Thread: Frustrated. Cut or Bulk (photos attached)

You can tell you put in some effort in the gym however just looking at your pics it's not the gains that don't stand out but just from the way you stand and carry your body I can guess that you're frustrated and lacking confidence. Having said that, your first change should be your attitude adjustment and by that I mean start thinking positive, feeling good about yourself and most importantly adjust your posture to reflect that. By standing/walking straighter, pushing your chest out, learning to feel your lats and traps and how to push them out you can carry yourself looking much better than you look right now. I think the muscle is there to a decent degree just your posture isn't.

The next adjustment I would make is increase your rest days. Train hard 3-4 times a week and ensure you get 3-4 rest days. Not sure what your exercise selection is like but if you're not already doing so, on your next bulk, focus on the following lifts only: squats, deadlifts, rack pulls, bench press, shoulder press, dips, bb-rows, pull-ups and chin-ups with minimal isolation. These compound lifts will get you big provided your diet and rest is in check. Give yourself a week to two off for every 8-12 weeks of training. Many will probably disagree with me here but from experience I started looking and feeling bigger and better when I would take 2 weeks off for every 8 to 12 weeks working hard in the gym, which means I was overtraining yet didn't even realize it, it's not always easy to spot. Sometimes our frustration and ambitions cloud our judgement on what proper rest time does for the body in terms of muscle gain.

But really, you can tell you put in the work in the gym just it's transparent in your pics that you don't think so.

What an informative post ! Thanks so much for taking the time to write this ... and I will follow your advice ! Thanks again

Originally Posted by CaptainNapalm

You can tell you put in some effort in the gym however just looking at your pics it's not the gains that don't stand out but just from the way you stand and carry your body I can guess that you're frustrated and lacking confidence. Having said that, your first change should be your attitude adjustment and by that I mean start thinking positive, feeling good about yourself and most importantly adjust your posture to reflect that. By standing/walking straighter, pushing your chest out, learning to feel your lats and traps and how to push them out you can carry yourself looking much better than you look right now. I think the muscle is there to a decent degree just your posture isn't.

The next adjustment I would make is increase your rest days. Train hard 3-4 times a week and ensure you get 3-4 rest days. Not sure what your exercise selection is like but if you're not already doing so, on your next bulk, focus on the following lifts only: squats, deadlifts, rack pulls, bench press, shoulder press, dips, bb-rows, pull-ups and chin-ups with minimal isolation. These compound lifts will get you big provided your diet and rest is in check. Give yourself a week to two off for every 8-12 weeks of training. Many will probably disagree with me here but from experience I started looking and feeling bigger and better when I would take 2 weeks off for every 8 to 12 weeks working hard in the gym, which means I was overtraining yet didn't even realize it, it's not always easy to spot. Sometimes our frustration and ambitions cloud our judgement on what proper rest time does for the body in terms of muscle gain.

But really, you can tell you put in the work in the gym just it's transparent in your pics that you don't think so.

yeah I know ... 89grams .... ha ha ha. that was just the figure I got when I added up all my fats ... not a figure I am necessarily following exactly ...

Originally Posted by stfuandliftbtch

just lean bulk man...

"fats around 89 grams"

same. i try and keep mine around 89.473829 ahaha wtf so random

they stayed more or less the same ... during the cut ... here and there some actually went up !

Originally Posted by TheJabroniLifter

Great progress man! Just curious, what are your lifts, and what were they before the cut?

awesome progress, i just started cutting, am 6foot 207 pounds, this motivated me, thanks buddy!

Eat clean and get around 4 k of clean cals. And bulk realy hard