Problem with 5x5: 3 months of squating have gone lost.

[ghettostudmuffin]

You can grow.

I love hearing people say they can't grow. It's physiologically impossible for the most part.

If 4000 calories a day doesn't do it then eat 4500 and if that doesn't do it eat 5000 etc.

If you aren't growing it means you aren't eating enough despite what you think.

 

[s8nlilhlpr]

Ok thanks guys. (-:

I will give more attention to my calories intake. i'll give another try this week to repeat the same loads as the last week, if it doesn't work, i'll deload again to a lower weight and do minimum jumps (1.25 kg each side, the gym doesn't have smaller plates). it's a little depressing when it happens, doesn't it?


Yup, i'm aware of it, but actualy I'm afraid that I have little to do about it. I'v consumed about 4000 calories and didn't gain body weight so much, beside water which was a side effect of creatine consumption. I have a small bones structure, my wrist and ankle girths are very small, so I don't think I have the genetic potential to get big.
My bodyweight was and still is 163lb for about a year (with 1-2 kg ascends and descends), despite of the large calories intake and and the weights increasing.

Hate to tell you this, but it simply takes time. You have to CONSISTENTLY eat more than your body needs to start putting on weight. I was stuck at 170lbs for the longest time, so I just started slamming food down every chance I got. Scale finally started moving after 6 months or so and now it has shot up. Just keep at the eating, use www.fitday.com, i know you *think* you are eating a lot, but most people say they are eating more cals than they actually do.

 

[ricanx99]

I came back from my workout a few minutes ago, the squat was a little less harder than last week (same weight - 117.5 kg), so apparently I haven't lost so much strength as I thought. but I'm still going to deload, probably the bench press as well because I didn't set the progression wisely, which leads me to my next question:

Is it ok to reset two main lifts (squat and bench) while continuing to progress the other lifts (row, deadlift, military). doesn't it take the routine out of proportion?

Not at all... So long as you re-progress and keep adding weight to the bar, you should be fine. I've deloaded specific lifts PLENTY of times so far while keeping everything else where it's at. It's just a matter of you (as we've mentioned numerous times) to increase your cals and keep adding weight to the bar. Deload those lifts if your struggling to a weight where you can almost "practice" those movements. When you deload, if you feel the weight is too light for that movement/day, then add 10lbs the next week instead of 5lb... But make sure that you don't get ahead of yourself at the same time... If you get within 10-15lbs of your previous top sets, then add the weight increments in 5 or even less. Patience is a virtue and eating like a madman is a necessity.. Keep it up.

 

[Idan]

Hey guys, lets leave the growing thing. it doesn't matter right now whether i can grow with 5000 calories or not, because i can't afford myself that amount of food and suplements anyway.
But thanks for the advises, i'll remember them. (-:

Not at all... So long as you re-progress and keep adding weight to the bar, you should be fine. I've deloaded specific lifts PLENTY of times so far while keeping everything else where it's at. It's just a matter of you (as we've mentioned numerous times) to increase your cals and keep adding weight to the bar. Deload those lifts if your struggling to a weight where you can almost "practice" those movements. When you deload, if you feel the weight is too light for that movement/day, then add 10lbs the next week instead of 5lb... But make sure that you don't get ahead of yourself at the same time... If you get within 10-15lbs of your previous top sets, then add the weight increments in 5 or even less. Patience is a virtue and eating like a madman is a necessity.. Keep it up.

Thanks a lot. (-:
I don't know why i got the impression that it takes the routine out of balance.

 

[ricanx99]

Hey guys, lets leave the growing thing. it doesn't matter right now whether i can grow with 5000 calories or not, because i can't afford myself that amount of food and suplements anyway.
But thanks for the advises, i'll remember them. (-:


Thanks a lot. (-:
I don't know why i got the impression that it takes the routine out of balance.

No problem man... Good luck and I hope you get to where you want to get!