/fit/ - Fitness, Health, and Feels

>>122838

oooooh that looks like a tasty routine, I'll give it a try

ty my man

>>122838

you think that if I didn't follow a strict diet that I wouldn't make gains from that routine? I mean, I'm not gonna eat like a fatass, I never have really, it's just that I don't have access to lots of protein, I can never afford supplements or shakes.

>>122841

I dont really know too much about diet but protien is cheap af

https ://www.amazon.com/Body-Fortress-Advanced-Protein-Chocolate/dp/B00QJ7XOQ0/ref=sr_1_5_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1497677601&sr=8-5&keywords=protein%2Bpowder&th=1

>>122841

the trick is to always increase weight every session

Im increasing it by 2.5 pounds on all the weights, you have to push yourself to exhaustion since your only working that muscle once a week

>>122842

huh, that is bretty good.

I've not looked online ig is all.

Everything I see at the stores is always over 20$, and I'm always in a state of broke/ needing to save money, for instance, I need to buy a new power supp for my PC, it shat itself finally and I need to troubleshoot.

>>122843

I tried this, but I don't have the adequate plates for subtle changes such as 2.5 lbs, ig I need to buy some small plates. The smallest plates I have are 7.5 lbs, I do have a single 2.5 I could use to kinda improvise maybe, but I literally own only 25 lb plates with the exception of 2 15 lbs, and then there's the 4, 7.5 lb plates. Also another issue, even when I did have to lower my weight after failing to raise, I couldn't complete my sets like usual, and I just ended up continually lowering reps, and eventually

sets because it felt like i was deteriorating in strength. idk, I'm gonna give that routine that

>>122838 posted, and I'll report back in a few months.

>>122844

if you cant increase weights increase sets add half to a full set but be careful not to overexcercise muscle

>>122845

alright, ty anon

>>122836

Been through that cycle in the past.

>work out hard

>make mad progress

>hit a wall

>slow down

>take a break to try and recover

>still slowing down

>eventually give up

Thing that helped this go around was pacing myself. Didn't try to work out too hard at the beginning. And if I hit a plateau I'd lower the weight. Might seem like I'm lazy and weak but making slower progress is better than no progress.

if i get sick or wathever and dont lift for more than a week all my lifts go down and take months to get back to previous stats

this shit is depressing

you might be having a bad diet/overtraining

>>122836

>doesn't post routine

>>122841

>doesn't post diet

How the fuck are we supposed to help you if we know nothing about what you're actually doing?

>>122876

routine:

Monday:. 3-4 sets of 8 and up depending on the weight on BP. I did standing flies with bands, 3 sets of 8, after BP. Then I'd do additional, various tricep workouts.

Tuesday: Biceps and Shoulders, Curls: did 4 sets of 8 and up, like BP (my bicep gains haven't really been that hindered, for whatever reason). Followed by, Overhead press, same sets and reps. I would also do pullups on this day every other week (I think)

Wednesday: This day was dedicated to core and cardio, strictly.

Thursday: Back. I did deadlift basically, I think my deadlift might actually still be okay, but they did suffer horrendously towards the end, but idk, for whatever reason I had a starting max of 270lbs, but as time went on I couldn't lift as much.

Friday: Legs: tbh I didn't focus on my legs too much, I'd walk around while carrying 150 lbs, do lunges, and a couple squats, then I'd follow up by doing kicking routines that I practiced in karate a while ago over and over again. I never really needed to focus on my legs much because they were already pretty defined.

Note: I was not very strict about my routine, and I mixed it up often, and I did make the mistake of doing the same muscle groups twice a week if I stopped feeling sore in time for it, which I assume now led to damaging results.

How the hell do I lose weight yet get gainz? I am getting the latter but my weight is stagnant

>>122959

>getting stronger requires building muscle

>losing weight requires losing muscle

Hmmm, I wonder how it could be…

>>122964

ur gay

>>123042

Maybe he actually has GRIDs.

>>122959

by losing weight I assume you mean decreasing fat on your body. If you are getting stronger, thereby increasing muscle size, but your weight stays exactly the same, then you are losing fat. Muscles are heavier than fat, so you probably want to keep doing what you're doing.