just stumbled upon this thread recently. wanted to chime in. i stay away from "genetic" threads because i think they are just excuses. the whole point of body building is to "build your body" whatever means necessary. you have to troubleshoot your body. once you know the problem - it can be fixed if done properly.
if you feel like you can't "gain weight" you're not eating enough. even if you're in a situation where you eat 20 pancit cantons per day
and do it for 1 week straight. and still can't gain weight. you make it 21. after 1 week you do it again. you make it 22 and so on. until you find the right "number" of "pancit cantons"
i'm just using pancit canton as an example for calories. the most important part of weight gain is calories. nothing else. nothing more.
also super impressed with @
Cyrenz knowledge about bulking and strength training now. just to back him up he's right about the deadlift > squat as far as weight goes. also he's correct about ROM. if you have short arms you touch your chest or come close. if you have long arms. you don't touch your chest. you adjust. as long as the chest is being contracted properly. the muscle fibers will break/grow/become more dense
RoM shouldn't be an excuse. but "slower" growing muscles compared to others are. if this is true then i'm in the same boat. i've been clean bulking for 10 weeks now and can finally flat bench press 135 lbs. but i can dead lift 5x5 @ 250 lbs. i'm 5'5. currently 170 lbs and 30 years old.
the big 3 [ bench, squat, dl ] are compound lifts. to support Cyrenz again. form and technique isn't being done properly in my opinion.
after a 24-30 week clean bulk which is 5-6 months. you should be able to 1x 2/3/4 or 3/4/5 the big 3.
2/3/4
benchpress = 1x225
ATG/parallel squat = 1x315
conventional DL = 1x405
the 2/3/4 is the "standard" for 24-30 week bulk [ hypertrophy and strength gain ] the 3/4/5 is for people beast moding. i'm not saying people always meet the 2/3/4 standards but they usually come pretty close
hows ur bulk going @
Cyrenz. would love to work out with you and sir @
fred1981 one day. his quads look godly. super mirin'
my chest day:
flat bench barbell/dumb bell
incline bench barbell/dumb bell
incline dumb bell flyes
cable crossovers / pec machine
assisted dip machine
the "/" is just alternative exercises in case someone is using the bench/cable crossovers etc.