Never mind
Quitting is up to you dude, nobody can control that besides you. But, if you quit, everybody else automatically beats you. Remember that.
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ā¦there are other training programs. Like, thousands of them. If you canāt fulfill the dietary requirement, you can choose a program that doesnāt have a very specific diet attached to it.
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These are literally the EXACT diet requirements Jim Wendler quotes in 5/3/1 Forever. But dude, if you donāt wanna train, youāre not gonna train. Thatās your decision. But why would you want to quit if youāre upset with your strength level? That would just make you weaker.
This is such an important mindset by the way. I think Iāll get some use out of this, thank you.
@tlgains My opinion as an outsider (Iāve never run btm or followed the diet), is that the diet is simply Jims foolproof way of making sure trainees eat enough protein/calories/essential fats. Itās easier and more effective to say āeat these as a minimumā than to set macro targets etc. Less opportunities for people to fuck up, either you ate 12 eggs and 1.5lbs or you didnāt.
If you plug them into a macro calculator, they arenāt that dissimilar to other coaches bulking diet recommendations.
I donāt know how to say this nicelyā¦and I really donāt want to sound like a dickā¦ but dude, you gotta stop acting like a whiny little bitch. That kind of attitude wonāt get you far; not only in lifting but more importantly, in life.
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Iāve made 15 posts in this training log. At least five of them have literally answered this exact question. If youāre going waste my time, please stop tagging me. You definitely donāt have to take my advice, but to pretend it was never offered is pretty fucked up.
Quit if you want to. Just understand that itāll set the stage for the next time you run into any kind of obstacle, in or out of the gym.
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@tlgains please also keep in mind that you bench press more than me. I havenāt quit yet. 
I am not a whiny little bitch whang. By quitting I meant quitting monolith. I wonāt submit to the required diet plan. So I was thinking if I should quit because I wonāt follow the diet or just eat a lot without a specific diet plan.
I donāt want to quit. But I wonāt follow the diet. Iāll eat a lot of other foods and just see how it goes. Iāll start logging my meals too. It wonāt be foolproof like @dagill2 said but, I did have a thought of screwing around with peanut butter.
I apologize for asking the same questions chris.
Fixed it for you.
Honestly, go back and reread Chrisās posts, because heās given you solid nutritional advice.
Breakfast: Bowl of life cereal
I planned on eating more but I wasted time getting up
Lunch: Stuffed shells, assorted vegetables(cauliflower,carrots,broccoli), bag of baby carrots, cup of fruit punch
Lunch the sequel: 2 loaded pb and J sandwiches 4 tbsp of pb and 2 tbsp of jelly on whole wheat bread.
Dinner the winner: 3 chicken samosas,some long grain indian rice, 3 tbsp of olive oil
Squat:
165x5 190x5 210x5 105x20
Press:
75 10x5
Chins 5 sets amrap with bodyweight cause I can barely do them
This session was rather easy and thatās a bad thing. I did the required and planned on doing more, but I rushed to find my jacket which dissapeared the previous class. 20 rep squats made my legs feel like theyāre on fire.
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Breakfast: Life cereal
Lunch: chipotle chicken wrap with some soup with a lotta veggies, cup of peaches, cup of fruit punch, french fries
Dinner(cheat): 4 slices of dominos pizza, 4 slices of stuffed cheest bread, 4 boneless wings.
I should really start eating more for breakfast.
Iām thinking some fruit. I should consider eating nuts for breakfast. Ngl I feel like a dick for not listening to you guys and eating as the program recommends. I could always run the program again when I get a job.
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For what itās worth, I donāt care if you eat how the program recommends. But you wonāt get the results if you donāt eat enough quality foods. For me the recommended diet is just the simplest way to make sure you did that.
@Chris_Colucci @dagill2
I think I found out why my deadlift sucks. My form is definitely the bottom one. This photo is so great. My deadlift do all feel like back tbh. I practiced form on my brother old karate stick. Pause.
Thatās a good visualisation, and I might use it but:
A) I believe you already did a form check video on here, what did that come back with?
Edit: I couldnāt find a video so feel free to throw one up.
B) Your deadlift isnāt out of whack with your other numbers at all. Without sounding harsh, your deadlift is weak because you arenāt very strong, not because of your technique.
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Well some guy did say my lower back rounds.
I have gotten lower back pain before. I have never pulled the slack out of the bar what does that mean.
Watch a heavy as fuck deadlift, and see the bar start to bend as the pull starts but before the plates leave the floor. Thatās pulling the slack out of the bar. With the weights youāre moving (no offense), itās more of a mental process than an actual reality because the weights arenāt heavy enough to bend the bar.
Breakfast: 3 scrambled eggs with cheese cooked in olive oil 2 croissants and a cup of mixed fruit
Lunch: 4 slices of pizza, 2 handfuls of peanuts
Dinner: Big chunk of meatloaf, Big chunk of cornbread, mixed veggies,