Err.. 65kg only

bro i started around ur weight as well, 58kg.. now at 61kg. I think your diet is pretty okay, u might wanna try gomad. smack at least 3 eggs for breakfast, and perhaps dont rely so much on shakes. oh and really bigger portions per meal, cuz eating multiple meals isnt your issue haha.

ive been training seriously since early feb, tbh only 1 mth+ of continuous training, took about 2 weeks off, went for a detox plan. 1 mth into my training i was at 60, then i went for detox and lost 2kg. now im at my 2nd week of training since after detox and entering my 3rd. around 61kg ish. Im a skinny dude too with a bit of belly fat, but I believe in the 'muscle burns off fat' thing, just trying to get stronger and build more muscles, loads of compound movement cuz we skinny dudes need them hehe.

I used to try to work up a workout plan, but there were too many parameters involved, too many exercises, what rep range, what weight to use.. I know Im a lazy guy and I'm allowing myself to lose out on the knowledge I can learn if I learn these up... but I couldnt stand being skinny anymore (tho I still am), so I stuck onto a 5x5 beginners str programme instead. Works so far for me and instead of learning up the proper form for so many exercises, I stuck to this and I am still learning the proper form for these basic comp exercises. Imagine if I continued on a split body part workout programme. Id die. I don have anyone spotting me currently, just making do wit wtv I can get.

IMO, when u reach a plateau too long, its time to re evaluate. For gaining weight, could be the diet or the workout plan. I believe you have been here earlier than I have and you have more experience than I do, but from one skinny guy to another, I just thought I shared my two cents. I may just hit my plateau soon. Time to re evaluate!

Keep training bro!

EDIT: just saw your progress pics.. damn I have a long way to go.. you're not really that ecto after all dude hahah.. anyways I think rippetoe was pretty good on you, considered other 3x5 or 5x5? madcow,stronglifts..? just suggesting bro!

This post has been edited by cheezzzz: Apr 7 2010, 07:06 PM

Hi Chezz, thanks for reading, sharing yr thoughts and giving me your input. Its true that i need to do some hard-thinking about what i've been doing. Something's obviously not working - though i'm fitter than ever, i ave not achieved my prime objective of gaining more weight.

It would be presumptious to say i know the answers cos i would have done the correction, but its also an excuse on my part & lots of wasted effort cos i m aware there r things i m not taking seriously that ought to have been done, the top of the list of which is enough rest. I'm still stuck to the pc way past zz time. I still remember my rippetoe days when i sleep at 10.30 & wake up soooo refreshed in the morning that i just pop right out of bed like a wine cork. Instead, now i go back to sleep after waking up cos being so tired.

And .. and .. also god. Why la give us ecto bodies. We know we are somehow different when we see a meso's chest as wide as 2 heads but our chest can only fit in 1.3 heads haha..

Also got some mental handicaps i will ave to throw out of my mind, namely the phobia of getting a tummy. Having a tummy is what got me putting on some kgs so its time to add the size of my meals like last time and work on the tummy later. Ur right, eggs, everyone is talking abt them. I'm gonna have 6eggs everyday but definitely not all the yolks.

Also .. haha.. so many alsos, but at my age i got to be more careful with how much i eat. Well, to hell with that for the time being. I'll put in another year's stuffing my intestines and gain me some weight first. Some regrets here cos i ought to have been serious with weights earlier in my life instead of now when career&$ is whats on most ppl's mind my age, the cells r not as fresh & hormones dropping like an anchor. I'm waiting for my health test nxt week & if its clean, theres no more holding me back.

Anyway, to hell with all these rubbish messing up my mind.

I read your journal Chezz, congrats on your progress ! Got to say u have the enthusiasm & drive to do what u gotta do I was gonna start on 5x5 but probably amend it to 4x8/10 & go for the burn cos i've been trying out 5x5 for the past week & i don't seem to get the buzz like when i was doing rippetoe. Anyway, thts just my experience, cos it worked for many others, different ppl different burgers.

We'll do what we can then right ? Ie WORK HARD, enuff REST & more FOOD !

To another year of no excuses, no surrender & more sweat ! Onwards to our journey !