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[delta1111]

interesting, i always thought that muscle size and strength were relative and have always used strength as one of the means of measuring my progress. Thanks for clearing that up ronnie and good question vv.
I still am still pretty weak when i pare some of my lifts to other people's. Does this mean i will not get much stronger than i am now and will i always be behind others in terms of strength? delta i already answered this question you must have missed it! Like i stated before if you are considerably weaker than your peers after 3 months of solid training you are fighting against genetics. Meaning you won't catch them on strength given they are doing similar as you. They started out ahead of you in this area and if you and all your peers at the gym add 100 lbs to your bench press in a 2 year period they will still be ahead of you in strength because they started out ahead of you in the race for strength. Don't try and force strength gains or you will tear up your tendons! It's the guys who can lift the most that have the thickest tendons and most durable tendons due to the extra thickness and/or insertions. Focus on muscle stimulation. You are not a powerlifter nor do you have the genetics to be one from what you aer saying. for example: My 48 year old wife is stronger than most guys in our gym due to her genetics. She can do 2-45 lb plates on each side on flat bench press in perfect form for 8 repetitions. She does squats with 3-45 lbs plates and 1-25 lb plate on each side of the bar for 8 reps in perfect form. She only weighs 156 lbs right now. You see what i mean? She almost as strong as me on upper body and her lower body is stronger..lol..

Many thanks for the reply Ronnie, sorry I missed your earlier reply.
I understand your logic that I will always be behind someone else in strength, who continues to train for as long as I do and is currently stronger than me. I am now 41 years old and have been training for about 4 years now. My bench is similar to your wife's (sounds very strong btw) 2 plates on each side for 8-10 reps then I drop the weight on further sets. I would like to get to 3 plates, but have been stuck where I am now for ages. Does it seem feasible for someone of my age and experience to get any stronger than I am now? or should I just stay where i'm at?

[morado02]

Hi Ronnie:

I read your post about carbs cycling, and you said that for a guy 150gr of carbs on low days are good enough, but what a about on a girl? that usually eats a diet based on 1350-1500cal?

Thanks

[Ronnie Rowland]

Hi Ronnie:

I read your post about carbs cycling, and you said that for a guy 150gr of carbs on low days are good enough, but what a about on a girl? that usually eats a diet based on 1350-1500cal? A female needs to take carbs down to 100 per day on 5 low carb days per week. One day per week do a moderate carb up of 150 and then on saturday do a big carb up!Thanks

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