got back into training since 20th feburary, here’s my progress so far:
bodyweight: 145lbs to 185lbs.
squat: 50kg x 10 to 130kg x 10
m.press: 25kg x 4 to 60kg x 4
bench: 50kg x 5 to 100kg x 5
deadlift: 60kg x 5 to 140kg x 4
db row: 30kg x 6 to 50kg x 14
[quote]Fishsticks wrote:
I finally started gaining mass on my arms in the recent 2 months.
Damned “you don’t need to work your arms directly” got me for the first 6-8 months of my training. So now I’m sitting here with 15 inch arms and… 26 inch legs, 50 inch shoulders, 44 inch chest.
I don’t know if that’s an okay ratio, but my arms seem facking small compared to other people with way worse legs/shoulders/back than me.
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too be honest for about that same period i did no direct arm work, yet mine grew to 16 inches, pressing movements were always with a closer grip and pull downs palms facing me, or I was lucky - compared to most people my arms are weak yet bigger than theres
So-so at one point time my lifts were sky rocketing up. My squat improved allot. I was squatting 225 5x5 ATG with no sign of stopping (Was doing StrongLifts, so I was squatting 3x a week and adding weight every session.)
all of my other lifts were progressing nicely…
Then I pull a groin muscle during track (FML) for a while it didn’t even bother me while lifting weights. After my lifts increased more and more it finally started to hurt while lifting (FML even more)
Doc told me not to do ANYTHING but stretch for 2 weeks, but at that time my gym membership got canceled anyways (long story, but this one is a def. FML situation.)
So here I am, hopefully this Monday coming up, I’ll be reunited with my first true love… THE IRON.
I got pneumonia before a comp. which fucked me over something shocking…still cant go back to training yet :(!
i gained 20lbs so far, but I’m dieting now…
I’m doing a keto diet similar to evan centopani’s diet…I find that type of diet works best for me, and I actually don’t lose strength on that type of diet(I’ve done it before last year)…I also feel a lot healthier since im eating a lot healthy fats and green vegetables …
my training has changed pretty much entirely…I don’t necessarily adhere to a plan 100% of the time…My arms are responding most to this because I can train my arms more frequently since they are lagging…for example… i may train legs every 7 days but i will train arms every 2-4 days…i just pair them with either chest, back, or do them on their own day…I take rest days only when I feel I have to…and it’s working for me better than all of the splits I’ve done in the past…I just make sure I hit everything, although, some things will get hit more frequently as they are lagging…
Can’t complain about anything but the legs. My left knee is lame.
Weird feeling in it whenever I do any press work.
[quote]jtg987 wrote:
Fishsticks wrote:
I finally started gaining mass on my arms in the recent 2 months.
Damned “you don’t need to work your arms directly” got me for the first 6-8 months of my training. So now I’m sitting here with 15 inch arms and… 26 inch legs, 50 inch shoulders, 44 inch chest.
I don’t know if that’s an okay ratio, but my arms seem facking small compared to other people with way worse legs/shoulders/back than me.
too be honest for about that same period i did no direct arm work, yet mine grew to 16 inches, pressing movements were always with a closer grip and pull downs palms facing me, or I was lucky - compared to most people my arms are weak yet bigger than theres
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I was doing that too, narrower grip on benching, and narrow grip facing me on pulldowns etc, but my back/chest/delts seem to be really overpowering my arms, especially on pulling exercises. I guess you got “lucky” in that area with being dominant in your arms instead of back/chest.
Oh well, it’s really just a question of getting stronger in the curls/tri presses while adding bodyweight. Had great progress the last 1 1/2 months doing this, hopefully it will continue.
Awesome year so far, added 40 pounds to my bench, started doing deads again, started working board presses back into my routine, oiled up the chains for speed days. Main issue I have to work on right now is diet and I’ve hit that with a vengeance in the past couple months, so far so good.
Pretty well, think i started the year about 160 pounds and im now around 170 pounds, my strength has gone from nothing to being… okay, max dead 140kg, max bench around 75kg, max squat maybe 110kg… compared to maybe 100, 50ish and 50ish. So i’ve come a fair way, but i really really need to set an absolute minumum goal of 180 pounds before the end of the year, the closer i am to 190 the better though.
The year until recently has been good, but i’ve been losing weight this summer due to the summer soccer and softball leagues. I’ve since switched to the in-season WS4SB in order to get my work in. I’m still visibly getting larger, but dropping lbs. Maybe I shouldn’t be complaining?
[quote]Fishsticks wrote:
I finally started gaining mass on my arms in the recent 2 months.
Damned “you don’t need to work your arms directly” got me for the first 6-8 months of my training. So now I’m sitting here with 15 inch arms and… 26 inch legs, 50 inch shoulders, 44 inch chest.
I don’t know if that’s an okay ratio, but my arms seem facking small compared to other people with way worse legs/shoulders/back than me.
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I never did arms till recently like you, it sucks lol… at least we train them directly now
I was great till around March 17th, caught a condition known as costochondritis and cost me to lose almost 17lbs as i couldn’t lift heavy until just last week! Numerous trips to the PCP and cardiologist to rule out heart trouble(very frustrating, almost 4 months of this sh*t). Really messed up my mass routine. I was 15lbs away from reaching my goal of 200lbs by October 
Today im back to 172lbs and getting ready to return harder than ever.
[quote]Goodfellow wrote:
got back into training since 20th feburary, here’s my progress so far:
bodyweight: 145lbs to 185lbs.
squat: 50kg x 10 to 130kg x 10
m.press: 25kg x 4 to 60kg x 4
bench: 50kg x 5 to 100kg x 5
deadlift: 60kg x 5 to 140kg x 4
db row: 30kg x 6 to 50kg x 14[/quote]
you’re beasting
Gone well. Last bulk went from 88kg at 13.5% to 98kg at 16%. Did a cut soon after and got down to around 94kg at 13%. 2nd week on my 2nd bulk for the year and up to 95kg. Aiming for 105kg at 13-15% by years end. Then going to focus on getting myself down to around 10% bf.
Breaking a lot of PBs this year also. Biggest improvement has been my deadlift and bench up to 160kg x 5 (120kg x 3) and 140kg x 1 (105kg x 1) respectively. Since february:
Upper Arms: 16.5" to 17.4"
Forearms: 12.7" to 13.7"
Thighs: 24" to 24.8"
Calves: 15" to 16"
Chest: 45" to 46"
Now finally I feel like I am on track. The first half of this year was trying out different things and I wasted a lot of time, and had a hectic schedule so I definitely learned a lesson from that. I just started 5/3/1 and I’m loving it, feeling good about the weights, and about my confidence. Good stuff.
[quote]J_L_R wrote:
I was great till around March 17th, caught a condition known as costochondritis [/quote]
That sounds pretty shitty man. That sucks
[quote]Fuzzyapple wrote:
Stalling with eating more. I just need to force feed myself but it’s hard. I never “feel” hungry at breakfast BUT I still eat just never that large.
I think I just need smaller meals more frequently? Tips?[/quote]
I know it is better to get as many cals/protein in solid form as possible, but I would suggest supplementing with more shakes to get you to your goals. I am trying to do 2g per lb of BW (~400g, the equivalent of about 10 8oz chicken breasts) for protein at the moment and it is virtually impossible to get that without decent shake supplementation.
I set all kinds of personal records this spring as I was finishing Starting Strength. ZIncluding 425x1 raw squat and 3x5x245 bench and 4 pounds shy of a bodyweight military press. Then I tweaked my back and spent 1-2 weeks rehabilitating it, and right as I was getting back to 400+ for singles I came down with big fevers and turned out to be mono. It got so back I couldn’t eat much for a week and lost over 12 pounds.
Now the school is being all fucked up and I can’t get in there to lift weights as consistently as I would like. About half of the way back to where I was a month ago before the mono hit. (at least mine was short because I eat well)
So far this year has been good:
Pretty good so far. T Nation has helped me out alot
Gained around 35 pounds in the past 6 months, Arms are up about an inch almost 18.5," bench went from 300x4 in feb to 335 for 3 just a week or two ago, went from rowing the 125’s to rowing the 170’s for 6-8, HS high row went from 4 plates and a 25 per side to 5 plates and a 35 pers side for 5, hack squat went from 3 plates for 6-8 now up to 5 plates for 6-8, and this is only in 3 months, (had a knee, lower back injury that just healed up). Past few week I’ve been tendering a few overuse injuries, should be on the stright and narrow this upcoming week. 405 pound bench should be in the bag pretty soon too. Always been a pretty good presser for having long arms and being a fairly tall guy. Ohh and most importantly my curls went up from 135x5 too 160x6, and hammer curling 85’s for 10.