Eat a lot of protein and fiber. You need to lift harder

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Sep 6, 2024
12:56:10pm

Beggar All-American

Eat a lot of protein and fiber. You need to lift harder

Get plenty of sleep and make recovery a priority.

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Beggar

Previous username: Eastside
Bio page: Beggar
Joined: May 3, 2001
Last login: Sep 15, 2024
Total posts: 34,302 (96 FO)

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Weightlifting has been so frustrating for me

BaseCoug

Sep 6, 12:07pm

Do you weigh only 130 pounds? Best to do close to 1g of protein to body weight

Chefcurry

Sep 6, 12:09pm

Yeah I only weigh 130 pounds (give or take)

BaseCoug

Sep 6, 12:10pm

You forgot the HGH

Sep 6, 12:10pm

You mean “chicken and broccoli”?

BaseCoug

Sep 6, 12:12pm

how do you know you are gaining so little muscle? If you are lifting a lot and putting on weight, I'd guess you are

cruiserhead

Sep 6, 12:12pm

According to those body comp scales in the gym. They could be wrong I guess.

BaseCoug

Sep 6, 12:15pm

If you're mid-30's or older - if all you get out of it is the last three lines of your post - then it's worth it. Main-

lightmann

Sep 6, 12:13pm

How many calories are you eating and what’s your workout split? I was in the same boat, where I was super skinny and

Sep 6, 12:15pm

Holy cow, you gained 30 lbs? You are the real taysom hill

BaseCoug

Sep 6, 12:18pm

How old are you?

Tim Riggins

Sep 6, 12:16pm

25

BaseCoug

Sep 6, 12:17pm

you either don't have the diet dialed in or your workouts off. Probably both

Tim Riggins

Sep 6, 1:58pm

I didn't weigh too much more than that then I gained 20 pounds in 6 months

Belboz

Sep 6, 12:18pm

Not buying new clothes is indeed a great workout motivation

BaseCoug

Sep 6, 12:19pm

Some people love to bulk up, but it's not for me.

Belboz

Sep 6, 12:27pm

do you lift heavy then? Or light? or typical 3 sets of 10, where 10 is close to failure?

cruiserhead

Sep 6, 12:21pm

That stinks part of my injuries was tendinitis

BaseCoug

Sep 6, 12:26pm

you may just need to squeeze the bar tighter.

Belboz

Sep 6, 12:28pm

Interesting...i'll give it a try. I was wondering if my elbow problems were because I was going too heavy.

cruiserhead

Sep 6, 12:31pm

I love that you keep working at it! Listen, I've trained through illness and ...

KCFan85

Sep 6, 12:22pm

You taking creatine?

Heath Squashwell

Sep 6, 12:23pm

No

BaseCoug

Sep 6, 12:25pm

Try it.

JuicyJam

Sep 6, 12:45pm

Creatine will juice them muscles up real nice

Heath Squashwell

Sep 6, 2:38pm

My secret. Workout even you don’t feel like it. Take Creatine (it totally

ybecausethatswhy

Sep 6, 1:36pm

If you go over the border of Tijuana, I know a guy that can help you

Projectoor

Sep 6, 12:26pm

Here’s the deal

Dahlerbill

Sep 6, 12:30pm

Creatine, protein, lots more calories, heavier weight w a partner to muscle

CougaRR4L

Sep 6, 1:29pm

Eat a lot of protein and fiber. You need to lift harder

Beggar

Sep 6, 12:56pm

Get your hormone levels checked

rommeliv

Sep 6, 1:15pm

Here’s the reality that most people are not interested in mentioning or accepting…

Zach Morris

Sep 6, 1:19pm

Lots of people juicing out there I would guess

Projectoor

Sep 6, 2:48pm

Significantly more than you would guess, for sure. It sets false expectations in those who wrongfully assume that dude

Zach Morris

Sep 6, 3:20pm

HGH, Testosterone or Dianabol

BYU Grounds

Sep 6, 2:52pm

Nah that’s a recipe for gyno. Swap the dianabol for primo 😜

Dahlerbill

Sep 10, 4:03pm

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