Definitely
I wish, girls aren’t that lucky - I used to weigh 97lbs in 4th-6th grade (Definitely not muscle) and that was playing tennis 5x/week and running
I actually had the same problem, was 175 lbs until 8th grade when I lost 50 lbs in a summer despite subsisting on donuts and Pepsi Blue (damn I miss that stuff). I was referring more to older teenagers than early middle school kids with my post.
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Pepsi blue! My biggest regret was not drinking more of it.
Almost the same exact story for me. 176lbs in 9th grade, dropped 25lbs the summer between 9th and 10th. Although mine was a concentrated effort to lose the weight.
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My brother also automatically leaned out…
He gets to eat whatever he wants and doesn’t put on fat
Week 4: Day 1
Back in Shanghai. I went to celebrate my Grandpa’s (the bad ass one) 80th birthday in Hangzhou and ate WAYY too much fish/smoked pork belly- still got in my steps and probably got in at least 8-10 servings of veggies in each day. No gym so just did exercise videos. We got back super late last night => lack of sleep => intense squats not happening today…
AMRAP 20min (5 HSPU+10box hops-24in+15 wall balls)-9rds+5HSPU+7box hops)
2x(4pullups+10dips)
Farmers Carry: 2x25m- 32kg Kbs (80% bodyweight/arm!!!)
Technique: HS walk&hold
- really intense but felt good and quick- woke me up for sure
, farmer walks a LOT easier than expected but really worked everything- should do them more often, Looking forward to squatting tomorrow!
@T3hPwnisher @Pinkylifting Today’s training really showed me how much of a pussy I was in the past. I used to stick to the 20in box for box hops or 45lb Kbs fo farmer walks. I guess there’s always time to up the standards 
Also, the plates at my Shanghai gym are a few inches smaller than normal 45s/20kgs, which will probably affect my deadlifts. What should I do if I can’t hit the numbers? Also, should I eat in a bit of a deficit over the next few days? I probably accumulated at least a 1000 cal surplus over the two days 
Hell NO! See it as a thousand calories invested into strength, recovery, better leverages, well-being and health.
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You could try elevating the plates slightly by stacking them on something, like more plates or an aerobics stepper or anything like that.
Keep in mind previous calorie estimates you’ve offered seemed to error on the high side. You ate a lot of protein. That’s good: it’s useful for building muscle.
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Now go eat a loaf of honey toast. Ah…I remember the days when I used to be able to slam a half-gallon of milk and an entire jar of peanut butter in 20 minutes.
Elevate the plates at the start: no more deficit pulls.
Edit: or what pwn said
Week 4: Day 1
Squat: 1x10-40, 1x8-50, 1x6-60, 1x6-65, 2x2-70, 2x1-75, 2x4-65, 1x6-60
Bench: 1x5-30, 1x4-35, 1x6-40, 3x4-45, 2x2-50
- legs not too tired but hard to concentrate, lighter weights fine- top sets grinders, bench felt very smooth and strong
@pinkylifting For some reason, 6 reps at 65kg isn’t too bad but 2 reps at 70 and 1 rep at 75 feel maximal, what’s up?
Limiting muscles. Something supportive or stabilising is happy at 65 but stressed at 70. So probably a ‘core’ strength problem, as unspecific as that is. A jump of over 5% when you’re close to your 1rm would be expected to be significantly harder also.
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Week 4: Day 2
Rows: 6x(6-40kg+100 jumping jacks), 5x5-50kg w/1min rests
Farmers walks:3x20m-32kg Kbs w/1min rests- failed 4th set at the 10m mark
Technique: HS hold
- felt pretty unmotivated and sluggish so took it easy ;), rows worked upper back, got HR up a bit, Farmer walks felt good and strong but grip really struggled.
Week 4: Day 3
Deadlifts: 1x4-60kg, 1x4-70, 1x6-80, 3x3-90, 2x3-95, 2x3-80 (technique work)
Bench Press: 2x10-30, 2x8-35, 2x6-40, 3x5-45, 2x2-50
- deadlifts felt amazing- I pulled the bar in closer and it made a HUGE difference, bench felt strong but a mental grind
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Week 4: Day 4 (yesterday)
kickboxing class with a coach at my new gym- he’s awesome (the class was 100% overpriced though )
Week 4: Day 5
Squat: 1x5-40, 50, 1x6-60, 3x6-65
Bench: 1x5-30,35, 5x5-40 w/ 1min rests
Farmer’s walk: 8x20m-28kg Kbs w/1min rests
Technique: HS hold
- didn’t sleep well last night so pretty tired going in- lucky the workout was short and easy, nothing was too hard to complete mentally or physically, squats easier than expected, farmer’s walks felt really amazing- got HR up a bit but not too bad
@Pinkylifting I’m done with two sheiko “prep” cycles-37 and 30. Should I move onto 31 (a lower volume higher intensity prep cycle) or adjust training maxes up and repeat 37 and 30?
I’ve never run the old numbered cycles, only the new ones, so it’s hard to say. I wouldn’t adjust up, I’d either run a comp cycle, or a third prep cycle then a comp cycle. After the comp cycle you’ll have a better feel for new 1RMs so you can adjust up
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I kind of want to save the comp cycle for the final peak in May. The first week of the cycle does have singles at 100-105% of 1rm, so maybe I could run the third prep cycle then the 1st week of the comp to adjust maxes for the next cycle?
In my opinion you’re better off running prep prep comp, prep prep comp, making sure you end with a comp cycle in may, rather than just repeating prep cycles with one comp at the end
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Week 4: Day 6
Carries: 3x(50m walk-28kg Kbs+20 HSPU+3min rests), 2x(10m/arm+20m both arm-28kgKBs)
3x(4 pullups+10 dips)
Technique: HS hold
- felt good, carries got HR but not too bad to complete, really worked core, pullups harder than expected