>be 6'1 depressed neet skelly
>try and sort myself out
>start force-feeding 2300/day (before was average ~1500/day, no kidding)
>start lifting 3 times a week
>euphoric about noob gains
>confidence and mood up by 1000%
>3 months later
>shit happens and throws me off track for over a week
>can't get back into it
>weeks pass by
>gains all but gone
>considering kms
I'm just not made to make it, am I /fit/?
>>41952030
fall down ten times get up eleven
>>41952042
This.
Eat even more, lift even harder and you'll literally have all your gains back in a week.
Keep it up and you'll have monster noob gains within a month.
Post your routine if you need help with it.
yeah just give up, more space in the gym for us then
goodbye
>>41952042
confirmed
Plus, your gains will come back quicker than it took to make them originally. Muscle memory and all that. Source: was injured for ~10 months, lost a shitload of gains, regained them and more in ~6 months when injury was fixed
>>41952030
sounds like you are being jewed for gains.
i would rather say keep doing 5x5 and add in some chin ups after every workout as well as some band pull aparts in between every push set and band/cable facepulls after every other workout.
im no PT though
>>41952042
>>41952312
Thanks lads, I feel better already (no sarcasm). I'm gonna go hit the treadmill in a bit to get myself warmed up for later in the week.
>>41952099
>Eat even more
I don't know about that, I was already feeling literally physically sick sometimes trying to eat 2300/day. I'm sure I would ramp up if I continued, but I feel my base is much lower than average for my age/weight/height.
>Keep it up
That's the hard part, I mean once I got in the groove it was all right, but I always fall apart whenever any of my routines get disturbed.
>Post your routine if you need help with it.
Day 1
- legs (dumbbell squats and deadlifts, calf raises)
- none or very light cardio (up to 1 mile treadmill)
Day 3
- upper body and back (dumbbel flys, tric extensions, dumbbell shoulder presses, curls, bentover rows, etc)
- none or very light cardio
Day 5
- bigger cardio (2-3 miles)
- little bit of both upper and lower body at lower intensities
Day 2, 4, 6, 7 - Rest
Does that make sense? Just trying to keep it balanced. I have only used the "gym" in my apt complex which literally only has 3 treadmills and a dumbbell rack. I didn't yet feel up to the level where it would make sense to go to a real gym, lest I become the laughing stock of local lifters or just fuck myself up the first time I touch a barbell.
And yeah I read about >cardio and gains, but desu I feel I need to build up my cardio fitness by a lot since being a shut-in neet I have none, so I include that for now even at the cost of slower gains.
>>41952555
I go to they gym, and I'm sure all the bros laugh at me but I'm still trying to lift my shitty 20-25 dumbells lol....Good luck dude, and fight the good fight.
>>41952507
sounds like you should be in your /containmentboard/
>>41952620
I will, thanks mate.
I will start lifting today if I get dubs
>>41952030
skellies<manlets
>>41952030
force-feeding 2300kcal?
This cant be.
I'm 6'2 at 84kg and if I eat below 3500kcal I start losing weight.
Needless to say, I didn't make any progress for a year now. Even reaching 3500 is a pain in the ass.
Still a lanklet.
>>41953211
I'm serious, I started tracking my intake on fitnesspal with autistic accuracy some 2 weeks before starting the regime for the first time and my daily calories were between 1200 and 1700 (the higher end when I (rarely) had a hamburger or other junk food). I was comfortably hovering around 63-65kg with that. Once I started lifting, getting to 2000 was a struggle, and as I said 2300 was more than once making me sick. That's assuming balanced nutrients, of course I could easily eat a few spoonfuls of honey or evoo to pad the calories but why the fuck do that.
Sweating my ass off on a treadmill felt pretty good after a break. Back to lifting proper next week, maybe friday even.
Thanks for motivation /fit/, you're good bros.
>>41953577
What exactly are you eating? I'm eating over 3000 easily with 350g sirloin steak, yoghurt 4 bananas , 100g raisins, 300g orange juice, bread 45g, etc. Is it maybe you are eating lean meats and a lot of fiber or something? Maybe try and get sunlight and start walking maybe it can help with appetite.
>>41954331
You also need more than fucking 2400 I still manage to not gain weight at 2800 and I'm 5'10
>>41954331
>>41954396
I set my goals to 50% carbs, 25% fat, 25% protein. I do eat lean, but it's really fucking hard to hit that 25% fat target, I usually end up overshooting to about 30% (eggs still end up my largest single fat source). My go to carb stuffer at the end of the day is oat flake porridge with 1% milk.
Within carbs I'm also almost always under my fiber RDA while often going slightly over with sugars. If I didn't care about micronutrient balance I'd probably be better off on overall calories, but again I don't think eating honey by spoonfuls would help me (it does look like a lot of sugar in the food you listed btw).
And the 2300 diet was working for me, I was gaining 0.3-0.4kg a week of lean mass with body fat constantly dropping too. I know this was mostly noob gains that would have stopped eventually, but for the time being I was happy with it.