4-7reps
2 set dips 4-6reps
3 set CG bench 4-7reps
2 set skulls 4-6reps

Do u think thats too much now?

No, you should be all good. That routine is amost identical to mine except I only do 2 sets for CG Bench.

BTW, is that Chest dips(leaning forward) or triceps dips?

[james@uk]

leaning forward dips for chest....

Its jus i dunno, i dont have the same ''feeling'' as last week when i did slightly less...

im gonna go back to 2 sets next week i think.

[meathead198]

Do whatever feels best,

BTW, where in the UK u from?

[james@uk]

im from Essex.

Its weird its almost as if i feel like ive lost muscle, i think theres a fine line between training and overtraing for me....

[meathead198]

Quite close 2 me, I'm in Suffolk.

You will not overtrain in 3 weeks.

[kingfish3]

ever heard of gh and testosterone release. to gain muscle you have to stimulate growth with proper lifting. lifting weights and doing any routine just wont cut it. You want to grow do mentzer hit training.

[Jimineye]

Originally posted by meathead198
Thats 1 hell of a protein shake. What is the macro breakdown?

I can't think of it at the top of my head, but I will post it when I get home.

[Jimineye]

Originally posted by kingfish3
ever heard of gh and testosterone release. to gain muscle you have to stimulate growth with proper lifting. lifting weights and doing any routine just wont cut it. You want to grow do mentzer hit training.

Mentzer HIT training is not the only way to grow, there are various different methods and techniques to induce hypertrophy.

[Nick666]

Originally posted by kingfish3
ever heard of gh and testosterone release. to gain muscle you have to stimulate growth with proper lifting. lifting weights and doing any routine just wont cut it. You want to grow do mentzer hit training.

GH is almost irrelevant for hypertrophy. Testosterone plays a role of course, but the largest contributor is muscular IGF-1.

The only way to stimulate muscular IGF-1 and testosterone sensitivity in a particular muscle is to train it - cause microtrauma to that muscle. That's why for optimum growth you should train each muscle as often as possible, that is, as soon as your CNS has recovered.

[AndyMcLean]

I have the same issue. I am burning through calories and can't seem to gain any real muscle mass. I do tons of lean proteins, omegas, I have even tried carb loading. I started taking more supplements to see if it will help me bulk up. Have you had any more success gaining muscle mass?

[SuffolkPunch]

I have the same issue. I am burning through calories and can't seem to gain any real muscle mass. I do tons of lean proteins, omegas, I have even tried carb loading. I started taking more supplements to see if it will help me bulk up. Have you had any more success gaining muscle mass?

10 year old thread is 10 years old.

Why lean proteins and not fatty ones - they would have more calories

How many calories are you taking in BTW?