You probably can’t squat with the bar but you can squat. Holding on to a pole. or a goblet squat or something. Show us
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Dude, why are you over complicating everything?
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I def think the Eat eat Eat advice got me a little fat too. But I have no interest in going on a cut during a pandemic. I will go on an aggressive cut after once I build some habits of really gulping down high amounts of lean protein. Still working on consistently getting 170-180g a day, but today was like 120.
What is your body weight?
Me? I’m 195. I’ve made good progress the last few years off 100-120g daily (went low 170s to 210, added almost 300lbs to my total). I know people say shoot for 1g per lb, but I just cant get up there because protein makes me feel too full to eat anymore, plus I gotta do 1 or 2 shakes to hit that which is unappetizing. Even when I was losing weight and getting close to 185, I was feeling more stuffed because I was increasing protein.
I think you’re fine with those numbers with your weight. The 1g per body weight isn’t the end all be all. A little higher protein may help preventing muscle wasting on a cut, but you can get away with ~150-170g or so per day (at 195 lbs.)…especially if you’re trying to bulk.
I’m trying to maintain/recomp now, so this amount fits my appetite well. But I want to build good habits for when I want to cut, hence why I want to work my way over to more protein.
I guess I should’ve read better, I’m tired…I see now that you are doing/wanting to cut.
A friend told me he eats over 300 g a day. My response was, how?
perhaps he is genetically predisposed towards frustration and quitting?
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I’m usually serious about the sugggestion, and never more so than in this instance.
The guy has over a decade of having an interest in this stuff. He’s probably spent countless hours reading through forums and articles. He’s put time into the gym. And he’s an absolute rank beginner in terms of strength. This is just 100% not for him, it’s never going to work.
And @Digity , I’m not saying this because of any physical disposition you have. I weighed 125 lbs as a young adult, at 18. I weigh around 200 now, and I haven’t added any bodyfat. I’m 36. I started lifting seriously in my early 20’s, so basically, in the time you’ve spent working at this and ending up with zero results, I made my way to a strongman world championship. ANYTHING is possible if you put in the work. My body is evidence of that. If I was genetically predisposed to being big and strong, I wouldn’t have weighed 125 lbs when I was 18.
Pick a hobby that doesn’t require so much mental and physical dedication, that doesn’t require long-term grinds, and where the learning curve is more suitable towards your level of dedication. Find something that works for YOU.
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IMO, it doesn’t require nearly the dedication if you enjoy it. I seem to enjoy training / competing most of the time. I think if I hated it, I would not do it.
Smokers are very dedicated, yet they don’t need much motivation.
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To be fair, I don’t think learning to play an instrument well falls under any of those lol
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Just because I’ve been a member here for ages doesn’t mean I’ve been trying and failing the whole time to get strong. I think I’ve made about 3-4 serious attempts to get strong in my life and did get stronger but it always was accompanied with huge fat gains, which made me want to quit.
I see this as my last attempt to get it right.
Many people workout for years and don’t get stronger. You are not an outlier. I think you need to switch from working out to training. Working out is exercise. Training is attempting to get better at a goal. It takes much more thinking to train than to workout.
One thing that comes to my mind with many of your posts is hormones. Have you ever done blood work including hormones?
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No, never did a hormones test.
Here is my training log: Clueless Lifter - #57 by Digity
Started 5/3/1 Beginners today.
If I don’t follow through on this I want to be banned from this site.
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I totally get where you’re coming from with it and it’s a fair suggestion I’d say.
Where I get a kick out of it is, having spent significant time learning to play music, this is 100% the easier hobby IMO. It’ll always come down to the individual of course given equal effort into both endeavors, but it’s a fun thought from my perspective.
You might consider getting a hormone panel done. You have mentioned gaining fat easily, and when cutting losing muscle. Hormones could be partly responsible. I would check to rule that possibility out.
Yeah but after tracking my calories in MyFitnessPal I realized I gained weight because I was eating way more calories than I thought. Ever since I’ve been tracking everything I eat I’ve leaned out more.
To be honest, @Digity is training in hard mode currently. If you adhere, you’ll do well for yourself.
I had established good habits training at a gym, learning how to eat right, etc. But the training motivation tanked trying to do it from home because I’m not in the same environment and can’t get into the same zone that I used to. But I think now is a good time to do stuff you usually don’t and enjoy some new stimuli. In your case, that would be as simple as proper training 