22 y/o, 2 years serious lifting, excercise and lifting are fine, except for the fact that what I was doing stopped working, my diet is extremely bland and clean. I eat almost 3600 cals a day and I usually end up vommitting from so much food. That was the first thing I took a look at, diet is the most important part. But that doesn't seem to be the problem. So I started to look at the training.
I don't know if you are joking here, but if not, this might be your problem.
First off a week’s break is a good idea.
Thank you for the input, I will give it a try, what a huge change that will be, I only train one body part a day, so my workouts will now be cut from almost an hour to about 20 mins, lol. Let me get this straight, first four sets are warm up sets going from allmost nothing to 50% then two sets of the absolute most you can lift for......I'm guessing 6-8 reps. My only other questions are, how slow do you do each rep there has to be some sort of counting scheme. how many times a week do you train each muscle group?
I have a stomach condition, where I pretty much randomly vomit, I asked doctors about it and everyone seems to have a different opinion, some think that is to much lactic acid build-up all at once from a very hard workout(maybe) but it doesn't always happen during a workout, sometimes it happens during the day even when I don't work out, and since most doctors have no Idea about anything when it comes to bb'ing they say "cut back on the food". I have a monster metabolism and If I cut back on the food, give me three weeks and I will wiegh 110lbs again....hahahaha.
Yo p4p, I have that same problem. When trying to gain, I eat over 5000 cals easily..well...not easily...I usually have to dry heave at least 3 times/day due to teh constant food in my stomach. And sometimes the stufff finds it's way back out!!
Yogurt, eh?eating yogurt helps me digest a lot of my food better
dego,
I'm not dego, but on that chest workout if you did 4 warm up sets for regular DB presses and then jumped into the work sets, there's not really a reason to warm up your chest again, you're already warm. I would just do one or two weight acclimation sets, say 2 sets one for 35, the other for 50, and then jump into your work sets with 70. It's the extra warm ups that are killing your energy. If it's not necessary, save that energy for another workset at 70 or a higher one with less reps at 80.
Check out www.ironaddicts.com and read up on irona's warm up routine and low volume routines... Strength first growth later. My routines are strongly influenced by ironaddict and DC. The key is to find what works for your body so don't just randomly make huge changes unless you've been stuck for a long time. If you decide to try the low volume routine try to really focus on increasing strenght only if you feel your body can handle a little more start rest-pausing a set or 2. And with any new routine you have to give yourself at least 6 weeks to evaluate what it does to your body. Something as simple as changing the volume of your routine can really effect the amount of glycogen your muscle store and make a big difference on the scale. Give it time and see for yourself, the scale isn't what you need to watch... its the bar- keep adding weight and the scale will follow right behind assuming proper rest and nutrition.
I 3600 cals (even TOTALLY clean and whole) is like a snack for me - it's been easier since I added more fiber to my diet though, I feel fuller longer
:goodpost: thats the key, the warmup. it doesn't count as part of your set. you shouldn't wear yourself out, and should never go to failure on a warmup set. when u get closer to ur work set you can even do 1 rep close to your working weight for "weight acclimation".
At 280, I might be a snack for you. :run:I 3600 cals (even TOTALLY clean and whole) is like a snack for me - it's been easier since I added more fiber to my diet though, I feel fuller longer
Just keep at it, you'll get there.
), but after climbing the stairs in the mall while xmas shopping I felt winded!! I was terrible. Im down about 2-3% BF now ~11lbs lighter since I started cutting, and I feel SO much better. Note quite as strong, which sucks, but a worthwhile tradeoff to not feel like Im going to die when I run to the end of the driveway
MAn, you hit the nail on the head right there...so true..
Yeah. One thing that's really helped with how I feel in general and energy levels is fixing my diet to include mountains of green veggies and some lentils/other stuff.When I was at my all time strongest/heaviest back in Dec I weighed 240+lbs and was as strong as an ox. (and a small Ox compared to you ExNihilo!
Its a tough balance to maintain...its like big&strong and lean&fast are at two opposite ends of the spectrum, and the harder you push for one the more you have to let go of the other. And if you try to maintain both, gains in either take excrutiatingly long to achieve. Unless you dont have to work and can focus on training/diet 24/7!!!
BV
I think I'm the lean and fast side of the scaleWhen I was at my all time strongest/heaviest back in Dec I weighed 240+lbs and was as strong as an ox. (and a small Ox compared to you ExNihilo!
Its a tough balance to maintain...its like big&strong and lean&fast are at two opposite ends of the spectrum, and the harder you push for one the more you have to let go of the other. And if you try to maintain both, gains in either take excrutiatingly long to achieve. Unless you dont have to work and can focus on training/diet 24/7!!!
BV
I do know I run pretty fast and have very good endurance...
Just to clarify, you can be fast and huge. You just can't be huge and have good endurance. There are guys out there near 300lbs who can run the 40 in low 4's, but don't ask them to run a mile at a fast speed... Also, your agility suffers to some degree as you put on weight, which is why you don't see 280lb ballet dancersI think I'm the lean and fast side of the scale
after not running for 9 years, the first time iwent out, i ran a 6:23 mile without trying too terribly hard
