want to get bigger

[WillieBeamin]

Ok i was asked to edit this a little bit... It made sense to me... haha!! No Biggie!!

Well threw high school i have always worked out and all, i was a wrestler and a baseball played so i have always been in good shape... Working out isnt really new to me i just started to work out on a regular basis about two years ago.. I work out about 4-5 days a week.. Im not really gaining any mass, i taken a couple of t-boosters but they just seem to be joke.. Ive been thinking about taking some pharmaceutical drugs... I have been searching for months and than i go on forums like these and see you guys saying that the sites i just looked at were fake.. So... Any advice is good advice...

 

[jon1320]

I always worked out and all.. But not on a regular basis, i have been lifting 5-6 days a week for about two years.. I want to get bigger i have not really gained any mass.. Ive tried different t-boosters but everything i have taken just seems to be a joke.. I would like to try steroids.. Im not looking to inject just orals preferably.. Whats legit?

don't just think that taking steroids will get you big.
You aren't getting big for the following reason(s)
1) Not lifting properly (not enough rest between reps, sets, workouts) [not hitting target core exercises with enough weight/form/rest]
2) Diet, (not eating properly)
3) Rest, kind of redundant from #1, but yeah.. you need rest days.

fix ^^ in your life, you'll start to gain.

stay on this board bro, you'll find great info.
Since i've been a member here, I've gained about 10 pounds of lean mass.
check around....

also list your stats, everything you think is relevant for me helping you.

edit: also.. you said you lift not on a regular basis, but 5-6 times a week for year(s)... that sounds pretty regular to me man. maybe drop your 6th day and make it a rest day.
and post up your workout routine, I want to see it.
peace

 

[xrsist]

don't just think that taking steroids will get you big.
You aren't getting big for the following reason(s)
1) Not lifting properly (not enough rest between reps, sets, workouts) [not hitting target core exercises with enough weight/form/rest]
2) Diet, (not eating properly)
3) Rest, kind of redundant from #1, but yeah.. you need rest days.

fix ^^ in your life, you'll start to gain.

stay on this board bro, you'll find great info.
Since i've been a member here, I've gained about 10 pounds of lean mass.
check around....

also list your stats, everything you think is relevant for me helping you.

edit: also.. you said you lift not on a regular basis, but 5-6 times a week for year(s)... that sounds pretty regular to me man. maybe drop your 6th day and make it a rest day.
and post up your workout routine, I want to see it.
peace

good post

please provide all the info above so we can help you more

 

[Tatyana]

I always worked out and all.. But not on a regular basis, This may be issue number one with size, consistency is KEY............

i have been lifting 5-6 days a week for about two years.. You may be overtraining, would you post up you training routine please?


I want to get bigger i have not really gained any mass.. ARe you sure of this? Have you been keeping a training journal? Have you recorded your weight, bodyfat and body measurements? Often we don't see the change in ourselves.

Ive tried different t-boosters but everything i have taken just seems to be a joke.. Very true, there are a lot of useless supps out there.
I would like to try steroids.. Im not looking to inject just orals preferably.. Whats legit?

I noticed you didn't mention your diet. The most anabolic thing you will put in your body is FOOD.

Would you post up a typical day's diet please as well.

 

[WillieBeamin]

Thanks to all that have replied my routine goes like this

wake up go straight to the gym take my pre-work out supplement bc your supposed to take it on an empty stomach so i don't eat until i get home... doesn't seem to effect me at all...

Monday: All chest every other week i use a bar and the other week i use dumbbells
I go flat heavy weight... 1 warm up set and than five working sets... same weight 5-8 reps... same as above than decline bench, incline bench, flat flys, and than incline flys done...

Tues. Biceps and Triceps heavy weight 5-8 reps if i can get 8 than i rais the weigt...

Wed... usually my off day unless i miss something from days before i go and do it

Thurs. back and shoulders

Fri. Legs

So usually if i miss something do to not haveing enough time my 5-6 days are just to make up...

You guys asked about my diet i would say i eat fairly well pretty much all protein... I mean i stick to beef, as close to a 100% lean as possible like on my steaks and hamburger... Chicken... Fish... Eggs... I mean sugars aren't really in my diet at all... When ever i go out to eat its always water... I would say im eating good but maybe im not but what i just told you is pretty accurate...

 

[xrsist]

what pre workout supp do you use? what excersises does your leg day consist of? as tatyana said bro please post up meal by meal what you eat each day?

 

[WillieBeamin]

what pre workout supp do you use? what excersises does your leg day consist of? as tatyana said bro please post up meal by meal what you eat each day?

Super Pump 250

And to be honest i dont have a meal by meal routine... Should i?? i just eat eat eat!! haha

Everything i do is, one warm up set to 3 working sets on legs... Trying to get 8-10 reps except on the super set... That is 8-10 reps on the leg extension and than 15-20 on leg press

Leg day... Squat 4 sets... Than i do a super set leg extension to leg press... Ill finish off with a couple more sets of leg extensions and than i will do the super set again... Than i straight leg dead lift... Leg curls.... Than calfs...

 

[xrsist]

you need to have a meal by meal routine to follow what your eating and to see where things may and may not be working for you. you should be eating every 2-3 hours and everything you eat should contain high amounts of protein. maybe try high reps for a while just to change your training routine up. or even find a new training program..

 

[jon1320]

workout looks okay. There are some kinks you could work out though, I don't know about the full arm day right after chest... and then legs all the way at the end of your week
I'd get down a consistent 5-2 day split

chest/bi's
back/tris
legs
shoulders
arm day
off
off

^^ thats mine, works fine for me... recovery is kind of a bish but i push through it, and sleep/eat as much as I can.

For you bro, make sure you eat once every 2-2.5 hours, intake atleast 32-38g's of protein... carb match that with whole grain carbs, except PWO... do liquid carbs. ie milk like tat recommended. and.. make sure to intake fats too... try to keep 40protein/40carbs/20fats. and don't intake fat within 2 hours pre workout and post work out, as it slows to protein synthesis.
just try eating 4k cal a day for a few weeks, see what happens.
hold off on aas until you've got your diet/rest/workout on lock bro
u can look into supplements too, multis vit-B fish/flax omega containing oils.
etc etc... keep looking around here

 

[Tatyana]

Thanks to all that have replied my routine goes like this

wake up go straight to the gym take my pre-work out supplement bc your supposed to take it on an empty stomach so i don't eat until i get home... doesn't seem to effect me at all... Ok you said you were not gaining size, we haven't got your stats yet, but training on empty first thing in the morning is a good way to burn off muscle...............consider it is affecting you

Monday: All chest every other week i use a bar and the other week i use dumbbells
I go flat heavy weight... 1 warm up set and than five working sets... same weight 5-8 reps... same as above than decline bench, incline bench, flat flys, and than incline flys done... You are doing 5 exercises for chest......this can be a difficult bodypart for some lads to build up, too much IMHO, I would only do three and add in one or two for triceps

Tues. Biceps and Triceps heavy weight 5-8 reps if i can get 8 than i rais the weigt... (how many exercises per bis and tris, which ones).................you may need to mix it up, supersets, high reps.....the same workout all the time is not going to keep working as you have discovered.

Wed... usually my off day unless i miss something from days before i go and do it

Thurs. back and shoulders (what exercises are you doing? Personally I think back is too big a group to do with shoulders.......maybe two or three biceps with back)

Fri. Legs (Again, what exercises are you doing for legs?)

So usually if i miss something do to not haveing enough time my 5-6 days are just to make up...

You guys asked about my diet i would say i eat fairly well pretty much all protein... I mean i stick to beef, as close to a 100% lean as possible like on my steaks and hamburger... Chicken... Fish... Eggs... I mean sugars aren't really in my diet at all... When ever i go out to eat its always water... I would say im eating good but maybe im not but what i just told you is pretty accurate...

I am not sure why people think that a diet of mostly protein is a good diet.

Yes the muscle builds with protein and amino acids, but the muscle prefers fatty acids as a fuel.

If you are not eating all three macronutrients, and good quality ones, your growth will be hampered.

It is sort of like putting moped oil in a ferrari............it might work, but more than likely it will have the car run like poo.