I talked to a friend on phone yesterday. He claims that he started following Body for Life program 3 months ago. 8 Small meals a day, 3 protein shakes, 4 days a week in gym, 3 days cardio. He claims he is 185 at 15% bodyfat… getting there by loosing 25 lbs of fat and gaining 15 lbs of muscle… This is very flustrating to me, because I worked out for 2 years, and I am 188 at 13-14% bodyfat. He also claims he benched 300 x 6??? That last statement was hardest to believe… Any comments if anyone knew a beginner with gains like this?
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Man, I wish I could make gains like that. I have only been lifting consistently for about 2 months now, and boy do I wish I had his progress. It sounds to me that he embellished a little bit. Losing 25 pounds of fat while gaining 15 pounds of muscle in 3 months. That is either some serious gear or some serious B.S. If it was true, I would be all over it. Everyone here tears body-for-lifers apart, though, so I wouldn’t admit it!
If he can do all of this as a beginner than he has some good genetics. 300x6 as a beginner at 185 punds is pretty good. That would mean he would be able to double his weight with a bench press max. I’ve been lifting for about 4 years and still can’t double my weight in a max.
I have been lifting for about 1 year and just finished the Body for Life program. I am a 30 year old, 5’ 4" female. I went from 24% body fat to 17% and from a size 4 to a size 0. My bench went from 75 to 100 and my squat press from 290 to 550. Since I read a few comments in T-mag, I modified the program slightly. I ate 100 g of carbs on the days I lifted, 70 on the other days, only took a cheat meal, and bumped up the cardio. I feel strong and am comfortable on the beach. All of the guys in my group dropped 25 pounds of fat and most cut their bodyfat by a third. Sorry, we have no power lifters in our group.
I don’t buy the 300x6 bench unless the guy has some freaky genetics. The rest is possible, though, if he is truly a beginner. He started at 195 with 27% bodyfat, dropped about 2 pounds of fat a week and gained 5 pounds of muscle a month for 3 months. That’s definitely possible.
It wouldn’t be the BFL program that’s doing it. BFL is a huge scam to try to get you to buy EAS products. He is probably just has good genes.
Pamela what competition did you squat 550 pounds in? I’m blowing the bullshit whistle here.
If you look closely, she wrote Squat Press, not squat. I have a Cybex Squat Press in my lab and it is a much nicer leg press machine than a typical linear sled design, but you can still push a lot more weight on the squat press as compared to your squat. I can push 400-500 more pounds on the squat press than I can actually squat.
She said “squat press” which in BFL terms means leg press. Clearly she can’t full squat 550 lbs. Hard enough to believe she can leg press 5 45’s on each side plus some.
The bullshit whistle! Hah! That’s fricken awesome. I’m gonna have to use that later on my friends when they tell bullshit stories.
I believe Pamela. If she was already pushing 290, I believe that a new program could induce growth enough to go to 550. She’s probably got some good genes there, but I don’t see why it would be impossible, especially if it’s a 1 or 2 RM
She’s probably talking about the leg press. Not that hard to push up some weight on that exercise.
Ok, sorry guys. I read it too quickly. Yes, I believe a 550 leg press. BTW, to the original poster. If you buddy says he can do 300 x 6, just tell him to go to a powerlifting meet and do a 1 rm. That usually shuts people up pretty quick.