I’m looking right now at the liftvault spreadsheets, but i’ll also look into beefcake.
I don’t count also. I eat eggs, meat, milk stuff, vegies, pizza sometimes. If i would count i would get like 2200± calorie. But yeah i’ll find something to add. Maybe more portions of meat, oil, etc. I just eat (not necessarily something that will satisfy me) whenever I’m hungry, and actually i’m hungry most of the time lol. I’ll figure it out.
So in the offseason gaining strength is not the main priority but muscle gain. I know that with more muscle i’ll be stronger, but that’s kind of a side effect of the off season. Am i right?
It seems adding front squats is actually available as an accessory.
Not for BBB.
And Jim has said that 99% of the people he trains use the same lift for the main lift and the BBB lift. Yes, you CAN alternate the lifts and do 5x10 squats on the deadlift day…but why? Because if the answer is “so I can get more frequent squatting in”, go with what Dan John says “The goal is to keep the goal the goal.”
The goal of BBB isn’t to frequently squat: it’s to put on bodyweight.
Jim Wendler calls these “dumb dumb moves”, and I love it. He brought up the power squat for building up the legs as a great example, and it’s why he’s such a big fan of the prowler.
Yeah, pretty much.
Here’s a video.
Dumb dumb moves! I like it, and probably stole term from Wendler.
The prowler! 1 session with the pushing that thing around with some short rest periods would be worth 1000 of these forum posts.
I read through this thread and found it full of program suggestions and only a few principles to guide to reaching a goal.
One principle missing was discussion on minimum protein needed to progress adding muscle. I believe that 1.5 grams of protein for every pound of fairly lean bodyweight is definitely sufficient. I would make the protein count using meats and eggs. I never used milk products the entire three decades I competed which includes the three years I trained before I competed in bodybuilding.
You are in a great position to put on muscle. You are starting from a position where you don’t need to be fighting the battle to lose excess fat. You are young and fairly strong. IMO, whatever you do, do not allow yourself to get so fat that you don’t look good at the beach. Also, IMO, bulk/cut is a very dangerous protocol.
I never counted calories except to assure that my protein was sufficient. Going forward from there I varied the carbohydrates based on feedback from 3 variables: Strength, the scale, and the mirror.
It is perfect that you eat “clean.” Everything diet is easy from there.
As far as the “perfect” lifting program, I don’t have much help. Everything I did provided varying degrees of success, but I did manage to get my walking around bodyweight from 165lbs to 240+lbs (6’0" tall) in 11 years. I started lifting weights two months after turning 19 years old.
I read through this thread and found it full of program suggestions and only a few principles to guide to reaching a goal.
I honestly wonder if we read the same thread…
Not a fan of intensity but wants to be stronger. 
Many programs were mentioned. I didn’t recognize many of them, including Candito. I am not going to look up any of them. At 76 years old I cannot adequately try any of them. It is my belief that my forum contribution to keep my input based on my experiences and not to keep up with the ever-changing program variations and diet strategies.
By the person asking the question, yeah. 3 or so programs were offered by 2 posters, and the majority of the discussion has been principle focused (getting bigger to get stronger, phases of training, etc)
Funny enough, Candito got his start here, as @JC_Tree_Trunks
Is there a running list of all the guys like that who started on here or kept logs?
Off the top my head, I know of Brain Alshrue, Mike Hedlesky, and someone else I cannot think of right now
George Lee man was here as @Uber_N3wb . Eric Spoto was @sincityiron
Oh yeah, Aaron Clark was @pwrbarboy
Awesome! Thanks! I’ll have to read through their posts
When you say you want to avoid “blended foods” does that mean
-you don’t want to drink anything ground up in a blender? Like you want to avoid any kind of liquid meal replacements?
-you dont want to eat a meal containing more than 1 food. Like combinations such as “steak & potatoes” or “eggs and cottage cheese” or “chicken snd rice” feel unnatural and offensive to you.
Sure, the goal is to put on bodyweight but volume is pretty much what drives muscle growth AFAIK. There isn’t much squatting. There are only 3 hard sets for squats each week. Is that enough for putting on size?
I mean: taking a bunch of things and put in a blender; drinking a lot of orange juice; taking 6 eggs mixing them and drinking, etc.
Kind of trying to stick to what nature has provided.
Those 5 sets of 10 you do after those 3 sets are pretty hard too.
Oh for sure, i’m not gonna sacrifice looking good at the beach
Protein is something i look at. I don’t count, but i’m always making sure i eat enough protein. Am making sure i’m taking enough chicken breast, eggs or whatever. I take something like 110-120g at minimum a day i believe.
Are those squatting? It says accessories. It can be leg extensions and such.
(BTW, sorry for answering late.)