November 23rd, Be Gentle! Please Critique!

[AAP]

Protein. Worship it. Take out a loan for it. Steal it. And ginger root. Because no matter how much protein you get, you are only as good as how much you can absorb.

Training wise... heavy compound movements. Get that weight up and the reps down to about 4-6. Perfect form.

Rest is a weapon. Keep an eye out for overtraining. When you are trying to grow, about 3 off days per week will help keep your muscles, system, and CNS recovery fresh.

 

[LitttleBig]

Caloricly Dense foods

Hey man bulking is easy. Stick with foods that dont take up much space in the belly but add mucho calories, here are some of my favorites

1) Natural Peanut Butter: Just two tablespoons is 190 calories, so eat up. Try carrying around rice cakes and a jar. You can munch these between the 6-7 meals you should be eating.
2) Healthy fats...just one tbs is usually about 110 calories (olive oil, flax oil, udo choice blends and can use vegetable as well). As for eating them, huh, throw it on a salad with some balsamic or in a protein shake.
3) 2% milk...this will be debated but it adds mass quick and makes me strong as an ox.
4) Beef. If you really want high cals go no better than 90% lean.
5) Heavy Whipping Cream. This is an old trick but a very anabolic drink. Use your favorite whey protein drink, use a whey though that is low in sugar and carbs, and add 4-8 tbs of heavy whipping cream. Yeah its creamy and really filling. If there are no carbs you wont store fat or not much, but hey your bulking right. Each tbs is about 60 cals and 5 grams of fat.
6) Some add ice cream to their post workout shake.
7) Use 3-4 whole eggs instead of throwing them out and another 3-4 whites for breakfast.
8) Add Beverly Internationals Mass Maker to each meal and post workout. I love this product and get fantastic results. 2-3 scoops to each meal would suffice.

These are just some of the ways I add calories when I want to bulk. But I have to use a decent diet to stay around 9% so I dont really do bulking anymore. I alternate lean gain and hardening diet phases. However, for your frame I agree that eating and eating often is the way to go, so you might as well pick caloricly dense foods since you seem to be struggling to get in enough cals. I also agree your protein intake is to low for your goals. No amounts of protein though will work if your calories dont create a surplus. Good luck,

LB--

 

[flex2win]

hey bro, i've been in those shoes a while back, stay consistant...eat even when you don't want to eat. Remember, smaller, more frequent meals, I would definitely keep the protein to no less than 400grams/day. I know that sounds like a lot, but with tuna, chicken, beef, and whey, you've got some options here. keep pounding away, you've got a big frame to fill in, NOW GO DO IT!!

 

[champion]

peanut butter works to but olive oil is soooooooo easy......I put 6 tbls in my lentil soup/chicken meal two times a day........you can toss it in your shakes hell get a 1/4-1/2 glass of water or w/e and toss in a tbls and shoot it back YOU GET USED TO IT its not so bad......and its sooooooooo easy.....at the moment im hitting 5000-6000+ day 450-500+ pro...............and without olive oil id be screwed, you can only eat so much fast food/carbs before it gets to you lol

 

[mt]

I'm surprised you haven't got more comments on your incedible squat performance. To be able to squat over 500lbs at 6'3", 180 lbs. with 22 inch thighs has got to be some kind of record. Just your height alone puts you at a structural disadvantage to heavy squats. I can't wait to see the video and verify that you go at least slightly below parallel for it to be legitimate. Hell, I'm shorter and heavier with bigger thighs and I don't think I could even get 500 lbs off the rack.

 

[KINGKONG69]

how many cycles have you done, and what did you weigh before you started any gear.

 

[strangebrew]

looking good man...your thighs have GOT to be over 22 inches if you can squat 500 lbs....but if they are then like mt said that must be a record.

 

[khemix]

his build and frame remind me of a young Frank Sepe, Frank was a stick as a kid and look at what he acomplished!

Lol saying I look like a stick? JK.

PureXtract, as stated before, its great to see you around and give me an email sometime bro.

humanoid, I will try exactly what you said and start mapping out exactly what I eat, maybe I'm getting less cals than i thought?

AAP, damn good post. I'll try to get that much protein, but damn that will be hell. Ill focus on heavy, very low rep movements as you stated and get back to you on how well they work. Thanks for the suggestions!

LittleBig, EXCELLENT post. Just saved it on my computer and actually went out and bought a bottle of olive oil. Havn't tasted it yet though. I'll keep in mind eveyrhting that you said and change my diet and food accordingly. THANKS!

champion, well said. I can't eat all the time, hopefully oliveoil wont bother me and i'll be able to down half a bottle a day lol.

mt, the squat is impressive i know. Very few people dont believe me about it. My dad didn't believe me until he spotted me for it. I'm not sure if it's a record, but ill definantly look into it. I know I'm very strong for my size, atleast stronger than most that are as lean as me. My only problem will be getting a video camera to tape it, hopefully I can find someone with one.

kingkong, i have done 2 cycle, here they are:
1st
Dbol, 1-2.5wks @ 20mg/ed
Test Enth, 1-10wks @ 400mg/wk

2nd
Fina, 1-8wks @ 75mg/eod
Test Enth, 1-3wks @ 750mg/wk
Test Enth, 4-18wks @ 500mg/wk

The last cycle was VERY long but very beneficial and I think i will continue to do long cycles. I'm currently off cycle and havn't noticed many problems at all, but I'm also very young. There is actually almost no loss in sex drive and no lost sperm count. This past cycle I dropped 2-3%bf and added probably 15lbs of muscle only. First cycle i gained 30lbs and kept 15lbs.

I weighed 160lbs originally (shouldnt have juiced then) and have since gained 25lbs in the past year and have lost quite a bit of bf.

strangebrew, I'm positive they're 22iin, just measured the other day. Lol hopeuflly I'll be able to get that video!

Thanks for all the advice, suggestions, and support guys! Sometimes you guys make all the difference to a person!

Chris

PS. Karma where deserved.

 

[khemix]

Wow, the olive oil isn't bad! Heres the purely calorie drink i just tried:

5 Servings of olive oil, 600 total cals
1 Cup of milk, 130 total cals
8 Servinge of Nesquik chocolate milk mix: 720 total cals

Total calories: 1450

Wow! I could actually drink probably 2 more of those even. Damn, I'm starting to love this olive oil thing! Thanks again boys!

Chris

 

[robph]

i bolieve when bulking, you should focus more on getting a bigger shoulder and bigger wings you'll look twice as big when cut.