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Jul-27-06, 05:57 PM
After a month mostly off from training and quality nutrition, im now back (for 3days, then a week off, then back again long-term). I can drink milk again, finally!
My weight hasnt changed for years and I think I will have another go at gaining some muscle. My problem isnt gaining weight, but avoiding the rapid and unacceptable fat gain that occurs every time I try. I mostly train for strength, with long rest periods and lowish reps. Although I still suspect that I gain ability in lifts much more quickly by doing higher reps. Perhaps basically the amount of muscle I currently have is sufficiently low to make further neurally-facilitated strength gains very difficult. I would hope that maybe gaining 10lbs or something would see my strength really shoot up.
I dont have questions really, Im just desperate to start training so im writing this as a substitute for the actual lifting (its 1.41 am). Tomorrow I will train handstand pushups (I can only do low reps anyway) and then afterwards do a shitload of high-rep shoulder presses, low weight.
I may do some kind of leg shit the next day (cheat-pistols), then pullups on the 3rd day. While im away ill just do some random shit, then when im back ill get back to *deadlifting*.
When I get to gaining weight I will try to be brave and have more than one high-carb day in a row. Also I will probably go low-fat for a while. I dont think its a "healthy" way to live - but if it lets me make some fairly lean gains then that in itself is a health benefit imo. Ill be using very high training volumes probably, because I like that. Like maybe 10x10 for each exercise. Basically just compound exercises like overhead pressing, pullups, rows if I can. Also I want to be a faggot and "work on" my forearms since they look shit. Who knows, I might even do my first curl in 18 months.
I should stop being a faggot towards training for "bodybuilding"-type goals. Looking good is probably very fun. Maybe I never really gained muscle easily in the past because I didnt consistently do high-volume density/high-volume training for enough of my body.
we will see what happens anyway
sorry if you read that and realised it is just me talking to myself
My weight hasnt changed for years and I think I will have another go at gaining some muscle. My problem isnt gaining weight, but avoiding the rapid and unacceptable fat gain that occurs every time I try. I mostly train for strength, with long rest periods and lowish reps. Although I still suspect that I gain ability in lifts much more quickly by doing higher reps. Perhaps basically the amount of muscle I currently have is sufficiently low to make further neurally-facilitated strength gains very difficult. I would hope that maybe gaining 10lbs or something would see my strength really shoot up.
I dont have questions really, Im just desperate to start training so im writing this as a substitute for the actual lifting (its 1.41 am). Tomorrow I will train handstand pushups (I can only do low reps anyway) and then afterwards do a shitload of high-rep shoulder presses, low weight.
I may do some kind of leg shit the next day (cheat-pistols), then pullups on the 3rd day. While im away ill just do some random shit, then when im back ill get back to *deadlifting*.
When I get to gaining weight I will try to be brave and have more than one high-carb day in a row. Also I will probably go low-fat for a while. I dont think its a "healthy" way to live - but if it lets me make some fairly lean gains then that in itself is a health benefit imo. Ill be using very high training volumes probably, because I like that. Like maybe 10x10 for each exercise. Basically just compound exercises like overhead pressing, pullups, rows if I can. Also I want to be a faggot and "work on" my forearms since they look shit. Who knows, I might even do my first curl in 18 months.
I should stop being a faggot towards training for "bodybuilding"-type goals. Looking good is probably very fun. Maybe I never really gained muscle easily in the past because I didnt consistently do high-volume density/high-volume training for enough of my body.
we will see what happens anyway
sorry if you read that and realised it is just me talking to myself