>Be me >25, male, Aryan, 130lbs, 5'10" >body unironically looks like pic related, slightly thinner, less pectoral mass, leaner arms, muscle definition on fire when I flex >feel like I'm a 7/10, current and previous relationships tell me I'm an 8-9/10 (patronizing bitches) >if I bulked up, I'd look like Aphrodite herself birthed me from her cunt >work manual labor construction job lift approx 70lbs boxes of materials, total of 20-30 each day (wood, tile, stone, etc.), and 50lbs bags of mortar (basically sand bags) approx 5. Spread glue/mortar with trowels daily, works warm dexterity, builds grip strength. Hands are calloused level of thick. Constantly standing up and "sitting" on knees/squatting down to work, hundreds of times a day. Picking up and moving table saws for each job as well. Essentially, my "routine". >Metabolism like a collapsing star, can eat any amount of anything, never gain a pound of weight, sometimes fear I lose weight when I step on scale. >Work keeps me physically active, but I'm too lazy and addicted to vidya to surrender 1-2 hours of my days to go to gym, as well as membership cost. >Home on the weekends, mon-fri I stay in family guest room while I work in hometown (gf and I live/own an apt near her college while she gets her PhD in psych)- > -as such, I dont feel I can commit to a gym in either town. >Take One a Day vitamin cuz I assume its healthy >Only thing truly wrong with me is my selfish sleep cycle >I stay up to 2-3am playing vidya/watching anime/yt. Wake up at 8am-is each day. Approx 5-6hrs of sleep, sleep in for 10 hours on weekends.
Furthermore >All friends/co workers all have pot bellies. >All have a gut that sticks out further than chest, be it small, or massive. >Friends all shit on me that I'm anorexic and skinny because I have no visible body fat. >Know they're wrong, but slowly becoming body dysmorphic as it compounds >When I look in the mirror, I imagine I look more like an Auschwitz survivor every day
Their comments aside, if I dont think about it, I'm not conscious of my appearance. However, my father was a national body builder, and made placements a few times. I assume I have the genes to build muscle, but I've never really put a lot of effort in to researching diets that'll encourage muscle growth, and workout/weights routines. I'm foreign to how sets and reps work, and what workouts target specific muscle groups for results.
I just need that little push to get the ball rolling downhill. I've wanted to have a body I could brag about, and have my gf swoon extra over. I want to feel comfortable in being attractive if I possibly cosplay with gf in future (weeb at heart anons, but too self aware to let the cringe escape the cage).
Tell me your stories. If you were an ectomorph, how did you bulk? What did you eat to help supplement? Should I start downing protein drinks if that's the ingredient I'm lacking (tried it before, only saw definition, no bulk). What workouts did you do to bulk chest/shoulders/arms/quads? What was your workout schedule? Can I weight train at home, or is there more benefit to gym equipment?
My goal would be pic related. Not exact bulk/weight, but aesthetic. Gimme your secrets to light a flame under my ass, something I can recite myself and hang on, so I can go for gold.
>preworkout >metal >heavy weights >mogging dyels literally, the most fun I ever have is going to the gym and tearing up weights
Xavier Murphy
Its cringe as fuck. Here you go gag
Trust me, I know it's too low. Again, metabolism like a factory. Cant add any weight to save my life. If I cant gain weight, I cant burn fat to build muscle (that's how it goes, right?). Double edged sword
This is why I came here to get some motivation to gain muscle.
Give me solutions, and I'll do it. Repeating that theres a problem solves nothing.
Kayden Peterson
You have no muscle definition becauae you have absolutely no muscle. Quit blogging like a little bitch and go lift. Also, you probably dont eat anywhere near as much as you think you do (like all twink retards that think they have a "fast metabolism") download something like MyFitnessPal and start counting your daily calories. Unironically SS + GOMAD for at least a month.
Brandon Davis
Actually track your calories. Eat enough to gain 1-2 lbs a month. If you aren't gaining that quickly, then up your calories more. Stop making excuses for not going to the gym.
Carter Ortiz
Solid suggestions.
Just strict caloric increase, or specific foods? Red meats? Pastas for bulk? High protein meals, or just mass calories? Any foods to specifically avoid (obv fast food, I already dont eat mcdonalds.)
I usually have basic meals with gf, like beef stroganoff with side of mashed and canned corn. Turkey sandwiches, spaghetti. Family likes to make lots of pork foods like ribs, and often breaded chicken breast in light vinegar sauce with noodles.
On the topic of a gym. I'm walking in blind. What equipment am I aiming for? Just bars and bells, or are there specific machines I should gravitate around?
Any links to a workout routine that focuses on gain, rather than weight loss (it's the only thing I ever fucking find, you fat self indulgent bastards).
Gabriel Lopez
Try reading the sticky. You're unknowledgeable enough that it'd actually help you.
Caleb Lewis
Thanks. Again, at work, so just trying to get expedited suggestions that are more specific, rather than generalized info.
The usual Jow Forums riffing helps hurt enough to motovate.
Joshua Rivera
Bro sorry but you just look like every other skinny dude not eve close to being a demigod I think if you eat a lot to have a caloric surplus(which will be hard because you do manual labor), and lift for a year you might look decent. Also I thought aryans were supposed to be taller but whatever man
Nolan Diaz
>Thinking the statue in the OP is greek
Dominic Wright
If it were that easy then everyone would be walking around jacked. If you really want something, try taking the time to put some effort into it. I didn't get to where I am by asking people to spoonfeed me on fit.
OP what in the actual fuck... For weight do GOMAD, easy 2600 cals a day. Remember to drink whole milk, not none of that skimmed shit
Henry Moore
Thank my parents. I'm taller than both of them. My uncles are all 6'+, so clearly I had the potential.
I'm not self absorbed to think I'm currently a demigod. I said if I had muscle like pic from second post, I "would" look like a demigod, satirically.
Again, no suggestions on equipment or routines. I'm beginning to think all the posters know is that I "need more calories", but cant suggest anything past that from their keyboards.
I eat like i got out if prison, and food outside takes like gold. I do eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Cereal and fruit (usually bananas cuz they're easy for out the door eating). Sometimes I substitute with granola bars or a breakfast sausage.
Lunch is probably my worst meal based on nutrition. Local pizza slice (usually 1/3 size of a pie), or a deli sandwich, but footlong size, usually with roast beef or chicken. I like baked chips, so less fat in those, probably need more fats.
Dinners are always different depending on if the family/gf made something. Otherwise, I usually cook up 2 serving size of angel hair noodles for spaghetti, with chunky beef marinara sauce.
Trust me anons, I'll take in about 2500-3000 calories a day, but I'll start actually tracking it from now on for good measure.
Hudson Clark
You can find a decent routine online depending on your needs and how avaible you are you should read the sticky and probably do some sort of 5x5 program and aim for linear progression and keep at it for 3-6 months.
Jeremiah Brown
>no suggestions on equipment or routines You're incredibly lazy and even if we gave you great routines you wouldn't make progress because you wouldn't put in the effort. Also stop listing off random food items. If you aren't weighing everything you're eating, you might as well not be counting calories.
Christian Peterson
Yikes. I can handle a glass of milk, any more and I get insane shits/gas. I'm definitely lactose intolerant after a certain amount taken in.
A bowl of Ice cream, or a small cup of soft serve from anywhere gets me flaired, so I avoid ice cream regularly. Maybe once every 2 months. That's how bad I get intolerance symptoms.
I used to guzzle the shit as a kid tho.
If I even tried to attempt that, I may as well be ass bulimic.
James Campbell
Fucking kek
Ryan Young
All these excuses.
Hunter Bell
PLEASE BE A LARP. You don't look bad but you certainly don't look good. Try lifting weights and eating at a surplus, bud.
Coming here was my first step. Obviously I've been lazy, so I'm asking questions since I want to make a change, and get information. You sound like you're already telling me to give up, when I've just started. Fuck that
>Aryan Yes fags. The meme word to summarize my appearance. Mostly northern European heritage. Characteristics being Blonde with Blue eyes. Idgaf about the accuracies, it was a descriptor. Dont take it literal. More sensitive than Jow Forums in this thread.
Brody Reed
>5'10 >130lbs
Do you even eat at all
John Gonzalez
>I'll take in about 2500-3000 calories a day, no you don't
Charles Thomas
READ THE FUCKING STICKY HOLY SHIT WHY THE FUCK DID YOU WRITE A 3000 WORD BLOGPOST
JUST DO THE ONLY THING YOU'RE TOLD TO DO BEFORE POSTING A THREAD
Juan Taylor
Looking back, I failed to mention I've gotten mundane workout equipment. Dumbells to curl, and a door bar to do basic pull ups, chin ups. I can place it on the floor for push ups. Again, mundane, nothing to write about, which is why I glossed over it. I use them often at home when sitting around.
They likely dont offer much on top of the weight I lift and move around at work. I haven't just been mulling at a computer being a neet doing nothing.
I've bought supplements, previously drank protein (I think I stopped because of lactose from milk i was adding), and I do basic mind numbing workouts at home.
So yes, no heavy weights at a gym. That's in my to do list now. I'm figuring out how to logistically add it in, and weigh the costs of a membership for the gyms in my local area.
Jayden Gutierrez
So youre like a skinny labourer then?
Cameron Powell
This. OP you’re a scrawny redneck looking faggot so lifting and eating more will make an immediate difference. How do you have so much time to make these long ass posts at your manual labor job? Jesus Christ.
Anthony Miller
>Aryan Shoo shoo 56%
Caleb Hill
Imma keep it a 100 with you im 5’7 and your weight and Im fucking skinny. YOU ARE survivor mode
Dylan Sanchez
Find a simple routine online that you can fit into your schedule easily and constantly progress with. Focus mainly on heavy compound movements and stick to that for a few months. Make sure to count your calories while you do this. If you're not gaining weight keep upping the calories until you do. Since you're doing a lot of manual labor already, you'll probably need to eat quite a bit. If you're really eating ~3000 calories and staying as slim as you are, try starting with 3500 a day.
This is about all the spoonfeeding I can do for you. Just work hard with what you have and eat a lot.
Nathan Torres
Feel perfectly healthy. Never lethargic, immune system has been solid for years. Worst I've had was a 1 day cold a couple months back. You might be right that I'm exceptionally low, but I'm never winded, and I only sweat (while working labor) if temps are above mid 80s and humidity index is above 50%. I only mention this to show I'm "healthy", besides my weight.
I guess. But I lift and perform the same as my 200+lbs, 6' co workers, so I'm not weak by their standard.
Scrawny, likely. Redneck, absolutely not. Furthest thing anyone would use to describe me. But like I've admitted/agreed to earlier, I'll start trying to eat more than I already do immediately.
I have some seniority here, so I'm able to step away to type something quickly, even on my phone. I'm 25 my guy, been doing this job for 6+ years.
Jayden Davis
You dyel faggot get the fuck out of here. I'm a recovering skelly and am still not delusional to compare myself to a fucking Greek god. You absolute moron
Best post by far. I've screen capped so I can do my research.
I've seen powders with the protein mixed that are essentially just "liquid calories". Haven't been near them to remember a brand or exactly what they are. In the event I cant physically eat enough solid food to increase my caloric intake, would a mix like that come in handy?
Had a friend that used to make those mixes to reach 3500-4000 calorie days since he was a bit of a gyn rat.
Isaac Sanders
>Redneck, absolutely not.
Your shitty beard and white trash tattoo say otherwise, bud.
Linear progression is the key for the first few months constantly increasing your lifts. Like that user said stick to compounds, full body workouts, with maybe a couple of accesory lifts for variety. SS, SL5x5, and greyskull, pic related, are good choices. And yes you can get gainers to help you bulk, but getting your caloried from food is best.
Chose not to trim it in the past 2 weeks. Grows fast. I usually keep the sides shaped in so it doesn't look too ragged.
Facial hair doesn't immediately mean redneck. Friend of mine brags about his, so I grew mine longer to compete, for shits. Off topic, but when the mustache part gets long enough, I'll curl the end to have a Gavin Mcinnes style for a laugh. I get good feedback when I do actually style it, gay as it sounds. Likely going to buzz it all off this weekend, flipped a coin last weekend.
Jose Russell
>God I wish that was me
Luis Allen
They can help if you're a bit behind on calories some days, but always try to get as many of your calories as you can from healthy whole foods. It will help you in the long run. Try downloading Cronometer. It'll help a lot with counting calories and making sure you're eating properly.
Carson Watson
Godsend user. Thanks. Gainers will be on my next shopping run just in case I cant fit enough food in my stomach before I feel full.
