I just pursued this log again to refresh my memory. Couple things i’ve noticed
1-You have almost 0 variety in your WO’s. You do deadlift, bench, overhead press and two to three other movements.
2-Your diet is for the most part horrible. I’me seeing pizza, cake and i hope your not taking all of the creatine i’m seeing. I’m seeing days where you appear to be taking north of 30g a day. Your doing your kidney’s no favors here.
3-You seem to be doing more “this is what i need to do” than doing it.
4-From what i can tell most of your lifts have stayed pretty stagnant since you started posting in 2019 but your size had increased which tells me you put almost 0 muscle on since your started this log but def got bigger.
Can you please tell us more about the services that you coach is providing?
In your other thread it’s been determined that there are issues. Let’s keep it focused here now and get you on the right course.
Yeah, Stronglifts 5x5 were very simple. Ironically, it was the best training so far for me, as with bodybuilding splits I tend to have problems with progressive overload and basically no results afterwards.
Horrible diet, I agree, albeit it’s better recently Where do you see 30g of creatine per day? I was taking max 5g, if I do remember correctly.
Well, yes, I need to “plan” my things and the last years were really out of my comfort zone heavily…
Well, I’ve got significantly stronger on my squats (up to 125kg 5x5) and I do agree otherwise. Obviously, I have some problems also in this department.
Well, my coach suggested the training split and some food suggestions with the original plan of writing him all the training sessions and meals over the week. The problem is, he basically doesn’t respond to any e-mails and only respond to phone calls, without any direct feedback to my reports now.
All beginner programs will always be the best training of your life, because you’re so new and so far away from your potential that you will make RAPID progress toward that potential irrespective of how you train. The trap people fall into is they fall in love with that period and don’t realize that there was nothing magical about the training: it was the context it was accomplished under.
Once that brief period of our lives is over, gains naturally come much slower, and have to be fought for much harder.
I can understand this… Mehdi proposes, that you should stick with it until you get to like 110kg benchpress, 140kg squat and 180kg deadlift, all for 5 reps. What do you think about that?
Your squats have gone up from 60kg to around 125kg but these are not heavy squats by any means. This should have beena 6-8 month progression and i’m seeing a couple years?
So get this log going again. Outline your current daily eating and training and let’s fix the issues.
And in the meantime, get rid of your coach. He’s doing you no favors whether he is a friend or not.
I’ll add my food later today. Also, I’d like to purchase Dr. Mike’s food and training apps, but as they’re quite expensive, I’d wait with them a little, at least like a month or two…
But, I found out, that I got Jeff Nippard’s Ultimate Push Pull Legs some time ago, so I guess it’s the time to give it a try finally.
What do you think about that?
According to the reactions to my previous question I suppose I’d go for 4days a week with one possible additional day, if I’m really well-regenerated or bored
Also, about that creatine from before - do you consider that too much for a loading phase?
So, no loading? Like, OK, I could try that, I guess… Also, what do you think about the program? It’s basically a 3-month split with 4 weeks in the middle focused more on strength. From what I saw, the description is really good, so, if you think it’s a viable strategy, I’d stick with it for now and use your guidance with some nuances and diet, if you’d be willing, of course
I’m just saying I’ve never done a loading phase. If you prefer to than go for it.
As far as the program goes just get started and see how it feels.
Good idea to start with the four days and see how it goes with consistency.
OK… After god-knows-what I’m finally feeling better, starting gym again from Monday probably. For the last weeks I was still coughing, suffering from sore throat and feeling super-exhausted… Now I’m still coughing, but the rest is OK.
Quite a lot of food in 4 meals altogether. I’m glad I’m able to finally eat more, albeit I’ll see, if it’s not problematic aside from weekends. Also, I need to cut down on fats, as 100g seems quite a lot (albeit recommended by my food app) and I’ve exceeded it anyway. That means, low-fat mozarella, no salami and no fatty cheese from now on.
Where do you see 30g of creatine per day? I was taking max 5g, if I do remember correctly.
So, aside from super-long squat programs, do you find the bodybuilding splits viable?