I have been lifting for a couple of year. Put on some mass and gained some strenght. Yet i am still a beginner (lots of mistakes), and definitely still weak (can’t bench 2 plates, squat 2 plates or dl 3½ plates) and small (somewhat “athletic” ). So i was thinking about running a beginner routine like sl/ss/gslp or fierce 5 (each of them, so i am goung to randomly pick up one of them).
I am 12-15% bf which to me seems a little bit high to start a bulk.
Ask yourself if you wanna old school bulk (get fat) or take the other approach, which involves intelligently ensuring you get enough of a nutrient surplus necessary to make steady growth (which usually isn’t very much to be honest).
My thoughts are that if you’re already at a questionable bf%, go for the later.
Hold up. You’re thinking of running stronglifts, but in the other thread you started at almost the exact same time you said you’ve stalled on stronglifts, being very close to benching 225, squatting 315 and pulling 405. Which apparently you’re not even close to.
You’re right. But the only reason I told that is because i expect to be there in a few months at most and i do want to know how to keep progressing after. I wonder why someone really cares about how much weight I do actually lift. Then, if you have good advices for the orher thread i’d be glad
Also, 12% BF is, for anyone not looking to compete, pretty lean.
And I think you read @The_Mighty_Stu’s post as if he was giving you an option between “clean” and “dirty” bulk. The way I was reading it, he was telling you to do away with the notions of cutting and bulking since given the right diet and a slight surplus, you can build muscle slowly and steadily, thus giving you a long term plan for muscle growth, instead of several weeks of stuffing your face. Again, that’s how I interpreted it, not necessarily what he meant.
People ask so they can get a rough estimate of your current level. There’s going to be a big difference in allot of cases development wise between a guy who can squat 405 for a set of 10
Compared to only being able to do 225 for 10.
For the record no one was making fun of you. But taking liberties with in what you state were you accident contradict yourself can cause issues.
You are overthinking it. Make sure you are already counting your calories and start adding more daily calorie intake. Maybe increase every week by a little and keep an eye on how your physique looks and adjust.
