I’m totally not using it as an excuse. I’m letting you know im a lanky guy. Both my brothers are two years younger than me, and each other and are 135 lbs each. When I graduated high school I was 138 lbs. I did 3 years in prison and came out 197 lbs natural but higher bf, lol… learned a little more in the gym and finally broke that plateau I was in for years. I’ve busted my ass in the gym to get to my size, I don’t think you understand a very fast ectomorphic metabolism.
Twice as hard to put on size. Not an excuse, just a fact. Plus try to be active, get swollen temples from chewing so much, basically always eating while awake. I don’t sissy squat, I deadlift, I train heavy. I’ll be 210 lbs in no time, most likely more. Subtract the 10 days I was sick, and two days to get back on track I’m only 5 weeks in.
I’m a tick under 6’1", very big difference to 5’6" for lifting. These aren’t my 1 rep max’s either, and I’m not a powerlifter.
My test and vitamin D were low coming out of prison. At 200 mg/wk I’m 24.4 on a range of 8.4-28.8, and my 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D is still 73 on a range of 75-250… that’s 4000iu of D3 a day. I recently got vitamin D2 @ 50 000iu’s I take once a week and I still take 1000iu’s of D3 6x a week, hopefully that helps…
I couldn’t get over 20% bf if I ate mcdonalds 3x a day everyday for a year to put it in perspective.
I like your opinion, were apples and oranges here thou…
Today I squatted 325lbs for 3 sets of 7, leg press 1150 lbs 3 sets of 6, Romanian DL 225 lbs 3 sets of 8 plus the rest of my workout. my lifts are increasing weekly.
Today I was 206 lbs, veiny as hell…
I was 189 lbs seven weeks ago after 18 weeks cruising, after a bad 19-nor crash, with hemocrit, hemoglobin, RBC, prolactin, progesterone and sexual sides.