What are the potential causes?

>>76459760 (OP)
Your strength training is working.

for me its the opposite

>>76459761
I'm doing hypertrophy sets (between 8 and 15 reps per set)

you're not eating enough

>>76459770
I shouldn't make gains in strength if that was the case, right?

>>76459779
neural adaptation

>>76459779
Neural adaptations do not need a calorie surpluss. They will run out eventually. How long have you been training or how long has this been occurring?

>>76459782
Even after 3 years?

>>76459766
Are you focusing on the eccentric and partial reps before failure? Because the intense burn is what gets the gears going

>>76459789
if you've been training for 3 years then you should expect your size gains to be close to nonexistent assuming you spent 3 years well
like 90% of your gains will occur in the first few years of lifting
then you either have to accept that it will take forever to put on another kilo of muscle or hop on gear

>>76459792
I don't feel the burn people often mention when they lift, that's the main problem I've been investigating for years now, I even tried a routine focused on mind-muscle connection to trigger burn and sensations in general but apart from feeling that the load is "heavy" and the set "difficult", I don't feel much on my muscles

>>76459796
I look almost the same as when I started, I mean yes I put on muscles but I still look DYEL, you wouldn't notice if you saw me at gym that I lift

>>76459815
what was your starting weight? what is your current weight? what are your starting/current squat/bench/deadlift numbers? do you measure your arms/quads/waist?

>>76459815
>you wouldn't notice if you saw me at gym that I lift
I mean yeah that's the case of almost all naturals who go to the gym

>>76459823
Left-hand side is me before starting, 65kg for 176cm, right-hand side is me early 2025 before starting a cut, at 74kg, now I'm 66kg and I'm still DYEL

>>76459827
Disagree, most people at my gym look like they lift

>>76459831
>gains 9kg
>cuts 8
>why do I look the same?

>>76459838
I didn't gain 9kg of muscles, I had a lot of fat to lose

My left bicep is significantly smaller than my right yet so much stronger. Help.

I even started doing strength sets on my right just to let the left catch up in size.

>>76459847
Dude, the you on the right has no reason to cut. Maybe don't do meme workouts.

>>76459831
Bro at least gain more weight until you start cutting. You seem like a beginner, you are getting jacked by just pumping iron and eating whatever you want. Leave cutting for after you get a decent chunk of fat and muscle

>>76459859
I was 176cm and 74kg on the right-hand side, isn't it already a lot? Especially considering the fat I had to lose?

>>76459837
Well if they look like they lift they're probably on gear then.

>>76459873
No, they're not very massive but more than me

>>76459864
Thing is you look pretty good for your build, can always look better naturally but you are making progress. Best advice I can give you is focus more on shoulders and try taking creatine

>>76459886
"you look pretty good for your build" what does that mean :o? That I initially have a bad frame but somehow managed to make it look good?

>>76459760 (OP)
>Gaining strength but not size
That sounds amazing.

>>76459831
> what are your starting/current squat/bench/deadlift numbers?

>>76459760 (OP)
Muscle is the primary driver of strength so no it is impossible to get stronger without building muscle

>>76459760 (OP)
Let me guess you're natty? It's slow for natties.
>>76459831
You have gained some size. But
>small wrists
>narrow clavicles
You've made good progress given your genetic disadvantages.

>>76459760 (OP)
How about
>gaining size but not strength

I’ve been benching the same amount for months and any added weight means I can’t get another rep in

Why am I not getting stronger doing a bench two times a week for 3 months

>>76459760 (OP)
You can make drastic strength gains in a short period of time, especially the less seasoned you are. You can only gain muscle so quickly if you're not enhanced

>>76460978
If you could improve your bench by 10lbs per month how much would you bench after 3 or 5 years?

>>76461281
10 *12 * 3 = 360
10* 12 *5 = 600

If only we could all improve bench for 10lbs per month.

>>76459760 (OP)
Weights are not ideal for sacroplasmic growth, what you noobs call "hypertrophy." There's sacroplasmic and myofibrillar hypertrophy. Heavy weights will add and strengthen myofibrils, endurance will stretch sacroplasms to store more glycogen. If you wanna look like a bloated douche, focus your weight routine on strength and for each strength day, do a separate athletic workout day. If you've never been involved in any sports or martial arts, I guess it's closest to crossfit but not with heavy weights. I only do bodyweight on endurance days. But yes pushups are gonna give you more of the stupid looking bloat you desire than bench press. That's the pump brah, flex that inflammation.

>>76460916
Yes, I am natty, and thank you.

>>76459760 (OP)
Get a genetic test from some place like 23andme and see if you are ACNT3 deficient

>>76462383
Can you still build strength with ACNT3 deficiency?

>got fucked up and went to physio
>started literally from zero. Assisted hand raise, 8 reps, new personal record.
>fast forward a two years of physio and hitting the gym on my own.
>hypertrophy range (8-12) for fucking everything when my PT isn't monitoring me
>be the only fucking persons in a busy clinic who is actually going home and doing shit outside of the athletes trying to re-enter their sport.
>high volume, weight and sets
>out lifting all the natties and most the causal juicers
>With the fat loss, I lose more size than I gained.
>The fucking stares when people see me grab the heavy dumbbell. I need to start making anatoly videos.

I want to be fucking bigger. If it wouldn't fuck with my lifts I would gain the fat back. I lost 3 inches off my chest in a year. I assume my physio exercises then genetics have rolled my fate, because I don't know what else to fucking do.

>>76461275
I've made those drastic strength gains, but my body didn't really follow

>>76462310
You're right looking like you don't lift after putting in hard work at the gym is what people should aim for.

>>76459873
No, just not indian

>>76459802
>I don't feel the burn people often mention when they lift
i wonder whats the cause of this. what you discribed is something im experiencing aswell