Sorry for the blurring on the second pic, not really comfortable showing myself in my boxers lol. Been working on posing and bringing up my delts and tri’s over the last nine months. I’m also currently at the end of a cut.
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Nice work on the upper body, but…
What’s going on down here? 
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Can’t train my legs at the moment and for the past 6 months or so due to a knee injury.
What injury was it and how long until you’re able to train legs again?
*I’m asking under the assumption that you are looking for feedback, not a pat on the head and an “atta boy”.
I should be able to start training again within a month or 2, I broke my right knee cap and have trouble bearing weight to an extent still. But yeah some feedback and advice would be great
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Cool, if there are any leg exercises you’re able to perform without pain, I would try to do those so you can start bringing those legs back up.
Like i said, you did well with building up your upper body, but its hard to tell with only one pose.
Your chest, shoulders, and arms look bigger, but you look very thin viewed from the side. Personally, I would want to correct this.
How are your pull muscles doing?
When’s the bulk starting?
I’m definitely going to try and work on thickness in my back and lats to combat the thinness on my side, my pull muscles are going well but my biceps are pretty uneven due to shorter insertions on my left bicep.
Raise your left shoulder and puff your chest out more to cover up your left bicep.
And work on hugging yourself better, so your arms are tighter and there is no daylight between your elbows and ribs.
nice work
Bi and shoulder muscles appear the most improved. Albeit different lighting and you look pumped in second photo. Either way nice work. I can’t see why you would have ever cut. Bulk bulk bulk with your frame.
I dirty bulked up about 20 lbs then cut back down that’s why I looked like I gained some more mass particularly in the arms, I’m going into another big bulk and I’m going to shoot for 180lbs.
Thanks for the advice man will do
Thanks man, means a lot
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Any particular reason you’re taking the yo-yo approach instead of a more steady gaining over several years?
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I tend to feel more comfortable being on the leaner side. I generally don’t feel great physically in a surplus and at a body fat much higher than my current level so I tend to bulk In shorter bursts then briefly cut some of the fat. Which has been pretty effective I’ve gained about 45lbs of muscle in the past 2 years doing this
It precisely sounds like you should be taking a slow gradual approach then. You can stay relatively lean only eating like 100-300 cal in surplus and you won’t need to stress yourself with the frequent cuts. It seems like you have a good sense for moderating calories, your results are great. I think a very gradual moderated approach would be great for you. I’m not sure you’re doing yourself any favors with the short term dirty bulks–emotionally, because you admit to feeling uncomfortable carrying too much fat, and physically, because you can’t trick your body into putting on muscle any faster than you would just eating in a slight surplus anyway.
Hope this makes sense.
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Yeah that honestly sounds like a good idea and I’m going to do that for my next bulk, what weight do you recommend I aim for? I’m not looking to be too large but more aesthetic preferably. And thanks for the advice man it’s helped a lot.
It’s virtually impossible to become too large naturally. I agree on applying a steady slow bulk, as well as hitting them legs with whatever excercise possible. Considering your injury, may I suggest you look into resistance band training, and emphasizing slow negatives. Use the search function here on Tnation and you will find several threads on resistance bands. That said, keep up the good work!
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Id never commit to a hard number. Id be trying to design your bulk to last for the longest duration possible without you getting too fat.
Meaning you should eat a small surplus, maybe 300cals daily (mostly carbs) and do this for as long as you can - until you start getting too fat.
Did you share how much you weigh currently? Sorry if I missed it.
Generally, I find it easier to just focus on the next 5lb. Hit that next milestone over 1-2 months, check-in and see if you like how lean you stayed and reevaluate from there. It’s really easy to get lost only seeing the bigger picture, but all we can control is the day to day and making sure we’re making the best decisions we can each week to keep positive momentum.
It’d be really tough to even set up a realistic goal weight for yourself, just because of your knee injury. Once you’re back to training lower body fairly normally, your weight will likely spike as muscle memory will kick in and pack the lean mass back on relatively quickly.
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