I love when people are like “so what if I’m not strong, I know about building strength” or “so what if I’m skinny, I know about gaining mass”.
Apply that logic to any other job where expertise is required. Your mechanic shows up to fix your car at home with a clunker that backfires and dies 50 yards from your house. “So what if my car doesn’t work, I know about cars.”
Your 400-lb doctor returns from getting your test results, and waddles into the room out of breath and sweating, and tells you your cholesterol is borderline high and you need to take his advice on exercise. “So what if I’m fat, I know about exercise!”
Your accountant is neck-deep in gambling debt.
You get the point.
It’s not that people who don’t exhibit what they’re teaching are necessarily wrong, it’s just that they have no credibility from the get-go.
Because there is no value I can further add to this discussion. I wish you the best on your journey.
Getting big and strong is simple and that’s the truth. The RATE you gain muscle is different for everyone. I went from being able to squat 135x5 to 500x3 in 3-4 years. Maybe 5% of lifters will achieve that. Some lifters might take 10 years to achieve that and that’s just the hard truth.
All you can do is:
Work out, work out hard, eat good quality foods, run, stretch, don’t miss days, rest when your body is beat up, and do that for many years. There is no other way.
That why you do your research and google what high cholesterol means. Takes a few days but then you can be sure what science says about that.
And science says 1 kg muscle mass is normal.
If not then your body is sick etc. I was just hoping that someone would help me here regarding medicine.
Pulling 500lbs is a pretty fair indication you know how to build a respectable amount of muscle.
You seem to be under the illusion that everyone advising you is some kind of natural athlete and that this stuff has cone easy to them. This is definitely not the case. I think you seriously underestimate how much work and time goes in to achieving respectable physiques for the vast majority of the population.
No, it means that the guy knows how to do it for his own body. It doesn’t mean you can apply that to everybody. This is also visible on studies on beginners on resistance training, who gain little or nothing regarding strength and mass.
Usually lifting heavy (low reps, high intensity) works for everybody to gain strength. It will work for your body too, just maybe at a different rate. Getting 2 chin ups after half a year of consistent and proper training, eating and sufficient sleeping is just unbelievable. You’re doing something wrong…
Maybe start training again and add some kcals, at least for your training days. If you want real muscle get a weight set if you don’t want to go to the gym.
I believe the advice you have been given above is good and that If you followed it consistently for a on extended period of time, you would continue to build muscle. I believe you expect too many results for too little effort.
Takes a few days but then you can be sure what science says about that.