Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

as of late I have been eating anything and everything as well as really pushing myself at the gym. If I dont hit the same weight and reps from the week before or even improve on the last log, i do another set or two until i feel that I make up on it. That has been for all exercises in my routine.

Also for the big lifts in my routine squats, deads, bench and overhead press, i mix up the rep range for my sets, generally 10-15, 10, and finish with 5.

Sounds good mate, when I started gyming I weighed 65kg so I know what it's like :)

For reference I was mid 90s at my heaviest and am now around 87-88 and I'm only really in it for general strength, fitness, and looks.

You will get there, but eating should take up as much of your mental dedication as the weights, it did for me as a hard gainer.

yeah eating is hard. work has been in my ear about stopping to eat so much, but got to do what i can

gets to a point when ive eaten so much, i feel like 1 more bite will result in spewville population me.

I know that feel bro, but rest assured, it does get better.

As metabolism slows a bit and you gain the weight you're after it's easier to maintain it.

I took 2 years off gym and took up running and dropped back to high 70s which was still 10-15kg more than when I started, plus I gained the size/weight back easier this time around.

yea, was funny when I was 16-20 I barely put any weight on. Hit 21 and got to 66 in no time, from 21-24 (on and off training) have made it to 70. Now getting over that 70 mark has been the challenge.

I am thinking that I need roughly another 5kg of muscle and I'll be looking how I want to look, which is basically how I am now just bigger. But to reach that, I really need to sort my diet out so its a little more appropriate rather then just eating everything.

Thanks Leesh

  • 3 weeks later...

well first night back in gym after 2 weeks - uni and puppy along with work has taken all of my time

got to gym last night, dropped near 30kg on all my lifts for that particular workout. Hopefully it doesnt take long to get back to where i was.

yea, i wasn't overally surprised to be honest.

mentally i wasn't in the zone which i know impacts lifting

some regular time in the gym would be nice

If I had room at home, I would seriously consider getting a power cage with a decent bar and weight and some DBs maybe even KBs

It won't :) I was recently out for 6 weeks... In a month I'm back to where I was except in bench

really hope so, I think not benching as much as what i was 2 weeks ago put me right out of it mentally

just got to get back into the swing of things

The first night I went back after 6 weeks off I cried and left after failing bench. Mentally if you're not in the right frame of mind, don't bother. The next night I was better, but it took me about a week and half to get back mentally after the break.

I've had 2 weeks off before and it only takes a week or 2 tops to get back to where you were.

I have a process on how I come back from breaks.

If it's been a week my first session will be same weights but only 2 sets of the 3 on the first session, maybe also the second then full everything on the 3rd.

If it's been 2 weeks I'll drop a little weight and do 2 sets first session, full weight but 2 sets second session, then full weight full sets 3rd session.

I've done this a number of times as I make a point of taking week long breaks every now and then to recover small niggles etc. Always works a treat for me.

The first night I went back after 6 weeks off I cried and left after failing bench. Mentally if you're not in the right frame of mind, don't bother. The next night I was better, but it took me about a week and half to get back mentally after the break.

Failing really is a part of progress.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Latest Posts

    • Yeh I think i'll message an old contact i had for ages that manages his own tyre shop now.. n tell him what i want n work with him before ordering..  Got this 17x9 +30 Driftteks on 245/45/17 PSR Drag Radials on the rear.. They fit well - for your reference in future - Rear guards  have been lipped in & minimal to non flaring of the rear Gaurds.    
    • If only it were that easy! I also needed to remove seats, shocks, brake calipers, send my car through a fence, and use measuring and ended up guessing because I didn't remove seats, shocks and brake calipers. It can be hard sometimes Can be a little more complex than 'just measure' if you want to truly measure the entire wheel through all of it's suspension travel. But if you aren't going for every last mm then yeah, you can check the space you currently have and guesstimate.
    • If you own a car, and it has wheels on it, and you know the offset of those wheels, and you have a measuring device, you have everything you need to work out if other wheels will fit.
    • Will this fit? but they are staggered set - RAYS 57DR SEMI GLOSS BLACK 18x8.5 +37 | 18x9.5 +38 5-114.3 STAGGERED SET   or If no go could just get a set 4's wheels of 18x8.5 +37 5-114.3 - would i run 8.5's 235s up front n 245's at the back if I do?   Thanks.        
    • Put a clamp on your return line. I have a feeling it's sucking air, and introducing bubbles to your fuel. With a lot of fuel, less problematic. I'd honestly be redoing all the lines in the tank and clamps on everything.   Also, you've given two different answers to the same question: Asked if being followed by the police you could get down to use the whole tank, you said yes you could, so long as you keep off boost. However, you then followed this up that free revving, it would also cause the issues. I'm doubting free revving is enough to make any noticeable boost on what is likely a decent sized turbo.   So now I have to ask, can you actually drive it lightly and use all the fuel, or does it break up even free revving? Also, have you put a fuel pressure gauge on it? Can you hear the pump change noise at all when you're having this issue?
×
×
  • Create New...