Am I doing something wrong?
So I am on week 2 of Stronglifts and I'm becoming increasingly frustrated because the weights are super easy to lift. I'm debating on whether or not to stick to this routine or move on to an intermediate level routine. I got the form down, so I'm pretty sure I'm doing everything right but it's just to easy? Am I missing something or should I be moving to a new routine?
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>>39840834
Give it a chance to work before you quit on it. If they have you progressing 5lbs every workout, in 3 months you should be up 180lbs on all lifts and I would be surprised if that was super easy
An intermediate routine progresses slower than a beginner routine, you idiot.
>>39840846
I suppose I'm just being impatient.
Thanks for the reply.
>cute girl asks for bench spot
>"s-sure"
>she lays down on bench
>I stand behind bench
>her head pretty much between my legs
>I wear shorts because squatday
>she completely exposed her cleavage to me
>I can't stop staring at her tits
>she starts her set
>getting a boner
>her head is literally 10 inches away
>she must notice in my shorts
>she finished set, says "thanks" and immediately walks away without looking at me
>although I'm literally sitting on the bench next to her, for her next set she ask someone on the other side of the room for a spot
>>39841190
>I can't stop staring at her tits
look away you dumb fuck
>>39841203
How?
>>39841206
Look somewhere else
>tfw you'll never get to meet Mr Pepperman
>tfw 200lbs is always 200lbs
>tfw The Iron will always kick you the real deal
Old but timeless classic
http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/strength-articles/iron-henry-rollins
>Tfw not using calibrated plates
>Tfw 200lbs is 204lbs
>>39840717
It will still always kick you the real deal
>>39840702
That was good, anon. Thank you.
I havent seen my biceps improve in size nor strength for a while now while my other muscles like chest and legs are improving preety well.
Heres my routine
Biceps/abs/legs
Chest/triceps/shoulders/delts
Rest day
Repeat
I do this for biceps
4 sets of curls - 30lb db
4 sets of hammer curls - 30lb db
4 sets of reverse curls = 15lb db
I do eat a lot and keep my protein at around 200g. I'm 6'4 and 195-200lb
your biceps will grow if you progress on a movement that incorporates them
Are you adding weight/reps to your curls every session? Probably not.
Your routine is fucking stupid. You don't train your back, and compound back movements that incorporate the biceps like rows and chins are where you're going to make your bicep gains, provided you progress in weight or reps
>>39840695
So I should do curls like this?
20 lb
25 lb
30 lb
and then do barbell rows?
>>39840723
Let's say you do 4 sets of 10 on your curls one session
The next session aim to do 4 sets of more than ten OR 4 sets of 10 at a higher weight.
That's what I mean by progression. If you're capable of 4 sets of 30lbs, then why start at 20??
Train back before you do biceps. Your routine is extremely bad and I suggest finding one made by someone who knows what they're doing. I get the feeling an upper lower split is what you want.
Ideally as a beginner you'd want to do full body 3x a week but I won't try to convince you
Do some research before you post again
How do you look like you lift in clothes.
I've made some nice gains. I've gone from skinny fat to ottermode. But in clothes I either look like a try hard wearing too tight clothing, or an average non gym going guy. What's the secret to looking like you lift?
>>39841140
who cares about looking like you lift. Don't you want to get actual strength /agility / overall health gains.
If you're decently fit wearing a t shirt that FITS you not too tight people will notice because of your frame
burp
v neck fitted shirts and fitten jeans to show off your monster traps and quads
>start lifting
>feel like hulk after 2-3 Months
>continue lifting
>get stronger
>look smaller
>lifts more because looks smaller
>even stronger
>even smaller
>after more than a year looking smaller than before
Okey what kind of fuck does my brain do?
>>39840516
body dysmorphia because you are focusing too much on aesthetics.
or you are losing weight retard.
>>39840516
You should have taken measurements of your body before lifting, so you could compare your results
>be on /fit/ daily couple of years ago
>severe body dysmorphia, start roiding
>stop roids after 1 year BnC, get depressed
>stop lifting and eventually get my shit together in other areas
>ff to a couple of months ago
>start lifting natty again and ocassionally browse /fit/
>time spent on /fit/ starts increasing exponentially
>feel body dysmorphia slowly setting in again
T-thanks
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>>39840969
Not /fit/ related
Real fucking alpha male.
>>39840940
Absolutely. Just find a crossfit gym and wod your way to greatness
>>39840940
What is the standard CrossFit chick cycle? Anavar and HGH? Probably mk-677 and lgd-4033 these day?
>>39841338
women love ostarine my man.
Me and my girlfriend have not been to the gym for the past 3 months we're normally very conscious about our fitness and weigh and weight and laugh at resolution fags but we have recently moved house and so have to start a new gym. Can you please give any advice to a fit couple in a new gym that let themselves go over the holidays.
I SWEAR TO GOD IF ANYONE REPLIES TO THIS WITH ANTHING OTHER THAN READ THE STICKY
>>39840825
Sead the ricky
Stick the ready
What do you guys think about ddp yoga lost about 30 pounds on the program...but once i get closer to my goal weight i want to hit up the gym and get my body more in shape. Are there any other work out videos that are better?
it's great for your joints, but useless aesthetics-wise after you lost weight. just do heavy compounds now.
I remember trying this years ago, it's the one where you tense your muscles as hard as you can in weird poses ain't it?
bullshit mate, just do a normal bodyweight routine and proper stretching, don't try and do them both at once whilst achieving neither. Lifting is so much better you can hardly even compare it to DDPY.
Also, if you lost 30lbs, it had nothing to do with DDPY, it was a caloric deficit. Keep that up, losing 30lbs means you're full speed ahead towards making it.
to the dude saying it's bullshit, hold that hulkout pose for a few seconds. check your heartrate. you'll be sweating in less than 30 seconds.
you said you did it before so you know the pose.
only a complete idiot would say resistance is bullshit.
that being said, it's not for aesthetics, just for losing some weight, strong joints and making you injury-proof.
Hey guys I've been doing Stronglift 5x5 for 4.5 months now, I've been getting stronger but I've lean bulked over these few months and now I'm not sure if I should bulk or cut.
Any suggestions? I deadlift 235x5, squat 220x5
I want to be a "new me" in 2017. How can I start this year right? What do I need to do?
I've read the sticky (obviously) but I'm just not sure if to cut or bulk. You guys usually say bulk first before cutting and don't worry about the fat but I just don't feel confident in my body...
Bulk
Bulk
>>39840467
cut to 11% bf then bulk. it's more work now, but half as much work in the future.
Who here 1/2/3/4/5
1plate OHP
2plate Bench
3plate Squat
4plate DL
5mile run
>>39840403
Don't try to make this a fucking thing.
5 miles is easy. There should be a time limit
>>39840403
what kind of a fat ass couldnt run 5 miles
or does it mean mile in 5 minutes?
I've got the drive, the motivation and the wrestling ability. I do not have the look though.
What do I do /fit/, I'm skinnyfat, I just need that semi big semi lean wrestler look, at least need to look on par with pic related.
But I have gyno, and whenever I bulk I get fat, and whenever I cut I become skelly.
The only things I have going for me are my heigh (6'2") and despite being sort of ugly my face has enough character to be recognisable and memorable on TV.
>>39840365
thanks for the chuckle....
Now KYS
>>39840408
I want to K M S extremely badly but I won't because Iiving a shitty life is better than living no life at all. This dream keeps me going
kinobody
Can't stand this cunt
>>39840328
Where did he touched you?
>>39840407
i asked advice on his forum and he called me a homo, then all the forum users followed suit and called me a homo too
>>39840407
benis :(
How to fix her?
>>39840087
Wait until she goes through puberty?
I hate you faggot
how long have you been posting these
>>39840087
SS+GOMAD