My freshman year of college I went from 225 to 270 the first semester. It wasn’t all muscle, but I gain 40 lbs on bench, 80 pounds on squat, and 40 pounds on clean. This was all from August to January. So I believe its possible, but not probable.
This is definately fake. I can see MAYBE gaining this much with proper guidance. But this guy essentially went from knowing nothing or anybody who even lifted weights to gaining that much muscle, with ZERO knowledge? I don’t believe it for a minute. Especially considering the fact that new lifters usually get their information from muscle and fiction.
Also look at his workout plan. That thing is horrible. He doesn’t even deadlift.
Plausibility aside, I’m definitely showing this to my roommate. Hopefully he’ll realize that sipping a single weightgainer shake over the entire day is not going to cut it.
there’s no way he’s only 125 in the before photo. He looks thin but not that thin. I weighed 125 last year and he looks a lot bigger than that.
edit: NO ONE has a 45 lb bench. My girlfriend weighs like 110 and she can bench more than that. 65lb squat too? I think that “wimp to pimp” transformation is fake.
The last picture makes him look like he is in his 30s.
I find it funny that he thinks he’s 8-10% body fat.
What I’m having a hard time believing is 125lb at 6 feet. Either his bones are super light or he was starving.
He’s a tank in the last pictures.
Look, I want to believe, but I don’t. Unless he was completely starving himself before he started, but the progress he’s made… it’s not believable for 2 years of training himself.
Do you know anyone who puts on a pound and a half a week, every week who’s not on steroids? I’ve never seen it.
[quote]Sxio wrote:
He’s a tank in the last pictures.
Look, I want to believe, but I don’t. Unless he was completely starving himself before he started, but the progress he’s made… it’s not believable for 2 years of training himself.
Do you know anyone who puts on a pound and a half a week, every week who’s not on steroids? I’ve never seen it. [/quote]
For the first two months of training, certainly. For two YEARS? I’ve never seen it either. I’m not a fan of the word ‘impossible’, but it’s damn hard to believe.
[quote]Majin wrote:
What I’m having a hard time believing is 125lb at 6 feet. Either his bones are super light or he was starving.[/quote]
When I was 18 I was 5’11 115 and at 22 my dad was 6 foot 115, so it’s not out of the realm of possibility.
Wow. this guy said he’s gained 3 pounds a week consistently and kept his body fat the same. His face is very bloated it makes me wonder.
Anyone read about Christian Bale when he did “The Machinist” and then did Batman Begins shortly after? I think the only way this is plausible is if he was previously big, starved himself or was bedridden or something, and then went back to his previous size + some more. That’s about the only way I can believe this is possible short of gear.
[quote]Sliver wrote:
Majin wrote:
What I’m having a hard time believing is 125lb at 6 feet. Either his bones are super light or he was starving.
When I was 18 I was 5’11 115 and at 22 my dad was 6 foot 115, so it’s not out of the realm of possibility.[/quote]
So foodhating runs in the family, huh?
[quote]Majin wrote:
Sliver wrote:
Majin wrote:
What I’m having a hard time believing is 125lb at 6 feet. Either his bones are super light or he was starving.
When I was 18 I was 5’11 115 and at 22 my dad was 6 foot 115, so it’s not out of the realm of possibility.
So foodhating runs in the family, huh?[/quote]
LOL.
I went from 130 at 15 years old to 375 at 18 years old to 249 at present in a 6 year period. If this guy had above average genetics and acquired a knowledge for training and nutrition then yes it’s possible without steroids and in a two year time frame.
Even with steroids, such gains are amazing.
Not sure why no one believes it can be done. Must be a limited respect for human distributions and deviations.
There will be people who can literally train hard, eat well, and do everything else right who will not make much progress: Truly awful genetics can never be wholly overcome. There are also people who will make extraordinary progress.
[quote]E-man wrote:
I went from 130 at 15 years old to 375 at 18 years old to 249 at present in a 6 year period. If this guy had above average genetics and acquired a knowledge for training and nutrition then yes it’s possible without steroids and in a two year time frame.[/quote]
At 15 you were still growing. You would be expected to add a fair bit of weight. I think I added at least 60pnds between 15 and 18 and I was into distance running. This guy added his weight after he turned 18. He still has growth on his side, as this is when males put on their most amount of weight, but still what he’s done is astonishing.
[quote]CaliforniaLaw wrote:
Even with steroids, such gains are amazing.
Not sure why no one believes it can be done. Must be a limited respect for human distributions and deviations.
There will be people who can literally train hard, eat well, and do everything else right who will not make much progress: Truly awful genetics can never be wholly overcome. There are also people who will make extraordinary progress.[/quote]
I would say I agree with CL here, at least enough to quote it. Some people are just bad ass, some will not be. That’s it.
However I don’t care how much of this is the truth and how much is a lie. It’s his life, it’s on his head if he’s bull shitting about his gains. So what if he is? I am much, much more concerned with where am headed, and what I have accomplished that what someone else is, or has accomplished. I don’t really see much point in speculating the reality of this guys gains.