u/brassens_49

I have been going to the gym on and off all my life and more seriously for the past 2 years. I have been quite skinny for a long time ( 6'4, 175). Last year I decided to switch things up and bulk a bit while progressing my bench which was always my weakness. I now sit at 190 with a 1RM of 225. I train in the 5rep range for big compound and higher rep range for isolation exercise. Definitly not a hypertrophy program, but still.

Going back to my orignal question, in the past 2 week I had 3 separate discussion with non-gym goer about training and they were all surprised when I told them I was working out. These people were all in my life when I went from 175 to 190. Btw, this +15pounds is not just chips and fat. It was pretty much a low hanging fruit for the type of shape I had.

So, is this a result of the classic hollywood, IA, social media that lead people to think that it should be easy and not take much time to look jacked?

Hey ,

Since January I had bench press goal which I succeeded. My trainings were much more strenght focus ( 5X5, 5X3, PR) and much longer to do. I now have less time during summer so im switching to shorter full body workout. The goal is to do 3X full body workout a week plus 1X accessories for the muscle groups I want to focus a little bit more on. The goal is to get a 45min workout that will still increase my strenght a bit. I also have to take into consideration that I have to bike 40min 5X a week during summer.

How does it look?

Full body 3X a week

Bench press: Warmup + 3X8

Close grip row 3X8

Squat Warmup + 3X8

OHP 3X8

Barbell curl 3X8

Accessories once a week

Incline Bench Warmup + 3X8

DB Row 3X8

Face pull 3X12

Arnold curl 3X9

Lat raise 3X12

Ab work

Cheers

My original question was a PC for Roblox and dual monitor that could last quite a bit under 1000 CAD$

Hes suggestion is to wait for a pc with RTX 4060+ 16GB with either a RYzen5-5600 or I5-12400F in the 950$-1000$ range.

So far they are in the 1150-1200$ range.

If I cant wait, he mentions a RTX 3050 , 16GB, RYzen 5 5500 in the 900$ range.

How much can I trust him/it ? 😄

Cheers

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J'ai l'impression que ça ne vaut pas la peine dans mon cas. Le coût de rachat est de 15 500$ pour 2.12 ans. Si je calcul un placement de 15 500$ à 6% pendant 20 ans, ce qui me menerais à 60 ans, c'est environ 51 300$. Il m'est impossible de rentrer dans mon argent. Le 51 300$ me donnerait 3078$/an en intérêt à 6% une fois rendu à 60 ans, ce qui est plus que la différence d'avec et sans rachat. Est-ce que je prends le problème du mauvais angle?.

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I am pretty sure you can tell my type also by the look of this graph. I always felt I could have used a mentor to navigate throught life.

Any thought of this and the big 5 results?

Out of curiosity, what would be the equivalent milestone for you for other exercices?

Squat

deadlift

strict curl

overhead press

any other you have in mind

Cheers

78 days ago I gave myself a goal to bench 225. Bench was never my forte. At that time my 1RM was 195.
Today I felt good so why no try and turns out I pulled it off close grip.

I followed most of the advice I had at the time.
I managed to gain 5 pounds
I added a 5x5 bench press set once more a week when it was not chest day, obviously.
My chest day was
5x5 bench
5x5 incline
3x5 dumbbell press
3x8 skull crusher which I switched to kickback due to shoulder pain
3x15 dips.

Si to all skinny dudes out there trying, it’s possible. 6’4 190 pounds now so, a little bit less skinny I guess.

Thanks to those who helped me tweak my training.