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Fri Dec 31, 2021 10:54 pm

colgate wrote:
Fri Dec 31, 2021 9:38 pm
NotYourAverageNerd wrote:
Fri Dec 31, 2021 7:52 pm
Can you post pics flexing and not flexing?
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Little hard to tell with your positioning (easier if we can see your waist and you're further from the camera so there's less distortion), but yeah, I'd still say over 15%, probably closer to 17%. Keep in mind people almost always under-estimate their bodyfat %
Keep in mind that (depending on what stats you believe), actually being at 15% bodyfat would put you in the top 5~15% of the population within the 18-24 age range. If you pick 10 random guys around your age, are you really leaner than all of them?

If this is you "bulked" then you've probably got pretty good genetics to keep yourself lean. Play to your strengths - I'd aim to maintain as much muscle as possible and (slowly) push back down to like 130, and just bust ass in the gym. Muscle comes on WAY WAY slower than it seems like it should, to get enough muscle to be lean and "big" while bulking would take getting and staying fat for several years, you're just not going to put on huge amounts of size in a reasonable amount of time, and you'll be less attractive in the mean time. Staying pretty lean won't slow down muscle growth all that much (long as you're not cutting hard) but you will look a little BETTER every day, rather than looking worse every day while you very slowly wait to build muscle, then WAY better all at once when you cut.
There's a reason Andy recommends getting to a good body fat % first, THEN make slow progress from there.

How long have you been lifting (and generally what exercises, machines, compound, isolation)?
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Sat Jan 01, 2022 12:51 am

NotYourAverageNerd wrote:
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Little hard to tell with your positioning (easier if we can see your waist and you're further from the camera so there's less distortion), but yeah, I'd still say over 15%, probably closer to 17%. Keep in mind people almost always under-estimate their bodyfat %
Can you send me a picture to emulate? I think it will be easier for me to take a picture that's easy to assess that way.
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If this is you "bulked" then you've probably got pretty good genetics to keep yourself lean. Play to your strengths - I'd aim to maintain as much muscle as possible and (slowly) push back down to like 130, and just bust ass in the gym.
I don't really know if this is me bulked or lean. As I said earlier I leaned down to 128lbs earlier this year doing keto for about 4 months. That was just for fun. But I felt like I was being treated like a kid again or something because being that thin and also short doesn't really help me.
Maybe if you have some examples of guys who are 5'5" and 130lbs who look good (to girls), I'll have more of a reference to go off of. But I think I'd like to be a slightly scaled down version of someone like @Master. At least if I have a strong base, I can cut down from there, but I don't even think I'm at that point yet. I think my main compound lifts are squat 255lbs, bench 180lbs, deadlift 335lbs.
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Sat Jan 01, 2022 12:59 am

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Play to your strengths -
If you seriously mean that I should do something like focus on reducing body fat through my diet rather than "bulking", I would love to do that. I guess the reason I went all the way down to 128lbs from 140 when I did keto was because I didn't go to the gym (only did cardio and some calisthenics).
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Sat Jan 01, 2022 11:53 am

Hey bro, last example of why you shouldn't go on a crazy high surplus :
At which weight you think you're gonna look the most muscular ?
At 70kg i just looked like a big baby
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Friday 12/31
Calories: 2234
Protein: 104g
Carb: 220g
Fat: 105g
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Mon Jan 03, 2022 10:21 pm

Didn't post for the past few days because I psyched myself out, however I did record my calories.

I've found counting calories is hard when I sometimes eat food from out, which I often do, so hopefully I'm not over/undershooting

Saturday 01/01
Calories: 2777
Protein: 219g
Carbs: 193g
Fat: 122g

Sunday 01/02
Calories: 1811
Protein: 95g
Carbs: 190g
Fat: 74g

Started recording my workouts with an app, rather than trying to remember them.
Monday 01/03
Bench Press 105 - 12/12/11
Incline DB Press 30 - 12/12/10/4/7
Overhead Press 60 - 12/8/10
Chest Fly 20 - 12/12/7/5
Skullcrusher 15 - 12/12/11

Weight: 141.4lbs
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Tue Jan 04, 2022 5:59 am

Monday 01/03
Calories: 2554
Protein: 131g
Carbs: 264g
Fat: 107g
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Tuesday 01/04
Pullups - 12/6/7
DB Rows - 45x13/40x13/40x12
Upright Rows 60 - 12/12/10
Curls 45 - 12/12/12
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Sun Jan 09, 2022 10:56 pm

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Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:47 am

Sorry, I knew this was going to happen at some point. I was eating my calories and lifting for some days. Logged it in my phone so now I'll post:

Wednesday 01/05
Calories: 2403
Protein: 88g
Carbs: 219g
Fat: 119g

Thursday 01/06
Bench Press 115 - 18/12/10/2
Incline DB Bench - 35x10/30x12/30x11/30x5
Overhead Press - 70x12/60x12/60x12

Was so sore after this I couldn't even do 1 rep of a 20 or 15 lb chest fly without being in pain. Probably a good sign that I actually went to failure lol.

Calories: 3063
Protein: 282g
Carbs: 196g
Fat: 124g

Didn't record calories over weekend or workout.
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Fri Jan 21, 2022 10:14 pm

Let's go on a long hiatus and come back 2 weeks later. Lolz.

So I've been at my parents' house for the past week and I've told my stepmom to make me 3 big meals a day. Haven't been crazy about the calorie counting but it's been a lot easier to eat a lot of food when my mom just makes it for me. Regardless, I'll try to post calorie counts.

Finally got around to signing up for a gym here and starting again. I was so pissed at myself this week because every morning I would wake up and be like ehhh, I'll sleep some more and workout later, and then eventually I'd just skip it.

I had that same thought this morning but I told myself "No, Fuck this" like I did with that half-asian chick in Phoenix. I was so mad at myself for always self-sabotaging with "not feeling like doing things". Additionally, I'm lifting such light weight and I'm pissed at how much stronger I'd have been if I could consistently go to gym + eat right.

Hopefully I can ride this energy for a long period of time. My new motto is literally going to be "No, Fuck this" when I can't get what I want due to malaise or demotivation.

Friday 01/21
Bench Press - 115x12/115x12/115x4/95x10
Incline DB Press - 30x14/30x11/30x5
Overhead Press - 60x12/60x7/50x9
Chest Fly - 15x22/20x12/20x12/20x11
Skullcrusher - 15x12/15x4/10x12/10x22
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Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:55 pm

Lots of anger and frustration that like everyone lifts heavier than I do. I have a lot of insecurities with the size of my body and my strength (not necessarily height, although that's a factor too), in that I feel like a small mouse at all times. I keep looking at myself in the mirror and imagining what I could look like though and thinking about looking like that one day got me through the workout and my meals.

I wanna be a big tank and take up a lot of space lol.

Friday 01/21
Calories: 2817
Protein: 140g
Carb: 190g
Fat: 171g

Saturday 01/22
Weight: 141.0 lbs

Pullups - 14/8/5
DB Rows - 40x12/40x13/40x15
Upright Rows - 60x12/60x12/60x12
Curls - 45x12/45x12/45x14
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Sun Jan 23, 2022 4:23 am

Saturday 01/22
Calories: 2953
Protein: 263g
Carb: 141g
Fat: 144g
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Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:49 am

colgate wrote:
Sun Jan 23, 2022 4:23 am
Protein: 282g
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Sun Jan 23, 2022 4:23 am
Protein: 263g
Dude, tell me you secret. Jugging protein shakes nonstop? Most days I struggle hitting 150

Also, I think that's much more than you need per your bodyweight. I've often heard your bodyweight in kg times 1.5-2 is the ideal number in grams even for heavy lifting. Everything on top just goes right out again
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Sun Jan 23, 2022 4:38 pm

CainGettingLaid wrote:
Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:49 am
colgate wrote:
Sun Jan 23, 2022 4:23 am
Protein: 282g
colgate wrote:
Sun Jan 23, 2022 4:23 am
Protein: 263g
Dude, tell me you secret. Jugging protein shakes nonstop? Most days I struggle hitting 150

Also, I think that's much more than you need per your bodyweight. I've often heard your bodyweight in kg times 1.5-2 is the ideal number in grams even for heavy lifting. Everything on top just goes right out again
Honestly I don't really pay attention to macros because they seem to balance out for the most part over a couple days. I think on average I'm getting 1.5xish bodyweight.

Here's a screenshot of what I ate yesterday (263g protein). Hopefully I'm not recording anything wrong.
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