ok, I should elaborate in that I’m not empty… I’ll eat at 3pm and lift at 6.30pm most days so it’s not like I’m hungry when I arrive at the gym - I just haven’t had anything extra.
of all the things that I’ve ever done to lose weight… nothing has worked as well as running in the morning then eating a big breakfast. I’m talking a massive difference compared to running a couple hours after breakfast.
I basically borrowed “a little bit” of that logic to my pre-workout strategy.
I can’t say it’s been affective or not, but I’m willing to listen to arguments.
the last think I want to happen is that I double my lifting abilty and gain a large gut.
Whatever floats your boat homie just remember when debating opinions you are simply debating but when you are debating soething with factual backing one person is right and one person is wrong. I say what i say based off of tons of research and the fact that well i look great naked.
Well, you will make progress in the beginning, maybe 4-6 months, but after that it’s gonna be one big plateau that you won’t get over. Unless you use some supplements, which will help… but you should only resort to those till you have hit a big roadblock.
Anyways, if you are running in the morning and lifting in the evening, you are probably in better health than you were before anyways. Try and get you bF% measured, as any weight fluctuations aren’t going to give you an accurate reading of your “progress”.
Also, lose the isolation lifts, learn how to do the heavy, compound lifts and learn an Olympic lift. If you are deadset on option 3, these are the only friends in the gym you have~
two years ago I was 175lbs. 16%bf
today I’m 175lbs. 12%bf (but I’ve been as low a 10% during)
I really lack the interest / self control to eat better and not drink beer etc…
and you hit the nail on the head - I’m plateaued big time benching around 200lbs. I didn’t start seriously squatting until about 6 months ago and I’m growing my leg strength like crazy currently.
If you are really at 12% you are a lot better off than I originally anticipated.
We all weigh our desires and motivations on a scale, and as long as we are comfortable with the balance, there is nothing wrong with it. Not everyone wants to eat only chicken/rice/brocoli everyday and I wouldn’t blame them at all if they didn’t. There is a point that everyone reaches where they have to ask themselves “Is it really worth it?”
I’m surprised you are plateau’d there, the jump from 185 to 225 is usually pretty quick for most people as the desire to throw 2 plates on is really strong. Anyways, when i was having problems pushing more weight, I really started blasting my lats hard, but not with pulldowns or vertical movements, but instead horizontal movements that mimic’d the reverse of the benching motion. This included mainly heavy sets of T-Bar rows and other rows. Lastly, remember we all mainly grow on the eccentric part of the lift!
ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY MULTIQUOTE!!! Sorry i was actually at the gym.
I was just being a dickhead hahah.
1 during the winter months then 2 right before summer DURRR.
Ugh i did Havoc for 40 days and it kinda f-ed me up. Did you use a PCT with it? I didn’t and my libido was shot(thank god im in Iraq anyhow lol) and my moods were terrible. It took me about 6 weeks to recover. But my gains were badass!!!
IDK i dont see someone over 170lbs 12%BF being plateaued at that type of weight. Pics or ban!
I got a little room to grow, I think my biggest barrier is that I’m intimidated by anything > 185. I also happen to have a lot of lower back and rotator cuff injuries due to previous bad form.
It is a great setup man i know you can come up with something good. But on serious nte it sucked and i was really nervous, i learned from that mistake to say the least.
Are you benching with your elbows tucked and shoulder blades dug into the bench? It took me a little while to change, but once I moved from the elbows out to the elbows in method, I eventually was able to bench more, properly.
Why not try benching 190? there are those 2.5lb plates for a reason
theblue if you are serious about help i can e-mail you my routine if you want. But some of it is kinda complicated and i would have to spend some time explaining things and such. So I am not sending it unless you are 100% certain you are going to follow it and report back benching 300+ ASAP. BTW it is not a strength routine.
