Ok, so i THINK i’m on the right track
these photos were taken back in january weighing like 142 ish… I’m 5’10… 5’11?
I know i’m pretty faaacking skinny… and to boot I’ve got a really small frame… I think i got screwed over in the genetics area as well
I also had a LOT of food allergies when i was younger… which i think hindered some of my muscle development. They included dairy, eggs, nuts… all the good stuff… anyways… when I “started” working out I weighed between 125 - 130 which was september of 07. I now weigh around 145 - 150… I tend to fluctuate.
I still have a lot of food allergies so I tend to watch what I eat… luckily my parents make a lot of “cleaner” home made food
so anyways…
oh yarr… i’m not going for the HUUUUGE look
I’m aiming for more of the athletic physique
MY goal is like 160 with a body fat percentage of about 5% or a bit less…
[quote]Suave323 wrote:
oh yarr… i’m not going for the HUUUUGE look
I’m aiming for more of the athletic physique
MY goal is like 160 with a body fat percentage of about 5% or a bit less…[/quote]
So… you aren’t yet at your physique goal, and you want advice on if you are doing something wrong with your physique.
Well, in my opinion, everything looks exactly in proportion. It’s all just really small. That is what you want though, so… yeah, you are doing a great job!
my goals could change when i “reach” that goal… I’m not satisfied with my size… and I dont know if 10 pounds would be good enough… fack… what are some good things to eat with lots of calories… something basic… maybe something that wouldn’t fill me up a lot.
I read that taking like 3 shots of extra virgin olive oil two times a day is like 900 calories… which sounds good to me… anything else like that you guys can think of?
No, you’re not on the right track. It took you 1.5 years to gain 15 pounds. You’re wasting time trying to stay cut at your level of development. Seriously, I hate the “just fucking eat” advice, but dude, you need MORE calories. Post your diet and routine please and we will give you some pointers!
well during the school year i was a wuss when it came to working out. I only started doing more compound and free weight movements/exercies about august/september of 08. I started this 5x5 program with my buddy and now we’re onto Chad Waterbury’s “Huge in a Hurry” phase 2 of “get strong”
I don’t have a set diet… I just try to eat as often as I can… but at work its a little tough cause i work in a warehouse hauling around 30 - 60 pound bags around all day which may not necessarily be good for my “bulking”
Like i said before, my parents still make a lot of home made food… i had to eat it everyday from like grade 1 on. It’s not GARBAGE but i wouldn’t say it’s the cleanest food either. I don’t know the amount of calories they have but a bowl can keep me full for about an hour and a half before i start to get hungry… which is a stupid indication…
oh yeah… so we work out monday, wednesday, friday. It’s phase 2 of “get strong” in Chad Waterbury’s book like i said… but usually on tuesdays I’ll go in and either do chest and back… usually things that I’m lacking… been focusing more on chest and back lately. There’s no real set routine but the exercises i tend to stick to are
flat bench
dumbbell incline press
machine flyes supersetted with pushups… fucked up my shoulder the other day… that was fun
wide grip chins
close grip chins
bent over row
i usually work what I wouldn’t necessarily be working the next day or worked the day prior.
Fuck… so basically i gave you no information at all… but what I’m trying to do is just keep myself full on as much clean food as I can as often as I can.
oh yeah. i guess my shitty numbers could help… a bit
bench - max i don’t even know but I think it would be 185
squat - i think it would be 225… i can do 200 for a count of 11 or 12… so i hope it would be that at least
deadlift - havent maxed but i think it is 300
For alot of people (myself, and by the looks of it you as well) the just fucking eat advice is spot on. For many of my slower metabolismed (made that word up) friends it would be bad advice but seriously your going to need to eat a tonne to gain much size at all.
Don’t worry about getting too big, even though your not going for the ‘huge’ look. With your frame (and no steroid usage) its not going to happen anyway so simply focus on putting on as much size as possible, then slimming down.
thanks aussie. As i said i have a lot of food allergies… do you know anything specifically that would add a lot of calories to my diet? At night i tend to snack a lot to keep myself full… if I had something better to eat that wouldn’t make my face break out in redness due to eczema and make me itchy and stuff then I would do it.
Your right about the extra virgin olive oil, I love the stuff! I generally put it on toasted turkish bread but if you have it in shot form then all the better. If you still have nut allergies peanut butter is probably a bad option but if you can then you should deff try that.
Try making big pasta meals before you go to bed or/and just after you wake up, mix in some meat (chicken for example) and include a tonne of butter and olive oil. It will fill you up but added together contains tonnes of energy and other good stuff (protein, carbs, fats etc).
argh… pasta is an iffy one… i have a small intolerance to wheat… it makes my face go red… it’s really facking annoying… i’m guessing just something with a lot of carbs
I would keep track of your caloric intake either on paper or in your head. Estimation will work. Keep an eye on the scale and shoot for 1 lb per week. You will not get fat gaining at that rate. I think you need to focus more on squat, deadlift, bench, and military press. Those are the basics, the bread and butter of getting size and strength. Good luck!
