Emo rant

I fucking hate my body, Ive been going to the gym for around 2 years now. Last year I overtrained and lost almost all my gains, now ive started rebuilding myself but its going slowly as hell, where the fuck is my muscle memory?
And in the past week ive been sick and vomiting and feeling overall miserable, I just looked in the mirror and I feels like I pretty much look the same as I did 2 years ago.
Why do I never making any real fucking gains?
I know enough about nutrition and I lift untill I'm exausted.
And where the fuck is my testosterone?
Everyones saying that teens have plenty of hormones everywhere and jada jada, this is bullshit.

Im so fucking tired of this, Im not asking to get big, I just want to see any results what so ever.

Anyone felt the same and figured something out?

[Musashi]

Rest for a week or two, look at your current workout and diet, analyse, make changes, start a new. And be more positive.

[General Miaow]

General Miaow has it all figgered out - euphoria is the key to excellence in all things. Whether you're tricking, lifting, fighting, fucking, dancing or studying, you'll do it very well if you feel very well. That's your problem, baby. You just need to keep this in mind and metaprogram yourself.

Also, give us a look at your routine so we can make sure it doesn't suck

[xidious]

You may know about nutrition, but are you eating enough?
I know I didn't see significant gains untill I started eating alot 5000 - 6000 calories worth of food.

That's alot of food, it takes me 5 meals with snacks in between, as well as a small meal before I sleep.

Check out John Berardi if you havn't already:

http://www.johnberardi.com/articles/...sseating_1.htm
http://www.johnberardi.com/articles/...sseating_2.htm

[chicanerous]

What are your stats? (Height, weight, BF%, bone structure, etc.) What is your routine? (Days, exercises, sets, reps, rest periods)

[Spiral]

i think of chicanerous as the logical shark of the bodybuilding forum.

[Ouriço]

I have this problem too, and that article is pretty confusing. All I've determined is that I need to eat about 4000 calories a day, but I didn't understand the last section.

"So at this point, the keen T-mag readers that aren't afraid of massive eating might ask the question, "Since this is technically just your maintenance level, how can you get bigger by eating this amount? Wouldn't you need more?" The answer is simple. Since I train only four days per week this diet would meet my needs on those four days. But on my three off days per week I'd be in positive calorie balance by about 1,000 calories per day! (That extra thousand calories isn't being used when training, in other words.) This adds up to a surplus of 3,000 calories per week. And this is where the growth happens!

I especially like this "staggered model" because rather than trying to stagger your calorie intake on a daily basis by eating different amounts of food on different days, I let my training cycle my calories for me. This way I can eat the same thing every day while preventing my body from adapting to that habitual level of intake. Just like we vary our training to prevent adaptation, prevention of dietary adaptation is one of the secrets to changing your body composition.

At this point, I want to stop and give you a week to think about your energy needs. Go do the math if you haven't already, figure out how many calories you need, and take some time to compose yourself. After you've realized that you've been grossly under-eating, start thinking about ways to add calories to your diet. In the next installment we'll discuss how to design an eating program that's individualized for your own needs. We'll also get down to the nitty-gritty and talk about what kinds of foods you should and shouldn't be eating. I'll meet you back here next week!"

[xidious]

Basically, what he is saying is that you need to eat more than you actaully need.

A certain amount of calories are needed to sustain yourself throughout the day (RMR), basic vital funcions of organs. Next, you need to add the calories used in doing basic physical activity. Then you need to factor in calorie expenditure due to exercise, lifting, running, swimming, etc... and Thermic Effect of Food is the amount of calories used to digest the food you are eating. Add all that up using Berardi's guide.

But on my three off days per week I'd be in positive calorie balance by about 1,000 calories per day! (That extra thousand calories isn't being used when training, in other words.) This adds up to a surplus of 3,000 calories per week. And this is where the growth happens!

The last section just recaps, and states that you should be eating (massivly) everyday, off and on days. As stated the extra calories not used on off days will be used in your muscle growth. I'd be more detailed, but I'm too busy with midterms, and this is just a summary of John Berardi's article anyways.

[CanEHdian]

Ok i read this on this sight and its the best and most inspirational thing ive heard in a long time.
its actually someones signature (i dont remember whose, i give credit to whoevers it is)

Anyone can fall in love with results, but when you fall in love with the efforts, results come naturally.

So if your just in it for getting big again, then its going to be a long road because your going to be detered by just wanting what you used to have back.

[Niko]

I have this problem also.
It's most likely we have the same body type.
Although I realised what it was that was makeing me lag behind. My core was not fully deveoloped. And my lack of consistency and effort. I thought I was trying hard but I wasn't pushing 100% every time.

For some reason it took me a year of weight training to finally feel the 'pump' in my arms.
Although my legs grew fast with some heavy squating.

Take a week of training then hit it again.