+22lb Progress, 3.5 months (with pics)

[Sculelos]

Well I started in may 26th lifting, started at 182lbs now at 204lbs, I am 6' 5" and my lifts (5rep max) went from...

Bench 75 - 145, Squat 75 - 160, Deadlift 75 - 165, Press 60-90, Barbell Rows 75-165

Anyways I'm still definitely lifting and making progress just wanted to update everyone.

 

[eclipsex]

Well I started in may 26th lifting, started at 182lbs now at 204lbs, I am 6' 5" and my lifts (5rep max) went from...

Bench 75 - 145, Squat 75 - 160, Deadlift 75 - 165, Press 60-90, Barbell Rows 75-165

Anyways I'm still definitely lifting and making progress just wanted to update everyone.

No offense to you bro, but for your height and weight you should be able to do much more than that. Although it's impressive that you nearly doubled some of the workouts you listed, they should have been higher at the initial.

I'm sure you can do much more on squats especially, don't be afraid to try more until you can't do a single rep. Keep it up and you'll keep getting better and better and bigger and bigger.

 

[Sculelos]

No offense to you bro, but for your height and weight you should be able to do much more than that. Although it's impressive that you nearly doubled some of the workouts you listed, they should have been higher at the initial.

I'm sure you can do much more on squats especially, don't be afraid to try more until you can't do a single rep. Keep it up and you'll keep getting better and better and bigger and bigger.

Yeah, I started out extremely week and am still weak. I'm definitely going to push myself though, I'm just still learning so much about lifting and I'm sure I'm no were near my limit yet. Just gotta keep pushing.

 

[Cal_21]

22 lb weight gain...that's HUGEEEE bro. You may be weak for where you should be...but don't let that get you down. You're getting stronger very quickly & eventually you'll hit a plateau...don't let that get you down either. Keep up the hard work. You'll get to where you want to be & at 6'5 you could be a monster one day if you eat & train enough. Best of luck.

 

[velvett]

22 lb weight gain...that's HUGEEEE bro. You may be weak for where you should be...but don't let that get you down. You're getting stronger very quickly & eventually you'll hit a plateau...don't let that get you down either. Keep up the hard work. You'll get to where you want to be & at 6'5 you could be a monster one day if you eat & train enough. Best of luck.

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ditto

 

[Sculelos]

22 lb weight gain...that's HUGEEEE bro. You may be weak for where you should be...but don't let that get you down. You're getting stronger very quickly & eventually you'll hit a plateau...don't let that get you down either. Keep up the hard work. You'll get to where you want to be & at 6'5 you could be a monster one day if you eat & train enough. Best of luck.

Yeah, achieving that plateau is my goal right now, when I get to it I just will be about maintaining it for as long as possible. Although I probably won't have to worry about that for years to come as I will still be improving, although the better I get the harder it will be to improve.

 

[Kabeetz]

Biggest difference is in your traps & back. wow.

22 pounds in 3.5 months is amazing.

I am very, very, very proud of you. You haven't been dealt a perfect genetic hand (and guess what? Neither was I or most of us on here, that's why we were/are/will be so determined to evolve).

You are doing amazing. Listen to noone that hates or discourages. Keep it up man. Where u will be soon enough will inspire others to follow in your footsteps, I truly believe that.

You may not be able to lift heavier than everyone in that gym, but you can lift harder. You may not weigh the most, but you can eat the cleanest and to gain the most.

Do not stop. You're closer than you know to the goals u have set for yourself.

 

[ZGzaZ]

Great job man! You're making very good progress, keep at it consistently and good things will come your way!

 

[Hybridtheory2o]

Hell yeh dude shit when I started lifting my bench press was 65 LOL with a 45 lb bar hmmm it sucked but oh well you gotta start somewhere. Just think where you could be in another year at this time if you keep it up!

 

[Sculelos]

Heh, yeah thanks for all the encouragement... I'm definitely not stopping and I should gain at least another 8lbs this year, don't have any idea what strength gains I might make, by the end of next year I hope it's at least apparent that I workout.

 

[MoFoBerto]

you have gone a long way man. keep up the good work and you will be fine. Nice job!!

 

[TomoUK]

good work!! just one question, how come your bent over row is so much more advanced than the other lifts? was your back more developed to start with due to a previous hobby? its even more than your squat!

 

[fortunatesun]

I was gonna laugh at your skinny bird legs in the before pics but I remember how I looked when I first started out. I'll add my vote of confidence to what others have said. Improvement in muscular thickness is noticable and well distributed which tells me you must be doing something right. Don't know about lifts, some things just come with a little more time.

 

[Sculelos]

good work!! just one question, how come your bent over row is so much more advanced than the other lifts? was your back more developed to start with due to a previous hobby? its even more than your squat!

Yeah, I was a stockman at Walmart and I pulled alot of crap around for 6 months before I started working out, actually bent over rows where hard for me at first because I was having trouble maintaining position, now there at a level where it's actually working my arms since my back and legs are strong enough to hold form.

I'm sure my squat and deadlift are going to improve a lot in the next few months though because I got my form on both down pretty excellent now and won't have to do form adjustments.

For the first two months of working out I was being dumb and deadlifting sumo style, now doing conventional.

Squatting was just plain tough for me at first because I never did the squatting motion in anything, that took me a few months to get really down good, but since I have them down now I should advance some.

All in all most of my past few months have been spent on some strength increases and lots of form refinement and dieting, the first month my diet was kinda low on protein so that wasn't good either.

Also I had a minor back injury at work that is now healed but that slowed progress as well.

Really I learned a TON in the past 3 months and am now applying it so I should see some breakthoughs soon.

 

[Hybridtheory2o]

Yeh in another few months to a year ppl when they see you will no longer ask if you work out. They will just ask how many days a week etc. Feels fuckin awesome! I was always a real small dude and ppl were like have u been workin out? Now its just like dude wtf u been doin jesus lol. When you get there dont slow down tho! But you will feel fuckin incredible

 

[gslben]

Keep it up !!

 

[coreyb]

eat more man! that's actually slow progress in terms of you being a beginner and doing the 3x5. you should be gaining like 2-3 lbs a week!

 

[AEKDB]

Keep up the work. I think most of us have forgotten what it was like when we first started. As mentioned above, you should push yourself with the weights. I scanned your log and noticed you seem to stick to a rather strict routine for reps and sets. I would recommend increasing the weights till you could not finish the last lift. When you can finish the last lift, it is time to up the weight again.

This theory applies to food as well. The quantity you eat needs to increase in order to keep growing. At your height I would guess it will need to increase a lot as you move up from 200lbs.

 

[Sculelos]

Keep up the work. I think most of us have forgotten what it was like when we first started. As mentioned above, you should push yourself with the weights. I scanned your log and noticed you seem to stick to a rather strict routine for reps and sets. I would recommend increasing the weights till you could not finish the last lift. When you can finish the last lift, it is time to up the weight again.

This theory applies to food as well. The quantity you eat needs to increase in order to keep growing. At your height I would guess it will need to increase a lot as you move up from 200lbs.

Will do, I will start increasing my weights if I can do 5 reps and see where that gets me.

 

[beerdrinker]

Sculelos, I've been following your log from the beginning. I wanted to see how far you could come from such a strength deficit. You are truly the poster boy for skinny bastards of what can be achieved if you take a reasonable plan and STICK TO IT. Congrats. Hope to see you again at 230.

 

[Sculelos]

Sculelos, I've been following your log from the beginning. I wanted to see how far you could come from such a strength deficit. You are truly the poster boy for skinny bastards of what can be achieved if you take a reasonable plan and STICK TO IT. Congrats. Hope to see you again at 230.

Yeah, I'll try my best, will see what I'm able to achieve.

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

Good work man! I can really notice it in your back and shoulders. I think you have done a great job, and starting lighter has allowed your connective tissue to beefen up with your workload. If only I could gain that kind of weight. I have been eating like a horse and I am still at 150. I can't afford to eat any more!

 

[u418936]

In a short period, you've gotten twice as strong in almost every lift. Nice work--that's insane.

 

[Sculelos]

Good work man! I can really notice it in your back and shoulders. I think you have done a great job, and starting lighter has allowed your connective tissue to beefen up with your workload. If only I could gain that kind of weight. I have been eating like a horse and I am still at 150. I can't afford to eat any more!

Hey, if you can't gain weight with normal food try more dense calorie foods like Peanut butter and lot's of whole grains, I've been eating fairly healthy but get a little dirty once in a while.

And yeah, I'm on a power surge right now, I've got my numbers up to 185lb deadlift, 175lb row and 170lb squat, I'm actually thinking I could increase for quite some time.

Now I just gotta see how fat I will get as last time I weighted myself I was 213lb's.

 

[MichaelScott]

pullups, rows will help u get the desired visual effect u r looking for

 

[Sculelos]

pullups, rows will help u get the desired visual effect u r looking for

Yeah, due to several people telling me pull-ups will help me I think I will start doing them.

 

[perp69]

Good job keep it up!!!!

You know you will be makin some folks jealous gaining that much weight so quick. I bet people been emailing you asking how you gained weight.

Perp

 

[holy ghost]

you need to be using these every day: WEIGHT GAIN, PROTEIN, CARB LOADING, CREATINE -4g ED, and eating 4k calories ED eating ev 2 hours bro you are too small

try 5x5 and superset everything
EAT EAT EAT !