Is my friend on roids ??

[fitness4lyfe]

My friend was working out for like 4-5 months in the summer of last year and got up to 75's on the flat db bench for 6-8 reps.

He just started working out in the beginning of feburary and he said he was db benching 70's. Now about a month later he says he is db benching 85's for 6 reps.

So is he on roids with that huge jump from 70's to 85's on flat db bench.

He says he is only taking creatine, glutamine, protein.

 

[Introspective]

What are his stats ? what did he do whilst having time out, what does he eat, how much sleep, whats lifestyle like,

 

[bignate73]

He says he is only taking creatine, glutamine, protein.

then don't worry about him. thats what he wants you to know...

70-85lb db increase is not that big of deal to warrant thinking he is on something.

 

[Sassy69]

IF he changed his diet to support growth then its possible. When I ran my first " bulking diet" targeted at power lifting, my squats easily doubled. (Not that I was lifting a lot in the first place - but to go from 1 45 plate to 2 45 plates because you started eating 3000 cals instead of 1800 is sort of impressive.)

 

[Introspective]

Yea it's possible he did outher things that naturally increased his strength whilst having time out, maybe he grew more muscle. Like nate said, its only 15lbs

 

[fitness4lyfe]

What are his stats ? what did he do whilst having time out, what does he eat, how much sleep, whats lifestyle like,

He is like 6'0 175 . He did nothing while having time out. He eats 100 g of protein a day tops, basically his diet sucks ass. Besides his working out he is very lazy(no cardio). He sleeps around 6-7 hours a day.

 

[BiggT]

No, he is not necessarily on 'roids, lol.....not doing cardio is good for getting stronger, and a 'sucky' diet can be good because he may very well eat a caloric surplus and get enough of what he needs......actually, that type of improvement is perfectly normal progression for somebody who trains properly.

 

[b fold the truth]

Why would you care if anyone was using anything?

When people first start training...their gains go through the roof no matter what.

 

[DZLS]

that's hardly a huge jump... not for 6 reps...

 

[fitness4lyfe]

Why would you care if anyone was using anything?

When people first start training...their gains go through the roof no matter what.

Because it would take me at least 6 months to go from 70's to 85's on the flat db bench under the same circumstances, and he did it in a month.

I'm just curious thats all.