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Critique away please! - Sunday, October 19, 2008 3:33 PM ( #1 )
Ok, so I've been bulking sorta trial and error, figuring what works for me etc. The before and after are are about 2.5 months apart. I don't think my progress has been tremendous but I'm trying. At one point I was on 4,000 cals a day but I gained to much fat with very little in muscle( if any) so now I'm on around 3,000 non workouts and 3,500 workout days (3 days a week) Still not overly sure if that's good. I'm not really close to where I want to be, want atleast and inch on the arms, so essentially want to gain around 15-20lbs of muscle not including fat.

Anyway start weight 155lbs
Current weight 166lbs

Let me know what peeps think.
Before--
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After--
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Re:Critique away please! - Sunday, October 19, 2008 3:43 PM ( #2 )
I hate to say it, but in all honesty, I see very little difference.  I think you need to re-think your training/diet, because something isn't right.  What is your training routine?
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Re:Critique away please! - Monday, October 20, 2008 1:41 AM ( #3 )
oh man, that sucks... I knew I hadn't made much progress but thought I'd made some. Achh very disheartened now. Well guess I need to figure this out.

Will list my diet.

Non workout day

Meal 1
oats 100g
whole milk
ON whey ( 1 scoop)
half serving peanut butter

Meal 2
oats
milk whole
2 whole eggs
around 3 pieces of bacon
possibly a wholewheat pita or bread

Meal 3
Chicken thigh (2)
Full fat total greek yogurt
80g oats w/ whole milk

Meal 4
80g wholewheat pasta
tuna
olive oil

Meal 5
Can vary 
oats or 2-3 oatcakes with cheese
peanut butter
milk

Total 3,339

Workout day - Same as above but with 

50g maltodextrin 
1.5 scoop whey
medium apple

Typically taking me to 3,600 ish.

i can't see what's wrong with my diet. I rarely cheat and when I do it hardly constitutes as cheating.

training.

Up until last week was doing HST, was on my last 10 rep workout. Felt I was going too much over the 45 minutes and possibly overtraining( not seeing results) so decided to switch to Pure natural's recomended routine; 4X6.

1.

deads
barbell rows
curls

2.
incline bench
bar OH press
close grip bench

3.

squats
SLDL
calf raises.

My concern is I don't get to bed until about 12am so don't fall asleep until 1. Are my test levels low maybe? I dunno. It's annoying.
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Re:Critique away please! - Monday, October 20, 2008 11:50 AM ( #4 )
Any thoughts/opinions? Please help.

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Re:Critique away please! - Monday, October 20, 2008 1:20 PM ( #5 )
Try a full body routine so you can squat more than once a week.  Also, eat more.  That's probably the main issue.
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Re:Critique away please! - Monday, October 20, 2008 2:02 PM ( #6 )
Right well I've reverted back to HST today, so essentially only broke off from it last week. So now I'm squating 3 times a week again, which I have been anyway. Thing is I find if i eat more I gain more fat but nothing in terms of muscle...I dunno tis very annoying. Anyone else got tips?
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Re:Critique away please! - Monday, October 20, 2008 4:36 PM ( #7 )
i see very little difference as well.

the lighting and the poses in the "after pictures" look alot better than in the "before" ones.. so a comparison between the posing is somewhat hard to do.

i don't know what to tell you.  i don't see very much fat gain though.. don't really see what you're worry about, b/c you're not going to get a 6 pack and gain an inch on your arms all at the same time (i mean.. it IS possible, but it would take a LONG time)

and also.. i'm wondering if your form is correct on some of the big exercises like the squats.. deads, and pullups and rows.  If the form is not correct, and you're not getting a good ROM, then you won't get the full benefit from the movement/exercise.
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