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Getting stronger, getting fatter

Apparently the easiest way for your bench to go up 10 pounds...
Trip double fault
  02/20/17
Yep. I've gained like 20 lbs over the last 6 months and mult...
hairraiser silver dog poop volcanic crater
  02/20/17
hopefully your lifts have increased by more than 20 pounds.....
Trip double fault
  02/20/17
uh yes that's why bulking and cutting cycles are a thing
Adventurous honey-headed idiot
  02/20/17
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ebony passionate church
  02/20/17
I would love to be stronger without gaining too much weight,...
Trip double fault
  02/20/17
yeah i'm the same, bench is disproportionately weaker the...
Adventurous honey-headed idiot
  02/20/17
i think part of it is that we have a certain maximum natural...
Trip double fault
  02/20/17
You are nowhere near your maximum natural strength.
judgmental french deer antler
  02/20/17
My weight went up by about 20 pounds and all of my lifts wen...
Overrated filthpig internal respiration
  02/20/17
stop taking estrogen
Adventurous honey-headed idiot
  02/20/17
I bulked up to 225 one time (I'm a healthy 180 right now) an...
Red Yapping School Cafeteria
  02/20/17
did your knees hurt more running at 225? I had a harder tim...
Trip double fault
  02/20/17
I never ran farther than 1.5, I would train higher speed low...
Red Yapping School Cafeteria
  02/20/17
FAT is where it's AT. FAT President FAT Country FAT...
medicated regret headpube
  02/20/17
high carb/high protein/low fat is CR
wonderful love of her life round eye
  02/20/17


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Date: February 20th, 2017 2:11 PM
Author: Trip double fault

Apparently the easiest way for your bench to go up 10 pounds and your squat up 20 pounds involves gaining weight. Stupid candy and milkshakes.

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Date: February 20th, 2017 2:14 PM
Author: hairraiser silver dog poop volcanic crater

Yep. I've gained like 20 lbs over the last 6 months and multiple people have commented on the size of my arms (has never happened before now). When you start dieting you'll feel weak as fuck though.



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Date: February 20th, 2017 2:15 PM
Author: Trip double fault

hopefully your lifts have increased by more than 20 pounds...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3531559&forum_id=2#32662045)



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Date: February 20th, 2017 2:15 PM
Author: Adventurous honey-headed idiot

uh yes that's why bulking and cutting cycles are a thing



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Date: February 20th, 2017 2:19 PM
Author: ebony passionate church



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Date: February 20th, 2017 2:19 PM
Author: Trip double fault

I would love to be stronger without gaining too much weight, but I think my bench is basically maxed out with respect to my body frame potential (without gear or gaining weight).

I was almost 225 back in 2010 when I was at my strongest. 15 pounds lighter now and my squat is the same, but my bench has not been able to keep up and my gains on bench have always stalled compared to when I was eating more than one dominoes $5.99 pizza in a meal.

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Date: February 20th, 2017 2:24 PM
Author: Adventurous honey-headed idiot

yeah i'm the same, bench is disproportionately weaker

the best you can do is start focusing on accessory chest lifts in hopes that compound lifts will go up slightly

but yeah at some point you'll top out unless you put on weight

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Date: February 20th, 2017 2:29 PM
Author: Trip double fault

i think part of it is that we have a certain maximum natural strength for a given body frame. Since I was a dumbass HS athlete, I've been benching for 25 years and so that lift has always been disproportionately exercised. When I was 18 I could bench 275 - this was before I have ever squatted 225.

Since I've been training legs pretty hard for the past 10 years on an off, my CNS and legs/back have gotten strong without gaining too much mass. So i went from squatting 225 for reps to 335 for reps without needing a lot of additional mass in the legs (still added mass of course).

For max bench to get from 285 or so back up to 315, I feel like I would need to overall bulk a lot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3531559&forum_id=2#32662150)



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Date: February 20th, 2017 3:01 PM
Author: judgmental french deer antler

You are nowhere near your maximum natural strength.

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Date: February 20th, 2017 2:19 PM
Author: Overrated filthpig internal respiration

My weight went up by about 20 pounds and all of my lifts went down by 50+ pounds

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Date: February 20th, 2017 2:22 PM
Author: Adventurous honey-headed idiot

stop taking estrogen

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Date: February 20th, 2017 2:27 PM
Author: Red Yapping School Cafeteria

I bulked up to 225 one time (I'm a healthy 180 right now) and got strong as fuck, for me. I didn't like only fitting into my sweatpants, but feeling really strong was fun. I managed to keep my cardio up too, still could do 1.5 mile in 9 minutes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3531559&forum_id=2#32662133)



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Date: February 20th, 2017 2:30 PM
Author: Trip double fault

did your knees hurt more running at 225? I had a harder time playing basketball effective at 223 than my normal 205-208

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Date: February 20th, 2017 2:32 PM
Author: Red Yapping School Cafeteria

I never ran farther than 1.5, I would train higher speed lower distance. But yes it still did hurt more, or at least I could tell it was wearing my knees out faster.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3531559&forum_id=2#32662181)



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Date: February 20th, 2017 2:33 PM
Author: medicated regret headpube

FAT is where it's AT.

FAT President

FAT Country

FAT WORLD!!!

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Date: February 20th, 2017 3:07 PM
Author: wonderful love of her life round eye

high carb/high protein/low fat is CR

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