I’m just here to add on that this isnt true. Surprised no one else jumped in.
Everyone’s “natural limit” is different, and subject to change with more knowledge and advancements in the lifting world. Spitballing 110kg is like what… 240lbs? (Only know freedom units over here)
Im 240lbs on the money at 6’3. I could comfortably lose about 15lbs and still be a healthy weight. So I’m going to say 225lbs for comparisons sake. My training is relatively inconsistent, my diet is a dumpster fire, i work a high stress job 45-55 hours a week, and train pretty exclusively for strength, with very little hypertrophy or otherwise boring/assistance work. The only huge variable is our height difference. I would say you’re not a your limit, but I’m more inclined to say, dont even think about it.
As far as the programming… just… just stop curling. Two different bicep isolation exercise twice a week is/can be made to be more than enough for a natural lifter
Aside from that, pick your poison, do you currently want to get stronger? Drop all of that fluff. Do you want to get bigger? Less is more, stick to a few quality movements instead of 9 different arm isolation lifts. Do you want to be faster? Incorporate some conditioning and focus on speed work. Do you want to do all of the above? Either block it, or start using gear.
Well, trained the last two days with my gym partner who is 116KG and we both fatigued ourselves and he asked me if we were doing long sessions again because we were at the gym for two hours. Had sambucol and echinacea yesterday as felt my CNS fatiguing. Wrote a new routine earlier and got rid of many of the isolations exercises as you mentioned. Would this be a good routine for building both size and strength?
Workout B Power Lower
Squat 3/2/1
Deadlift 5/4/3/2/1
Stiff-Legged Deadlift 5/3/1
Leg Press 10/8/6/4/2
Leg Extensions 10/8/6/4/2
Calf Leg Press 3x60-120 Seconds
Day 1: Power Upper
Day 2: Power Lower
Day 3: Rest
Day 4: Power Upper
Day 5: Power Lower
Day 6: Speed Strength or Hypertrophy
Day 7: Rest
My mate who is 116KG loaded up the bar to 177KG and we did a wave of 3, deloaded and did a wave of 5, deloaded more and did a wave of 10 before doing 50 reps. Never done it before but traps are extremely sore today and his traps are beast.
That is 3 sets of 3 pull-ups with waves switching with my gym partner. We hold each repetition as an isometric at the top and bottom, I have a chain belt and you can add a plate after every set of 3.
Do you have any routines, mate? Me and my partner are winging it at the moment and lift until failure. Not sure how good it is but we have both grown but not been the best for recovery, etc.
Honestly, there are a ton of routines on this very website that you could find yourself, with programs from CT, who you seem to love. But on CT’s website, there is this routine, that a few members here have followed and gotten great results from. It’s fairly simple, but CT manages to still throw in a plethora of large words and fancy concepts to make it seem interesting. It’s 12 weeks long.
Google “Simple Guaranteed Strength and Size” and click on the first link that pops up, which is Thib’s website. Read it, follow it to a T. Go make a training log and record all of your progress in it with ACTUAL WEIGHTS, not what you think makes you sound strong. Nobody cares how much or little you lift here, and they’ll be helpful if you’re honest. You could even include a bicep measurement that isn’t a complete fabrication, if you want.
I will look at those routines, thank you for the help.
I have been 100% honest, no reason to lie to anyone but I am sorry you believe that. What size do you think they would be at 98KG and 6’0? I’m not here to prove anything but to learn. That was 19" flexed, not without a flex and I can email you photos but I won’t be part of a flame war where we compare egos.
If I was 19 inches unflexed, I would be 110-120KG. I apoligize if the above poster thought that was the case.
Many people on this site are bigger than 98KG, never said it was impressive to them but it is a achievement to me and I hope to get as big as the people that are 110KG-120KG.