[quote]Intersweat wrote:
acelement wrote:
- My volume for lower body has been lowered drastically. I have reached my ideal proportions (or even exceeded them) for my lower body, but I have a good inch to add to my arms and neck, so my focus is much more on upper body, so gains I guess are supposed to slow down…how much weight can you possibly gain when trying to add most of your weight onto your arms and shoulders, right?
- Sort of reinforces the first point, but I haven’t adjusted my meal plan in a while. My gains have slowed down and I think at 206.5 I should probably bump up my calories again.
I was checking my measurements again, and I figured out some more information on my body. I have 7’’ wrists, which is small for someone my size (Jules Bacon had 7’’ wrists, and he was a leaner in bodybuilding, not to mention a good 3.5’’ shorter than me). That probably adds to why my bench is so low. However, I have 9.5’’ ankles…they’re bigger than Steve Reeves, who was no Reg Park, but certainly much more massive than the smaller guys in the field (like Bacon). So I have the upper body of an ecto, and a lower body of a meso…this would explain why my quickest bodyweight gains came on the weeks where my lower body work was heaviest, not to mention why my lower numbers are so much higher (relatively) than my upper body numbers.
I wonder how that plays out for symmetry - I have disproportionately small wrists, and slightly larger ankles…ok well I’m rambling at this point, but I’ve decided since I’m about right down the middle of a Meso/Ecto as you can get, I think I’ll settle for a weight between an ecto and a meso, 195-200. This means my bulk will probably stop around 215-220, less than I thought. So if I get my ass back in gear with my meal plan and get back up to 3 lb / week, I should be done by between Sept 15 and Sept 22.
Workout is late tonight, hopefully posting big numbers.
Adam, I’ve a couple of points to make on your progress.
1)Your progress so far is impressive especially over the relatively short timeframe. I applaud you for doing the work, eating right AND blogging the log so to speak. Well done and definitely keep up the great attitude.
2)Your advice for the average “newbie” was spot on. You’ve obviously learnt “OUR” secret ;o)
3)I wouldn’t slow down on the lower body if I were you. I know you say you’ve reached or exceeded your goals for your legs but this could be a big mistake. These are big muscle groups that will help to regulate your weight both up and down. You’d be suprised how small they will look to you when you finish a cutting cycle
- OK. Here’s the biggy IMO. Somebody mentioned you look like you haven’t put on bodyfat. I think you have (not too much yet but the alarm bells rang when I read you wanted to add another 15lbs and I’m presuming you mean drug free). This is to be expected doing this over such a short period of time but I do think you are coming to a point sooner than you think. A lot of people I’ve met (and trained with) get addicted to the scale and adding weight to their lifts to the point where they are strong but haven’t seen their abs in 15 or 20 years. Not to say you will do this but I think you should consider getting to about 10 - 12 % bf. There is certainly no reason to go over this to keep adding muscle It will do great for you body image, your gf and family will like it, your arms and pecs will “look” bigger and you will know what is “under the hood”.
Just an opinion from an over 35 lifter by the way. Keep up the good work and I’ll be popping in to check on your progress from time to time.
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I’m going to go as far as saying that his bodyfat looks even lower than when he started but thats just what my eyes see.
