It’s all good, man. People only really get roasted here when they ask a question then, when they don’t get the answers they wanted to hear, they get all arsey about it and start arguing.
The Crossfit thing kinda proves my point! You were doing it consistently and bringing the intensity when you were there, which got you results. A lot of people talk shit about Crossfit but I actually think it’s pretty cool; it pushes people to work way harder than they otherwise would.
It does beg the question, though: why not just take up Crossfit again? If you liked it and it made your physique look the way you want it to, then why not just go back to it? You could throw in a couple of strength workouts a week and that, coupled with the high intensity Crossfit workouts, would get you into very good shape indeed. Maybe not bodybuilder shape but certainly lean and muscular.
Do what you enjoy, hell with what everyone else says. If you enjoy CrossFit then do CrossFit. No point in doing something you don’t enjoy because if you don’t enjoy it, you won’t stick with it.
I hear ya man. I was just hoping to find a program that I see better results from. I did love Crossfit, but I think it had more to do with the people I was doing it with than the actual program.
I think I’m gonna try the best damn workout for natural lifters. If I don’t like it then I’ll go back to Crossfit.
But I definitely think you’re right. I need to apply the same intensity to my new program that I did to Crossfit. Also need to get a consistently good diet going.
We didn’t have a rig or anything. Just barbells, kettlebells, bumper plates, wall balls, pull up bars, and a rower. Just made due with what we had for the most part.
You might be into some of Brian Alsruhe’s programs. He has some free ones on youtube. He likes giant sets which makes me think of CrossFit some what but he’s about the powerbuilding templates (strength and hypertrophy)
There has been lots of good info posted here already, but I’ll echo that I believe diet is by far the most important variable you need to get right.
Training wise, just pick a program on this website. But you really need to learn how to eat for gains. I’ll share here how my diet looks from a food selection perspective. It was designed for me by Paul Carter, which everyone will agree is probably as knowledgeable and elite as it gets when it comes to training and nutrition. I won’t specify the details and quantities because I feel it wouldn’t be fair since I paid for this. But here are some of the foods I eat on a daily basis:
You should probably take note and you’ll see this is pretty consistent with other successful meal plans and the ones that other users have posted here yesterday
For someone who has been trying for 8 years to gain weight, and is only up to 150 lbs, whatever else he adds on is going to help.
I am not saying eating more of what he is currently eating will be as optimal as some of the diets outlined above. However, just eating more of his current diet will work to put on mass.
OP struggles to eat, so completely switching up his diet to health foods might cause a drop in calories.
It does no good to go full on perfect diet, and only stick to it for a week. Making smaller changes over time that stick is going to do more for OP.
Lol, dude, you can’t really be seriously saying that increasing his bowls of Cinnamon Crunch is going to do anything positive?
Or it might cause him to be healthier and build more muscle, the way it usually does when people go from eating shit to eating properly.
Well obviously. Not sure why you’ve just made the assumption that’s what he’ll do though. Obviously the better diets will only work if he sticks to it long term…
I do concede after looking back at the actual diet, that it is pretty poor.
Some small changes (switching candy for protein shakes, and cereal for eggs), and just eating more would help a lot though.
I know plenty of super jacked people who do not eat anything like the diets above. I even know of one specimen that eats Mcdonalds nearly twice a day. The dude can squat over 700, and has pulled over 800 in competition.
It is no exception that eating McDonald’s every day will make you bigger. Usually the bigger you are the stronger you are.
Double burgers build strength better than chicken salads do.
My point is that everybody above is giving OP a bodybuilding diet, and OP’s diet is nothing close to that. Most people quit diets that are a drastic change. Going for achievable results that are maintained is a recipe for success.
