Works in what way? From what I hear/read you basically gain weight which contains fat and not much of a lean muscle even if it's not a dirty bulk. I heard (kinda shocking) that people should be fucking happy if they gain 1 pound of lean muscle in a year. Muscle structure resembles of a balloon and not a brick. So I'm not even sure if you do gain any muscle during bulking. When cutting comes most of the people go back to their old weight, so it was like a waste of time. I really have no idea, and I don't think anyone knows for sure, so it's why I wanna experience it on myself. I guess it just depends a whole lot if you're an ectomorph or mesomorph. Why metabolism can be annoying, I hardly gain weight but I lose it damn fast. As for my genetics, I think I have potential to have nice shoulders and chest. At this point I'd like to gain weight and keep my stomach flat, so to see how that goes.
I think you've always given too much credit for abs.
Putting on some mass, yes, even with some fat, can be beneficial to one's appearance. You know a lot of people here teased you that you're malnourished
, well try and put on some mass and see how that goes...and if you do put on some fat, don't think you'll lose your abs, they're still there, just the turtle shell isn't visible.
So you'll go back to the old in a jiffy.
Yeah it's you. You can't notice much of a difference because you look at yourself pretty much every day. Your friends are right, though. Some people who didn't see me for a long time were like 'holy shit what happened to you'
Your numbers look pretty big, that's a lot of weight (if you're not a fat ass), post some pic
And how much do you bench press and squat at the moment?
Nah, I ain't a fat-ass, just not lean.
I look pretty much the same as I did when I posted my pic about a year ago(at that time I was about 85, 86kg and that's my usual weight). I put on about 4,5kg in the last few months, since I started dating this girl who's an amazing cook(which is a first for me). I can't post one now as I don't have a camera anymore and my cell is running a custom software and the camera isn't functional yet.
Currently I squat 120kg and bench 90kg. That's in the 4 sets, something like 7,6,6,5 reps. Depends on how I ate, how tired, etc. I am. I've been at that weight for a while now and I find it hard to break plateus since I don't have a workout partner.
Wait, isn't it only 5g throughout a day, how come you're getting 10? Or I just heard it wrong. And I think you're wrong, very wrong. You've been lifting for only 2 and a half years, there's a plenty of room for improvement. If you're still on progressive overload you'll see more and more results. People workout for over 10 years and still get results. But you should probably lose 5kg to see where are you at, that should drop a couple of % of your body fat and you should be able to see some muscle fibers. But there's no need to stop anyway, you'll keep getting bigger and stronger even if you don't fix your nutrition. As for cigarettes, I have no idea how that kills your progress.
It's usually recommended to 5g before and 5 after, though some recommend only 5g after, depends...it's not much of a difference really from what I've read, more of a preference. Though most people seem to not recommend doing the loading phase anymore(which was like 20-30g per day for a week, then 10g for some 10-15 days, than taking a break). Either way I think you won't go wrong with either 5 after or 5 before & after.
I'm gonna start doing early morning cardio in the next couple of weeks, just to get back to 85kg and keep it at that. Felt and looked great when I ran some 6km every morning last spring. Then I got fucking chicken pox, coupled with pneumonia and I basically didn't workout for 3 months(one whole month in bed, almost died, LOL), not fun. But really, I don't look much different with 85kg than with 89kg. On some people that's a huge difference, but no one really noticed it on me. Even my stomach looks the same.
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