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Oleophobic · 03-24-2018, 04:56 PM

Thanks for the responses

SkinnyPupp, I've actually seen your post about low T which was what prompted me to get blood work done. Glad to see you're able to continue making progress.

Apologies as I may not have made it too clear in my OP (bear with me, I'm honestly frustrated with this):

I am 30 (started working out casually when I was 22 and became serious at around 24/25).

To be clear, I gain weight VERY easily. I appear to lose fat easily but that's because I'm tracking macros. I am sedentary so I diet on 1400 calories/day with macros at 40/30/30 protein/carb/fat. I use myfitnesspal to track and manage to lose ~1lb/week. If I didn't track I would go over 2,000 VERY easily and gain fat which was why I had never seen my abs until two years ago!

I believe I am eating enough? If I'm not eating enough, surely I wouldn't go from 140-->153lbs twice in two years? The weight gain is effortless believe me lol....

If there are no red flags in terms of nutrition (please put me in my place if it's clear I'm delusional), then it sounds like it's the training. If every time I go from 140 --> 153lbs, I only gain fat, then that means it's the training that's the problem right?

I'll look into that T-Nation hypertrophy routine, 5x5, and 5/3/1 and pick a routine. I've never tried more than 3x/week simply because I was always tired/sore after the workouts and couldn't see myself training two days in a row and enjoying it. I've always wanted to keep my gym sessions to 1 hour max and I guess for some people that works. For example, kinobody's (Youtuber) routines all focus on strength (progressive overload) and low-moderate volume which is in line with what I've been doing for years.

I guess this just shows my body doesn't respond to low volume and I should bring it up a notch. I think it might be time to go 4-5 days for this 3rd cycle.

Thanks and I am always open to more comments and advice.

03-24-2018, 04:56 PM	#5
Oleophobic xxx Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: vancouver Posts: 1,406 Thanked 777 Times in 247 Posts Failed 58 Times in 27 Posts	Thanks for the responses SkinnyPupp, I've actually seen your post about low T which was what prompted me to get blood work done. Glad to see you're able to continue making progress. Apologies as I may not have made it too clear in my OP (bear with me, I'm honestly frustrated with this): I am 30 (started working out casually when I was 22 and became serious at around 24/25). To be clear, I gain weight VERY easily. I appear to lose fat easily but that's because I'm tracking macros. I am sedentary so I diet on 1400 calories/day with macros at 40/30/30 protein/carb/fat. I use myfitnesspal to track and manage to lose ~1lb/week. If I didn't track I would go over 2,000 VERY easily and gain fat which was why I had never seen my abs until two years ago! I believe I am eating enough? If I'm not eating enough, surely I wouldn't go from 140-->153lbs twice in two years? The weight gain is effortless believe me lol.... If there are no red flags in terms of nutrition (please put me in my place if it's clear I'm delusional), then it sounds like it's the training. If every time I go from 140 --> 153lbs, I only gain fat, then that means it's the training that's the problem right? I'll look into that T-Nation hypertrophy routine, 5x5, and 5/3/1 and pick a routine. I've never tried more than 3x/week simply because I was always tired/sore after the workouts and couldn't see myself training two days in a row and enjoying it. I've always wanted to keep my gym sessions to 1 hour max and I guess for some people that works. For example, kinobody's (Youtuber) routines all focus on strength (progressive overload) and low-moderate volume which is in line with what I've been doing for years. I guess this just shows my body doesn't respond to low volume and I should bring it up a notch. I think it might be time to go 4-5 days for this 3rd cycle. Thanks and I am always open to more comments and advice.