Natural Fundamentals (what seems to have worked for me)

[kameng_41]

i am 20 years old, been training for 3 yrs now.
in the beginning i wasn't eating enough, nor was i focused towards bodybuilding.
and as i am typing this, i can say i made substantial/slow gains. Compared to other guys = very slow nd sucky

i started as 110 pound, 5'9 lanky teenager. i used to play sports, was strong but not that physically impressive.
mistakes i made were common:
1. Lifting too heavy
2. Not enough rest between sets
3. Overtraining.
4. not eating enough.

today i am 168 pounds. mind u, i did want to use steroids, but didn't use them because.
1. afraid of needles
2. didn't know where to get them in india (companies here export)
3. trainer who recommended a cycle, himself got liver failure, and became frail in a span of 2 months.

so then i wanted to share my fundamentals that were forming my journey nd i m still continuing on.

workout like HIT
1. not more than 1 hr duration.

2. warm up is only 5 mins cardio (i m ecto, so sometimes 10min)

3. specific day workout, say chest/triceps, will workout the muscle with one compound exercise with 4 sets, and two isolated exercises each 3 sets.

4. how much i m lifting, does not matter. i have to get slight failure by 6 reps, and then do 4 more reps.

5. suppose i m doing biceps or any other muscles, the contracting part of the rep is fast, followed by a forced slow negative, by slowly releasing the contraction.

6.no matter what day it is, if i am in the gym, i do 10 sets of 6reps pullups. because at the beginning of april this year, one guy mocked me for not being able to do a single pullup. so that was my weak point. so i did 10 sets of 1 barely-a-rep.

using the same principles i vary my workout, every two weeks. if i don't, my body adapts and then it keeps me from improving in certain areas. like one time, i could lift 25 pounds front delt raise, and my biceps could only lift about 15 pounds. i dunno if u people have strength differences, but this really made me think "if i can't lift a girl with my arms, i m gonna angle so that i do it with my delts".
and when i improved my biceps, delts bulged more, with no real strength improvements.

like now every workout for me, is like, repeating high school fight with the bully. u r tense, u r heart pumps, u cannot predict whats happening, u r focused on the fight and that hot chick that is staring at u. lol kid.
Like i make sure i don't get used to any workouts.

rule of thumb 4 me, if u r able to finish a workout, nd not pray to god 4 mercy. u r not working out.

though i m no way in the army, it feels like that with my workout buddy who trains me. he has a far superior body then me. if i don't do my bench press properly, he slaps me in the stomach hard. i fear him, but also respect him a lot, nd lol outside the gym, he is probably the most playful and simple guy u
will ever see.

whew, i probably have deviated off to my own world. oops, my bad.
my diet is probably the most relaxed, but i eat clean, and enough 4 now.
thanks, i hav been a bore, but i wanted to vent something out.


Peace \,,/,

(i hav put my pics, 3yrs ago an asian i had an extremely large head compared to my body.)
(since my body grew, i now have moderately large head, but it looks way cool now)
I love proportions!

[shortybrolick]

110 lbs to 168, thats great man.. Whats your goal[s]?

[kameng_41]

110 lbs to 168, thats great man.. Whats your goal[s]?

thank u very much.
well my goal for this coming 2 yrs is to:
bulk more now till about 180-185 pounds, which will probably handle all my symmetry issues, like right now my chest still sucks and i have a long and testing journey to take.
with my new weight, i never kept in mind that my heart needs to adapt to all the added mass, so will b swimming!

[RotorHead]

hell yea bro... ill give you the respect of saying your on the right track. you have to be patient and it may take awhile but you will never get there without trying.

I was in a similar situation. ive only been lifting consistantly for maybe 2 years. ive gained about 20lbs of solid muscle and my physique has changed dramatically over the past 12 months. Mind you im on my 2nd cycle of AAS. Just a simple test E cycle.

[Regular guy]

Keep it up, the trick is to just enjoy it so you will keep doing it. I swim also, I found a "masters program" at the Y really good cardio. But is getting harder and harder the more bulk I put on and the more I lean out. Still fun though.

[oldschoolfitness]

great job some others need to read this guys story

[danimal79]

congrats on your transformation! i was a skinny kid when i started out, too. started out benching just the bar. i was so embarrassed that i worked out at home and wouldn't get a gym membership lol.

as far as the juice, not trying to convince you to do anything you don't want to do, but don't worry about the needles. i thought the same thing, but it's really not a big deal. just make sure to use a brand new one every time. you'll barely feel it.