FRHD Chat Thread

yup

 

stop bullying me you bullies

 

its bulltying get it right

 

stop bulltying you bullies

 

im sry for bulltying u shep

 

lol true

 

Tfw you don't go to a concert you wanted to just so you don't have to deal with your idiotic roommate who takes your sloppy seconds everywhere he goes.

 

I need a buff douch3 to help me out rn. For the first month or two when I started training I was able to avidly add more weight every couple weeks at least, now it seems I'm not able to anymore, even though I haven't grown that much yet. Is that normal? According to some bodybuilding tips I've seen you should add more weight every couple weeks, and I haven't been able to do that despite intense training. So what's going on

 

Lol, happened to me...you rapidly gain At first because the muscle is easy to tear and when it heals, it gets bigger...but once they are bigger...they are harder to rip/tear, so your muscle gain gets slower...my dad went from Benching 150-250 in 6 months...he started going out more and went from benching 250-315 in 10 months...it's all a slow painful gain...

 

It is normal to receive a "kickstart" in your training the first few months you train, where you may continuously add weight every workout (CNS is adapting to your new daily routine which is working out testosterone is increased too) After that it becomes a little harder and you have to improve other factors that now suddenly make a bigger difference to your gains.

Also, the process of "gaining" muscle is extremely slow, and you can't usually tell if you gained any muscle the last months. (Factors being you're always watching yourself in the mirror, thus adapting to the way you look by every gram you add). Measurement tape is the way to go!
Becoming stronger is an extremely good indicator that you're adding mass to your frame, eventhough you feel like you don't.

Now, other factors are; nutrition and workout programmes?
Start eating more (more frequent) with a higher focus on healthy fat (testosterone balance), and protein (building blocks). Avoid sugars, and read up on complex carbs too.
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Following a workout programme you made yourself is usually extremely unsufficient unless you have years of advanced knowledge about it. People who have trained sub-2 years should stick to premade programmes (bodybuilding.com is a good source), which are usually the best too. Since you're sub-1 year, I recommend A. A full body workout (look up), or Starting Strength (look up).
It is also easy to get overexcited and start adding/removing movements to a programme. Don't, it's like this for a reason. Also, more training is not equivalent to more results when it comes to bodybuilding.

Reading up on nutrition and training along the way (years) is the path to gains. More knowledge equals more muscle and strength. Don't expect to know everything within the first 1-2 years though.

Jgeleta1 's dad is not a realistic image. His dad must have been digesting deadly amounts of strong anabolic steroids including worldclass genetics to get that kind of size in such a short time, or overall.

A realistic gain is about 10-20lbs of muscle the first year, and about 5-12lbs the second year. After that it can be everything from zero to 5-7lbs each year. All of this comes down to nutrition and effective training however.
This is without anabolic steroids.

 

If you're not improving by adding weight, try and do more repetitions on the same weight from the last workout (progression should be prioritized in multi-joint movements, such as the benchpress, squat, deadlift, overheadpress, dips and pullups. Also, If you don't have these in your programme, you're limiting your progress severly)

Say you could do 6 reps on 125lbs in benchpress one workout. Try and do 7 the next. When you reach a rep range of 10-12 reps, add 10-5lbs.

 

Stig let me rephrase please...i meant he was bench pressing that much...that make more sense???

 

More sense, but still a strength progression that is limited to people who have insane genetics or who use anabolic steroids. Take note that every man will add 45-90lbs to their max when asked what they benchpress. Guys exaggurate this number more frequently than the number of girls they've slept with

 

Thanks bros. it's been probably 4 or 5 months since I've started and I've just assumed I've gotten bigger because I gained weight and being the skinny f*ck I always was I know it ain't fat.

 

lol, same here! im prob not in ur league tho, cuz i just measure my strengh in amout of pushups!

 

Lol it's genetics...I went from benching 125- benching 215 in a year xD

 

You're 15. There's no way you are benching 215

 

I've been lifting since I was 10...
e: protein shakes and amino acid pills helped some...