Thread 76590648

Another day of not progressing on a single lift despite being on a bulk. Can't do this shit anymore bros :(

Let me guess you go to the gym 5-6 days a week and sleep like shit and wonder why you can't get stronger?

>>76590660
Let me guess you look like shit and wont post body

What does your diet look like?

>>76590660
I go every second day, and get 8 hours of sleep but need decongestant to keep my nose open during it

>>76590664
Am trying
>>76590666
High protein, high fiber and high carbs before training. Fat after training to some extent. Plus a small sweet snack under 300 calories a day. My stomach is pretty bad at digesting foods tho, so it gets upset very easily. Been in the hospital shitting blood before without the docs being able to figure out why, just told me I had abnormally long intestines that might've caused a blockage or whatever.

>>76590648 (OP)
>day
>progress

Come on n word, progress is made on a monthly and yearly scale

>>76590664
I do not train more than 3 days a week

M:U
W:L
F:U

M:L
W:U
F:L

Repeat.
18 months of training

>>76590690
Yeah but still, I have so many days where I don't progress on any exercise, it's depressing

>>76590780
Take a week off. I know it will be mentally challenging but you will hit a PR on every set the first weekend back. You seem serious about this and you probably train brutally hard, grinding to failure all the time and actually using a log book (which is great) but you build up a shit ton of fatigue and nagging injuries you don't realize so 1 week off with just walking everyday will cure you. I'm being dead serious bro I just went through this myself, couldn't progress even in a surplus

>>76590648 (OP)
Do you actually try and fail or are you just scared of adding the extra weight because you don't think you're doing good enough at the current weight?

>>76590648 (OP)
>muscle/cns fatigue
>muscle nit recovering all the way
Sometimes its best to get the muscles worn to shit(not rhabdo or too far into intra/extramuscular tendon pain, persistent muscle soreness, extended lack of recovery) before focusing on another muscle group for a few days to keep the bulk up amd youll see size gains doing nothing. Youll never be increasing weights throughout a month doing the most unless you take a ton of time off which is often counterproductive. But just learn what your body prefers at your current muscle mass/maturity etc. Idk if cns fatigue can effect protein synthesis probably.

>>76590992
Strength takes up to 3wks ime even if you do absolutely nothing or ridiculously light weights for faster recovery. Youll get better progress tapering back for a month doing only a few heavy sets a week. Or if you need more heavier hypertrophy work your lifts will sporadically go up and you can just be fatigued and lift more to bring up your strength floor.

>>76591066
And if youre fatigued super fast into a lifting program/minthly progress, going hard all the time will make you better at recovering like how leantards argue that a good cardio base helps lifting.

>>76590660
Its way better to be overlifting on shitty sleep than lifting enough to recover from since you can take a few days off, your tendons will feel like absolute shit 247 though but if you dont go too hard with low rest sets you will be able to lift heavy for longer without a proper deload. Shouldnt be worried about strength as much, just eat a ton.