How to bulk up?

[Dirty Harry]

 

[adrianr]

Good work! Sounds like you were lucky not to get hurt. That dumb bell under the bench been used in the last 10 years? Looks like you just excavated it! :p

 

[nobody can eat fifty eggs]

A place where fat sweaty men stand there looking in the mirror while they lift things up with there gym buddies?

No thanks.

 

[Dirty Harry]

Good work! Sounds like you were lucky not to get hurt. That dumb bell under the bench been used in the last 10 years? Looks like you just excavated it! :p

It's the brick dust off the floor Adrian, it's the original cobbled brick they did the cellar floors in, just been damaged over the years with dropping of weights etc, may get round to pouring some self levelling concrete in it one day.

 

[worsleyweb]

Did 1000 press ups at work today over 9 hours. Broke the day up!

 

[FantasyIreland]

Did 1000 press ups at work today over 9 hours. Broke the day up!

Different......In what sequence of sets and reps?

I take it you aren't bulking......

 

[decmancity]

Making good progress on my deadlift, squat, and barbell row but still really struggling with my bench and OHP.

I have managed to move from 45kg to 47.5kg but I just can't physically do any more!

I tried dropping the weight and doing more reps for a few sessions and that saw me move to 47.5kg but I have tried again and it just isn't going anywhere. OHP is a similar story.

Does anyone have any recommendations on what else I can do?

Just do more arms/chest exercises on them days to try and build more muscle?

 

[Samsdad]

Making good progress on my deadlift, squat, and barbell row but still really struggling with my bench and OHP.

I have managed to move from 45kg to 47.5kg but I just can't physically do any more!

I tried dropping the weight and doing more reps for a few sessions and that saw me move to 47.5kg but I have tried again and it just isn't going anywhere. OHP is a similar story.

Does anyone have any recommendations on what else I can do?

Just do more arms/chest exercises on them days to try and build more muscle?

What sort of routine are you doing i guess your doing strength training type with the main four compounds ?

If your doing 5 x 5 just drop the weight down a little till you can comfortably do 5 sets of 5 at that weight then go up in the smallest weight each time this should help you push through past the 47.5kg

Also make sure your eating plenty with a good solid diet

 

[Samsdad]

I have my own gear in the cellar Chris, about 200 kilo's of Olympic weights, 3 olympic bars (7', 6' and a curling bar), 100 kilos standard, couple of bars, standard dumbbells, 18" dumbbells, bench and a few attachments, rack, spinning bike, treadmill, bag and ball, not much room left for anything else.

This sounds awesome Harry very jealous

 

[decmancity]

Making good progress on my deadlift, squat, and barbell row but still really struggling with my bench and OHP.

I have managed to move from 45kg to 47.5kg but I just can't physically do any more!

I tried dropping the weight and doing more reps for a few sessions and that saw me move to 47.5kg but I have tried again and it just isn't going anywhere. OHP is a similar story.

Does anyone have any recommendations on what else I can do?

Just do more arms/chest exercises on them days to try and build more muscle?

What sort of routine are you doing i guess your doing strength training type with the main four compounds ?

If your doing 5 x 5 just drop the weight down a little till you can comfortably do 5 sets of 5 at that weight then go up in the smallest weight each time this should help you push through past the 47.5kg

Also make sure your eating plenty with a good solid diet

Doing 5x5 mate, thats the odd thing. I can do 47.5kg quite comfortable but anything more and I can barely get it off the rack never mind press it. Will persist with it and see how I get on!

Yeah eating good mate, lots of chicken/fish/brown rice/veg/sweet potato and so on. Also taking whey protein and creatine.