Hey guys. IF you're a student and have limited funding ; how do you overcome that? I think I burn too much without enough fuel. A full plate of rice + chicken + vege, doesn't fill me too much, 2 hrs later I'll starve.
I'm 181cm, 65+/-kgs. >_> Aiming 70kgs for now, but it's very hard. I'm doing SL 5x5s.

I cant do squats , i will get off balance . Any other exercise to replace squats ? Dead lift is not a problem.

Originally Posted by: 0311

Here are some of the primary reasons most trainees don't grow:

Good post I found a while back from Iron Addict.

1. You overtrain and under eat. These are listed as the main primary reason because they go hand in hand and BOTH must be balanced or you can forget growth. The most perfect training regimen will fail miserably if diet is not there to support it. And conversely, the most perfect diet will be wasted if the trainee is doing more workload than they can recover from-most do WAY too much!

2. The training workload is not varied. Doing the exact same lift the same way stops being productive for most trainees within 3-6 weeks. Once the body has adapted to the loading it must be changed if you are to continue to force the body to adapt.

3. Too much focus on isolation exercises, not enough compound work. You can do all the "small" lifts until you are blue in the face, but until you are moving big poundage's in the big lifts you will remain small. Which brings up point #4.

4. You MUST squat and deadlift if you are going to reach your bodies growth potential. Think it through. Doing squats or deads activates 70-85% of the bodies overall musculature in one move. Doing a set of curls maybe 3-5%. Which sends a big signal that the body better get better at synthesizing protein and better at handling the need to grow as a unit? You will NEVER reach your potential without doing the squats and deads.

5. You constantly fluctuate between lifts that have bad carry-over. Here is an example:

I have seen many times, and one I have done myself. The trainee burns out on benching and decides to do Hammer Strength Benches for a change. He makes the switch and is jazzed. His Hammer press is going up every week and he is stoked. After a time he has added 50 lbs to his Hammer bench and decides to go back and hit the bench, only to find it's up a whole 10 lbs!!!!!

That doesn't mean there is anything wrong with Hammer Benches. It just means that the lifts are dissimilar enough that an increase in one may not necessarily help increase the lift on another. Use of stabilizers and inter and intra-muscular coordination are two primary reasons, along with neural recruitment pattern gains that don't apply well to the other lift.

6. You don't know when to de-load/cruise , or take time off. NO ONES body takes a constant pounding of hard training without periods of active or full rest recovery. Until you learn how and when to don this your training will never be optimal

7. Your micro-nutrient support SUCKS! I can't count the number of guys I have seen trying to build great physiques taking a "one a day" vitamin and thinking they have it covered. If you want great things out of your body, you need to put great fuel in it.

8. You train with the intensity of a arthritic old lady. Nuff said.

9. You have no clearly defined goals. Most people just "lift to get bigger", and while this is a fine goal, not having and strength related goals will kill your progress in the long run. Your primary goal should be getting stronger on the big lifts on a CONSTANT basis. Setting short and long-term strength goals and achieving them is what equals a big strong trainee in the long run.

10. You are inconsistent. Getting excited about your training and killing yourself in the gym only to burn out and few weeks later and miss a bunch of sessions ends up being 1 step forward, 3/4 steps backward for many trainees. Getting and staying consistent and racking up sustainable gains over the long-term is what it's about.

Iron Addict

Any formula that calculate ur daily needed calories intake if wanna get bulk? I try google but there are so many types. I wanted an accurate one. Thanks.

6 meals? I tried last week taking 4meals until i felt wanna throw up as i never done this b4.

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Added on May 17, 2012, 11:15 pm6 meals? I tried last week taking 4meals until i felt wanna throw up as i never done this b4.

6 meals? I tried last week taking 4meals until i felt wanna throw up as i never done this b4.

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Added on May 17, 2012, 11:15 pm6 meals? I tried last week taking 4meals until i felt wanna throw up as i never done this b4.

maybe you can try protein with high calories. i bulked up by maintaining my daily calories within the 2k range and another thousand from protein. bad thing is my freaking tummy started to grow cause i was without cardios back then. had a hard time cutting down due to 'un-disciplined' habits. 

4. You MUST squat and deadlift if you are going to reach your bodies growth potential. Think it through. Doing squats or deads activates 70-85% of the bodies overall musculature in one move. Doing a set of curls maybe 3-5%. Which sends a big signal that the body better get better at synthesizing protein and better at handling the need to grow as a unit? You will NEVER reach your potential without doing the squats and deads.

needs big effort to build up..and consistency..not easy

Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't short.

could be taller.

does squat and deadlift good for weight losing incase cardio is not an preferred option?